Reply With QuoteI just wonder how much four day (red ball) cricket have our lads played recently, without wishing to make excuses for them.
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SA beat England by an innings and 12 runs, Eng doing their old fave, the Callapso Calypso. Oh dear, back to normal.
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I just wonder how much four day (red ball) cricket have our lads played recently, without wishing to make excuses for them.
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5 weeks since last red ball game.Originally Posted by Magpies1959
Whoever comes in wont have played for 6 weeks this is down to The Hundred which is awful and I have zero interest in.
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In fairness, Eng lost a toss that would have been very handy to win. The ball was doing all sorts on that first morning and we never really recovered or got to grips with game after that.
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Stuart “can’t bat against the short ball” Broad was second top scorer for England in the match. when a number 9 (who is really a 10 at best) is second top scorer in the game, the problems are far deeper than the loss of a toss.
Bazzball needs better players than we have against very good quicks, and a lot of luck.
In this game thr luck ran out.
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Fact is, we don’t have many players capable of playing against top class bowlers and are unlikely to produce any whilst we continue to promote almost pointless white ball slogs, and continue to denigrate red ball cricket to times of year which make county trundlers and has beens unplayable and do not allow our top players to play in.
The system is broken. And has been broken for some time. it will likely never be fixed.
The argument that “no one goes to 4 day county games” is always trotted out.
Might that have something to do with the fact they are played almost entirely when it’s either cold, outside of school holidays and on weekdays have something to do with it?
Are they marketed? Have they changed with the times? Of course not. They are seen almost as friendlies with crap teams are seen in football. Roses game exempted.
The ECB always blame county cricket. They have created the problem, and made it worse.
The odd slogged win isn’t going to keep folk going to test matches. Especially when we start losing series 3 or 4 nil at home.
It will be the 4 day county game at fault again though… can’t wait to see what crap ideas they come up with next.
Maybe the O10. Just 10 balls, could be over in 20 minutes. Just the sort of prep our test players need.
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A thumping win today sees us make the semi-finals of the Royal London one-day cup (the 50 over one) on superior run rate where we will be away to Lancashire on Friday.
It's been a bit of a part Second XI contest for all counties because of the demands of the franchise cup, but its given valuable experience to a lot of fringe players and youngsters. It's also been very watchable on the free live streams.
Looking forward to the conclusion of the red ball game next month.
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Great to see the younger lads get a chance, even if they have been up against players of similar age and standard in the main.
Stand out player for me was Dane Schadendorf, a proper keeper.
Agree in general about the streams, but today's was unwatchable in parts.
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The schedule is horrendous. When was the last round of County Championship games? Several weeks ago. Basically South Africa have had more cricket - the one game v England Lions.
We simply don’t give our own cricketers a fighting chance and expect them to turn up and be in form.
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Brett Hutton the stand out for me, some sensational spells. Schadendorf has looked good behind the stumps, but has disappointed with the bat.
Yep, not up to the usual Trent Bridge live stream standard, but it can't be easy to provide from grounds like Grantham and Welbeck.
Still a fantastic service for free!
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