Comments on: The Hundred draft: Which team pissed its money away on overpriced stars?

By: Balladeer

Balladeer — Tue, 22 Oct 2019 07:07:36 +0000

In reply to Ged Ladd. Agreed. I think Test cricket is the best sport in the world and don’t care for T20, and even I found the Qualifier more interesting. From a neutral point of view, there’s simply nothing good about a weaker team playing a stronger team, that also happens to be a much richer team, away, losing every toss (something that still needs to be looked at in my opinion), and getting hammered.

By: Ged Ladd

Ged Ladd — Tue, 22 Oct 2019 06:29:13 +0000

In reply to Deets.

Know what you mean, Deets, but it’s hard to follow let alone say anything about such a one-sided series.

Every time I’ve looked at the score I’ve simply thought, “oh, right” and not even had the motivation to turn on the TV.

I have started following the traditional long-form of the short-form game, T20I, keeping an eye on the qualifying tournament taking place in Arabia. So far mostly one-sided matches and I have yet to identify a noteworthy name or unfeasibly large girth yet. Disappointing, but it is still early days.

The Nigerians might be a good pick for comedy content. The celebration for the sixth wicket (at about 1’50” in the following vid) and the Nigerian juggled catch on the last ball of the Canada innings were stunning to behold:

https://www.cricketworldcup.com/video/1462363

Enjoy.

By: Deets

Deets — Mon, 21 Oct 2019 23:34:46 +0000

Bit disappointed you’ve had crickets to say about India v SA. Surely you can find a way to talk about how absolute shite SA have been?

By: Edwardian

Edwardian — Mon, 21 Oct 2019 19:30:40 +0000

In reply to Sam. 'Fraid I share Sam's stance at the moment. I might feel different if it was a sounding board for A Chance to Shine rather than a lucrative deal with KP crisps. What do I know.

By: JB

JB — Mon, 21 Oct 2019 14:20:39 +0000

In reply to Bert. I'd not only tune in Bert, but would pay too.

By: Aditya

Aditya — Mon, 21 Oct 2019 12:52:40 +0000

Why hold the draft now? Wouldn’t it make more sense to have something in May or thereabouts? At least you’d have an idea of what form the international players are in before you piss your money off on them.

By: JB

JB — Mon, 21 Oct 2019 12:29:57 +0000

It reminded me of a cross between Top Gear and a game show. Rob Key did not look cool on a bar stool in his unbuttoned shirt and casual trainers.

By: Ged

Ged — Mon, 21 Oct 2019 10:39:10 +0000

In reply to daneel.

…except that precisely zero county championship matches will be played during The Hundred tournament.

Only the fifty over tournament will be played.

Remember fifty over cricket? It was England’s priority between the debacle of 2015 and the glorious summer of 2019. Now it is a development tournament, deprioritised within the domestic itinerary. Perhaps that is a good way for the larger counties to bring some of the younger players through…but I don’t think this has been done with development in mind, it has been done to make space for the marketing geniuses new toy, The Hundred.

By: daneel

daneel — Mon, 21 Oct 2019 02:09:38 +0000

I’m pleased to see that every single Leicestershire player is keeping their powder dry. This’ll surely lead to a promotion to Div 1 next year.

By: alphamonkey

alphamonkey — Sun, 20 Oct 2019 22:48:17 +0000

In reply to Sam.

I got a bit confused about which “my team” is. I assumed it would be the Northern Superwotsits because I’m from Lancashire and Lancashire is in the North.

Then I realised I’m probably supposed to be a Werther’s Original but I’d already spent some time trying to work up/imagine some affinity for the Superwotsits and it seems a bit late to change now.

Also, how many players are on a team? I assume it to be a HUNDRED because everything else is?