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*Official* India Tour of England 2018

wpdavid

wpdavid

Hall of Fame Member
srbhkshk said:
India just didn't play enough tests during that period - from the start of 93 to the end of 2001, sachin played a total of just 15 tests in the non-sc countries (excluding windies) and averaged 60 , Including windies he played 20 - with pretty much the same average.
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That's only two less than the number played by Kohli in this comparison, isn't it? And the period could easily be extended to include their 2002 series in England, plus whoever else India toured in the early 2000's. The comparison made by the author just seems to be a bit artificial to make whatever his point is.
 
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weeman27bob

weeman27bob

International Vice-Captain
quincywagstaff said:
A bit off-topic, but multiple Cricinfo journos on Twitter have been going on and on recently about how much damage its done to English cricket that it’s almost exclusively on Sky, how this Test match wasn't available to all etc... It’s a bit odd it’s become an issue now as this has been the situation since the mid-00s.

My questions about this: what percentage of the English population have Sky? Does anyone know how much less the Test matches rate than they used to on BBC/Channel 4? Is it ever a chance for Tests to go back to FTA?

As I said, it’s a bit strange how this is becoming an issue now. I remember when Sky renewed the rights in the late 2000s the consensus was the money Sky provided was essential to keeping the England game going and it’s coverage was top-notch in anycase.
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The exact stats aren't really out there outside of newspaper articles but a couple of points for thought:

  • About 9 million people in the UK have a subscription to Sky (but not all of those will have Sky Sports)
  • In 2004, so before the 2005 Ashes hype, it looked like about 1m-1.5m were tuning in to watch
  • The stats for the 2015 Ashes aren't easy to find, but they were definitely no higher than 600k people watching, because that's about the threshold for being included in the top 30 non terrestrial shows weekly, and they're not listed.

So you're probably talking somewhere between a third and half the viewership that it got on FTA.
 
Pratters

Pratters

Cricket, Lovely Cricket
I was seeing that Tendulkar was playing 4.5 tests a year for a period, I calculated as a kid, I remember. Got my goat.
 
wpdavid

wpdavid

Hall of Fame Member
King Pietersen said:
That looks dangerously short on batting to me.
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Me too, but there aren't many alternatives in the squad. Picking Moeen would mean only 3 quicks, which doesn't appeal to me.
Unless Moeen replaces Rashid to bolster the batting.

There's a case for Buttler keeping wicket to allow Bairstow to concentrate on his batting.
 
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King Pietersen

King Pietersen

International Captain
wpdavid said:
Me too, but there aren't many alternatives in the squad. Picking Moeen would mean only 3 quicks, which doesn't appeal to me.
Unless Moeen replaces Rashid to bolster the batting.

There's a case for Buttler keeping wicket to allow Bairstow to concentrate on his batting.
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Seems like the only option to me.

Also - chucking Pope in after just 15 FC games seems like a bit of a risk. Comes in very highly-rated but does seem a tad early.
 
wpdavid

wpdavid

Hall of Fame Member
King Pietersen said:
Seems like the only option to me.

Also - chucking Pope in after just 15 FC games seems like a bit of a risk. Comes in very highly-rated but does seem a tad early.
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Harsh on Rashid, but a guy with five test hundreds to his name is an attractive option right now.
As for Pope, I wouldn't have picked him yet, but he'll surely be playing on Thursday as he's replaced a specialist batsman..
 
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Groundking

International Debutant
wpdavid said:
Buttler?
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Yeah, what makes people think that he's actually going to be in the team much past the Sri Lankan series? (This is leading on from the thought that we want to take the gloves off Bairstow to try and get the best out of his batting)
 
wpdavid

wpdavid

Hall of Fame Member
Groundking said:
Yeah, what makes people think that he's actually going to be in the team much past the Sri Lankan series? (This is leading on from the thought that we want to take the gloves off Bairstow to try and get the best out of his batting)
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Vice captain, isn't he?

I don't like juggling the side around, especially when they've just won a match, but just bouncing ideas how to make our batting competitive.
Of course, sod's law says that Bairstow will make a pair if he isn't keeping wicket at Lord's.
 
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