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You seem to have missed something far more important.  Dernbach is not in the squadI repeat, Dernbach is not in the squadFrankly, picking Bopara is entirely forgivable under these circumstances.
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May 3, 2013 11:00
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I don't know what Alex Hales needs to do to get in the squad for one of these loving things.
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May 3, 2013 11:05
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I should have thought that would be obvious. Sign for Warwickshire.
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May 3, 2013 11:10
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Of note this evening is Essex getting annihilated by Hampshire in the first Yorkshire Bank 40 match of the season. 244/7 isn't great, but it's not bad. Losing in 30 overs, by 9 wickets, however. That's bad.
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May 4, 2013 00:37
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Trent Copeland got 10 wickets (5 and 5) yesterday, looks like we can't depend on both Aussie batting and bowling to suck this time around. The more I think about it the less ridiculous the idea of an all-bowling Australia seems. Oh, and gently caress the BCCI, Eng, Aus, NZ and SA should pull out and only play tests against each other.
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May 4, 2013 03:08
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Unimpressed posted:Trent Copeland got 10 wickets (5 and 5) yesterday, looks like we can't depend on both Aussie batting and bowling to suck this time around. The more I think about it the less ridiculous the idea of an all-bowling Australia seems. Who is the 5th country that refuses to be bullied by India?
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May 4, 2013 03:24
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Unimpressed posted:Trent Copeland got 10 wickets (5 and 5) yesterday, looks like we can't depend on both Aussie batting and bowling to suck this time around. The more I think about it the less ridiculous the idea of an all-bowling Australia seems. Copeland is a really good bowler. Just been cursed with injury the last 2 or 3 seasons.
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Largepotato posted:Copeland is a really good bowler. Just been cursed with injury the last 2 or 3 seasons. I think he was a little too slow for test level wasn't he? Just not penetrating enough? I don't mind the old military-mediums though, him and Butterworth would do well with extended international runs imo.
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So if I wanted to try to get into cricket, what would be a good match to start with? An ODI or any good tests coming up?
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Teddybear posted:So if I wanted to try to get into cricket, what would be a good match to start with? An ODI or any good tests coming up? Wait for the England tests. England tests are always good because we go easy on smaller teams to make it entertaining.
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May 4, 2013 17:23
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Also, we will be mouthy as gently caress while they're going on.
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May 4, 2013 17:56
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Unimpressed posted:Oh, and gently caress the BCCI, Eng, Aus, NZ and SA should pull out and only play tests against each other. South Africa are as much in their pocket as anyone else, Australia are getting that way too.
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Smorgasbord posted:Who is the 5th country that refuses to be bullied by India? Pakistan? Not that they probably get voting rights anyway..
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May 5, 2013 10:43
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Rogers makes a double ton for Middlesex, meanwhile Warner is playing in the IPL and I don't know if he's ever played a form of cricket other than T20 in the UK. I wonder who they will choose to open in the first test? Pollard just dropped Hussey twice in a row edit: three times, holy poo poo. Centusin fucked around with this message at 13:24 on May 5, 2013 |
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May 5, 2013 13:20
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Scylo posted:
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Scylo posted:Pollard just dropped Hussey twice in a row
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RideTheSpiral posted:IPL update: david miller was 41 off 22 when kohli dropped this catch. he ended up 101* off 38.
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May 7, 2013 08:10
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Please tell me that killed Virat Kohli, or at least permanently left him unable to open his mouth.
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May 7, 2013 11:40
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sixteenstraws posted:david miller was 41 off 22 when kohli dropped this catch. he ended up 101* off 38. Yeah, and then he came out and thanked Jesus Christ for his talent. 
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May 7, 2013 11:52
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Glenn Maxwell and Phil Hughes can't get any games for their IPL teams, but some 41 year old Indian man that has hardly played any "official" cricket has gotten a game for the Royals today. The IPL is kind of weird.
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May 7, 2013 11:58
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I'm not sure Maxwell cares, being paid $1 million and all.
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Quanta posted:Please tell me that killed Virat Kohli, or at least permanently left him unable to open his mouth. He can only suck BCCI cock out of one side of his mouth now.
