Cricket stuff that doesn't deserve its own thread

[SillyCowCorner1]

Shakib's really a wimp in the presence of the BCB president

 

[TheJediBrah]

Have you looked at the top 100 T20I batsman in the official ICC rankings lately?

There is an Austrian ranked 88th ffs.

In fairness he does average 69.33 at a strike rate of 190, but lolz.

I'd really like this "all internationals count as full matches regardless of the standard of the team" T20I stats thing to **** right off.

 

[Starfighter]

Can't wait till all the top spots are filled with blokes you've never heard of or seen.

 

[cnerd123]

Can't wait till all the top spots are filled with blokes you've never heard of or seen.

this is probably already true for TJB tbf

 

[vcs]

this is probably already true for TJB tbf

Good burn.

 

[Tom Flint]

How long have India been ranked no 1 in tests?

 

[srbhkshk]

How long have India been ranked no 1 in tests?

About 3 years now.

 

[jimmy101]

Yeah, Indian kids always ace their maths tests. #1 by a wide margin.

 

[TheJediBrah]

wow racial profiling much











chinese/korean are better

 

[jimmy101]

Was referring to the country, not the race.

Finland a dark horse imo.

 

[Shri]

ind v bang t20 is about to start

no official thread yet so we'll just do it here

bdesh/***** is not worth a thread

 

[Prince EWS]

Cricinfo rightfully cops some **** here sometimes, but credit where it's due. I sent them an email complaining that they kept listing Australian state second eleven games on the fixtures list but then never actually uploaded the scorecards, and a couple of days later they were like "oh our bad, fixed".

https://www.espncricinfo.com/scores/series/19591/season/2019/cricket-australia-second-xi-competition

 

[Victor Ian]

'Hi...its your friendly neighbourhood spider. I noticed your threads arent linked.'

 

[Prince EWS]

'Hi...its your friendly neighbourhood spider. I noticed your threads arent linked.'

Yeah I mean given I only noticed it when trying to mine their data I kind of felt bad about them treating me like a valued customer in a way.

Maybe I should get my dataminer to click some of their ads.

 

[aussie tragic]

I hate T20's as they're too short, and the 100 is of course even quicker to finish.

Now I understand there's a thing called 'cage kricket' where it's one-on-one for 30 balls, highest score wins. Gayle and KP are playing of course. All the rules are here: https://sport360.com/article/cricke...dazzle-in-ultimate-kricket-challenge-in-dubai

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

Bring back double-wicket

 

[Burgey]

Bumped into Mel Jones in the cafe downstairs at work today and had a quick chat with her. Just seems a thoroughly decent individual. Hope she goes well on the CA board. Am sure she will look upon my application for a role as selector most favourably.

 

[mr_mister]

Does anyone know the story of matting pitches in South Africa, when they were phased out etc?

It's quite tough to find this information online

 

[jimmy101]

Pretty sure I read in a book once that it was sometime in the 1920's that all Tests in SA were played on turf pitches.

 

[mr_mister]

I was reading that all but 1 of Herbie Taylor's test tons were scored on matting, so I figured in the '20s they were still using them