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Post by Wicked Cricket on Aug 19, 2024 7:55:15 GMT
Congrats to the Oval Invincibles. The Southern Brave were fortunate
to be in the final after that extraordinary semi. The best team won.
Now the Brave are to be taken over by the owners (GMR Group) of
the IPL team, Delhi Capitals, hopefully they will pump money into the
side. The middle order is sorely lacking some oomph.
Pollard is past his best; Du Plooy had a mare of a tournament; and Evans
seems mediocre. Sadly, James Coles lacked the experience, but at only
20 years-old, there is huge potential. Meanwhile, the bowling attack
remains the best in the competition, so don't tinker with that.
Already, the Invincibles are becoming the Manchester City of the Hundred,
but with a lot more money pouring in for 2025, other teams should become
stronger and more competitive.
There were 29,000 people in attendance at Lord's and TV viewing figures
were over half a million. While, overall, television watchers are slightly down
from 2023, much of this was due to the Olympics.
The competition has reached a plateau in progression and hence the need for
more money to attract global star cricketers and additional marketing. The
ECBs initial aim to attract new people to cricket, in particular youngsters and
women, is working.
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Post by therealab1 on Aug 19, 2024 14:36:57 GMT
I really did try to get in to it but its not for me, hopefully they do the right thing and change it to a T20 format asap.
Very lazy from pundits to blame pitches and the ball for the poor quality of the mens version.
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Post by sixandout on Aug 19, 2024 18:58:06 GMT
I genuinely didn’t known it was done and dusted, let alone which teams were in the final. The Hundred has dulled my interest in cricket for the 2024 season and brought the football season into full view. I’ll try and resurrect enthusiasm for the CC, hoping rain doesn’t kill off September.
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Post by Wicked Cricket on Aug 21, 2024 12:18:01 GMT
Very lazy from pundits to blame pitches and the ball for the poor quality of the mens version.It wasn't lazy, but pundit fact. The ball used had extra gloss due to the 100 logo placed on it (see photo below).  The Daily Telegraph blames the general low scoring in hundred matches due to this fact. For once, the fast bowlers had the upper hand in a short format game and it was wonderful to watch. Please read this articlearchive.md/Diz4oAlso:- The balls, which are produced by Kookaburra, are a different batch for 2024. This batch could be more
bowler-friendly, as sometimes happens in Test cricket, when the ball in particular seasons swings more. Being a fast bowler in my youth, to see the imbalance between batsman and bowler for so many years, whether T20 or the Hundred, is boring. Finally, during this year's 100 the tables had turned. Joy oh joy! Quite frankly, after watching four after four, six after six, with mediocre batsmen gorging themselves on such unfair advantage... offer me this better balance anytime. Batsmen had to be far more careful with their shots, especially during the power play when the ball was swinging and jagging all over the place, and what occurred was the cream of batters shone through e.g James Vince. As expected, the batsmen who failed in this year's tournament blamed poor pitches. No, it was because they couldn't cope with the bowlers' upper hand. I very much hope this continues next year, putting an end to the usual slog-fest, and making the batsmen better players.
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Post by therealab1 on Aug 21, 2024 12:29:20 GMT
It is lazy, its an easy go to thing for anyone to point out. The long and short of it is the quality of player isnt there, they are playing in bigger and better tournaments.
The idea of the shorter format is for big runs in a short period of time, id half get an argument if there were close finishes but they were few and far between. If they want to build audiences runs are key.
Its fine you like it WC but blaming balls and saying wickets are tired this year and thats why is such a cop out. No more cricket has been played on those pitches probably even less at test match grounds due to only 3 tests played this summer.
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Post by Wicked Cricket on Aug 21, 2024 13:25:32 GMT
I would suggest your arguments are lazy.  There were plenty of close finishes, a good example being the Eliminator or semi-final for the uninitiated. I agree putting the blame on tired pitches is nonsense. I also agree there are not enough top cricketers involved in the tournament, but the ECB are looking to address this problem for the 2025 season. We know the hundred is chalk and cheese on this Forum, so opinions will be swayed by this. |
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Post by therealab1 on Aug 21, 2024 13:31:10 GMT
I would suggest your arguments are lazy. There were plenty of close finishes, a good example being the Eliminator or semi-final for the uninitiated. I agree putting the blame on tired pitches is nonsense. I also agree there are not enough top cricketers involved in the tournament, but the ECB are looking to address this problem for the 2025 season. We know the hundred is chalk and cheese on this Forum, so opinions will be swayed by this. of course theyre lazy i dont care enough and the key factor is im not paid vast amounts of money to provide detailed insights. In the interest of not being lazy, theyre were 7 out of 38 games that could be considered close some im being generous with. 18% meaning 82% of the games were not close. Amazing for the womens game, unneccesary for the mens. |
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Post by Wicked Cricket on Aug 21, 2024 14:27:32 GMT
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Post by therealab1 on Aug 21, 2024 14:36:40 GMT
No im not dis interested i have tried because at the end of the day i love the game of cricket. I think if it makes the changes thats needed it could be a real money spinner. |
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