I enjoyed last night's game in spite of not having a feeling over which team to cheer for.
According to Wikipedia, the Oval invincibles are supposed to represent the historic counties of Surrey and Kent, so I ought to be cheering for them. But they only had one solitary Kent player on duty....
I enjoyed last night's game in spite of not having a feeling over which team to cheer for.
According to Wikipedia, the Oval invincibles are supposed to represent the historic counties of Surrey and Kent, so I ought to be cheering for them. But they only had one solitary Kent player on duty....
who played a blinder and won man of the match, a lesson in that surely...
My cricket mad nephew asked me which side I was going to support in the 100 competition last night. Had me a bit stumped* tbh as I've never really had to make a conscious decision about who to get behind in any sport before.
He's gone for the Brave (silly not to call them Southern Braves tbh) and they are the nearest team to both of us so will probably plump for them over my usual leaning towards Surrey, which was the closest county ground to me growing up.
Or I might chose someone else, just for the "bantz" with him. Either way it feels strange to be making a decision as to who to follow.
I enjoyed last night's game in spite of not having a feeling over which team to cheer for.
According to Wikipedia, the Oval invincibles are supposed to represent the historic counties of Surrey and Kent, so I ought to be cheering for them. But they only had one solitary Kent player on duty....
who played a blinder and won man of the match, a lesson in that surely...
The Surrey players need a Kent player to lead them to victory. And to be fair, Billings did a great job as Captain, it seems quite a busy job Captaining a 100 side, with all the new gimmicks twists, like whether to have a bowler bowl a 10 run "over"
My cricket mad nephew asked me which side I was going to support in the 100 competition last night. Had me a bit stumped* tbh as I've never really had to make a conscious decision about who to get behind in any sport before.
He's gone for the Brave (silly not to call them Southern Braves tbh) and they are the nearest team to both of us so will probably plump for them over my usual leaning towards Surrey, which was the closest county ground to me growing up.
Or I might chose someone else, just for the "bantz" with him. Either way it feels strange to be making a decision as to who to follow.
*see what I did there!
I find the same when watching overseas T20 matches on TV. It's pleasant enough background entertainment, but I really don't care about the outcome.
I enjoyed last night's game in spite of not having a feeling over which team to cheer for.
According to Wikipedia, the Oval invincibles are supposed to represent the historic counties of Surrey and Kent, so I ought to be cheering for them. But they only had one solitary Kent player on duty....
who played a blinder and won man of the match, a lesson in that surely...
The Surrey players need a Kent player to lead them to victory. And to be fair, Billings did a great job as Captain, it seems quite a busy job Captaining a 100 side, with all the new gimmicks twists, like whether to have a bowler bowl a 10 run "over"
to be honest its one of my criticisms of last night - both captains were the wicketkeepers, there were delays with the keeper running down to the bowlers mark, chatting to the bowler and then running back, then making fielding changes. Always thought best place for the captain was mid off...
If they want to make cricket a speedier operation in this competition (as evidenced by the countdowns between changing ends etc) they need to look at this tbh.
The world cup that we won in 2019 had a terrible guitarist and dj's and explosions during the game (tv viewers may have been spared). should we hand back the world cup because it's just not cricket?
Lancashire v Sussex at the moment RLC on youtube, absolutely unbelievably glorious surroundings, a full house - no DJs, no fireworks, youngsters making their way in the game.
Give me this any day of the week over the shite the ECB are dumping on us. Would be criminal if that crap ends up destroying our county game.
I enjoyed last night's game in spite of not having a feeling over which team to cheer for.
According to Wikipedia, the Oval invincibles are supposed to represent the historic counties of Surrey and Kent, so I ought to be cheering for them. But they only had one solitary Kent player on duty....
who played a blinder and won man of the match, a lesson in that surely...
Yes he sure did! Klaassen was impressive for Manchester too
It is entertaining but as somebody said, is it that different to T20? For me, you can fit T20 into a decent amount of time for evening games so you don't really need a shorter format. I'll stick my colours to the Oval Invincibles mask and see how it goes.
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According to Wikipedia, the Oval invincibles are supposed to represent the historic counties of Surrey and Kent, so I ought to be cheering for them. But they only had one solitary Kent player on duty....
He's gone for the Brave (silly not to call them Southern Braves tbh) and they are the nearest team to both of us so will probably plump for them over my usual leaning towards Surrey, which was the closest county ground to me growing up.
Or I might chose someone else, just for the "bantz" with him. Either way it feels strange to be making a decision as to who to follow.
*see what I did there!
If they want to make cricket a speedier operation in this competition (as evidenced by the countdowns between changing ends etc) they need to look at this tbh.
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I find him incredibly patronising 🙄
The kits, flashing bails, white ball and the other general razzmatazz are all fine and been done many a time before
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But I like you 😘