Not sure where to post this, so just sticking it here, but England just took a 2-1 lead with an innings victory over South Africa in South Africa. 1 match left in the series.
Adds a bit more perspective to the quality of our performance over the summer.
@Cyclops said in Other Cricket:
Not sure where to post this, so just sticking it here, but England just took a 2-1 lead with an innings victory over South Africa in South Africa. 1 match left in the series.
Adds a bit more perspective to the quality of our performance over the summer.
Other Cricket probably the go.
Have moved it.
Call me @Stargazer
@Paekakboyz said in Other Cricket:
@Cyclops yeah, and very interesting given Oz pasting India in ODIs. For all our limp performance in our latest series we aren't quite as shit as we've been painted!
2-1 series win to India wasn't it? Not sure I would call that Aus pasting India.
@Crazy-Horse said in Other Cricket:
@Paekakboyz said in Other Cricket:
@Cyclops yeah, and very interesting given Oz pasting India in ODIs. For all our limp performance in our latest series we aren't quite as shit as we've been painted!
2-1 series win to India wasn't it? Not sure I would call that Aus pasting India.
The 1 was a 10 wicket win chasing 250 odd. That's a humiliation, doubly so at home. India bounced back well though.
SA England test 4 starts tonight. England ahead 2-1 after losing the first - should be quite tasty. Hopefully SA get up. Coudl be the last tests for Philander and DuPlessis.
9pm - i think it's on Sky Sport somewhere
16 days later
Can't find the other cricket thread.
I see the worlds oldest 16 year old got a hat-trick
Those claims of 15 or 16 year old Pakistani cricketers always have to be taken with a large dose riiiiight...
@mariner4life said in Other Cricket 2020:
how in the fuck does David Warner win the Alan Border Medal over loose bus change?
Surely you need mental fortitude to win the Alan Border Medal? Blubbing on TV like a retard should automatically disqualify you.
@mariner4life said in Other Cricket 2020:
how in the fuck does David Warner win the Alan Border Medal over loose bus change?
Because he's a Marnus and his eyes are too close together?
Can't think of any other reason
@antipodean said in Other Cricket 2020:
@mariner4life said in Other Cricket 2020:
how in the fuck does David Warner win the Alan Border Medal over loose bus change?
Surely you need mental fortitude to win the Alan Border Medal? Blubbing on TV like a retard should automatically disqualify you.
is he crying? Or trying real hard not to nut?
@antipodean said in Other Cricket 2020:
like a retard
Given that it is Warner that you are talking about the "like a" wasn't really necessary.
Heh Heh! England caught the whoopsies!
a cracker of a game in SA. Ngidi the hero, and we're not the only ones struggling at the back end of T20!
with seven balls to go, England needed seven to win with Morgan having hammered 14 runs from the previous three balls and still on strike. But holing out that ball, it gave South Africa the glimmer of hope they required with Ngidi on the tools and he did not disappoint.
also wanted to note the Aussie Women beat the Indians int he final last night NZT. Was a good game - India absolutely choked it at the end, threw away wickets and imploded.
They needed 41 off 35 with 7 wickets in hand, and were all out losing 7 for 30 or so. Epic choke.
I like cricket, and quite happy to watch women's cricket. As more sides build quality, it also means twice as much cricket to watch!
Auckland v Otago in the final of the Ford Trophy on now.
Looks like two OTago batsmen have retired with concussion and been replaced. Otago 114/2 after 18.4 overs, on skyp sport 2
Munro scores a century off 58 or so balls; match winning innings. Auckland need 140 off 30; should be a walk from here. Well played lad
Otago have kept it interesting by picking up a few wickets but Munro has destroyed run rate pressure so otago will need to bowl them out to win.
Very nice innings from Chapman to see them home. Good to see some form from him, hopefully a bit more batting depth.
Really unfortunate for Otago that two batsmen had to retire hurt. First Rutherford after being sconed, and he was going great guns too, then Foxcroft who was also going along nicely but got absolutely nailed in a classic SBW shoulder charge. The latter returned but the two retirements hurt Otago, cost them runs and possibly the game.
This incident also begs the question of whether your 12th man should be able to contribute with both bat and ball, or possibly should they simply be a batsman given you're most likely to lose a batter. Of course, the injured batsman may actually be a bowler, hence perhaps having an AR as 12th man. Then if you lose two permanently (extremely rare, yes, but almost happened today) should there actually be two players available to step in?
@shark said in Other Cricket 2020:
This incident also begs the question of whether your 12th man should be able to contribute with both bat and ball, or possibly should they simply be a batsman given you're most likely to lose a batter.
Presumably to the concussion laws, rather than to injury?
Some interesting comments in here, including:
Another well-regarded Australian sports psych is Graham Winter, who played for South Australia, has worked with the Australian test team and three Australian Olympic teams and written books on the mental stresses in cricket.
He notes an oddity in the way cricketers prepare that leaves them vulnerable to creeping mental demons. "There are not many sports where there is such a difference between the practice environment and the competitive environment," he said. "I don't believe coaches come to grips with that very well."
In the nets, bowlers bowled as many balls as they can, and batsmen faced as many as possible. In a match, there were pauses between every delivery, and cricketers needed to know how to manage them.
When he runs sessions, he allows for these. Sometimes other coaches complain to him that batsmen need to feel bat on ball. "You also need time to practise how you own your space and how you hold your shape," said Winter. "[You need] to practise how to play cricket, not just how to bowl or hit a cricket ball."
@mariner4life said in Other Cricket 2020:
It is an absolute fluffybunny of a game
hell yeah.
Social media really doesn't help people's mental health. Chatting to someone whose mate was literally suicidal, but you'd never know it from their social media feed.
The Fern is the extent of my social media. You'll never see a more wretched hive of scum and villany, but it works for me 
@Stockcar86 509/4 - Is this a record total for Premier Grade One Day Cricket in NZ?
@Higgins said in Other Cricket 2020:
@Stockcar86 509/4 - Is this a record total for Premier Grade One Day Cricket in NZ?
I see a certain person on that scorecard has just been caught D.I.C
@Higgins said in Other Cricket 2020:
@Stockcar86 509/4 - Is this a record total for Premier Grade One Day Cricket in NZ?
If it is not then the second wicket partnership of 408 in 41 overs is still mightily impressive.
@Higgins 500 is an insane 50 over score - congrats, and in the clubs centenary too!
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South Africa are the Jinx of Cricket finals!
I see their women lost the semi against Ozzie in a rain hampered D/L affected match
England didn't even get to play India.
I was hoping both SFs would be rained off so Aussie missed out on the final too. :grinning_face:
Aus were very lucky and so am I as I've got a couple of big punts that rely on them to win this.
