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Post by philh on Aug 8, 2021 5:23:37 GMT
Good grief we’ve actually won a game! We've been competitive in all but one and should have won three by now. Everyone is in the same boat in this comp, we're not the only one playing kids. We'll be better still if Hunt and Atkins come in, maybe Carson too for a tilt. I'm getting on board with this and the Hundred playing alongside each other. It forces counties to play their young talent and for too long counties, and especially us, have preferred to sign has-beens, journeymen or ordinary Kolpaks, hindering the progress of quality young homies, homie. Plus, the Hundred rocks man. My team, the Barstardos, are in action tonight actually. We got the Flannels and we're gonna wipe the *** floor with them. Surely it’s cloths on the floor and flannels on the face. |
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Post by coverpoint on Aug 8, 2021 11:29:41 GMT
50 over competition should be rebranded as the "three hundred with the tag line three times the competition and excitement of the hundred and where runs are actually scored".
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Post by flashblade on Aug 8, 2021 12:13:04 GMT
50 over competition should be rebranded as the "three hundred with the tag line three times the competition and excitement of the hundred and where runs are actually scored". It has been reported that the scoring rate of The Hundred so far is 143.21 runs/100 balls, an increase of just 1.1% on the scoring rate of the T20 Blast that preceded it this year, 141.64. The rate of the 50-over RLC comp running in parallel to The Hundred is only 94.07 runs/100 balls. Not sure why you'd say The Three Hundred is more exciting. Because it's slower? Because it lasts longer? |
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Post by coverpoint on Aug 8, 2021 15:16:47 GMT
50 over competition should be rebranded as the "three hundred with the tag line three times the competition and excitement of the hundred and where runs are actually scored". It has been reported that the scoring rate of The Hundred so far is 143.21 runs/100 balls, an increase of just 1.1% on the scoring rate of the T20 Blast that preceded it this year, 141.64. The rate of the 50-over RLC comp running in parallel to The Hundred is only 94.07 runs/100 balls. Not sure why you'd say The Three Hundred is more exciting. Because it's slower? Because it lasts longer? I'd rather watch a game of cricket than baseball or rounders. Is it any wonder we are rubbish at test cricket when play so much micky mouse cricket. Hundred is nothing more than a gimmick which will fail once the initial gloss has worn off. Hundred is just a much *rapper version of T20. |
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Post by flashblade on Aug 8, 2021 17:14:28 GMT
It has been reported that the scoring rate of The Hundred so far is 143.21 runs/100 balls, an increase of just 1.1% on the scoring rate of the T20 Blast that preceded it this year, 141.64. The rate of the 50-over RLC comp running in parallel to The Hundred is only 94.07 runs/100 balls. Not sure why you'd say The Three Hundred is more exciting. Because it's slower? Because it lasts longer? I'd rather watch a game of cricket than baseball or rounders. Is it any wonder we are rubbish at test cricket when play so much micky mouse cricket. Hundred is nothing more than a gimmick which will fail once the initial gloss has worn off. Hundred is just a much *rapper version of T20. I was responding to your suggestion that the 50 over game was more exciting than The Hundred. What are your criteria for measuring exciting cricket? As a seasoned cricket lover, of course you get more enjoyment out of 50 overs, but that doesn't mean it's more exciting, does it? The audience size is a good indication of the excitement level - compare T20 audiences with red ball audiences. You're right that a successful Hundred would cause further damage to the longer formats, and we can see the damage that's already been done to Test cricket. The ECB is chasing the money, and there's more money to be made from short "exciting" cricket than from the 4 day game. It's a real dilemma, and we're not confident that the ECB will get the balance right. |
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Post by coverpoint on Aug 8, 2021 17:30:03 GMT
I'd rather watch a game of cricket than baseball or rounders. Is it any wonder we are rubbish at test cricket when play so much micky mouse cricket. Hundred is nothing more than a gimmick which will fail once the initial gloss has worn off. Hundred is just a much *rapper version of T20. I was responding to your suggestion that the 50 over game was more exciting than The Hundred. What are your criteria for measuring exciting cricket? As a seasoned cricket lover, of course you get more enjoyment out of 50 overs, but that doesn't mean it's more exciting, does it? The audience size is a good indication of the excitement level - compare T20 audiences with red ball audiences. You're right that a successful Hundred would cause further damage to the longer formats, and we can see the damage that's already been done to Test cricket. The ECB is chasing the money, and there's more money to be made from short "exciting" cricket than from the 4 day game. It's a real dilemma, and we're not confident that the ECB will get the balance right. The standard of cricket that I have seen so far in the hundred is akin to that of village green cricket! Gimmick cricket to try and capture people with no attention span beyond 90 minutes is not going to move cricket forward. Let's be honest the ECB have given away most of the tickets away for free or for as little as £5. How many would come if they were being charged £30 as for the T20. They would have had their big pay day already if they registered the T20 as a trademark and patented it before it become a worldwide phenomena. Unfortunately county cricket is run by ECB so the future of English cricket is screwed. I predict the hundred will be a failure and Sky will end the contract early. The ECB have had no problems filling test grounds for Ashes tests. |
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Post by ashingtonmartlet on Aug 9, 2021 21:18:52 GMT
