England (and Wales) gloom, doom and recriminations thread

[Furball]

It did attract lots of young people to the games. Unclear what aspect specifically did that.

Cutting 20 balls per innings off a standard T20 and having strict time limits on how long you have to bowl an innings helps bring a game of cricket far more in line with football.

Even 3 hours for a T20 seems too long.

 

[Starfighter]

Thought it was an appropriate place

Senior ECB executives to share £2.1m bonus despite Covid job cuts

Senior ECB executives are to share a £2.1m bonus despite making 62 job cuts in response to the Covid pandemic

www.theguardian.com

Two things:
- why are supposed non-profits paying bonuses (pretty sure they are like CA)
- why does any one believe the guff about needing this sort of thing to retain 'corporate talent' when corporate governance over the past thirty years has been horrendous and is part of why our economies exist in a zombie state

 

[Nintendo]

The counties are struggling and the only thing the ECB did was create a tournament that while brining attention to cricket, in the long run is forecasted to negatively effect the county circuit, and now there exec's get a bonus nearly 50% larger then what most counties get TOTAL.

 

[GIMH]

Two things:
- why are supposed non-profits paying bonuses (pretty sure they are like CA)

Not sure why being a non-profit and paying bonuses would be seen as contradictory, per se. In theory a bonus is a performance related incentive and so you earn your bonus by making the organisation more efficient, saving money, etc.

Whether that's what has happened here is a different question ofc

 

[TheJediBrah]

Not for profit means all profits have to go back into the business right? I guess giving staff bonuses could qualify as that

 

[Uppercut]

Most non-profit organisations pay top-tier salaries that are ethically indefensible. At least they're not an actual charity hoovering up money from people that earn less than 5% of what their executives do.

 

[Aritro]

. At this stage I don't think it's reversible though.

Interested to hear more on this. I'd hope it's reversible

 

[Uppercut]

Interested to hear more on this. I'd hope it's reversible

There are a couple of things that make me think we would struggle to go back. Firstly, young people don’t really watch terrestrial tv any more. You used to get kids involved because they were bored during the holidays and switched on the tv and the only thing on was cricket. I feel like that has mostly passed.

Secondly, it’s one thing to turn down funding, but it’s another thing to cut it. Investing the Sky money in the game didn’t make up for the massive loss of cultural relevance that came with leaving terrestrial. But actually trying to shut down the resulting clubs and facilities will run into a lot of understandable resistance.

 

[Adders]

What doom and gloom? We're in fine fettle

 

[karan_fromthestands]

England lost against India because they got carried away by their emotions and started attacking Shami and Bumrah with garbage short balls and expected them to just loft one up in the air. Less than an hour of madness and they lost the game, this is the same team that beat SL in SL and won the first game against India in India convincingly before losing a few games on rank turners.

I see nothing wrong with the English side. They are missing a few key players and doing well without them. Both teams have won a fair amount of sessions in both the games, we are witnessing some quality cricket and I can't wait to watch the next game.

 

[cnerd123]

This thread was the ultimate gambhir

 

[Flem274*]

i like how they added 'recriminations' to the title. not just hopelessness and despair, the poms want bloody vengeance on those who failed them.

 

[TheJediBrah]

i like how they added 'recriminations' to the title. not just hopelessness and despair, the poms want bloody vengeance on those who failed them.

Always the most cathartic way to deal with failure

 

[wpdavid]

This thread was the ultimate gambhir

Early days mate.

 

[wpdavid]

i like how they added 'recriminations' to the title. not just hopelessness and despair, the poms want bloody vengeance on those who failed them.

Too bloody right.

 

[Red_Ink_Squid]

The current performance was purchased with the blood of Dominic Sibley.

 

[Manee]

Early days mate.

Can someone tell me what is the Gambhir reference? Like why is it called that?

Also - why has England (and Wales) not been changed to India in the thread title?

 

[GIMH]

Can someone tell me what is the Gambhir reference? Like why is it called that?

Also - why has England (and Wales) not been changed to India in the thread title?

The "Scorecard says it's even, but my team can't win" thread: Gambhiring

So you think it's smart, funny, cute or mildly inventive to nominate your team as completely out of a match when the scores are close to even? You're wrong. But if you have to indulge in the ********, annoying practice of Gambhiring (as its been coined) please do it here, for the sake of forum...

www.cricketweb.net

Why is it called Gambhiring?

Because its so nauseating, annoying and overstated, it's like Gambhir.

 

[Manee]

The "Scorecard says it's even, but my team can't win" thread: Gambhiring

So you think it's smart, funny, cute or mildly inventive to nominate your team as completely out of a match when the scores are close to even? You're wrong. But if you have to indulge in the ********, annoying practice of Gambhiring (as its been coined) please do it here, for the sake of forum...

www.cricketweb.net

Thanks for this. Very useful to know thyself.

 

[Lillian Thomson]

Might as well hand us the next WTC trophy now.