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How the hell are our guys doing in the Hundred? Haven't seen anything recently, which makes me think they're not doing great.
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Glamorgan win the 1-day Cup
Get in
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@delicatessen said in Other Cricket:
How the hell are our guys doing in the Hundred? Haven't seen anything recently, which makes me think they're not doing great.
Some of the Kiwis did perform.
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@bovidae said in Other Cricket:
@delicatessen said in Other Cricket:
How the hell are our guys doing in the Hundred? Haven't seen anything recently, which makes me think they're not doing great.
Some of the Kiwis did perform.
Oh righto thanks. Missed that 'un I did.
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Just watched the final of the hundred.
Dumbed down, simpleton cricket with big easy graphics, win predictors, straight forward rules & lots of pointless crowd entertainment.
My 9 year old son absolutely loved it and was cheering loudly for a team he had no affinity with snd knew what was going on the whole way without questions for me.
Food for thought.
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@majorrage said in Other Cricket:
Just watched the final of the hundred.
Dumbed down, simpleton cricket with big easy graphics, win predictors, straight forward rules & lots of pointless crowd entertainment.
My 9 year old son absolutely loved it and was cheering loudly for a team he had no affinity with snd knew what was going on the whole way without questions for me.
Food for thought.
Hitting the target market then. Kids and simpletons.
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@snowy said in Other Cricket:
@majorrage said in Other Cricket:
Just watched the final of the hundred.
Dumbed down, simpleton cricket with big easy graphics, win predictors, straight forward rules & lots of pointless crowd entertainment.
My 9 year old son absolutely loved it and was cheering loudly for a team he had no affinity with snd knew what was going on the whole way without questions for me.
Food for thought.
Hitting the target market then. Kids and simpletons.
Yep, gateway to the true form of the game. I started with ODI as a teenager, and then got into Test cricket later. Eyeballs means money, and ultimately that supports tests
So I'm good with it
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@nzzp said in Other Cricket:
Yep, gateway to the true form of the game. I started with ODI as a teenager, and then got into Test cricket later.
You played test cricket. Impressed.
You might have meant watching of course.
If these are the kids being bought into the realm, will they be able to learn base 6? And have an attention span of 5 days?
Yes, the more that watch the better though, and it is a financial support for our guys that NZC can't afford to pay all that well.
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My gripe with the Hundred is similar to @KiwiPie’s - rather than fix the horrendously slow over rate deterioration of T20’s and improve the graphics, they’ve created yet another format.
Fast forward a decade and the eventual return of bowler/captain conferences after every delivery and we’ll need to introduce the Fifty.
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Had the Hundred been a success?
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/58295400
A balanced piece but it is in the interest of the BBC to say "yes, it has been" as they have some of the broadcasting rights.
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@majorrage said in Other Cricket:
Just watched the final of the hundred.
Dumbed down, simpleton cricket with big easy graphics, win predictors, straight forward rules & lots of pointless crowd entertainment.
My 9 year old son absolutely loved it and was cheering loudly for a team he had no affinity with snd knew what was going on the whole way without questions for me.
Food for thought.
I think the Hundred will be a gateway drug to many for longer forms of the game. It has also given a boost to the women's game in England.
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@donsteppa said in Other Cricket:
My gripe with the Hundred is similar to @KiwiPie’s - rather than fix the horrendously slow over rate deterioration of T20’s and improve the graphics, they’ve created yet another format.
Fast forward a decade and the eventual return of bowler/captain conferences after every delivery and we’ll need to introduce the Fifty.
Exactly - it is the new format that irks me - they could have applied all the hype and just kept it as T-20 by getting the teams to speed up. Getting it onto free to air was the key, and that has to be a good thing for whichever format you promote
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@kiwipie said in Other Cricket:
@donsteppa said in Other Cricket:
My gripe with the Hundred is similar to @KiwiPie’s - rather than fix the horrendously slow over rate deterioration of T20’s and improve the graphics, they’ve created yet another format.
Fast forward a decade and the eventual return of bowler/captain conferences after every delivery and we’ll need to introduce the Fifty.
Exactly - it is the new format that irks me - they could have applied all the hype and just kept it as T-20 by getting the teams to speed up. Getting it onto free to air was the key, and that has to be a good thing for whichever format you promote
The thing is though, is that it's the basic maths and ease to understand what was going in that my son loved it.
35 off 53 balls with 4 our easy to understand
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@majorrage said in Other Cricket:
120/4 chasing 155 with 8.9 overs to go. Not so much.
Most decent cricket coverage usually converts it into '35 off 53 deliveries' in ODI's and T20's. Can't recall the specifics, but rule of thumb seems to be to shift from overs to deliveries when there's fewer than 100 deliveries left for ODI's, and probably all innings in the T20's.
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@donsteppa said in Other Cricket:
@majorrage said in Other Cricket:
120/4 chasing 155 with 8.9 overs to go. Not so much.
Most decent cricket coverage usually converts it into '35 off 53 deliveries' in ODI's and T20's. Can't recall the specifics, but rule of thumb seems to be to shift from overs to deliveries when there's fewer than 100 deliveries left for ODI's, and probably all innings in the T20's.
Yeah, but style of the Hundred is that those basic stats are on the screen the entire time, with the key ones in the biggest fonts.
It's basically just 20/20 style cricket to me, which is enjoyable but not the real thing. But as I said, my son absolutely loved it and knew what was going on the whole time.
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@mn5 said in Other Cricket:
Jeepers, look at what England have just done to India…..bowled them out for 78 and replied with 120-0 !!!! Is someone taking the piss ?
The glory of test cricket is waking up and having no idea how days will go. Well done England, going to a decider by teh look (barring a superhuman batting effort).
Mind you, India got rolled for 40-something in Aus, and then went on to win the series. Mental scars don't seem to exist these days
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I follow Wisden on FB for better or worse ( their fapping over English players is pretty tough to read ) but shit James Anderson has had a bloody impressive career. 19 years of test cricket is exceptional and he’s genuinely getting better and better as opposed to fading away.
