Official Sri Lanka in Netherlands thread

[Steulen]

Actually, yes .

Still not a smart move, imo. CricInfo is the #1 site for commentary and these matches need the exposure. Cricket Europe just does a scorecard which updates once every few minutes and doesn't list balls faced, minutes at the crease and 4s and 6's until that batsman is out.

 

[Kweek]

@ cric europe forum :

Rod,

How many people came into the stadium to watch the Netherlands v Srilanka ODI?

Cricinfo says it was just empty stands, but from the pics of the match it looks like some people did show up. And they didnt look Sri Lankan supporters to me

Nasir: The less said about the Cricinfo piece the better: the remark about the crowd wasn't the only inaccuracy! The estimate is that the crowd was just under the thousand mark, which is disappointing but not perhaps surprising given that it was a Tuesday and that cricket in The Netherlands has a pretty low profile. Let's hope that Thursday's is bigger!

 

[chekmeout]

Looks like Cricket Europe and CricInfo are at war here!

 

[dontcloseyoureyes]

Cricinfo will pwn them.

 

[Magrat Garlick]

What worries me is that CricInfo says the Dutch board refused to allow them to cover the game with live commentary, allegedly the first time a full ODI was not covered ball-by-ball on CricInfo. If this is true, it appears the Dutch administrators are already as dimwitted as their world governing buddies at the ICC...

I think "refused to allow" means "declined to pay Cricinfo money"

 

[Kweek]

I think...Hakon has a point on this one, I view I have'nt thought of earlier, but could well be yeah.

 

[superkingdave]

not a big fan of cricinfo tbh, more power to the alternatives i say

 

[Jungle Jumbo]

not a big fan of cricinfo tbh, more power to the alternatives i say

When you scan around at smaller sites, you suddenly realise that Cricinfo's coverage of everything non-International is pretty shoddy. Writing is pretty good, and I suppose if it's international it's top notch.

But StatsGuru and the player database...

(Do we not have a drool smiley?)

 

[Goughy]

When you scan around at smaller sites, you suddenly realise that Cricinfo's coverage of everything non-International is pretty shoddy. Writing is pretty good, and I suppose if it's international it's top notch.

But StatsGuru and the player database...

(Do we not have a drool smiley?)

StatsGuru is decent but I always find myself feeling disappionted everytime I use it.

Why Oh Why there is not the option of choosing games not drawn? Why can I not choose multiple teams to excluded from a record? etc.

There is a lot of potential but is not what it could be

 

[Steulen]

StatsGuru is decent but I always find myself feeling disappionted everytime I use it.

Why Oh Why there is not the option of choosing games not drawn? Why can I not choose multiple teams to excluded from a record? etc.

There is a lot of potential but is not what it could be

I prefer Howstat myself.

Anyway, i'm going to the match tomorrow...hopefully a good game and no showers.

 

[superkingdave]

I use cricket archive most, scorecards for a lot more games helps to check out up and coming players

 

[Kweek]

yeah me to Superking!
cool Steulen, im planning to go to, but train is not cheap, and to get up at 7.30 to drive with de Leede..no thanks...
i'll sort something out

 

[chekmeout]

First of all a note to mods - I am not using this to advertise of anything -it's just that this forum doesn't have private messaging and this is my only way of contacting Kweek - sorry!

Kweek, I run Caught Behind - a so-called cricket superblog and we are expanding to include a brand NEW blog on cricket outside the test world (something much more effective than CricInfo's beyond the test world blog) - if you possibly have any time to spare to help us with this, I am sure you would be a valuable asset to that blog - let me know your email if you are interested...

Sorry again mods! Cheers

 

[Kweek]

haha, the mods will understand, yeah im sure I could help you out, and write stuff for you!
contact me via tazman89 @ gmail dot com

 

[vic_orthdox]

(Do we not have a drool smiley?)

 

[Dasa]

I prefer Howstat myself.

Anyway, i'm going to the match tomorrow...hopefully a good game and no showers.

Too many errors in HowStat. CricketArchive is the best.

 

[JASON]

SL 3/198 after 33 overs. Netherlands doing much better in this one . (especially without Smasher Sanath resting from this one . )

 

[Magrat Garlick]

This was aptly timed.

Edit: Sri Lanka 313-8. Stelling got mildly thumped again (10-0-91-2), though he did get Maharoof lbw and Mahela caught and bowled for a golden duck.

 

[alternative]

hahahah Mickey Lewis's record still stays..

 

[Magrat Garlick]

hahahah Mickey Lewis's record still stays..

Don't be too sure. Maharoof 3-0-20-0.