wow! What a game. Knife edge to the end. Neutrals love it but Falcons pulled a lot out of the end game. Wow... I'm still reeling. Thriller but painful for the Bears.
"Golf is a good walk, ruined" - Winston Churchill
Cricket is very far from boring my friend - but I do take your point - it's not easy to pick up as a novice or beginner and even at my ripe old age I'm sometimes surprised at its development and how it can still catch me unawares.
That in one sense is why this thread exists, to proselytize and edgermakayte about the greatest game of all!
By this time next year, if you're a good boy and pay attention you'll be able to explain the LBW law to your friends and neighbours - no matter how much they try and avoid you! 👺
Mo's only played a couple of Blast games for the Bears since his return to the land of his birth having spent much of his career as a pear. Sadly he's not come off too well thus far but not entirely down to him.
I don't see the current set up stoked by baz is likely to be "holding an end" in the classic sense but when you see them they do seem to be playing proper test cricket, but more joyfully and with an energy most teams seem to lack.
Whatever the outcome I think it's going to change Test cricket for ever!
I'm in complete agreement re the IPL, but I do enjoy the T20 Blast which is far less theatrical and arguably better cricket - and I do also admit that I enjoy The Hundred - I've watched both seasons, men and women and enjoyed all of it. I genuinely believe that it could be a way of getting kids into the long form of the game, over time.
The Ashes could be really exciting. Losing Leach is a big blow - but I think there's a lot of hype being made about it. I can see a number of potential replacements but personally I'd love to see Moeen back in the team - I've always felt that he undersells himself and under Stokes he could really shine
This thread is inspiring!
I've always kind of used insps as a "rainy day of last resort" thing - sometimes it catches me out but I find that these days, even on relatively squishy characters, so long as I don't bite off more than I can metaphorically chew, their use is less necessary than on live. I guess that's the result of the endless power-creep we experience since before the release of Going Rogue
No you don't. You just want to feel like you're doing "better" than anyone else in the game. You just want to feel more special than you really are.
The race to 50 is crippling this game in so many ways but it's so tempting to do it anyhow. Better if XP was halved universally and then we maybe get regular XP weekends sometimes.
for those of you who don't understand the table:
Matches, Wins, Losses, Points, Net Run Rate
NRR is the best measure of the level at which a team wins. Win big, your NRR goes up, lose, it goes down, scrape a victory nothing much changes. It's a great leveller. Keep an eye on it!
Also #COYB