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Post by Wicked Cricket on Mar 16, 2020 17:58:31 GMT
Slightly odd behaviour from Sussex CCC. They cancel the AGM on March 31st, but the Members Monthly lunch, 6 days earlier, is still going ahead.
At this moment in time the Member's Monthly Lunch on Wednesday 25th March is still going ahead as planned, but the arrival time is now 12:00PM for a 12:15PM sit down lunch.
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Post by fromthesharkstand on Mar 16, 2020 19:42:07 GMT
Wicked Cricket, What about the planned two day friendly against Hampshire CCC on 26-27th?
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Post by Wicked Cricket on Mar 16, 2020 21:33:18 GMT
That seems highly likely to be cancelled... surely?
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Post by Wicked Cricket on Mar 17, 2020 11:18:56 GMT
Following on from Tymal Mills, David Wiese left the PSL yesterday ahead of the competition's semi-finals. Surprisingly, while Wiese has greatly helped the Lahore Qalandars to reach the semi-finals, he has decided not to play for them against Karachi Kings today and will return home to South Africa instead. Some might suggest this is a little drastic, but like others, perhaps, his family comes first? And what if there is a lock-down in the country over the coming days? Meanwhile, Phil Salt left Pakistan over the weekend after his Islamabad United side were eliminated from the PSL after the group stage.
According to the Sussex CCC Website, Ravi Bopara and Chris Jordan, the other Sussex players involved in this year’s PSL are remaining in Pakistan for their team's semi-final. Bopara's Multan Sultans will play Peshawar Zalmi at the Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore on Tuesday afternoon, while CJ’s Karachi Kings take on the Qalandars later in the day at the same venue. The matches – as well as Wednesday’s final, also in Lahore – will be played behind closed doors.
The end of the PSL was brought forward by four days last week in response to the COVID-19 outbreak. Initially, an eliminator and two play-offs were to decide the tournament’s finalists, but these fixtures were replaced by two conventional semi-finals.
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Post by Wicked Cricket on Mar 17, 2020 11:32:08 GMT
This article by the new Head Honcho of the cricketing writers' team at The Telegraph, Nick Hoult, bears two oddities. First, a rather condescending attitude towards cricketers, where Hoult suggests that due to the coronavirus scare, players will be more mentally vulnerable than other sections of the public, and secondly, you can read the whole article due to a Shawshank Redemption break-out through the newspaper's paywall. www.youtube.com/watch?v=RQSmfzfg2MY
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Post by Wicked Cricket on Mar 17, 2020 13:58:30 GMT
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Post by Wicked Cricket on Mar 17, 2020 15:01:56 GMT
The enfant terrible of the England cricket team, Alex Hales, releases a statement today telling cricket fans that he is self-isolating. Oddly, he returns home from the PSL in the early hours of Saturday morning feeling absolutely fine and then one day later allegedly contracts what could be the coronavirus, which means whatever the virus (it may simply be a bog standard cold/flu), Hales must have caught it whilst playing in Pakistan. This shows the importance of a simple home test kit being out there, so everyone can test themselves to avoid any undue worry. Right now, there are various different strains of colds and flu which are not the coronavirus. Another odd thing is that Alex Hales got his management company to release the statement. Perhaps, a sign of the times.
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Post by Wicked Cricket on Mar 17, 2020 16:08:00 GMT
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Post by liquidskin on Mar 17, 2020 18:06:39 GMT
What am I missing with this virus?
The vast majority of the world is relatively young and healthy. So the vast majority of people will have a heavy cold or a nasty flu at worst. Why can't the world just lock up the elderly and vulnerable, tell them not to go out, ban all working age healthy people from visiting them, and crack on with doing everything we always do?
Why are we running away, being dictated to, accepting death and letting the world economy crumble over a poxy little flu? I haven't heard of any working age healthy people reporting anything other than a heavy cold. It passes through some without them even knowing it.
What am I missing here?
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Post by flashblade on Mar 17, 2020 18:38:12 GMT
What am I missing with this virus? The vast majority of the world is relatively young and healthy. So the vast majority of people will have a heavy cold or a nasty flu at worst. Why can't the world just lock up the elderly and vulnerable, tell them not to go out, ban all working age healthy people from visiting them, and crack on with doing everything we always do? Why are we running away, being dictated to, accepting death and letting the world economy crumble over a poxy little flu? I haven't heard of any working age healthy people reporting anything other than a heavy cold. It passes through some without them even knowing it. What am I missing here? Quite a lot.
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Post by liquidskin on Mar 17, 2020 18:45:08 GMT
Like?
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Post by flashblade on Mar 17, 2020 19:37:49 GMT
Just read the medical advice - it's all out there.
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Post by liquidskin on Mar 17, 2020 22:09:55 GMT
The advice is defensive, and I wanna know why? I haven't seen anything to suggest that anybody who doesn't have serious underlying health problems is gonna have more than a strong cold. Of all the people to die in this country so far, have any not had an underlying health condition? That's what I wanna know. Most people on the planet do not. People who do can be protected. I can't take losing elderly loved ones and potential financial ruin over what will most likely be a frigging heavy cold. No way man. The world approach is submissive and weak. Unless I'm wrong about the severity of the strain, that's what I'm trying to find out.
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Post by Wicked Cricket on Mar 18, 2020 9:01:47 GMT
Ls,
Flashblade and I are in opposite camps, so I completely agree with your sentiments. Today, the stats suggest (since January 1st 2020) that 103,010 have died from seasonal flu deaths (every year an estimated 290,000 to 650,000 people die in the world due to complications from seasonal influenza viruses) and 7,994 have died from the Coronavirus. In Italy the average age of those who have died is 81.5 years- old and those who are younger, the vast majority have died due to other underlying health complications.
Why isn't the world in lockdown 365 days of the year?
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Post by flashblade on Mar 18, 2020 9:08:38 GMT
If only the WHO and all the governments would listen to WC and LS, we could all get back to nearly normal tomorrow.
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