General Cricket Discussion

[WubbaLubbaDubDub]

Have not seen such a shite Australian team in a long time. I get it that a lot of players are not participating but is the bench strength so weak? Also they have been so shite, no body even created a separate match thread for them

 

[wasteyouryouth]

Have not seen such a shite Australian team in a long time. I get it that a lot of players are not participating but is the bench strength so weak? Also they have been so shite, no body even created a separate match thread for them

Wonder if it's a consequence of the BBL lacking high quality Australian internationals and the other one day tournament being quite weak.

The contrast with England is interesting where we haven't had a franchise league but appear to have great strength in depth for limited overs cricket.

 

[Aislabie]

Wonder if it's a consequence of the BBL lacking high quality Australian internationals and the other one day tournament being quite weak.

Yeah, facing Ben Manenti on a drop-in isn't quite preparing the Aussies for Shakib and Mahedi on a turner

 

[wasteyouryouth]

Yeah, facing Ben Manenti on a drop-in isn't quite preparing the Aussies for Shakib and Mahedi on a turner

Meanwhile Adam Lyth out-bowled Mujeeb the other night.

 

[asprin]

ICC to push for cricket's inclusion in the 2028 Olympics

Working group set up to see if the sport can be included in the Los Angeles games in 2028 and beyond

www.espncricinfo.com

Interesting....what format but?

 

[wasteyouryouth]

ICC to push for cricket's inclusion in the 2028 Olympics

Working group set up to see if the sport can be included in the Los Angeles games in 2028 and beyond

www.espncricinfo.com

Interesting....what format but?

The ECB have a bag of magic beans, for a licensing fee of course.

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Sad news this

 

[CerealKiller]

ICC to push for cricket's inclusion in the 2028 Olympics

Working group set up to see if the sport can be included in the Los Angeles games in 2028 and beyond

www.espncricinfo.com

Interesting....what format but?

It says in the article at the end that T10 is the likeliest format to be used.
@Na Maloom Afraad Salman Iqbal could soon take credit for bringing cricket to the Olympics

 

[asprin]

It says in the article at the end that T10 is the likeliest format to be used.

I'm not sure if T10 is as popular a format as others. ODI is out of the question, T20 takes about 4 hours which is still a lot when compared to other sports. But that has been the bane for Cricket though all this while, hasn't it? The 100 maybe?

 

[CerealKiller]

I'm not sure if T10 is as popular a format as others. ODI is out of the question, T20 takes about 4 hours which is still a lot when compared to other sports. But that has been the bane for Cricket though all this while, hasn't it? The 100 maybe?

T10 is shorter than the 100 though

 

[Na Maloom Afraad]

@Na Maloom Afraad Salman Iqbal could soon take credit for bringing cricket to the Olympics

The fact that I don't discount that as something he would actually do is quite depressing... :/

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Also, can't we just ask @VC the slogger to oversee cricket's inclusion in the Olympics and how it should be done properly?

 

[Jack7]

T10 means you can play more games in a shorter space of time. The less overs you play the more it turns into baseball though. It would be good if 15 overs, or 100 balls, could be used. But if the Olympic Committee are desperate for the shortest format then T10 is probably the shortest you can play without it getting ridiculous. I mean, imagine if they let Cricket in and made them play 5 over games. That would be going too far.

 

[WubbaLubbaDubDub]

T10 means you can play more games in a shorter space of time. The less overs you play the more it turns into baseball though. It would be good if 15 overs, or 100 balls, could be used. But if the Olympic Committee are desperate for the shortest format then T10 is probably the shortest you can play without it getting ridiculous. I mean, imagine if they let Cricket in and made them play 5 over games. That would be going too far.

Baseball still sees an average of 300 pitches in a match which would equal to 25 overs a side.

 

[Jack7]

Baseball still sees an average of 300 pitches in a match which would equal to 25 overs a side.

Yes, I meant the mindset for the batsman changes.

 

[WubbaLubbaDubDub]

I think T20 should be the ideal format. Lets not give our brainwashed younger generation yet another format that makes them loose more patience even with T20. For cricket it should be simple and should have only 2 formats, T20 and Test matches.

 

[Loubs]

No don't believe on that. It won't ever happen

That's great it is my belief the World cup should remain a fifty over competition.