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Post by Deleted on Jul 22, 2023 8:56:43 GMT
Great, with no friendly today we can all settle down and watch the cricket.
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Post by Gresty on Jul 22, 2023 10:29:06 GMT
Great, with no friendly today we can all settle down and watch the cricket. Just had a peek at the rainfall radar. It looks likely to stay wet in these parts throughout the afternoon but I reckon they might get a few overs in at Old Trafford later. 🤞
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Post by colebridgebull on Jul 22, 2023 13:56:35 GMT
Thankyou Michael Fish. Spot on
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Post by mikeunderpenyard on Jul 23, 2023 20:13:25 GMT
What a ridiculous sport, i don't profess to know much about it, but surely the rules need to change.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 23, 2023 20:16:55 GMT
What a ridiculous sport, i don't profess to know much about it, but surely the rules need to change. The weather is just one of the many wonderful layers. Lost the ashes before we started using our noggin. They didn't even really have to win it. Just had to play normal cricket.
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Post by mikeunderpenyard on Jul 23, 2023 20:20:48 GMT
What a ridiculous sport, i don't profess to know much about it, but surely the rules need to change. The weather is just one of the many wonderful layers. Lost the ashes before we started using our noggin. They didn't even really have to win it. Just had to play normal cricket. Thanks, I understand it a bit better now.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 23, 2023 20:26:13 GMT
The weather is just one of the many wonderful layers. Lost the ashes before we started using our noggin. They didn't even really have to win it. Just had to play normal cricket. Thanks, I understand it a bit better now. Ha ha. The weather is massive in cricket. It has a massive bearing on this game, from the toss onwards. The one good thing is the pitches drain amazingly now. 20-30 years ago there would have been no chance of any play yesterday.
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Post by mikeunderpenyard on Jul 23, 2023 20:38:24 GMT
The weather is massive in cricket. It has a massive bearing on this game, from the toss onwards.
That's the part i don't quite get.
I could quite easily Google it, but i prefer a more personal explanation.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 23, 2023 21:10:11 GMT
The weather is massive in cricket. It has a massive bearing on this game, from the toss onwards. That's the part i don't quite get. I could quite easily Google it, but i prefer a more personal explanation. So if the weather was sunny and the pitch was a belter you would aim to win the toss and bat. Back yourself to get some decent runs (ideally 400+) then you are in the driving seat. In a normal game you not only have scoreboard pressure by posting a decent total but you don't have to bat last. Traditionally as the pitch gets worn and dries out it gets harder to bat on. In modern times this has become less so. Anyway the weather at the toss on day 1 (plus they have all the weather apps etc) suggested that putting the other team into bat was the way to go. It is a brave thing to do as it makes you look stupid if they get to the end of the day 309/2. It looked like it was going to backfire but it just about paid off. The thing about this match was that it was clear it was pretty much a 3 day game due to the weather forecast. That influenced the way both teams approached the game. They played a really cautious (bat all the way down) team as they didn't need to win. We had to win and in quick sharp time. So the weather influenced a fair few decisions. One that stands out was the lack of a declaration on Friday morning. Most un Bazball like. It could have been the difference, but it wasn't this game that cost us anyhow.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 23, 2023 21:43:53 GMT
I don't reckon it would've made much difference if we had declared earlier.
We'd probably be waking up this morning hoping for a small window of opportunity to smash a few runs to victory. Instead we were hoping for a medium-sized window to knock them over.
Either way, it doesn't matter because it pissed it down all day.
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Post by Gresty on Jul 25, 2023 12:18:01 GMT
Thankyou Michael Fish. Spot on TBF, there wasn't a hurricane, was there? Give me credit for not actually doing a Michael Fish forecast. 😂
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Post by Peroni on Jul 26, 2023 11:37:08 GMT
Worcestershire are getting on with it, nearly 5 and over last time I looked.
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Post by eggchaserbull on Jul 26, 2023 13:04:13 GMT
Worcestershire are getting on with it, nearly 5 and over last time I looked. We used to play '6 and out' if you cleared the fence, because Mr Jones at No. 16 would never give us our ball back.
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Post by Peroni on Jul 27, 2023 11:22:38 GMT
Bazball !
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Post by Deleted on Jul 27, 2023 17:09:04 GMT
Worcestershire are getting on with it, nearly 5 and over last time I looked. We used to play '6 and out' if you cleared the fence, because Mr Jones at No. 16 would never give us our ball back. We had "portable wooden stumps" that could be removed if a car needed to pass through "the pitch". Any male adult passing would be greeted with "bowl for us mister?". Most did. Happy days.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 27, 2023 17:15:47 GMT
Not many kids where I grew up so I think the set up was a calor gas bottle, an older brother and a tennis ball which frequently left the village.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 30, 2023 14:55:43 GMT
Fair play, that was a brilliant bit of radio on TMS with Cook and Vaughan talking about life, retirement and captaincy.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 31, 2023 16:32:12 GMT
Everyone given up with this then?
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Post by Deleted on Jul 31, 2023 16:58:26 GMT
This has been an consistently interesting series, no matter what. It's great. I'm beginning to feel quite tense about this, again.
It does make me wonder where ww has gone, though.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 31, 2023 17:25:40 GMT
His old man was a tw@t 'n' all. WELL DONE YOU TW@TTING LEGEND!
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