Cricket stuff that doesn't deserve its own thread

[Daemon]

Rick Findlay must have a lot of time on his hands. He just tweeted that if Bradman had played every test between his retirement in 1948 and now, and made a duck in every innings, his average would be 5.88. Kind of an interesting fact in a totally useless sort of way.

Good to know a man who scores a duck for 70 years straight has a better batting average than mine this season

 

[stephen]

Good to know a man who scores a duck for 70 years straight has a better batting average than mine this season

 

[Shri]

Afridi has announced his retirement from cricket under three different US presidents now.

 

[S.Kennedy]

Afridi is the Frank Sinatra or Sugar Ray Leonard of cricket.

 

[Burgey]

Dame Nellie Melba

 

[S.Kennedy]

What an absolute **** Vaughan is,

Ben Stokes and Tymal Mills earning million pound salaries is great for cricket - it's exactly what game needs

 

[indiaholic]

He is probably right though.

 

[S.Kennedy]

I do not agree with him at all I'm afraid.

 

[indiaholic]

You don't agree that higher salaries will lead to kids prioritizing T20 cricket over test cricket?

 

[theegyptian]

Kennedy preferred it when the cricketers had to work down the pits during the offseason.

 

[marc71178]

I do not agree with him at all I'm afraid.

I'd be shocked if you did bearing in mind your constant diatribe against T20 cricket.

 

[StephenZA]

Kennedy preferred it when the cricketers had to work down the pits during the offseason.

Yes! Have you never heard of Larwood....

 

[S.Kennedy]

I make no apologies to the fact that I consider first-class cricket to be the greatest sport ever invented and Twenty20 to be a complete load of bollocks.

 

[S.Kennedy]

You don't agree that higher salaries will lead to kids prioritizing T20 cricket over test cricket?

The whole article is a load of twaddle. He talks about kids being interested in twenty20 and not the red ball stuff. He cannot be speaking of England where there are not many kids interested in cricket whatsoever, whatever the format, since the ECB paywalled the entire sport and drove it underground. Joe Root could walk down any English street and not be recognised - Stokes also.

 

[indiaholic]

Would be surprised if that is true.. A lot of sporting culture is handed down through families.

 

[Tom Flint]

To say joe root and stokes could walk down any street and not be recognised is such an exaguration. Fair enough they arent as well known as footballers but id say one in every 8 people would know them lol.
Delending what street ur walking down and what area of course!

 

[S.Kennedy]

To say joe root and stokes could walk down any street and not be recognised is such an exaguration. Fair enough they arent as well known as footballers but id say one in every 8 people would know them lol.
Delending what street ur walking down and what area of course!

Well yes it is a bit of an exaggeration but my point being that because they play for a pay-walled sport, they are no where near as recognisable as practically every Premiership footballer, Andy Murray, Mo Farah, Jess Ennis, Lewis Hamilton, etc. - or for that matter, the Class of 2005 (Messrs Flintoff and Vaughan himself). Outside public schools, I do not see many kids wanting to play cricket in toto - irrespective of whether that format is Twenty20 (or not). Vaughan says he sees loads of kids obsessed with Twenty20. He surely must be 'Aussied out', too much time commentating for BT, as this does not describe England.

Heck, we are not getting the city franchise until 2019 or 2020. He is predicting the enthusiasm of children to a competition which has not even went past the draft stage! (Unless he is describing English kids watching the IPL and Bash, over their cornflakes?).

 

[marc71178]

Oh yes, the abundance of Premiership football on terrestrial television is clearly key in players being recognisable.

 

[S.Kennedy]

Oh yes, the abundance of Premiership football on terrestrial television is clearly key in players being recognisable.

I see where you are going with this but I didn't say ''Premiership football'': I said ''Premiership footballer(s)''. There is a key difference. I should have perhaps said 'top flight footballers''?

An English terrestrial viewer would have full access to the FA Cup, circa half of the Champions League, the European Cup (whatever it is called now?) and extensive highlights of - yes - the Premiership (Match of the Day). He would have also full access to internationals, i.e. the Euros and World Cup (plus qualifiers). So yes, he would have far greater exposure to Premiership footballers (e.g. those belonging to Man United, Chelsea, Arsenal, etc.) than cricketers. Vastly more I would say!

 

[marc71178]

Wrong, terrestrial to gets little to no high standard live football (at most 8 club games and a few England games) it's almost all on paid for tv, and to call Match of the Day "extensive" highlights is significantly overstating it.