You are here: Home > Message Board > General Talk > Hundred
March 28 2024 12.05pm

Hundred

Previous Topic | Next Topic


Page 1 of 9 1 2 3 4 5 > Last >>

 

View steeleye20's Profile steeleye20 Flag Croydon 23 Jul 21 10.17am Send a Private Message to steeleye20 Add steeleye20 as a friend

The new razzamataz hundred is here.

It is quirky, fun.

A good well-behaved crowd enjoying the sunshine and entertainment, so what is wrong?

Well nothing much, except the quality of the cricket is not great and the format hardly differs from T20.

When a maximum is hit, a banner appears saying 'yeah'.

Fantastic.

 

Alert Alert a moderator to this post Edit this post Quote this post in a reply
View Midlands Eagle's Profile Midlands Eagle Flag 23 Jul 21 10.23am Send a Private Message to Midlands Eagle Add Midlands Eagle as a friend

Originally posted by steeleye20

A good well-behaved crowd enjoying the sunshine and entertainment, so what is wrong?


Nothing is wrong as I'm sure that many people will enjoy whack a ball.

Me, I prefer cricket

 

Alert Alert a moderator to this post Edit this post Quote this post in a reply
View Midlands Eagle's Profile Midlands Eagle Flag 23 Jul 21 11.00am Send a Private Message to Midlands Eagle Add Midlands Eagle as a friend

Secondly I won't pay to watch any cricket in which my team isn't involved whether that be England or county

I don't watch IPL or Big Bash for that reason as I don't have any interest in franchise cricket

 

Alert Alert a moderator to this post Edit this post Quote this post in a reply
View PalazioVecchio's Profile PalazioVecchio Flag south pole 23 Jul 21 11.28am Send a Private Message to PalazioVecchio Add PalazioVecchio as a friend


i prefer 'Cluiche Corr' or Rounders as it is called in this young language.

A sport which harks back to the Bronze age.

 


the 'Net-We-had' at the Etihad....again

Alert Alert a moderator to this post Edit this post Quote this post in a reply
View ASCPFC's Profile ASCPFC Flag Pro-Cathedral/caravan park 23 Jul 21 11.34am Send a Private Message to ASCPFC Add ASCPFC as a friend

Originally posted by steeleye20

The new razzamataz hundred is here.

It is quirky, fun.

A good well-behaved crowd enjoying the sunshine and entertainment, so what is wrong?

Well nothing much, except the quality of the cricket is not great and the format hardly differs from T20.

When a maximum is hit, a banner appears saying 'yeah'.

Fantastic.

'Oh yeah' I watched it out of interest. Sets of five instead of overs. I believe a bowler can bowl consecutive sets. It frankly seems pretty similar to 20-20 as it's what 20 balls less? Fielding is crucial and spinners seem to be the way.

I suppose if it gets people into cricket it's not a bad thing. However, just a further step in the demise of the test and county game. England are great at the white ball game but from what I've seen the test batting doesn't cut it.

Ireland beat South Africa last week. A few notable scalps now. Just had to get that in.

 


Red and Blue Army!

Alert Alert a moderator to this post Edit this post Quote this post in a reply
BlueJay Flag UK 23 Jul 21 12.37pm

Originally posted by ASCPFC

'Oh yeah' I watched it out of interest. Sets of five instead of overs. I believe a bowler can bowl consecutive sets. It frankly seems pretty similar to 20-20 as it's what 20 balls less? Fielding is crucial and spinners seem to be the way.

I suppose if it gets people into cricket it's not a bad thing. However, just a further step in the demise of the test and county game. England are great at the white ball game but from what I've seen the test batting doesn't cut it.

Ireland beat South Africa last week. A few notable scalps now. Just had to get that in.

Yes, it's 'one of them'. It draws in new audiences, but possibly dilutes and sport as a whole. A bit like of the these 'influencer' boxing matches that take place now. Sure it's a new angle, brings in massive $$$ and millions of new viewers, but aren't they just shifting the sports away from what people actually enjoyed about them for many decades prior.

Edited by BlueJay (23 Jul 2021 12.38pm)

 

Alert Alert a moderator to this post Quote this post in a reply
View Teddy Eagle's Profile Teddy Eagle Flag 23 Jul 21 12.47pm Send a Private Message to Teddy Eagle Add Teddy Eagle as a friend


The way things are going we’ll end up with the equivalent of the baseball home run derby where the ball is lollied up underarm from a few yards away for the batsman to smash it out of the ground.

 

Alert Alert a moderator to this post Edit this post Quote this post in a reply
View Midlands Eagle's Profile Midlands Eagle Flag 23 Jul 21 12.51pm Send a Private Message to Midlands Eagle Add Midlands Eagle as a friend

Originally posted by ASCPFC


I suppose if it gets people into cricket it's not a bad thing. However, just a further step in the demise of the test and county game. England are great at the white ball game but from what I've seen the test batting doesn't cut it.

For cricket fans Test cricket will always be the pinnacle and most Tests in England will continue to be sold out unless the ECB make a mess of the scheduling again as they did when they gave Headingly and Durham a test match each against the same opposition a week apart when both venues are after the same people.

The other way that the ECB are killing off Test cricket is by marginalising the county game by scheduling the matches either earlier in the season or at the end.

Any reasonable bowler can take wickets when the ball is swinging all over the knot end but County cricket isn't conducive to teaching bowlers to take wickets in the sort of conditions that we would meet overseas

 

Alert Alert a moderator to this post Edit this post Quote this post in a reply
croydon proud Flag Any european country i fancy! 23 Jul 21 2.27pm

Originally posted by steeleye20

The new razzamataz hundred is here.

It is quirky, fun.

A good well-behaved crowd enjoying the sunshine and entertainment, so what is wrong?

Well nothing much, except the quality of the cricket is not great and the format hardly differs from T20.

When a maximum is hit, a banner appears saying 'yeah'.

Fantastic.

The Oval "invincibles" are still unbeaten in both the mens and womens game, absolutely fantastic news!

 

Alert Alert a moderator to this post Quote this post in a reply
View Midlands Eagle's Profile Midlands Eagle Flag 23 Jul 21 2.32pm Send a Private Message to Midlands Eagle Add Midlands Eagle as a friend

Originally posted by croydon proud

The Oval "invincibles" are still unbeaten in both the mens and womens game, absolutely fantastic news!

Why?

 

Alert Alert a moderator to this post Edit this post Quote this post in a reply
croydon proud Flag Any european country i fancy! 23 Jul 21 2.53pm

Originally posted by Midlands Eagle

Why?

The "local" team -leading the way, lets not come down on success!

 

Alert Alert a moderator to this post Quote this post in a reply
View HolmesdaleUpper's Profile HolmesdaleUpper Flag Sanderstead 23 Jul 21 3.11pm Send a Private Message to HolmesdaleUpper Add HolmesdaleUpper as a friend

The worst thing about it is the Sky Commentators. Why do they keep telling us how fantastic it is? I'll probably get shot down in flames but the women offer little in the way of entertainment and pack their sides with overseas players that produces little local interest. At least the men had 6 Surrey players so there was some affiliation.
Having coached colts at my local club I can applaud the sentiment of reaching new youngsters but i don't think this is the way forward.

 

Alert Alert a moderator to this post Edit this post Quote this post in a reply

 

Page 1 of 9 1 2 3 4 5 > Last >>

Previous Topic | Next Topic

You are here: Home > Message Board > General Talk > Hundred