wpdavid
Hall of Fame Member
Will the IPL players still be unavailable? I think they're back in the UK but I don't know how long they have to isolate.
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2021 English Cricket Season
- Thread starter chris.hinton
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Red_Ink_Squid
Global Moderator
I think they come out of isolation in time, but the rumblings are that they won't be selected for the NZ Tests.
(E.g. England's IPL players unlikely to feature against New Zealand - BBC Sport)
wpdavid
Hall of Fame Member
Another round of matches trying to get started today, but this is one of the worst starts to a season that I can remember. Rory Burns starting well again, and he really needs to go on with it this time.
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Ian Blackwell umpiring in the Middlesex/Surrey match. Minor point of interest to those of us who remember him playing, especially in his pomp during the mid-2000s.
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Ian Blackwell umpiring in the Middlesex/Surrey match. Minor point of interest to those of us who remember him playing, especially in his pomp during the mid-2000s.
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wpdavid
Hall of Fame Member
39 year old Tim Murtagh and Rikki Clarke playing in today's match at The Oval got me wondering about a Very Old XI still playing county cricket. No idea what the cut-off point should be, and others will have far more idea who's still playing anyway. I could think of Jimmy Anderson, and that was about it. Maybe over 35 years old? I'd be surprised if we couldn't think of eleven reasonable cricketers over 35 years old still playing.
wpdavid
Hall of Fame Member
Your man Hildreth is apparently 36, which I hadn't realised before today.
Pup Clarke
Cricketer Of The Year
Over 35 County XI (English qualified players)
1) Mitchell
2) Cook
3) Hildreth
4) Stevens
5) Croft
6) Clarke
7) Wessels
8) Bresnan
9) Berg
10) Murtagh
11) Anderson
Pretty handy!
1) Mitchell
2) Cook
3) Hildreth
4) Stevens
5) Croft
6) Clarke
7) Wessels
8) Bresnan
9) Berg
10) Murtagh
11) Anderson
Pretty handy!
grecian
Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
Surprised Wessels is that old, makes me feel ridiculously old as I well remember his father playing.
Odd really, the lack of spin options, used to be tons of veteran spinners on the circuit, often a bit portly, possibly the effect of one-day cricket, where you want more dynamic spinners.
Magrat Garlick
Rather Mad Witch
Riki Wessels, qualified for Eng, Aus, SA, and probably Zim and Nam too
Blenkinsop
U19 Captain
If you want a spinner, I don't think Gareth Batty has retired, though he's currently out of contract.
Blenkinsop
U19 Captain
Chris Wright as twelfth man?
GoodAreasShane
Cricketer Of The Year
Nah Wright over Bresnan easily imo, unless you are looking for a specialist lower order batsman who will seldom bowl (and be next to useless when he does)
Magrat Garlick
Rather Mad Witch
also for a moment i thought Glamorgan had recalled Robert Croft
Would beat 3 or 4 current test teams with that line-up, particularly in England. ( Zim, Bangers, Afg, Sri Lanka)
Magrat Garlick
Rather Mad Witch
lmao
Magrat Garlick
Rather Mad Witch
I did work out he needed something in the low 200s to beat old grandpa robot
Getting caught off Labushane is truly the peak silliness too
Nintendo
Cricketer Of The Year
Would have been nice to beat Bannerman but the fc record is 83% by Glenn turner, so wouldn't have ment much in the end.