blandy Posted April 12, 2018 Moderator Share Posted April 12, 2018 50 minutes ago, sharkyvilla said: If I remember right it goes back to when the West Indies had a left arm leg spinner called Achong, and one of the English batsmen said 'I can't believe I got out to a Chinaman' or something along those lines. It probably is time to ditch the term,though I doubt any Chinese people will care either way. Sorry, I meant the kerfuffle started a year or so ago with the Ind v Aus series, not the origin of the term. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowychap Posted April 18, 2018 Share Posted April 18, 2018 TalkSport outbids BBC to secure rights for forthcoming England cricket tours Quote TalkSport has announced a major coup late Tuesday after outbidding the BBC to secure the free-to-air radio broadcast rights for England’s forthcoming tours of Sri Lanka and the West Indies. It ends a 13-year association for the BBC, who last lost the rights to an oversees national team cricket tour in 2005, also on that occasion to TalkSport. Scott Taunton, chief exe of Wireless Group Limited, the parent company for TalkSport, was bullish in announcing the changes, as he spoke to Radio Today. “Winning these prestigious rights is a great victory for TalkSport and its first-class coverage. England’s overseas tours are sure to lure large audiences of fans as we cement TalkSport’s position as the fans’ favourite for sporting news, analysis and live coverage. “I’m delighted that we will be with England fans for every ball of the day throughout these winter tours, with our own expert line-up of cricketing stars.” Jonathan Agnew (@Aggerscricket) I think the response to this tweet speaks volumes. I know our loyal @bbctms listeners will be very disappointed and I’m very sorry. I hope I can still provide news coverage on BBC. To be clear, it has nothing to do with @ECB_cricket. SL and WI Board decision https://t.co/dMFh8fmbxL April 18, 2018 The rights cover all the Test matches, ODIs and T20 internationals from each tour with the first England game to be broadcast an ODI against Sri Lanka on October 10, 2018. It is understood TalkSport is also currently in negotiations to secure the rights for the 2019-20 tour to South Africa. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dAVe80 Posted April 18, 2018 Share Posted April 18, 2018 16 minutes ago, snowychap said: TalkSport outbids BBC to secure rights for forthcoming England cricket tours No TMS for overseas games then? That is very disappointing. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowychap Posted April 18, 2018 Share Posted April 18, 2018 21 minutes ago, dAVe80 said: No TMS for overseas games then? That is very disappointing. For those two (WI & SL). Though it would seem that SA may be next, too. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dAVe80 Posted April 18, 2018 Share Posted April 18, 2018 (edited) 1 hour ago, snowychap said: For those two (WI & SL). Though it would seem that SA may be next, too. I can't wait for Selco adverts, inbetween overs! Edited April 18, 2018 by dAVe80 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rodders Posted April 18, 2018 Share Posted April 18, 2018 how thoroughly depressing. Though on the twitter post reacting to it, reaction was hearteningly, universally dismayed, depressed and annoyed, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
choffer Posted April 18, 2018 VT Supporter Share Posted April 18, 2018 2 hours ago, dAVe80 said: I can't wait for Selco adverts, inbetween deliveries! FTFY 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa89 Posted April 19, 2018 Share Posted April 19, 2018 Quote ECB proposes 100-ball format for men's and women's domestic game in 2020 A radical 100-balls-a-side competition is at the heart of plans to transform English domestic cricket in 2020. http://www.skysports.com/cricket/news/12123/11337632/ecb-proposes-100-ball-format-for-mens-and-womens-domestic-game-in-2020 What the hell is this nonsense? A new format that has 20 less balls than a game of 20/20? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dAVe80 Posted April 19, 2018 Share Posted April 19, 2018 1 hour ago, villa89 said: http://www.skysports.com/cricket/news/12123/11337632/ecb-proposes-100-ball-format-for-mens-and-womens-domestic-game-in-2020 What the hell is this nonsense? A new format that has 20 less balls than a game of 20/20? That's exactly what I said to my mate. Absolutely pointless! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post lapal_fan Posted April 19, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted April 19, 2018 Why not just cut to the chase and have new format called "cricket for football fans on fridays" And have no balls, a big, **** off tele on the pitch and show the Friday night football game instead? Jesus christ.. 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rodders Posted April 19, 2018 Share Posted April 19, 2018 saw a comment on twitter which summed it up. Go straight to hit and run, two dot balls and the batsman's out if thats what they want. Ridiculous. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sharkyvilla Posted April 19, 2018 Share Posted April 19, 2018 Load of balls Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowychap Posted April 19, 2018 Share Posted April 19, 2018 2 hours ago, dAVe80 said: That's exactly what I said to my mate. Absolutely pointless! Same here. Though I did use fewer instead of less. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imavillan Posted April 19, 2018 Share Posted April 19, 2018 4 hours ago, villa89 said: http://www.skysports.com/cricket/news/12123/11337632/ecb-proposes-100-ball-format-for-mens-and-womens-domestic-game-in-2020 What the hell is this nonsense? A new format that has 20 less balls than a game of 20/20? ECB..... Noses stuck up in the air think they rule/run the game. This is laughable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sharkyvilla Posted April 19, 2018 Share Posted April 19, 2018 1 hour ago, imavillan said: ECB..... Noses stuck up in the air think they rule/run the game. This is laughable. It's the ECB way, think of an idea so unpalatable that the last idea seems sensible and the counties vote for the franchise T20 as designed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeyp102 Posted April 19, 2018 Share Posted April 19, 2018 A 10 ball over at the end?? what are they thinking of Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrDuck Posted April 20, 2018 Share Posted April 20, 2018 ECB hq: "Hey T20 competitions are just going crazy all over the world, the fans love them - let's have a proper T20 comp here too!" "Nonsense, T20 is too long. We're going to have 100-ball. People are crying out for it, it's not divisible by 6, and it just rolls off the tongue. It's perfect!" "Awesome, that's genius! Let's do it!" Rest of world: "You're f**king idiots" 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisp65 Posted April 20, 2018 Share Posted April 20, 2018 My understanding is that there's a bit more to it than just the 100 ball gimmick that has drawn people in to getting all dramatic. There’s actually a lot more going on. There is a ladder and a tarpaulin to negotiate when running between wickets. Fielding positions can be distracted by the batting team having its non-batting players able to throw wet sponges at the fielders. Every second over, you are asked a question from one of three categories ‘tv’ ‘celebrities’ and ‘comic book films’. Get the question right, and they gunge the opposing captain. Teams to be made up of 6 known cricketers, 2 celebrities and a family playing at home via a wii. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa89 Posted April 20, 2018 Share Posted April 20, 2018 http://www.skysports.com/cricket/news/12123/11337746/ecb-100-ball-comp-for-2020-michael-atherton-david-lloyd-and-nick-knight-react-to-new-format Overwhemingly positive reaction from the SkySports pundits so safe enough to assume Sky are at least covering it and maybe even sponsoring it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
choffer Posted April 20, 2018 VT Supporter Share Posted April 20, 2018 5 hours ago, chrisp65 said: My understanding is that there's a bit more to it than just the 100 ball gimmick that has drawn people in to getting all dramatic. There’s actually a lot more going on. There is a ladder and a tarpaulin to negotiate when running between wickets. Fielding positions can be distracted by the batting team having its non-batting players able to throw wet sponges at the fielders. Every second over, you are asked a question from one of three categories ‘tv’ ‘celebrities’ and ‘comic book films’. Get the question right, and they gunge the opposing captain. Teams to be made up of 6 known cricketers, 2 celebrities and a family playing at home via a wii. It's a Knockout, this proposed tournament? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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