Useless feckers 
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Herath is a little champion isn't he?
World's most under-rated bowler. I remember when I took him in the cricket draft and got laughed at from the people here
World's most under-rated bowler. I remember when I took him in the cricket draft and got laughed at from the people here
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Herath is a little champion isn't he?
World's most under-rated bowler. I remember when I took him in the cricket draft and got laughed at from the people here
Ya, I remember.9-127
Sri Lanka have played some classic matches in recent time.
This one looks like another.
Very impressive from Pakistan to have them 7 down with just 3 bowlers.
This one looks like another.
Very impressive from Pakistan to have them 7 down with just 3 bowlers.
Mahela signed off with a win. Fantastic player, another Test legend calling it a day.
All the players I grew up admiring have retired now. Think it is only Sangakkara who is left. Anyone know how long he plans on continuing?
Senanayake's action was found to have 43 degrees of flex at times.
Thats insane.
Thats insane.
Good article here by ex New Zealand cricketer Martin Crowe http://www.espncricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/772113.html regarding 'chuckers' - as linked to via Twitter by David Lloyd yesterday!
Excellent player and comes across as a really nice guy as well. Good luck to him for future. Been a great servant to his nation.
Kabir Ali did his shoulder in the T20 semi final
So Flintoff is in for the final
So Flintoff is in for the final
Wicket with his first ball, too.
Hard to call this game - "Birmingham" look like getting 170+. Anderson very expensive with 0-41 off three so far.
Hopefully Flintoff will win it with a six off the last ball...
68 from 36 will be some ask
fecking fat Fred
Come on Brum!
14 needed off final over...
Come on Brum!
14 needed off final over...
Great over under pressure from Woakes.
Very good final. Home team wins
Very good final. Home team wins
Anderson barely ever plays for Lancs and whenever he does he gets tonked around.
Not a bad cricketer that De Villiers fella...
Lovely innings.
Prosper Utseya just hit a massive six to win Zimbabwe a game against Australia for the first time in 31 years.
That is hilarious. Perfect because it was Steyn as well so De Kock must have been like woahhh.
I'd be interested in the views of other cricket fans on the following article:
http://www.espncricinfo.com/county-cricket-2014/content/current/story/778117.html
I'll quote the first part to give you an idea of what it's about.
I think it's sad but true. I'm a keen cricket fan, I've been to watch England many times over the last 20 years as well as many visits to Derbyshire matches, home and away each season.
Now we're not a very good example because Derbyshire has never been a particularly well supported county, only really getting close to capacity if Nottinghamshire are in town for a T20 match on a sunny Friday night (as happened in 2013 and to a lesser extent this year).
How much county cricket does everyone else on here watch, if any? I think the schedulers, while they played a blinder in moving virtually all T20 matches to Fridays and staggering them throughout the season, there is still a lot of work to be done to get spectators back through the gates.
http://www.espncricinfo.com/county-cricket-2014/content/current/story/778117.html
I'll quote the first part to give you an idea of what it's about.
I think it's sad but true. I'm a keen cricket fan, I've been to watch England many times over the last 20 years as well as many visits to Derbyshire matches, home and away each season.
Now we're not a very good example because Derbyshire has never been a particularly well supported county, only really getting close to capacity if Nottinghamshire are in town for a T20 match on a sunny Friday night (as happened in 2013 and to a lesser extent this year).
How much county cricket does everyone else on here watch, if any? I think the schedulers, while they played a blinder in moving virtually all T20 matches to Fridays and staggering them throughout the season, there is still a lot of work to be done to get spectators back through the gates.
I suspect most fans did what I did and ended up watching the game on TV. I watched about 75% of the T20 games Sky showed and got to attend a couple of Warwickshire's games too. Personally, I have no interest in going to watch a 50-over or first-class game as I think they're too long and there's an inevitable lull in the game at some point. Yet, like yesterday's game, if it's on TV I'll end up watching most of the game.
Agree on the T20 scheduling being improved, as a result more crowds than ever before attending game. Whether having this game being played on a Friday or weekend would have made a difference, I don't know. However, I think the general interest in County Cricket has steadily decreased, so there should not be much surprise at the very low attendances.
Agree on the T20 scheduling being improved, as a result more crowds than ever before attending game. Whether having this game being played on a Friday or weekend would have made a difference, I don't know. However, I think the general interest in County Cricket has steadily decreased, so there should not be much surprise at the very low attendances.
Saeed Ajmal banned !
Whats surprising is that the ICC committee calls 'all' his deliveries illegal. What the feck had they been doing for the past 6 years then?
Exactly! He has been winning matches for Pakistan for half a decade with this action.
What the feck?
Has he changed his action? If it's illegal now, then as others have said, why wasn't it illegal before?
Has he changed his action? If it's illegal now, then as others have said, why wasn't it illegal before?
They've changed the procedure now with more stringent measures. Hence why the likes of Williamson, senayanake and now ajmal getting reprimanded.
Long sleeve brigade are fecked.
Long sleeve brigade are fecked.
But the 15-degree rule seems to be there for some time now, isn't it? Is there some change in the procedures?
Testing's happening in other centres now. The ICC thought that the centre in Australia is not good enough.
The West Indian spinner was also banned as was Gazi from Bangladesh..both recently I believe.
About time the iCC started taking this issue seriously.
I love Ajmal, he's been the only bright spot for us over the last few years, but it was quite clear his action was not legal. I'm in favour of more scrutinised testing.
They have not considered his medical reports yet according to Ajmal, this was purely based on his action. So he is confident was the medical reports have been viewed that he will be reinstated to bowl again. Pakistan need him as well, they are nowhere without him, there is not a stand out player in the lineup that performs consistently enough.
So the big 3 comes into power, ajmal gets banned right before the worldcup and ICC ignores his medical reports as well
Ajmal still reckons that they will consider his medical report:So the big 3 comes into power, ajmal gets banned right before the worldcup and ICC ignores his medical reports as well
From:
https://in.news.yahoo.com/saeed-ajmal-optimistic-pcb-decide-110845933.html
Am not holding much hopes out for it. If they were going to consider it, they would have done it in the first place.
So the big 3 comes into power, ajmal gets banned right before the worldcup and ICC ignores his medical reports as well
I hope Ajmal's cleared. I'm not in favour of chucking only with instances like Marlon Samuel where he is so obviously doing it to generate speed.
I find Ajmal fantastic to watch.
I find Ajmal fantastic to watch.
I was of the same opinion earlier when I thought that only his doosra was chucking but now it seems every ball that he bowls is illegal.