General cricket thread

Brendan F · Lower Club Player

RE: General cricket thread

wolf · Tennis legend

paulisi wrote:
England have no chance in the cricket world cup as the better players don't play any domestic 50 over cricket.

FFS Paulisi none of the other teams do either. Not a single player in the Indian squad has played a domestic 50 over in over two years and they will probably win the tournament.

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

I though England played some really good 50 over cricket in the summer season or am I misremembering?

paulisi · Tennis legend

Even the players have come out and said they don't play enough 50 over cricket.
They have hardly played and ODI cricket and have been rotated when they have and even the Ireland series fiasco was a B team.

paulisi · Tennis legend

Just looked it up.
3 matches in SA in Jan
3 matches in Bangladesh in March
NZ in Sept
Ireland in Sept

Bangladesh was a weakened squad. Ireland was a B team

paulisi · Tennis legend

JonH comes home wrote:
I though England played some really good 50 over cricket in the summer season or am I misremembering?

You are misremembering. The only ODI series in the UK of note was NZ in Sept

Bob in Spain · Tennis legend

Big matches this weekend as Spain play Jersey in two ICC T20 internationals on Sunday. Will be played on the World Record breaking ground in La Manga where last year Spain bowled out Isle of Man for 10 and won with 19.4 overs to spare, having hit the first two legitimate balls for 6.

wolf · Tennis legend

Jersey are quite good, presumably you are not favourites? What is the standard of the Spanish team? Do you play on grass or artificial?

Bob in Spain · Tennis legend

wolf wrote:
Jersey are quite good, presumably you are not favourites? What is the standard of the Spanish team? Do you play on grass or artificial?

Jersey are currently ranked 24 in the world for T20 and are definitely favourites. Spain however have been quietly climbing the rankings themselves and currently stand at 34 in the world. The team is made up of expats and Asian players. No native Spanish in the squad at all to the best of my knowledge.

https://www.icc-cricket.com/rankings/team-rankings/mens/t20i

The pitches at La Manga are artificial strips with natural grass outfield. They did try and install grass pitches a few years ago and both Cricket Ireland and Cricket Scotland invested heavily. But Covid ruined that as the pitches (and grass nets) were left unmaintained and became unusable. Nobody seems willing to put the funds in to bring them back.

Bob in Spain · Tennis legend

Just posted the results as Spain beat Jersey twice in one day, and the system has flagged my post as 'spam'. Sorry administrators. Over to you.

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

Well done Bobs team!

Bob in Spain · Tennis legend

Will try again

Match 1:

Jersey 195-5 in 20 overs
Spain 197-5 in 19.4 overs

https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/jersey-in-spain-2024-1426435/spain-vs-jersey-1st-t20i-1426479/full-scorecard

Match 2:

Jersey 141 all out in 19.5 overs
Spain 145-9 in 19.5 overs

https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/jersey-in-spain-2024-1426435/spain-vs-jersey-2nd-t20i-1426480/full-scorecard

What a day.

-- Edited by Bob in Spain on Sunday 14th of April 2024 08:33:21 PM

Bob in Spain · Tennis legend

Well, England's victory today against Oman has dramatically improved their net run rate having knocked off the 48 runs needed in just 3.1 overs.

This leaves us with a tantalising situation. Australia have already qualified for the Super 8. They now play Scotland. If the Aussies allow Scotland to win, England are out regardless of their result against Namibia and both Australia and Scotland progress. What will the Aussies do ? Will they play tactically to have England eliminated ?

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In the other groups, it seems like Sri Lanka are already out and New Zealand are on the verge. Both of those would be big shocks.

https://www.bbc.com/sport/cricket/world-twenty20/table

-- Edited by Bob in Spain on Thursday 13th of June 2024 09:49:41 PM

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

Reality check - Aussies wont lose a match versus Scotland, sorry, England and Aussies will go through

Bob in Spain · Tennis legend

JonH comes home wrote:
Reality check - Aussies wont lose a match versus Scotland, sorry, England and Aussies will go through

You are probably right. But Josh Hazlewood did say they would have to consider their strategy if it meant getting rid of England whom they consider as serious rivals for the cup. It was probably tongue in cheek when he said it, but it has occurred to them.