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May 7, 2013 12:12
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Doctor Cave posted:I'm not sure Maxwell cares, being paid $1 million and all. Most of that money is only awarded if the player is actually selected.
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Mister Chief posted:Most of that money is only awarded if the player is actually selected. To be told it's a million-dollar agreement and be literally too poo poo to be paid any of it... that is delicious
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gay picnic defence posted:He can only suck BCCI cock out of one side of his mouth now. When harsha bhogle stops doing it  defending BCCI's handling of the Tim May-Sivaramakrishnan vote
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May 7, 2013 13:21
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May 7, 2013 14:14
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Mister Chief posted:Most of that money is only awarded if the player is actually selected. Is it? I figured they bid to have them in the team and then they got match payments on top or something. Otherwise why the hell is Maxwell hanging around? Spose he'd still be getting a tidy sum even if most of the million isn't in his pocket. Scylo posted:Glenn Maxwell and Phil Hughes can't get any games for their IPL teams, but some 41 year old Indian man that has hardly played any "official" cricket has gotten a game for the Royals today. The IPL is kind of weird. I like T20 for this kinda stuff. He didn't bowl great (better than Tait though) but it reminds me of Brad Young getting games in the BBL. You see some totally random domestic cricketers getting games out of nowhere for whatever reason (promotion, squad depth being used I'm guessing mostly) and it owns. Also that dude named Sachin Baby must get so much poo poo on the field.
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PTizzle posted:Is it? I figured they bid to have them in the team and then they got match payments on top or something. Otherwise why the hell is Maxwell hanging around? Spose he'd still be getting a tidy sum even if most of the million isn't in his pocket. And they've probably got them tied up in hundreds of contracts telling them what they can and can't do and say. I've always wondered how IPL contracts actually work, because it surely can't just be as simple as "bid $1m for someone, you win, you pay them $1m". I've always wondered how the IPL makes money at all really with the type of figures they throw around. I know Indian cricket gets shitloads from advertising, but still. Part of me suspects it's just a big money laundering scheme.
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They get huge crowds, TV deals, advertising and the squads would be smaller than most sports (plus it's not like everyone gets a million, I think most of the work-horses would be on 100-200k). In a country with a billion-plus people with the main sport being cricket it's not hard to see that it'd turn a massive profit. I only really like it as a retirement fund for awesome older cricketers.
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The "huge crowds" won't matter a great deal because the regular tickets are probably very cheap because India's a poor country. Advertising and corporate sponsorship seems to be their main income, but the entire thing feels like a bubble waiting to burst to me. This article expands on this: http://www.livemint.com/Consumer/Vx82Oge7kJ5nYt6rylf5FM/Profits-still-elude-some-IPL-teams.html "Barring two-three teams, none of the IPL teams are making money. The ones that are, also are not making serious money,” said an executive from one of the franchises who wanted to remain anonymous."
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It seems that Adil Rashid might have remembered how to bat. Now if he can remember how to bowl as well, Yorkshire might well stay up this year...
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Ilanin posted:It seems that Adil Rashid might have remembered how to bat. Now if he can remember how to bowl as well, Yorkshire might well stay up this year... I dunno. If they keep racking up big innings scores, I doubt they'll lose too many games. Lancashire, though, are batting like they belong at club level this season. Also, Ishant Sharma's efforts in the IPL today will have given renewed hope to Saj Mahmood that he can get a contract next season.
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Ilanin posted:It seems that Adil Rashid might have remembered how to bat. Now if he can remember how to bowl as well, Yorkshire might well stay up this year... I remember a few years ago he was the Next Big Thing. Selvey on the Grauniad has indicated (obliquely) that Rashid has no chance of playing for England again. What's the story there?
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He's following the Graeme Swann career path. Arrive on the scene as an England prospect very young, impress everybody, get picked once or twice, act like a twat for a while pissing off everyone in the current set-up, and then lose form and completely fall out of consideration. What remains to be seen is if he manages to regain form in a few years' time (which would conveniently also be about when Swann and Panesar are around retirement) and come back into contention.
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