England v. India Test Series
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Donny
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The fifth Test between England and India will go ahead as scheduled after the England and Wales Cricket Board announced there have been no further positive COVID-19 tests in the visitors' camp.
India head coach Ravi Shastri tested positive during the previous Test at The Oval, alongside bowling coach Bharat Arun and fielding coach R Sridhar, with all three remaining in isolation while the squad moved on to Old Trafford.
CA.
India head coach Ravi Shastri tested positive during the previous Test at The Oval, alongside bowling coach Bharat Arun and fielding coach R Sridhar, with all three remaining in isolation while the squad moved on to Old Trafford.
CA.
Donny.
It's a game. Enjoy it.
It's a game. Enjoy it.
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Lazza
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Rumours abound that Indian players were very keen to return to India before the IPL starts in just 10 days time. Simply more money to be earned. Cynical I know.
Don't confuse your current path with your final destination. Just because it's dark and stormy now doesn't meant that you aren't headed for glorious sunshine!
Well, there are at least two issues with slogathons.
The context here (following Lazza's post) is that players choose money over Test cricket. The relevant fact here is their jumping out of a Test series before it ends. We'll have to wait and see what the ICC rules. The ECB want it declared a forfeited Test. That'd leave it a drawn series. (And look at all the Oz players who played IPL but could not bother playing for Oz recently.)
As for the cricket... It's been "excellent" in the sense of being exciting, unpredictable, etc. But much of the closeness, unpredictability, etc. has been due to the incompetence of the players. And the other factor we should thank for the excitement is the weather. If it'd been a beautiful sunny summer, there would have been four boring draws, no matter how incompetent the batsmen. The pitches were very flat. The cricinfo commentators emphasised that over and over again.
Just one example on slogathons and batting technique: Ponting cannot be accused of being a "traditionalist". He's coached slogathon teams! He noted that slogathon cricket had stuffed up Agarwal's Test technique. Agarwal had an excellent IPL and lost any batting technique he had.
The context here (following Lazza's post) is that players choose money over Test cricket. The relevant fact here is their jumping out of a Test series before it ends. We'll have to wait and see what the ICC rules. The ECB want it declared a forfeited Test. That'd leave it a drawn series. (And look at all the Oz players who played IPL but could not bother playing for Oz recently.)
As for the cricket... It's been "excellent" in the sense of being exciting, unpredictable, etc. But much of the closeness, unpredictability, etc. has been due to the incompetence of the players. And the other factor we should thank for the excitement is the weather. If it'd been a beautiful sunny summer, there would have been four boring draws, no matter how incompetent the batsmen. The pitches were very flat. The cricinfo commentators emphasised that over and over again.
Just one example on slogathons and batting technique: Ponting cannot be accused of being a "traditionalist". He's coached slogathon teams! He noted that slogathon cricket had stuffed up Agarwal's Test technique. Agarwal had an excellent IPL and lost any batting technique he had.
Sadly, Holding is retiring from commentary. (Sad, but not a surprise. He's not so young.)Donny wrote:...
Holding. Just the thoughts of a traditionalist.
We need more commentators who will speak their mind. And more former-bowler commentators.
Not more yes men. And not more former-batsman commentators. (e.g. in the first half of the last ODI WC, when teams could not defend totals of 400, one former-batsman commentator claimed it'd been a bowlers' tournament so far.
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