Chrish
International Debutant
Which doesn’t stop you from playing. If you don’t want to play fine. But don’t claim series victory by saying series is done and game next year won’t mean anything.
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***Official*** 5th Test at Old Trafford, Manchester - 10th-14th of September
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Chrish
International Debutant
I could care less about what England did. I didn’t follow that series. If they somehow didn’t make up for it then **** them..
Which is what some of us are saying. No point England crying now about India withdrawing from a tour, when they did they same thing in Dec.
Perhaps if they had agreed to India's request to bring forward the test series by a week, instead of protecting the involvement of some test players in the first couple of rounds of the Hundred, we could have got all 5 tests played. So perhaps just desserts to England for prioritising domestic white ball cricket?
nah...
centurymaker
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If there was a terrorist attack in Mumbai or Manchester and the away team wanted to leave the country, would that be a forfeit too, since we are dealing with well-being / safety of players?
or would that also be called 'FEAR' of safety (as there isn't any direct threat to the players).
ECB deliberately published the word forfeit for 10 minutes to push their opportunistic agenda along with this fear angle, but it will not change the outcome. ICC may take years to decide though.
(It took 3 years for the 2006 oval test to be officially declared as a forfeit, even though that one seemed more obvious).
The physio had several very close contacts, thats why India cancelled their training session on Thursday; there was a risk that if everyone mingled together over the coming days, things would escalate very quickly.
or would that also be called 'FEAR' of safety (as there isn't any direct threat to the players).
ECB deliberately published the word forfeit for 10 minutes to push their opportunistic agenda along with this fear angle, but it will not change the outcome. ICC may take years to decide though.
(It took 3 years for the 2006 oval test to be officially declared as a forfeit, even though that one seemed more obvious).
The physio had several very close contacts, thats why India cancelled their training session on Thursday; there was a risk that if everyone mingled together over the coming days, things would escalate very quickly.
Shri
Mr. Glass
this makes no ****ing sense at all
centurymaker
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Just because England has decided to 'live' with covid and not care much about it anymore, doesn't mean that same applies to the rest of the world.
Covid is still a BIG deal for a lot of other countries and their people.
So players had every right to be seriously concerned and not care about a "game".
In New zealand we had one case come up in the community (via a border breach) and now there are 900 cases in total and been in complete lockdown for 4 weeks.
Covid is still a BIG deal for a lot of other countries and their people.
So players had every right to be seriously concerned and not care about a "game".
In New zealand we had one case come up in the community (via a border breach) and now there are 900 cases in total and been in complete lockdown for 4 weeks.
Daemon
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Scheduling a new game next year doesn’t make the costs involved with setting up this one go away. Not to forget the costs involved with arranging a new one off test next year.
I think if the insurance wasn’t an issue ECB would’ve taken the cancellation and the L.
sunilz
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Then BCCI should compensate the scheduling cost . And I don't think scheduling cost is 30 million pounds.
Burgey
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That's all well and good, but it doesn't substitute for an international.
It's probably time for Indian supporters to realize that not a lot of fans elsewhere in the world really give a **** about the IPL, anymore than Aus supporters should expect someone in Mumbai to give a **** about the BBL. It's just a made for TV franchise event.
Shri
Mr. Glass
Shush your team lost to our c team
sunilz
International Regular
Tbh Aus would have also drawn the series if there was a 5th test. So series would have ended at 2-2 ?
Burgey
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This kind of proves the point almost everyone misses with this Covid **** in the actual OT Covid thread and all the politics ones too - it's all well and good to say "Oh well, vaccinated people don't get too sick" til it's you or your family that's running the risk.
Anyway, shame it had to end as it did, but no way should this be a forfeit imho, unless of course some of the usual Indian fans on here get really, really upset and into it, in which case I'll change my position to troll the **** out of them.
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Burgey
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Shri
Mr. Glass
liked post for this bit not the next bit
nightprowler10
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Oh no, you guys only got a 4 Test series instead of 5. Completely robbed of the joy of a 5 match series, which I know so well from watching Pakistan play one back in *checks notes* 1992.
_00_deathscar
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Or indeed the ****ing Hundred which is absolute trash…
At least IPL, for all its ridicule, is genuine quality cricket.
honestbharani
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Coz the plan was always to have a bio bubble from Manchester as that was part of the bubble to bubble deal worked out with UAE Government for the IPL.