Cricket 2010 Thread

[Villan For Life]

Tendulkar's just become the first person to score 200 in a One Day International, awesome batting.

It was an awesome innings. 200 out of 401 - 3 in 50 overs. It confirms him, in my opinion, as the best batsman of his generation.

Hardly sticking your next out!

Probably best of all time.

Good list though: Bradman, Hobbs, Border, Gavaskar, Waugh S, Lara, Ponting

Interesting to note that half of your list have played at the highest level during the last 10 years.

Has the game changed that much?

Tendulkar shades Waugh and Ponting as those two would never had to face the likes of McGrath or Warne. Lara was a sublime batsman but for me he never maintained the high standards that he set himself from 1993/1995. Gavaskar was a genius but was more effective on the dry Asian pitches. Border always reminded me of the David Platt of cricket, someone who made the most of his limited natural ability. Some ability, it has to be said!

Best of all time? I'm not sure. Bradman's test average at 99.94 has to place him at the top. If Eric Hollies had not bowled him 2nd ball of his last test innings then his average would have been over 100. That has to make him the best ever.

[Dave Cooper please]

Interesting to note that half of your list have played at the highest level during the last 10 years.

Has the game changed that much?

Yes it has, it's a batsman's game these days, pitches are generally flatter, the rules are skewed towards batting and whilst bat manufacturers can do almost whatever they want to improve bats, the ball is still exactly how it ever was.

I'm an advocate of some limited "ball tampering" being allowed, not picking the seam but roughing up the non-shiny side, just to redress the balance a bit.

[Villan For Life]

Interesting to note that half of your list have played at the highest level during the last 10 years.

Has the game changed that much?

Yes it has, it's a batsman's game these days, pitches are generally flatter, the rules are skewed towards batting and whilst bat manufacturers can do almost whatever they want to improve bats, the ball is still exactly how it ever was.

I'm an advocate of some limited "ball tampering" being allowed, not picking the seam but roughing up the non-shiny side, just to redress the balance a bit.

So an Afridi bite is out of the question?

[Ads]

Interesting to note that half of your list have played at the highest level during the last 10 years.

Has the game changed that much?

Yes it has, it's a batsman's game these days, pitches are generally flatter, the rules are skewed towards batting and whilst bat manufacturers can do almost whatever they want to improve bats, the ball is still exactly how it ever was.

I'm an advocate of some limited "ball tampering" being allowed, not picking the seam but roughing up the non-shiny side, just to redress the balance a bit.

So an Afridi bite is out of the question?

What about an Afridi shuffle down the middle of the track?

[Villan For Life]

Great ODI game England v Bangladesh, went down to the wire.

Excellent performance by Morgan - 110 off 104 to guide us to a 2 wicket victory.

[hilts_coolerking]

Fabulous knock from Morgan.  Some witless batting from the lower order turned what should have been a routine win into a nailbiter.

[Villan For Life]

Fabulous knock from Morgan.  Some witless batting from the lower order turned what should have been a routine win into a nailbiter.

Indeed, some truly awful batting.

[exiled on the wirral!]

England made hard work of that, Morgan looks a good acquisition in the middle order, another failure by Pieterson though is a big worry, he is lacking consistency and looks well out of sorts. Bangladesh look a half decent one day team, with a couple of useful players especially the captain and the opener who got a hundred the other day.

[Mazrim]

Ive never seen so many decent batsmen play around straight deliveries before. But yes, a fabulous knock from Morgan. He really is a cool customer. Once Kieswetter settles down and KP is back in form, plus the return of Anderson and Flintoff, that will be some ODI/T20 team.
I dont see why Treadwell is getting in ahead of Rashid though. I think that will change soon enough though.

I like the look of Finn, Woakes and Taylor too. So there's plenty of talent emerging. We just need that one (or two) express fast bowler(s) to come through. hopefully Meeker and Jordan will come up trumps.

[cdbearsfan]

West Indies lose to Zimbabwe at home.

Cracking finish... Windies needed 15 off last over with three wickets left.

Four...Six...One...Wicket...Wicket...Two

Zimabwe win by two.

[hilts_coolerking]

The ongoing farce that is Pakistan cricket has reached a new low.

Following their recent nightmare tour of Australia where they lost 9 out of 9 internationals, the Pakistani board has got tough.  Apparently the team was doing more fighting internally than it was on the pitch.

Mohammad Yousuf and Younis Khan have been deemed the ringleaders and have been banned from appearing for Pakistan for life.  So there go 40 test match hundreds in one fell swoop.

Rana Naved and Shoaib Malik have been banned for a year.

Shahid Afridi, Kamran Akmal and Umar Akmal have been put on probation for 6 months.

I suspect this isn't the end of it and it'll rumble on until they all get cleared to play against England in the summer.  But if not then the series could be very one sided indeed.

[Chico Hamilton III]

 I suspect this isn't the end of it and it'll rumble on until they all get cleared to play against England in the summer. But if not then the series could be very one sided indeed.

Hope not - I've got tickets for the Oval test in August

[TheTimVilla]

After the disaster which was their last tour of England. Are Holland their footballing equivalent?

[cheltenhamlion]

Never again will I watch a game against them after being surrounded by racist gobshites for the day at Edgbaston last time they were here.

I am amazed a riot didn't break out in the Eric Hollies.

[Mazrim]

Never again will I watch a game against them after being surrounded by racist gobshites for the day at Edgbaston last time they were here.

I am amazed a riot didn't break out in the Eric Hollies.

Who was being racist? England or Pakistani fans or both?
Its usually good banter and good natured at Edgbaston and the Eric Hollies in particular.