Cricket 2010 Thread

[TheTimVilla]

Perhaps he could play for Beaconsfield? It's quite near to London.

[PaulWinch again]

Yeah not great, but still the second innings.

[PaulWinch again]

The amount of people in the crowd for this T20, is shocking.

[Chris Jameson]

Get in there!

Yorkshire beaten Notts to ensure the Championship goes into the final week with 3 teams in with a chance of winning it. Fuck the quick cricket nonsense.

[Villan For Life]

The new English season starts in less than 2 months. Post your hopes/predictions here!

As a Bear, I think that we will score plenty of runs in the 4 day format but may struggle to bowl sides out. I'd like to see us to build on the progress that we've made in the limited overs game under Giles.

Oh how wrong was I on the first point?

At least we've done Ok in the one dayers......

[Chris Jameson]

Went to Headingley today and it was truly bizarre. Yorkshire were rattling along at 8 an over with 9 wickets left and then just collapsed, losing 9 wickets in less than an hour.

Considering they were tipped for relegation they've had a brilliant season using 9 or more products of the Academy in each game. Moin Ashraf looks like yet another exciting young fast bowler, the bowling coaches at Yorkshire are doing a brilliant job.

[cdbearsfan]

Pakistan seem to have played a lot better since Ramadan finished. Who'd have thought not eating or drinking water all day does not produce brilliant sport?

[olaftab]

It is unlikely CD that  they would be fasting whilst on tour or at least on match days. However  preparation is affected if they fast on non match days.

[hilts_coolerking]

The seemingly never-ending match-fixing story rumbles on.  This time, Ijaz Butt - the chairman of the PCB and owner of less than a full complement of marbles - accused the England team of throwing the last ODI.

When asked if he had any proof, Butt - in a response worthy of the Spurs salary thread - said "Did you ask the other people who made allegations against our players whether they had any proof? What did they say? We have thought about this properly and we have positive proofs here before us just like they say they have also."

http://www.cricinfo.com/england-v-pakistan-2010/content/current/story/477814.html

Finances dictate the rest of the ODI series will probably go ahead but in this climate it's difficult to see how it can be played in anything like the proper spirit.

[olaftab]

The seemingly never-ending match-fixing story rumbles on.  This time, Ijaz Butt - the chairman of the PCB and owner of less than a full complement of marbles - accused the England team of throwing the last ODI.

When asked if he had any proof, Butt - in a response worthy of the Spurs salary thread - said "Did you ask the other people who made allegations against our players whether they had any proof? What did they say? We have thought about this properly and we have positive proofs here before us just like they say they have also."

This bloke Ijaz Butt is a complete pratt and in the world of rabid Sports Administrator he stands out on his own a  complete f in p*ick. Cricket fans in Pakistan regard him as a complete  idiot and are  rather familiar with his  rants.
FFS  after this  baseless accusation how does Umar Gul feel? That was a fantastic bowling performance and his mental chairman has to go and sour it  by utter stupid  remarks.

[Villan For Life]

The seemingly never-ending match-fixing story rumbles on.  This time, Ijaz Butt - the chairman of the PCB and owner of less than a full complement of marbles - accused the England team of throwing the last ODI.

When asked if he had any proof, Butt - in a response worthy of the Spurs salary thread - said "Did you ask the other people who made allegations against our players whether they had any proof? What did they say? We have thought about this properly and we have positive proofs here before us just like they say they have also."

This bloke Ijaz Butt is a complete pratt and in the world of rabid Sports Administrator he stands out on his own a  complete f in p*ick. Cricket fans in Pakistan regard him as a complete  idiot and are  rather familiar with his  rants.
FFS  after this  baseless accusation how does Umar Gul feel? That was a fantastic bowling performance and his mental chairman has to go and sour it  by utter stupid  remarks.

I completely agree with you Aftab. Gul's bowling performance was excellent.

In the midst of all of the match fixing furore I really feel for the ordinary Pakistani cricket fan. Not only are they denied the opportunity chance to see their team play a home test series, they now find that the performance of their talented one-day squad may be tainted by the bookmaker's dollar.

[Dave Cooper please]

This bloke Ijaz Butt is a complete pratt and in the world of rabid Sports Administrator he stands out on his own a  complete f in p*ick. Cricket fans in Pakistan regard him as a complete  idiot and are  rather familiar with his  rants.
FFS  after this  baseless accusation how does Umar Gul feel?[/] That was a fantastic bowling performance and his mental chairman has to go and sour it  by utter stupid  remarks.

Exactly, the chairman of your own cricket board has now told you that your 6-fer match winning performance means bugger all because England lost those wickets on purpose! Great.

[TheTimVilla]

Umar Gul had Strauss caught off a no ball. How many people - ICC, ECB, PCB officials, bookies, etc - looked at that and found it dodgy?! Even if it wasn't?!

[Gareth]

Would have thought the last thing any member of the Pakistan administration should be doing is chatting to a bookie

[PaulWinch again]

It is outrageous, and this summer of cricket is as an absolute disgrace.