Stokes Arrested

[S.Kennedy]

When ''celebrities'' go through judicial proceedings these days all of this ancillary stuff leaks, mug shoots, footage, accounts. Irrespective of the trial and the fact he was cooperative once arrested, footage of Stokes handcuffed in the back of a police car is not a good image.

 

[Burgey]

 

[wpdavid]

I'm simply trying to perceive how the ECB will see things in their overall (re)branding of English cricket. Stokes is the antithesis to where they see cricket heading.

Looks like his Australian employers may agree with you
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https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2018/aug/16/ben-stokes-australia-big-bash-closed-sydney-sixers

 

[S.Kennedy]

Well it is not surprising some would object to Ben playing the Bash as the ECB were basically following Australia's lead in re-marketing the sport as family-friendly until they then decided on the 100 which is, ehh, a significantly new development all-together! But many of the ECB schemes are Australian in design; it was an Australian who was brought out to design All Stars Cricket. Apparently he had designed a similar scheme in Oz to get kids playing cricket at a young age.

Incidentally, Cameron Bancroft!

No comment!

 

[CasMcG24]

Well it is not surprising some would object to Ben playing the Bash as the ECB were basically following Australia's lead in re-marketing the sport as family-friendly until they then decided on the 100 which is, ehh, a significantly new development all-together! But many of the ECB schemes are Australian in design; it was an Australian who was brought out to design All Stars Cricket. Apparently he had designed a similar scheme in Oz to get kids playing cricket at a young age.

Incidentally, Cameron Bancroft!

No comment!

You are correct... But slightly off topic I do 'makeup' hybrid games based around cricket and baseball for my cub group just purely designed to see the ball, hit it and catch it and also to bowl/pitch straight... It is designed with fun but also the serious lesson of coordination.

I just feel the courts have decided he is not guilty so he should be able to get on and play which is his livelihood... I just wonder how much of an impact he would have had in the last Ashes tour?

 

[Burgey]

Well it is not surprising some would object to Ben playing the Bash as the ECB were basically following Australia's lead in re-marketing the sport as family-friendly until they then decided on the 100 which is, ehh, a significantly new development all-together! But many of the ECB schemes are Australian in design; it was an Australian who was brought out to design All Stars Cricket. Apparently he had designed a similar scheme in Oz to get kids playing cricket at a young age.

Incidentally, Cameron Bancroft!

No comment!

Are you mentioning Bancroft because you expect Stokes to headbutt him?

 

[S.Kennedy]

Are you mentioning Bancroft because you expect Stokes to headbutt him?

No. Because Durham have just signed him!

 

[CasMcG24]

Are you mentioning Bancroft because you expect Stokes to headbutt him?

WTF!!! I don't really feel that's on the cards.

 

[CasMcG24]

No. Because Durham have just signed him!

Common sense prevails... Should be a decent signature for Durham next season... After helping the Warriors win the shield.

 

[S.Kennedy]

Durham County Cricket Club, ran on jagerbombs, sandpaper and cocaine.

Bancroft will miss the start of the Shield presumably as his ban runs out January?

 

[CasMcG24]

Durham County Cricket Club, ran on jagerbombs, sandpaper and cocaine.

Bancroft will miss the start of the Shield presumably as his ban runs out January?

How do you feel we coped in Dullsville (actually miss Perth but from Wanneroo)... I thought the ban was just for international games... Harsh!

 

[S.Kennedy]

He already has a teammate in Rimmington here so he'll feel right at home.

 

[CasMcG24]

He already has a teammate in Rimmington here so he'll feel right at home.

So weak beer, closes around nine and has a cathedral made of glass and shaped like a penis... Rimmington is from Queensland but we accept him.

 

[Gnske]

You just know anyone who slags off XXXX Gold hasn't got a clue.

 

[Fuller Pilch]

Is Bancroft any chance of making the Aussie ODI side? I see Durham signed him as they expect Tommy Latham to be unavailable due to the World Cup.

 

[Burgey]

He’d be very long odds to make the ODI side. Warner, Finch, Smith all in the top order come WC time barring injury.

 

[morgieb]

Is Bancroft any chance of making the Aussie ODI side? I see Durham signed him as they expect Tommy Latham to be unavailable due to the World Cup.

Not really. Definitely more of a FC player.

 

[Fuller Pilch]

He’d be very long odds to make the ODI side. Warner, Finch, Smith all in the top order come WC time barring injury.

That's what I thought. I guess Darcy Short must be a chance too

 

[vic_orthdox]

Bancroft does play for WA though - he's still a chance...

 

[GoodAreasShane]

Bancroft does play for WA though - he's still a chance...

Yeah, can't imagine it will be long before Langer's sandgroper bias oversteps all bounds of logic and reason.

Mitchell Marsh for Test captain anyone?