Comments on: England need a short-pitched specialist like Neil Wagner

By: Marees

Marees — Tue, 10 Apr 2018 08:41:03 +0000

In reply to Balladeer. Support CSK. they have the best dancers, Bravo, Jadeja, Raina etc

By: Ged

Ged — Mon, 09 Apr 2018 18:42:26 +0000

In reply to Stos. Many thanks, Fried, I am profoundly indebted to you.

By: daneel

daneel — Mon, 09 Apr 2018 15:16:52 +0000

In reply to daneel. Incidentally, Leics made 139-8 off 50 overs today, so that's going well. I'm hoping Nixon gets a game at some stage, being as half the team seems to be the same age as him. Carberry as captain? Wondering if that is reward or punishment for putting in a Cook in NZ-esque performance while on loan last year.

By: daneel

daneel — Mon, 09 Apr 2018 15:09:48 +0000

I’ve never even watched an IPL game, and the closest I’ve ever been to India is are either Dubai or Changi Airport; but feel free to put me down as a supporter of whichever team is most likely to put in a Leicestershire-esque performance and fail to win any game whatsoever, if anyone can advise me as to which this is.

By: Fried

Fried — Mon, 09 Apr 2018 13:44:10 +0000

In reply to Stos. Ged, I thought they would be orange, but they're a not-very-high viz light green instead. There, now you won't have to watch your team play after all!

By: Bert

Bert — Mon, 09 Apr 2018 13:20:37 +0000

In reply to Deep Cower. No no no, you’ve got it all wrong. That thing you erroneously describe as a metal crescent, as if such a thing could exist, is actually a well-understood feature of classical art – a Future Swoosh. It indicates to the viewer the direction that something, in this case the bat, is about to take. This is no leave outside off-stump, this is an IPL hero attempting the fiendishly difficult Inverse Drive, connecting with the ball after it has passed him and launching it over long stop for an NHS Maximum, or whatever they’re called this week. This is why the IPL is the spectacle it is – batsmen attempting astonishingly difficult shots for NO APPARENT REASON. And things exploding as well, mustn’t forget those.

By: Deep Cower

Deep Cower — Mon, 09 Apr 2018 11:12:51 +0000

In reply to Bert. I expected better from you, Bert. You went with a batsman who sees it fit to leave a delivery outside the off-stump while standing on his toes, perilously bending back his entire torso and gratuitously spreading his legs. And in addition to gloves, helmet, and the works, also seems to have surrounded himself with some sort of a metallic crescent as an added layer of protection against some medium-paced bowling. These are sad times. And to think you are part of the leadership group! #sandpaper#tears#bertpressconference

By: Ged

Ged — Mon, 09 Apr 2018 10:48:22 +0000

In reply to Bert.

My choice of CSK was all pathos, Bert.

I’m not at all sure about your ethos in choosing to support the IPL administrators – did someone slip you a few bob to write that, Bert?

By: Balladeer

Balladeer — Mon, 09 Apr 2018 10:48:12 +0000

There was only one Ipple team worth supporting, and that was Rising Pune Supergiant. Given that Rising Pune Supergiant is no longer in the Ipple, I have no further interest in the competition and would very much like a ‘filter’ option to remove it from my Cricinfo front page, thank you very much.

When does the County Championship start again? By which I mean both theoretically, and in practice when the rain relents enough for the first result of the season (some time in June?).

By: Ged

Ged — Mon, 09 Apr 2018 10:43:51 +0000

In reply to Deep Cower.

On the matter of fast bowler and CSK…

…actually I realised after making my decision to support CSK that Mark Wood is one of their overseas players. That is a very good additional reason to support them…

…as is the Deep Cower parochialism reason.