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:digin: So much better than the 20/20 stuff
Pokster
08-02-2019, 01:35 PM
:digin: So much better than the 20/20 stuff
It's a completely different game imo...like comparing 5 a side with 11 a side.
Never quite understood why "purists" rubbish T20 so much, without it cricket as a whole was dying out
barrybueno
08-02-2019, 01:36 PM
:digin: So much better than the 20/20 stuff
Geoff B likes this :thumbup:
It's a completely different game imo...like comparing 5 a side with 11 a side.
Never quite understood why "purists" rubbish T20 so much, without it cricket as a whole was dying out
Yes and 11 a side is a much better game to watch than 5 a side :thumbup:
I quite enjoy 20/20 but anyone can throw a bat at a ball. Try doing that with a Dukes ball, would be a far more interesting game
Luis Anaconda
08-02-2019, 01:51 PM
It's a completely different game imo...like comparing 5 a side with 11 a side.
Never quite understood why "purists" rubbish T20 so much, without it cricket as a whole was dying out
Precisely - I can enjoy both. Sat in empty stadiums and watched first-class cricket and packed stadiums watching T20. Was able to get drunk both times which is always the goal.
Pokster
08-02-2019, 01:57 PM
Precisely - I can enjoy both. Sat in empty stadiums and watched first-class cricket and packed stadiums watching T20. Was able to get drunk both times which is always the goal.
Without T20 most kids wouldn't have the slightest interest... a lot of kids give up the game when it goes from pairs 8 a side to 11 a side
Luis Anaconda
08-02-2019, 02:03 PM
Without T20 most kids wouldn't have the slightest interest... a lot of kids give up the game when it goes from pairs 8 a side to 11 a side
Is that the 8-a-side when you bat in pairs and get 2 overs but can't be out (you get runs deducted instead?). Do they still do that? I used to hate that as was primarily a bowler and it didn't feel right. Much preferred when we moved to proper (ironically 20 over) cricket?
Yes and 11 a side is a much better game to watch than 5 a side :thumbup:
I quite enjoy 20/20 but anyone can throw a bat at a ball. Try doing that with a Dukes ball, would be a far more interesting game
I'm not too sure I understand why anyone wouldn't be able to enjoy all three.
Unless you were a misanthropic, permanently miserable, always looking to be depressing, anti-life c*nt.
Like Burney :-)
Is that the 8-a-side when you bat in pairs and get 2 overs but can't be out (you get runs deducted instead?). Do they still do that? I used to hate that as was primarily a bowler and it didn't feel right. Much preferred when we moved to proper (ironically 20 over) cricket?
I loved it, won the NatWest county thing taking a one-handed catch on the boundary on the last ball
I'm not too sure I understand why anyone wouldn't be able to enjoy all three.
Unless you were a misanthropic, permanently miserable, always looking to be depressing, anti-life c*nt.
Like Burney :-)
Not saying I don't enjoy the shorter form, just that test match cricket is 10x better
Luis Anaconda
08-02-2019, 02:09 PM
I loved it, won the NatWest county thing taking a one-handed catch on the boundary on the last ball
Haha - I was left out of our final team in the club competition, played at Chelmsford, so I was a bit gutted. I was 9th man - just sounds wrong
Pokster
08-02-2019, 02:23 PM
Is that the 8-a-side when you bat in pairs and get 2 overs but can't be out (you get runs deducted instead?). Do they still do that? I used to hate that as was primarily a bowler and it didn't feel right. Much preferred when we moved to proper (ironically 20 over) cricket?
Yes, problem is too many coaches just want to win the 11 a side games so any young players don't bowl and bat at 10 or 11 so find it as dull as anything
Yes, problem is too many coaches just want to win the 11 a side games so any young players don't bowl and bat at 10 or 11 so find it as dull as anything
Agree on that, I moved around a few village teams for exactly that reason
Herbert Augustus Chapman
08-02-2019, 03:08 PM
I'm not too sure I understand why anyone wouldn't be able to enjoy all three.
Unless you were a misanthropic, permanently miserable, always looking to be depressing, anti-life c*nt.
Like Burney :-)
well who you were talking about :-D
Getting a new ball after 62 overs is cheating imo.
Tony C
08-02-2019, 11:17 PM
I think today we’ll know exactly how good the England batting is...
Burns needs to be thinking double century and the team 500.
Splendid knock from Burns...just want I wanted...no heroics, nothing stupid...just good mental strength and patience...BREAK THEM then let Woakes finish the job.
Tony C
08-04-2019, 06:57 PM
Well they got themselves into a right mess.
Playing like the team that got beat 2-1 by the windies
Ganpati's Goonerz--AFC's Aboriginal Fertility Cult
08-04-2019, 07:50 PM
I think today we’ll know exactly how good the England batting is...
Burns needs to be thinking double century and the team 500.
Splendid knock from Burns...just want I wanted...no heroics, nothing stupid...just good mental strength and patience...BREAK THEM then let Woakes finish the job.
Great jinxing, T. Did you have money on us losing?
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