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 Stirlingsays  01 Feb 19 4.33pm |
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Originally posted by Stuk
TV rights are sold by the home team.
And there's me thinking it's meant to have risen the standard of the English cricket team in general. Good to know. Edited by Stirlingsays (01 Feb 2019 4.33pm)
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| Stuk Top half 01 Feb 19 4.54pm |
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Originally posted by Stirlingsays
And there's me thinking it's meant to have risen the standard of the English cricket team in general. Good to know. Edited by Stirlingsays (01 Feb 2019 4.33pm) You mentioned it in the context of this match/series. We just won the last series 3-0 and beat India (the number 1 side) at home in the summer, which the Aussies couldn't manage to do. So were they earning it then? No, it's to make the sport financially better. Talent makes the standard of cricket better. You can't buy talent in an international sport/team. It can give you better facilities and supposedly better coaching. What we needed here was some proper warm up games rather than rocking up and playing two pointless two day games, where the rules of the game weren't even played to. What channel the game is on and who paid however much for it, isn't relevant IMO.
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| Stirlingsays 01 Feb 19 5.38pm |
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Originally posted by Stuk
You mentioned it in the context of this match/series. We just won the last series 3-0 and beat India (the number 1 side) at home in the summer, which the Aussies couldn't manage to do. So were they earning it then? No, it's to make the sport financially better. Talent makes the standard of cricket better. You can't buy talent in an international sport/team. It can give you better facilities and supposedly better coaching. What we needed here was some proper warm up games rather than rocking up and playing two pointless two day games, where the rules of the game weren't even played to. What channel the game is on and who paid however much for it, isn't relevant IMO. No I mentioned it within the context of the standard of the English cricket team. Referring to the performances in other series has many other variables. The quality of cricket has deteriorated in most sides in the test arena over the years. Australia aren't the team of old and sit fifth in the test rankings and India lose most away series. Personally, I believe in some measure of value when it comes to large financial outlays. I've been a believer that Sky subscribers, who are there for the cricket, have been receiving poor returns for the cost of supporting the game for many years now. Just like the Premiership lied about improving the fortunes of the national side when it was launched the same lies were told about English cricket. We are currently being easily beaten by the eighth ranked test team. West Indian conditions are not that alien to English teams compared to the sub continent and frankly I feel the talk about prior preparation is an over-worn excuse. As for your ideas on talent and what the money is for...that's a whole different discussion. Edited by Stirlingsays (01 Feb 2019 5.47pm)
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| Stirlingsays 01 Feb 19 9.29pm |
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The cringe continues....At the end of day two the West Indies now lead by 85 runs, with four wickets still remaining.....they have certainly more than earnt....the far less money they receive.
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chateauferret  01 Feb 19 11.11pm |
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Another s*** performance and another drubbing.
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| Midlands Eagle 02 Feb 19 6.43am |
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Originally posted by Stirlingsays
We are currently being easily beaten by the eighth ranked test team. West Indian conditions are not that alien to English teams compared to the sub continent It's the ECB that's ruining Test cricket as all of the emphasis is now on One day and 20/20 Four day county cricket starts in April and half of the season's games are played in April and May when the ball is swinging around all over the place and anyone who can bowl straight will take wickets and the latter half are played later in the year into Autumn when the ball has started swinging again
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| Willo South coast - west of Brighton. 02 Feb 19 8.18am |
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Originally posted by chateauferret
Another s*** performance and another drubbing. I wholeheartedly concur with these sentiments. My dear wife enjoys cricket and having never been to Antigua suggested that we travel there, stay in the Carlisle Bay hotel and watch the match as part of our holiday.I declined preferring to attend the Fulham game !
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black eagle.  south croydon. 02 Feb 19 8.41am |
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C'mon you Windies,I hope we can get another 100 plus runs. Cracking test match, I'm hoping Holder can hit another big score.
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| Stirlingsays 02 Feb 19 6.31pm |
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Originally posted by Midlands Eagle
It's the ECB that's ruining Test cricket as all of the emphasis is now on One day and 20/20 Four day county cricket starts in April and half of the season's games are played in April and May when the ball is swinging around all over the place and anyone who can bowl straight will take wickets and the latter half are played later in the year into Autumn when the ball has started swinging again Yep, chasing the money rather than implementation of what's best to maximise the winning chances of the test side. The ECB are the problem and have been for a long time.
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| Stirlingsays 02 Feb 19 6.32pm |
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Originally posted by black eagle.
C'mon you Windies,I hope we can get another 100 plus runs. Cracking test match, I'm hoping Holder can hit another big score. Looks like another big win for the Windies! Fully deserved.
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| chris123 hove actually 02 Feb 19 7.59pm |
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We need to work out why our test batsmen are playing like it's a one match, and not for the first time.
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| Stirlingsays 02 Feb 19 8.56pm |
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A loss by 10 wickets. Hyper delicious cringe.
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