Comments on: Jimmy Anderson, majestic island of chuntering irritation and sadness

By: John

John — Mon, 13 Mar 2023 12:28:21 +0000

By all means talk about how great it was later on, but I do expect players to be like Jimmy when they’ve just lost. Can’t imagine someone like Usain Bolt being completely thrilled with silver in a race where he and the winner both beat the old world record.

By: Fuzz

Fuzz — Thu, 02 Mar 2023 02:35:45 +0000

In reply to Aditya. to be honest flipping a table is a better reaction than laughing it off. it looked annoying to me. maybe he could've tried harder was my initial thought.

By: Ged Ladd

Ged Ladd — Wed, 01 Mar 2023 12:03:04 +0000

In reply to Sam. I’d stopped all by myself, nearly three hours before you said stop, Sam. Probably nodded off. Now where was I?…

By: Sam

Sam — Wed, 01 Mar 2023 10:50:07 +0000

In reply to Ged Ladd. Stop.

By: Ged Ladd

Ged Ladd — Wed, 01 Mar 2023 08:06:28 +0000

Have I ever previously mentioned that I consider the phrase “two match series” to be oxymoronic.

Do stop me if I am boring you.

I get one-off test matches. I get three match series. But…

By: Bail-out

Bail-out — Tue, 28 Feb 2023 17:43:04 +0000

It seems to be universal opinion that closer Test matches are very exciting, and that because this match came down to a single run, it was super-exciting.

Well, I’ve got a proposal that will revolutionise Test cricket. Decimalise runs. You can keep your 22 yards but it’s time that cricket moved on to the metric system. One New Run shall be worth One Hundred Old Runs. Old Runs shall henceforth be known as centiruns.

Margins of victory will become ever tighter. Had this match been played under the new system, it would have been won by merely 0.01 runs. And only a handful of batters will have scored a Whole Run in this match – but to score a Whole Run is a big achievement. Achieving an average in excess of a Half Run is a remarkable achievement over a career. Meanwhile, bowlers’ averages and economy figures will be much lower, reflecting the immense effort that they have to put in to the match. I mean compared to batters, who have it relatively easy barring the odd projectile aimed at their head or body at speeds above 90 mph, don’t bowlers deserve a break? Neil Wagner certainly does, and Ben Stokes clearly needs one.

I’m told that in One-Day and T20 cricket, actually it isn’t margins of victory but rather strike rates and Runs Per Over that make a match exciting – so a new system that suppresses this may not be welcome. But that’s fine, because I’ve got a brilliant idea for the New Limited Overs Run …

By: Aditya

Aditya — Tue, 28 Feb 2023 14:06:35 +0000

Stokes’ reaction would probably be different if England had lost this series because of the result, or if this was the Ashes. Kohli would have flipped a table or two (not just metaphorically either) with a result like this.