Match #6- England vs Scotland - June 4th - Kensington Oval, Barbados-- Group B

[Molehill]

We haven't tackled the rain issue in cricket, we are still relying on terrible rules that does not put cricket in a good light to a global audience..

There has to be some form of proactivity in anticipation of bad weather , we have weather reports that can reasonably predict when rain will fall at its heaviest during a particular day..
The day before a game is played it can easily be agreed for a T20 match time to be either brought forward or moved to a later time, if the game is still rained off and its not possible for a reserve day then fair enough atleast there was an effort made to get the game played.

Doesn’t help spectators with pre-arranged travel tickets though.

 

[Chin Music]

Can't wait for the 2028 T20 WC in Aus/NZ when games in NZ start at 3AM NZT to be a good viewing time in India.

They can schedule Ind v Pak for that time if they want. I mean they do fairly similar for big boxing matches when they can take place at ridiculous times just for the US TV market. Oh shucks! I think I have given them too many ideas already.

 

[Silver Silva]

Doesn’t help spectators with pre-arranged travel tickets though.

A completed game should be the top priority ..
It also doesn't help the spectator if they have traveled to another country just to watch a game and it's abandoned. It also hurts tv ratings aswell, that's why I said 24hr notice of the game being moved , right now it's absolutely sunny in Barbados it seems like a waste.

 

[chris.hinton]

Take the points and run

 

[GIMH]

Surprised less annoyed people?

They call off a game with 7+ hours left to play it when by all accounts weather improved.

Why they playing games at 10am anyway. Pathetic just to pander to a TV market, rather than making it what is supposed to be the showpiece short format tournament and not crap like IPL, Hundred and BBL.

Which they are more than happy to bend over backwards to accommodate these in the calendar and try to find time to make them completed, when the weather is about.

Wouldn’t have been able to play it for another 1-2 hours I’d say. Evening might have been okay if the outfield wasn’t too wet.

Plus if they allowed us to wait around in the ground any longer I fear for the amount of rum I’d have consumed

 

[Hungry Llama]

Englands bowling taken to the cleaners, and the spectators. Something to work on before the oz game.

 

[reyrey]

England got the advantage with two of their players from this island.

Phil Salt lived on the Island for 5 years in his early teens. He was qualified to play for the Windies too.