50 over competition should be rebranded as the "three hundred with the tag line three times the competition and excitement of the hundred and where runs are actually scored". It has been reported that the scoring rate of The Hundred so far is 143.21 runs/100 balls, an increase of just 1.1% on the scoring rate of the T20 Blast that preceded it this year, 141.64. The rate of the 50-over RLC comp running in parallel to The Hundred is only 94.07 runs/100 balls. Not sure why you'd say The Three Hundred is more exciting. Because it's slower? Because it lasts longer? Probably because we all want to talk up the RLODC as much as we can, to shove it up the ECB and make the point that relegating 50 over cricket in the way they have is scandalous. |
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Post by coverpoint on Aug 10, 2021 6:42:48 GMT
It has been reported that the scoring rate of The Hundred so far is 143.21 runs/100 balls, an increase of just 1.1% on the scoring rate of the T20 Blast that preceded it this year, 141.64. The rate of the 50-over RLC comp running in parallel to The Hundred is only 94.07 runs/100 balls. Not sure why you'd say The Three Hundred is more exciting. Because it's slower? Because it lasts longer? Probably because we all want to talk up the RLODC as much as we can, to shove it up the ECB and make the point that relegating 50 over cricket in the way they have is scandalous. We are the current reigning 50 overs world champions. What shape will we be in to try and retain it playing the Hundred? Only in the hundred could a 42 year old take a hat trick. |
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Post by flashblade on Aug 10, 2021 8:14:58 GMT
Probably because we all want to talk up the RLODC as much as we can, to shove it up the ECB and make the point that relegating 50 over cricket in the way they have is scandalous. We are the current reigning 50 overs world champions. What shape will we be in to try and retain it playing the Hundred? Only in the hundred could a 42 year old take a hat trick. That demonstrates why The Hundred is exciting!  TBF, it was electrifying viewing. |
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Post by ashingtonmartlet on Aug 10, 2021 15:55:04 GMT
Probably because we all want to talk up the RLODC as much as we can, to shove it up the ECB and make the point that relegating 50 over cricket in the way they have is scandalous. We are the current reigning 50 overs world champions. What shape will we be in to try and retain it playing the Hundred? Only in the hundred could a 42 year old take a hat trick. Absolutely on the first point👍 |
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Post by flashblade on Aug 10, 2021 16:01:31 GMT
We are the current reigning 50 overs world champions. What shape will we be in to try and retain it playing the Hundred? Only in the hundred could a 42 year old take a hat trick. Absolutely on the first point👍 I agree. (I've already cast doubt on the 2nd point!) |
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Post by liquidskin on Aug 10, 2021 16:35:44 GMT
All three of you are wrong. No England players would be in a domestic 50 over comp so they'd play the same amount of 50 over games all year in defence of their crown anyway, for England.
Like it or not 50 over cricket will be completely wiped out soon. Historically, you have the longer form and the shorter form - there's a more exciting and more lucrative shorter form in town and it ain't going nowhere.
The Hundred is the same as T20 with a few little gimmicks thrown in. Flash is right, last night was scintillating, or whatever he said. Every night there's a great game. Tonight for instance my team, the Turncoats, are up against the leaders, the Leaders, in a huge top of the table clash.
Come on Salty.
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Post by flashblade on Aug 10, 2021 17:13:20 GMT
All three of you are wrong. No England players would be in a domestic 50 over comp so they'd play the same amount of 50 over games all year in defence of their crown anyway, for England. Like it or not 50 over cricket will be completely wiped out soon. Historically, you have the longer form and the shorter form - there's a more exciting and more lucrative shorter form in town and it ain't going nowhere. The Hundred is the same as T20 with a few little gimmicks thrown in. Flash is right, last night was scintillating, or whatever he said. Every night there's a great game. Tonight for instance my team, the Turncoats, are up against the leaders, the Leaders, in a huge top of the table clash. Come on Salty. I agree - 50 overs is neither proper cricket nor exciting. |
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Post by coverpoint on Aug 10, 2021 17:55:18 GMT
All three of you are wrong. No England players would be in a domestic 50 over comp so they'd play the same amount of 50 over games all year in defence of their crown anyway, for England. Like it or not 50 over cricket will be completely wiped out soon. Historically, you have the longer form and the shorter form - there's a more exciting and more lucrative shorter form in town and it ain't going nowhere. The Hundred is the same as T20 with a few little gimmicks thrown in. Flash is right, last night was scintillating, or whatever he said. Every night there's a great game. Tonight for instance my team, the Turncoats, are up against the leaders, the Leaders, in a huge top of the table clash. Come on Salty. I agree - 50 overs is neither proper cricket nor exciting. We are the world champions at 50 overs. Hundred will die once the interest wanes which it will soon will as these people have no attention span. We don't need the hundred as we have T20. The hundred isn't a patch on T20. If you play rubbish cricket you produce rubbish cricketers. www.telegraph.co.uk/cricket/2021/08/04/england-vs-india-first-test-day-one-live-score-latest-updates/De Lange who was tearing up the hundred comes back to the fifty over cup and goes for 29 in an over. Does this mean that the hundred is a crap standard? Isn’t this how it works? |
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Post by liquidskin on Aug 10, 2021 19:52:31 GMT
No. Someone got hold of him and he didn't care cos only one man and his dog was watching. Ask him where he'd rather be. Everyone loves this, players, coaches, viewing figures are high and grounds are packed. They don't need traditionalists I'm afraid.
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