-
Welcome to the Cricket Web forums, one of the biggest forums in the world dedicated to cricket.
You are currently viewing our boards as a guest which gives you limited access to view most discussions and access our other features. By joining our free community you will have access to post topics, respond to polls, upload content and access many other special features. Registration is fast, simple and absolutely free so please, join the Cricket Web community today!
If you have any problems with the registration process or your account login, please contact us.
***Official*** County Cricket 2019
- Thread starter Starfighter
- Start date
ScottyMuser
Cricket Spectator
T20s have been popular for ages in England - it's just the ECB pretended they weren't in order to try and sell the stupid 100 competition as a re-vamp to try and make more money.
Spintolose
U19 Cricketer
Exactly. When i've been in England i've always managed to get to a few T20s when I could (since my first way back in 2004).
Crowds have always been good.
The ECB aren't half a crazy lot. Talk about the lunatics running the asylum.
Does anyone remember that ridiculous Pro40 competition they came up with?
Spintolose
U19 Cricketer
Have a good one bud. On paper Middlesex have an amazing T20 top 5 (I'm assuming Morgan and De Villiers will be back playing).
ScottyMuser
Cricket Spectator
I never had that much an issue with the Pro40 - but that was because historically, the OD game in England was never a 50 over competition, it varied. The main cup competition in 1964 started as a 60 over a side competition, and stayed that until 1998 when it became a 50 over competition for a few years before the 40 over competition. Ditto the B&H cup which was a 55 over competition until 1998 too. Then the sunday league was a 40 over competition from 1969 until 1992, when it was 50 overs for just the 1993 season, before reverting to 40 overs. Then in 1999 it changed to a two division league, and was 45 overs, and continued to 2005. The concept behind it being 40 and shorter than the cups was to fit it in for TV, as it used to be on BBC2 until the 80s, and then channel 4 (IIRC)
Daemon
Request Your Custom Title Now!
Had a blast. ABdV falling for 10 was annoying but that Kuhn and Blake partnership was so good. The Kent fans were going wild when Blake hit the 4 sixes in an over
Watching live gives you a perspective of how good the fielding standards are. They make it look so easy. The bowling apart from Milne and Viljoen looked pretty gentle though tbf. Would fancy myself surviving an over or two against some of them although scoring any runs would be a different matter entirely lol.
Watching live gives you a perspective of how good the fielding standards are. They make it look so easy. The bowling apart from Milne and Viljoen looked pretty gentle though tbf. Would fancy myself surviving an over or two against some of them although scoring any runs would be a different matter entirely lol.
theegyptian
International Vice-Captain
Banton with a reverse pull/sweep for six off Sam Curran tonight. Having a good breakout season.
Good to see S Curran batting 3 for Surrey too. Lots of good young english cricketers doing well in the t20 stuff. Bodes well for the world t20s next year.
Good to see S Curran batting 3 for Surrey too. Lots of good young english cricketers doing well in the t20 stuff. Bodes well for the world t20s next year.
Last edited:
Blake has always had a lot of ability, played against him at Uni and he hit the ball so hard it was scary. I think it was him who once hit 18* off 3 balls to finish off a 4 day game.
Last edited:
Kippax
Cricketer Of The Year
Clips of Archer very casually destroying 2nd XI cricketers with 6/27 and 77* -
https://live.nvplay.com/ecb/#m5f3d4e20-f306-4243-b504-1c6dddca6646
https://live.nvplay.com/ecb/#m5f3d4e20-f306-4243-b504-1c6dddca6646
Groundking
International Debutant
How many overs did he bowl?
Groundking
International Debutant
Archer has inflicted cruelty on those seconds there.
Kippax
Cricketer Of The Year
A bit of a letdown of a new ball spell from Archer today, lots of duds far too wide of off stump, or otherwise getting onto the pads. Bowled 15 overs 1/59 in the first two sessions, they may've lost internet at this ground late in the day.
Glos promoted Greg Willows up to open, he got pretty close to England U19 caps before an injury in 2018. His father coaches SACS in Cape Town so SeamUp is probably familiar with him, probably a player that a smaller club like Glos has a bit of hope for.
Prone to quite a bit of loose wafting outside off he'll have to tighten up, but finished up helping himself to 23 runs off 40 balls in Archer's first eight overs (one six off the hip, two fours clipped off the pads, one dicey waft for four outside off, a nice three through the covers).
Glos promoted Greg Willows up to open, he got pretty close to England U19 caps before an injury in 2018. His father coaches SACS in Cape Town so SeamUp is probably familiar with him, probably a player that a smaller club like Glos has a bit of hope for.
Prone to quite a bit of loose wafting outside off he'll have to tighten up, but finished up helping himself to 23 runs off 40 balls in Archer's first eight overs (one six off the hip, two fours clipped off the pads, one dicey waft for four outside off, a nice three through the covers).