*Official* Second Test (Lord's, London) 28 June–2 July

[TheJediBrah]

Yeah smashed it

 

[Spark]

That has to be out, unless he's hit it

Sounded like two noises

And there we go

 

[Son Of Coco]

Smashed it.

 

[Aidan11]

If we lose this game no doubt there'll be the usual cry that we play too much cricket and Andrew Strauss will be shouting "I TOLD YOU DIDN'T I?"

The logic with his High Performance Review seems to be fewer games, better cricketers.
Well the WIs play a lot fewer first class games than we do. So that ends that argument.

 

[Shri]

What's Warner doing here? He doesn't need to play at these.

Duckett school of test batting

 

[TheJediBrah]

If we lose this game no doubt there'll be the usual cry that we play too much cricket and Andrew Strauss will be shouting "I TOLD YOU DIDN'T I?"

The logic with his High Performance Review seems to be fewer games, better cricketers.
Well the WIs play a lot fewer first class games than we do. So that ends that argument.

You need less teams. Too many club cricketers getting regular First-class games

 

[Gob]

When's the sun forecast to get out? Be good to know how long we should expect Australia to bat.

Its cloudy for the whole ****ing day

And sunny for the rest of the game. Its bang on the balance right now

 

[Spark]

Green used this spray paint yesterday too, what exactly is the point?

 

[Burgey]

Green used this spray paint yesterday too, what exactly is the point?

It’s non-slip.

Saves the MCC money if there’s a slip and fall - they can say although they were aware of the risk, they took reasonable steps to obviate it: Northern Sandblasting v Harris (1997) 188 CLR 313

 

[Prince EWS]

It’s non-slip

Worse than Murray Mints IMO.

 

[Lefty]

Plenty of good advice on offer for the Poms, but the question is will they take it on board?

“England clearly like losing…… Seeing a player play a shot like that, it’s just not good enough at this level.”
Michael Vaughan talking about that shot by Harry Brook.

 

[Aidan11]

You need less teams. Too many club cricketers getting regular First-class games

More teams = more chance of finding top class players. Durham have produced many international players in their short time as a county. How many of them would have made it had they not had FC status?

Would Rehan Ahmed have been discovered if Leicestershire were culled like some suggest they should be?

They could travel to another county but it's not always that simple.

 

[social]

Couple of blokes named BLAND,RHODES, PONTING< SYMONDS and ANY NAME you pick from the 60/61 West Indian sides were in a class of their own

Sorry JB but you’re wrong

Green is 6’7” with a 7 foot wingspan

Most of those guys wouldn’t lay a finger on the stuff he snaffles as they’re just too small

 

[chris.hinton]

You need less teams. Too many club cricketers getting regular First-class games

Really what's wrong with 18 in 2 divisions?

There is a gap still between first class and club cricket. We also have a Minor Counties system too. We are too unique and we can't be like Australia who ditch 2 states and have just 6 teams. It won't work

 

[Burgey]

More teams = more chance of finding top class players. Durham have produced many international players in their short time as a county. How many of them would have made it had they not had FC status?

Would Rehan Ahmed have been discovered if Leicestershire were culled like some suggest they should be?

They could travel to another county but it's not always that simple.

There’s been some interesting Durham contributors to cricketweb.net/forums over the years, that’s for sure

 

[chris.hinton]

If there was just 6 teams. Ben Stokes, Steve Harmison might have struggled to play in a Northern type team

 

[TheJediBrah]

More teams = more chance of finding top class players. Durham have produced many international players in their short time as a county. How many of them would have made it had they not had FC status?

Would Rehan Ahmed have been discovered if Leicestershire were culled like some suggest they should be?

They could travel to another county but it's not always that simple.

That's just not accurate. The quality players would play for a county that does have FC status. That's how it works everywhere in the world.

Also more teams = weaker competetion = creates less top class players

 

[social]

Really what's wrong with 18 in 2 divisions?

There is a gap still between first class and club cricket. We also have a Minor Counties system too. We are too unique and we can't be like Australia who ditch 2 states and have just 6 teams. It won't work

Huh?

Every state has a team

 

[chris.hinton]

That's just not accurate. The quality players would play for a county that does have FC status. That's how it works everywhere in the world.

Also more teams = weaker competetion = creates less top class players

Explain Indian Domestic Cricket then which has 28 sides

 

[TheJediBrah]

Really what's wrong with 18 in 2 divisions?

There is a gap still between first class and club cricket. We also have a Minor Counties system too. We are too unique and we can't be like Australia who ditch 2 states and have just 6 teams. It won't work

Oh I know it wouldn't work, the County system has too much tradition behind it. But it still contributes to a reduced quality of Test cricketers