Fuller Pilch
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Which Kohli?Kohli is the only present cricketer who bothered about punishment. Eng never care.
Which Kohli?Kohli is the only present cricketer who bothered about punishment. Eng never care.
Yet Australia bowled at roughly the same slow over rate but receive lesser sanctions because England's innings are often shorter than 80 overs.Wow England really were incredibly bad at getting their overs in. Farcical. They managed to **** up as much as the entire rest of the world in one series!
Sounds like England needs less 'BazBall' and more 'BazBowl', amirite?Yet Australia bowled at roughly the same slow over rate but receive lesser sanctions because England's innings are often shorter than 80 overs.
Thats the team’s fault for picking players who can’t bowl the required amount during the game.But if you make the overs up they get bowled by part-timers I might happily sacrifice them.
"Suddenly now"...?Why does it have to be part timers. If cricket has always managed to be ok with over rates why is it suddenly now.
Hear so much about this whole too much cricket they play now.
I'm somewhat confused seeing as players played full county seasons alongside test cricket. As well as ODI's being played a lot more than they are now.
But it's not though is it? It favours teams who play in spin friendly conditions. Are the ICC just guaranteeing they get India in every WTC Final? Which is ironic, becuase following straight after the IPL, you get the impression the Indian players have no interest in being there.Why are people so upset about this? The rules were known to everyone. It’s completely fair for all teams involved. England knew the rules from the get go.
*Replace England with NZ and it’s the World Cup Final
Just makes a joke of the competitionWhy are people so upset about this? The rules were known to everyone. It’s completely fair for all teams involved. England knew the rules from the get go.
*Replace England with NZ and it’s the World Cup Final
If you play more tests in each series then you can be docked more points because it's based on the absolute number of overs lost rather than any percentage. Losing 19 points over a 5 test series means an average of ~4 overs behind each test, while to lose the same number of points from a two test series require being ~10 overs behind each test.Why are people so upset about this? The rules were known to everyone. It’s completely fair for all teams involved. England knew the rules from the get go.
*Replace England with NZ and it’s the World Cup Final
Making a percentage points penalty would make more sense. But it's still daft. You don't decide Football Leagues by the length of time it takes to take a throw in.If you play more tests in each series then you can be docked more points because it's based on the absolute number of overs lost rather than any percentage. Losing 19 points over a 5 test series means an average of ~4 overs behind each test, while to lose the same number of points from a two test series require being ~10 overs behind each test.
But it's not though is it? It favours teams who play in spin friendly conditions. Are the ICC just guaranteeing they get India in every WTC Final? Which is ironic, becuase following straight after the IPL, you get the impression the Indian players have no interest in being there.
Just makes a joke of the competition
Ffs i was joking and using english fans arguments for the boundary countback against themIf you play more tests in each series then you can be docked more points because it's based on the absolute number of overs lost rather than any percentage. Losing 19 points over a 5 test series means an average of ~4 overs behind each test, while to lose the same number of points from a two test series require being ~10 overs behind each test.
Australia went really slow. England went really, really slow. Both teams were doing this in an effort to alter and effect the course and outcomes of the matches, in an unfair and unsporting way.It's all a BCCI plot to handicap SENA teams that need fast bowlers to be effective!
Seriously though surely even those that (misguidedly) defended the concept of docking points for over rates couldn't support this magnitude of the punishment. Taking 19 points is utterly absurd and does nothing but destroy what little integrity the competition had left
In a strange sort of way that is the implication. It's as if Australia won the series with a result something like 1-0, in a poorly played series. Seems about right as a result for them cheating poms.Proof Australia won the Ashes, they have 18 points vs England only having 9
I get what you're doing but neither of these things are true.Why are people so upset about this? The rules were known to everyone. It’s completely fair for all teams involved. England knew the rules from the get go.
*Replace England with NZ and it’s the World Cup Final