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laksmideva
Cricket Spectator
I am glad to be a part of your community!
Lancashire Nick
Cricket Spectator
Good morning everyone,
My name is Nick (if you couldn't guess) and I've been a huge cricket lover since 1973, when I witnessed a young, dashing batsman from my own County, called Frank Hayes, make a century on debut for England. The next day, my Dad bought me a little set of bat,ball and stumps, and a lifelong passion was born (sadly, as a schoolboy and local club player, I was very, very average). I support 4 teams, Lancashire, England, and whoever's playing Yorkshire and Australia.
My preference is first class cricket whether it be Test matches, or the 4 day County Championship games. I don't mind the 50-over Tip N Run form of the game, and enjoyed the recent World Cup; but I have to admit to having little interest in the Crash and Bash format. Although I understand the financial and promotional advantages of it, for me, the twenty over game lacks the subtlety and complexity of the longer formats, and just reduces cricket to its base level.
I look forward to debating this great game with you all.
My name is Nick (if you couldn't guess) and I've been a huge cricket lover since 1973, when I witnessed a young, dashing batsman from my own County, called Frank Hayes, make a century on debut for England. The next day, my Dad bought me a little set of bat,ball and stumps, and a lifelong passion was born (sadly, as a schoolboy and local club player, I was very, very average). I support 4 teams, Lancashire, England, and whoever's playing Yorkshire and Australia.
My preference is first class cricket whether it be Test matches, or the 4 day County Championship games. I don't mind the 50-over Tip N Run form of the game, and enjoyed the recent World Cup; but I have to admit to having little interest in the Crash and Bash format. Although I understand the financial and promotional advantages of it, for me, the twenty over game lacks the subtlety and complexity of the longer formats, and just reduces cricket to its base level.
I look forward to debating this great game with you all.
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SillyCowCorner1
Moooo
Lancashire Nick
Cricket Spectator
I don't see the point of it ...... The current 3 formats of the game are quite different from each other, and will appeal to different people for different reasons. If the idea of the Hundred is to attract new fans to the game, I don't see what it offers that a further 20 deliveries per team doesn't.
The Hundred appears to be inventing a "new" format, just for the sake of it.
Lancashire Nick
Cricket Spectator
I don't. Perhaps you misread my post.How can you support England and Australia at the same time?
Chrish
International Debutant
Indeed I did. See that now
Hi, I'm from Italy, not a cricket nation at all.
My first memories of this sport go back to when some Pakistani and Indian lads rented our local Baseball field to play cricket.
I never heard of it before.
After 2 decades, I started occasionaly watching IPL and T20 WC, some ODIs.
This summer I watched the ODI WC and I found it amazing, I was hooked, the final was jawdropping
Then I watched all of the Ashes, that 3rd test, that last wicket pair, that tension...wow, one of the best moment of sport I have ever watched.
Still have to figure out all those names (gully, third man, silly point...etc etc...).
My first memories of this sport go back to when some Pakistani and Indian lads rented our local Baseball field to play cricket.
I never heard of it before.
After 2 decades, I started occasionaly watching IPL and T20 WC, some ODIs.
This summer I watched the ODI WC and I found it amazing, I was hooked, the final was jawdropping
Then I watched all of the Ashes, that 3rd test, that last wicket pair, that tension...wow, one of the best moment of sport I have ever watched.
Still have to figure out all those names (gully, third man, silly point...etc etc...).
Yes, it's simpler than test, not only a lot shorter, lot of boundaries and wickets falling etc etc...
For a complete newcomer like me, it was instrumental to learn the basics without getting bored and go on.
I suspect I would have never ever watched cricket again if I had started with a test like the 2nd India-SA, 2 months ago.
SillyCowCorner1
Moooo
The field setting in tests are not as complicated as in T20s tho...a bunch of slips, two gullies, fine leg, short leg...and that's about it.
Btw, welcome to the forum.
Bijed
International Regular
It's great that those matches got you into the sport, but you may have to manage your expectations a little for matches you watch in the future - there'll be lots of good ones, but matches like those two don't come along all that often
And yeah, names of fielding positions took me ages too
Hey guys first time on the forum. Looks awesome!
Im a cricket fanatic. I play indoor cricket and outdoor cricket on the Gold Coast (Queensland, Australia).
Born in Australia but have a massive soft spot for the Kiwis and also the Sri Lankan Cricket team.
Favourite players would be Shane Warne, Shane Bond, Brendon McCullum, Neil Wagner, Mitchell Johnson and Adam Gilchrist.
Follow Rajahstan in the IPL and the Melbourne Stars in the Big Bash.
Im a cricket fanatic. I play indoor cricket and outdoor cricket on the Gold Coast (Queensland, Australia).
Born in Australia but have a massive soft spot for the Kiwis and also the Sri Lankan Cricket team.
Favourite players would be Shane Warne, Shane Bond, Brendon McCullum, Neil Wagner, Mitchell Johnson and Adam Gilchrist.
Follow Rajahstan in the IPL and the Melbourne Stars in the Big Bash.
SillyCowCorner1
Moooo
Welcome to the forum. Every cricket fanatic is unique in their own way.
Have fun.
Have fun.
ataraxia
International Coach
Red_Ink_Squid
Global Moderator
Right then. Having made it to exactly 5 posts before being accused of being a multi, I guess I should bite here.
I'm Red Ink, Indian-born but raised in the UK and I support England. I love following cricket but my only experience of playing it is being occasionally drafted in to a mate's team as a specialist fielder* when they otherwise couldn't get 11 on the park. Career highlight was the sole time I wasn't dismissed first ball when called on to bat.
I've actually been reading this Cricket Chat forum since 2013/14ish, just never signed up. Now I guess I might chip in from time to time. Failing that, I can at least return to lurking with a higher posts per page view setting.
See you around!
Red Ink
*My fielding is sub-par.
I'm Red Ink, Indian-born but raised in the UK and I support England. I love following cricket but my only experience of playing it is being occasionally drafted in to a mate's team as a specialist fielder* when they otherwise couldn't get 11 on the park. Career highlight was the sole time I wasn't dismissed first ball when called on to bat.
I've actually been reading this Cricket Chat forum since 2013/14ish, just never signed up. Now I guess I might chip in from time to time. Failing that, I can at least return to lurking with a higher posts per page view setting.
See you around!
Red Ink
*My fielding is sub-par.