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    How can cricket be made faster?

    Di you mean to say bowl to one end and then switch to another bowler from the other end the next delivery? I like the current model because it goves bolwer time to think what they are going to be bowling next while they are walking back to the the crease. HOwever, I think bowlers should walk...
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    fastest bowlers in new Zealand right now?

    How can Aussies and South Africans produce bowlers in the mid 140s to low 150s (a few even reach mid 150s quite regularly) on such a regular basis while others can't? Better coaching technique?
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    How can cricket be made faster?

    I know T20 cricket has gone a long way to solve the problem of the major complaint people would have with cricket, that it was too slow a game to hold appeal for non-cricket fans. I just looked on Wiki for T20 rules and they have it down as 1 hour 15 minutes for an innings to be cmpleted in. If...
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    Will test cricket survive into the 2030s?

    They played at home the 2011 World Cup and it coincided with Australia being seriously out of form for a couple of years (the rebuilding phase). The Indian pitches no longer hold the mystery they used to for foreign teams, thanks to, as I said earlier, IPL contracts and also increased touring by...
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    Will test cricket survive into the 2030s?

    India superpower in what way? Do you mean in terms of money in the game or cricket ability? If latter, no way. India has always been an ordinary cricketing country, ranking about 5th or 6th or 7th in the world. This may sound quite impressive but then when you realise there are about 8...
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    How do the overseas players get by during the IPL?

    Nothing to do with swimming pools. Sri Lankans come across as more civilised than Indians.
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    Will test cricket survive into the 2030s?

    For Test and ODIs to survive, I think they will need to trim the calendar. There are far too many meaningless ODIs taking place. I think an ODI series should be no more than three matches, and it will great if they have some context to them. Without context the matches become similar to...
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    Will test cricket survive into the 2030s?

    Are England going to be playing a weakened WI? My predictions for the game in 20 years time is that we will exclusively play T20 cricket. It will likely be domestic, something similar to the MLB. A six month season where each team plays around 40 or 50 games each. The ICC will obviously disband...
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    Will test cricket survive into the 2030s?

    Not if our immigration authorities have any balls.
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    How do the overseas players get by during the IPL?

    No, it's the same all over the Subcontinent but Sri Lanka might be a little better because it's no so overcrowded and the people are not so in your face. The atmosphere there as far as I know is much calmer. But even there I'd imagine players living out of their hotels, relaxing by the pool side...
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    Will test cricket survive into the 2030s?

    I have to be honest and say it's far from certain. You can see signs that appeal of the longer format is weakening in all but England and Australia. Players feigning injury, lack of motivation (they would rather be at the IPL to pick up a hefty paycheck). And to be honest, even in England the...
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    How do the overseas players get by during the IPL?

    The overseas players basically live out of their hotel rooms while in India. They just go out for nets and then to the matches.
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    IPL 2015 Thread

    Who can't hit sixes on those Indians grounds. Most of those grounds are on the smallish side and the rope is also brought in. But anyway, do any non-Indians here watch the IPL?
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    Who are the biggest hitters in the game?

    What's IIRC? It won't surprise me because I've seen him hit some huge sixes, and that's what he is known for.
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    How do the overseas players get by during the IPL?

    I am being very serious. I suppose those fat contracts soothes over some of the problems, knowing they will get back home to a much much bigger bank balance.
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    How do the overseas players get by during the IPL?

    I imagine they are at the hotel the entire time when they aren't playing or training. Unlike in some other cricketing countries, there can't be much to do in India. The overcrowding, the culture, and so on. Although the money in the IPL is good for anyone on a decent contract, it must be an...
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    IPL 2015 Thread

    They should allow five overseas players in the starting 11 and then IPL might be worth watching. The quality of Indian players (aside from some of the internationals) is poor.
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    Who are the biggest hitters in the game?

    David Miller and Aaron Finch can be added to the list. I have seen Miller hit huge sixes in England. But out of all of them though, I think Gayle makes six hitting the easiest. In most of his innings above 50 he is going to have lot more sixes than fours. Kallis though not very aggressive...
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    2019 world cup format

    LOL. It can feel like the game is contrived to ensure India does well as possible. The ICC needs to stop this. Let India achieve what they achieve on merit, just like any other team.
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    Who was the elderly man lifting the cup during the celebrations?

    He was in the Australian team kit.

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