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    19th Match - India v Australia (27th March)

    Anyway, would like one of WI/NZ to win it. That would be a fitting final.
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    19th Match - India v Australia (27th March)

    To be fair, I think Zampa wouldn't have made any difference. Indian batsmen are better against spin than pace. Australia lost this match. If you only get to 160 after being 53-0 off just four overs, it suggests Australia batted poorly. Faulkner is becoming so predictable with his slower...
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    No Kiwis in the Big Bash?

    I'd suggest they keep the same number of teams for the next few years. It's a great tournament and they shouldn't get ahead of themselves. Maybe they could have four overseas in the staring 11 to accommodate some of the more exciting Kiwis and maybe one or two South Africans. Sanga and...
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    No Kiwis in the Big Bash?

    I think its because their international season overlaps. Would be nice to have Anderson, McCullum, Guptil and Munro. I don't like the idea of having a team from Asia in the Big Bash as some guy recently suggested, but it would be nice to either have Kiwi players in the current setup or maybe a...
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    Kieran Powell Major League Baseball

    Fielding has come on a lot over the last few years, mainly owing to T20 cricket, but baseball fielding is still significantly better. I think they throw in harder and flatter. Ironically, a former baseball player/coach, in the shape of the American Mike Young, has played ann impressive role...
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    Kieran Powell Major League Baseball

    Can't believe there hasn't be a discussion on this. I believe he is quite close to signing up for one of the MLB teams. Although I don't think baseball players will transfer well over to longer form of the game, I think a few might adjust quite well to T20 format. I actually think an American...
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    ***Official*** India in Australia ODIs 2016

    How did the Aussies lose the second match? At one point they were coasting to victory. They could have easily won this series 2-1. I think inexperience told in the end. I also think it's time they let go of Tait. He has played in the T20 side of some years now and to me he doesn't bring much to...
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    ***Official*** India in Australia ODIs 2016

    Arguably, they have the best, certainly most dangerous looking side T20 squad. They have very dangerous spinners to aid their absolute destructive batting lineup. They have every chance. Darren Sammy (capt), Samuel Badree, Sulieman Benn, Darren Bravo, Dwayne Bravo, Andre Fletcher, Chris Gayle...
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    ***Official*** India in Australia ODIs 2016

    Trust me, they have every chance of winning it, as they showed in Sri Lanka not too long ago. It just requires one good innings, one or two misfields and the game is right in the balance again. Sydney Thunder went from losing pretty much everything the first few years to winning it this.
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    ***Official*** India in Australia ODIs 2016

    T20s can be a great leveller. While WI are currently dismal in tests, average in ODIs, they have every chance of winning the World T20 in a few months.
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    ***Official*** India in Australia ODIs 2016

    Couldn't defend 197? What happened to the Aussies? I would have thought they would win this series 3-0. But then again, there is a lot of inexperience in the team. I am not sure Travis Head end Kawaja are international standard. I would like to have seen Stoinis in the T20 side in there somewhere.
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    How much do Sheffield Shield (state) cricketers earn?

    Cricket Australia apparently made $300m in the season and the top players like Warner, Clarke made over $5m each (including endorsements). Isn't this too much? Sure, we want cricketers to be well paid so it attracts the best talent rather than going into other sports, but paying players obscene...
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    Big 3 killing cricket stone dead

    Protest planned for final Ashes Test over state of modern cricket - Telegraph There is a disconnect here somewhere. Sky's viewership for this series and cricket in general hasn't been too great this year (according to figures from BARB, a TV metrics firm that collates audience figures for the...
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    *Official* Fourth Test at Trent Bridge

    Australia needs 550 in this innings to give themselves a decent chance of winning, and 600 for a very good chance.
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    Cricket is a dying game

    I think T20s have revived it to some extent. But what happens when the novelty of T20s and the franchise leagues wear out over the next few years? Cricket will have played all its cards by then - the test game, one dayers and most recently, the T20s. I can see this with myself. I used to be...
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    *Official* Women's Cricket discussion thread

    Women's pro cricket should be stopped until such time they can show the game is viable. Currently, women's cricket is completely dependent on the men's game for finance. Millions of pounds are being poured into women's cricket, when there is clearly no demand for it. Crowds at grounds and TV...
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    *Official* 2nd Test at Lord's

    Hope he is OK. Probably effects of last month's blow, accentuated yesterday. Since he was going to retire from cricket at the end of the series, I hope he retires here and now. There is no point in risk getting hit on the head again in any of the remaining tests. He has a long life ahead of him...
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    *Official* 2nd Test at Lord's

    I have been proved right so far. I said Australia were going to score 600 and England bowled out for 350 and then Aussies would need to decide to bat again or enforce follow on. Australia with 10 wickets in hand can afford to play almost in T20 mode this morning.
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    How much do Lords members pay for membership?

    You are probably right. The game probably isn't very popular anymore to sustain a capacity of anything much above what they are currently. If anything, test cricket is probably dying right in front of our eyes. Yesterday's Sky Ashes averaged 318,000, significantly down on the 1st match and C5...
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    How much do Lords members pay for membership?

    The costs of upgrading are not as high as that. The Lords plan had included lots of internal and external upgrades beyond simply boosting capacity. Several apartment buildings behind the two stands on either side of the media centre, restaurants and hospitality boxes as part of the stands were...

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