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[Lcfc82]

1 hour ago, AKCJ said:

 

Probably been told to retire before they got rid of him

[coolhandfox]

1 hour ago, deejdeej said:

That's sad, love listening to Bumble.

He will be missed. 

 

End of a era these last 12 months 

[Spiritwalker]

2 hours ago, Lcfc82 said:

Probably been told to retire before they got rid of him

Due to the timing of this I’m afraid your probably right, it’s a shame.

[HybridFox]

Probably my favourite cricket commentator and so synonymous with the T20 summers of my childhood. Start the car!

Edited 21 December 2021 by TK95

[StanSP]

Wasn't he named in the Rafiq racism scandal? Not saying he wasn't a great commentator as I was a big fan of his, used to love his stints in sky especially when talking to members of the crowd through the comms box. 

[when_you're_smiling]

One in the eye for those who say County Cricket doesn’t produce Test batsmen - Marnus Labuschagne world number one.

 

https://www.icc-cricket.com/news/2425381

[Voll Blau]

32 minutes ago, when_you're_smiling said:

One in the eye for those who say County Cricket doesn’t produce Test batsmen - Marnus Labuschagne world number one.

 

https://www.icc-cricket.com/news/2425381

Made me chuckle/rage in 2019 when Trevor Bayliss was slating the County Championship not being fit for purpose when Labuschagne had basically just jumped out of Div 2 to school England on how to bat in an Ashes series.

[when_you're_smiling]

1 hour ago, Voll Blau said:

Made me chuckle/rage in 2019 when Trevor Bayliss was slating the County Championship not being fit for purpose when Labuschagne had basically just jumped out of Div 2 to school England on how to bat in an Ashes series.

Yeah. I’m sure it’ll be trotted out again soon.

[Voll Blau]

USA beat Ireland in a T20 last night. Xavier Marshal (Ex-West Indies) was in the Yank Xi.

[when_you're_smiling]

Random question - has anyone been to one of the Sixes cricket bars where you book a net and there’s a bowling machine. Are they any good? A new one just opened in Birmingham. There’s already two in London and one in Manchester.

[StanSP]

 

 

[StanSP]

 

 

 

[Voll Blau]

India cruising to victory over South Africa at the moment.

[Super_horns]

1 hour ago, Voll Blau said:

India cruising to victory over South Africa at the moment.

Good year of test cricket for India.

 

Win in Australia and against us (ok probably not that hard!) 

 

Then starting with a potential  success in South Africa.

 

I presume it's being played behind closed doors with no crowd as there is no-one there!?

Edited 30 December 2021 by Super_horns

[Voll Blau]

8 minutes ago, Super_horns said:

Good year of test cricket for India.

 

Win in Australia and against us (ok probably not that hard!) 

 

Then starting with a success in South Africa.

 

I presume it's being played behind closed doors with no crowd as there is no-one there!?

Yeah, it's behind closed doors. Always sad to see, think there's a bit of a hoo ha about whether that'll be the case for Gayle's last game for the West Indies too. Be a shame if he couldn't have a crowd there for that.

[StanSP]

There was a part of me while Elgar and Bavuma were still in this morning that they were ticking along quite nicely and our bowling was quite loose. 

 

Elgar then De Kock out quite fortunately helped us on our way. I don't think we've ever won a series in SA though which surprised me. 

[Tommy Fresh]

Ross Taylor retiring at the of the New Zealand summer, always thought he was a very underrated player on the international scene.

[Voll Blau]

43 minutes ago, Tommy Fresh said:

Ross Taylor retiring at the of the New Zealand summer, always thought he was a very underrated player on the international scene.

Immense player on his day.

 

Mate of mine's claim to fame is being hit for six sixes by him on tour while Taylor was an overseas at a club in Norfolk.

 

Poor lad was only about 15 at the time. 

[Tommy Fresh]

1 hour ago, Voll Blau said:

Immense player on his day.

 

Mate of mine's claim to fame is being hit for six sixes by him on tour while Taylor was an overseas at a club in Norfolk.

 

Poor lad was only about 15 at the time. 

Averages over 45 in Test and One Day International's which is a pretty sensational record really. 

 

I can imagine at the time it was awful 😂 but quite a good thing to look back on really

[StanSP]

 

[purpleronnie]

4 hours ago, StanSP said:

 

He'll still outscore most of the england batsmen from in there.

[Corky]

Quinton de Kock quits playing Tests for South Africa.

 

Any chance we could take him? He's South African so basically English cricket-wise.

 

Gerrimin.

[Duquesne Whistle]

Bangladesh showing how to bat patiently against the World Test champions in Mount Manganui. Both openers scored at less than 40 runs per 100 balls but they put on 43 for the first wicket and 104 for the second. Pretty impressive, away from home against an attack with Southee, Boult, Jamieson and Wagner. 175/2 is a great start in reply to the Kiwis first innings. Bangladesh are beginning to challenge teams in all formats now.

[Corky]

Pietersen with his latest "Let's have a mercenary franchise tournament with no soul or history" plea.

 

Seriously, if 20 overs is too much for some people, they won't be flocking to watch four days.

[adam]

52 minutes ago, Corky said:

Pietersen with his latest "Let's have a mercenary franchise tournament with no soul or history" plea.

 

Seriously, if 20 overs is too much for some people, they won't be flocking to watch four days.

The blokes an idiot. 3 leagues of six sides played in the summer months on good pitches would be a good start. Even seen a Worcester fan commenting  on there saying they should remove the first class status of sides like Leics Derby and Durham. Unbelievable