Cricket stuff that doesn't deserve its own thread

[mr_mister]

Wtf Slats, enough is enough

 

[mr_mister]

This is like the 5th time he's been arrested or breached the AVO in 18 months. Where is this going to lead? Is he gonna end up doing hard time

 

[Burgey]

Possibly. Or an extended period in a facility. The bloke is clearly very very troubled.

That’s not an excuse for what he’s done, just saying what’s pretty obvious. I genuinely fear for his well being.

 

[Burgey]

Burgeinho's team is playing a T20 tonight vs the Philippines National side.

It's a great privilege and honour for them, what with the Philippines' side being so lucky to get a game at Rouse Hill on a Wednesday evening.

 

[Chubb]

Burgeinho's team is playing a T20 tonight vs the Philippines National side.

It's a great privilege and honour for them, what with the Philippines' side being so lucky to get a game at Rouse Hill on a Wednesday evening.

Oh a guy in my hockey team plays cricket for the Philippines sometimes. I told him the NZ first class player Ken McClure is half-Filipino and they asked him to consider playing for them but at the moment he's concentrating on his NZ chances.

 

[TheJediBrah]

Burgeinho's team is playing a T20 tonight vs the Philippines National side.

It's a great privilege and honour for them, what with the Philippines' side being so lucky to get a game at Rouse Hill on a Wednesday evening.

I remember playing a game against the Papua New Guinea national side when I was a teenager, we all thought they would be terrible but they actually had some crazy talented players. Fielding was off the charts.

 

[TheJediBrah]

Wtf Slats, enough is enough

Hope this post is the wake-up call he needs

 

[Fuller Pilch]

I remember playing a game against the Papua New Guinea national side when I was a teenager, we all thought they would be terrible but they actually had some crazy talented players. Fielding was off the charts.

PNG produced an Ashes winner for the Poms. Not a bad effort.

 

[Prince EWS]

I remember playing a game against the Papua New Guinea national side when I was a teenager, we all thought they would be terrible but they actually had some crazy talented players. Fielding was off the charts.

Most of the PNG national players actually come from one small village too. It's crazy that they're as good as they are. I think they've been ranked as high as 17th in the world recently. They also fielded a team in South Australian Premier Cricket for a little while (until covid) that held its own.

 

[TheJediBrah]

I wish I could remember their names. There was this one guy who was about 5 foot tall, I think he opened the batting. When they were fielding I laced a cover drive that would have been into the boundary in less than a second, I stood there pretty happy with myself until I realised this guy had just lunged and smacked it down with an open palm like it was nothing

 

[Prince EWS]

Oh a guy in my hockey team plays cricket for the Philippines sometimes. I told him the NZ first class player Ken McClure is half-Filipino and they asked him to consider playing for them but at the moment he's concentrating on his NZ chances.

It wouldn't actually prevent that at all. Maybe scheduling conflicts? Obviously he'd be mad to make himself unavailable for NZ domestic games but could play for them during the winter so it seems like an odd answer. We saw how this kind of thing worked out for Tim David...

 

[TheJediBrah]

Actually I have a story about Philippines too, mate* of mine played for them this year in T20 qualifiers. Got his own cricinfo page and everything lol

*casual acquaintance who plays cricket

 

[Chubb]

It wouldn't actually prevent that at all. Maybe scheduling conflicts? Obviously he'd be mad to make himself unavailable for NZ domestic games but could play for them during the winter so it seems like an odd answer. We saw how this kind of thing worked out for Tim David...

Yeah look I don't know the exact reasons he gave, only that he didn't commit. My hockey teammate said he was focusing on NZ.

 

[Prince EWS]

Yeah look I don't know the exact reasons he gave, only that he didn't commit. My hockey teammate said he was focusing on NZ.

Ken McClure has no friends in the Philippines.

 

[TheJediBrah]

Ken McClure has no friends in the Philippines.

Doesn't stop Daemon from living in Singapore

 

[Prince EWS]

I don't think there's a random Bangladesh thoughts thread so I'll just stick it in here and tag @Aritro and @cnerd123 - interesting to see Bangladesh experimenting with Miraz as a T20 opener against UAE. He made a score yesterday and there's definitely some serious batting talent there Bangladesh aren't making proper use of, but I'm not sure T20 opener is really where it's best suited. He's much more proper batsman than the sort of pinch hitter they're probably hoping for there - he'd make a better top order bat in ODIs IMO. Saifuddin would've been a more interesting punt as T20 opener I think.

 

[Fuller Pilch]

It wouldn't actually prevent that at all. Maybe scheduling conflicts? Obviously he'd be mad to make himself unavailable for NZ domestic games but could play for them during the winter so it seems like an odd answer. We saw how this kind of thing worked out for Tim David...

And Michael Rippon. Played against NZ in April then played for NZ in July.

 

[Fuller Pilch]

Interesting to see cricketers of Asian (non Indian subcontinent) heritage starting to do well in NZ: McClure, Chapman, and Chu. Any others?

 

[Prince EWS]

And Michael Rippon. Played against NZ in April then played for NZ in July.

Yeah true, but he was on the fringes anyway.

David went from totally dead career - delisted domestically - to gun for hire based entirely on how much he bullied associates, then used that to springboard to Aus selection.

 

[cnerd123]

I don't think there's a random Bangladesh thoughts thread so I'll just stick it in here and tag @Aritro and @cnerd123 - interesting to see Bangladesh experimenting with Miraz as a T20 opener against UAE. He made a score yesterday and there's definitely some serious batting talent there Bangladesh aren't making proper use of, but I'm not sure T20 opener is really where it's best suited. He's much more proper batsman than the sort of pinch hitter they're probably hoping for there - he'd make a better top order bat in ODIs IMO. Saifuddin would've been a more interesting punt as T20 opener I think.

he's done okay as opener tbf. We really don't have anyone who can consistently go over the infield vs the new ball. The Tamim 2.0 pretenders like Soumay, Anamul, Sabbir have all failed, tho perhaps could give them a longer run.

Saifuddin better off clouting the old ball in the death. Him and Afif give us a good engine room at the back end, they just need to get Saifuddin more opportunities so he can develop.

Are these UAE matches being broadcast anywhere?