Paid Members Devon Malcolm Posted August 29, 2020 Paid Members Share Posted August 29, 2020 Atherton took over 100 first class wickets, which says so much about how terrible English cricket was at playing spin back then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members ElCece Posted August 29, 2020 Paid Members Share Posted August 29, 2020 1 hour ago, PowerButchi said: Probably explains why Akram would always bowl Athers bouncers! If you could bowl at Akrams pace wouldn't you want to bounce Atherton? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Lion_of_the_Midlands Posted August 29, 2020 Paid Members Share Posted August 29, 2020 28 minutes ago, Devon Malcolm said: Atherton took over 100 first class wickets, which says so much about how terrible English cricket was at playing spin back then. Considering he had a bad back from about 3 years of age it is remarkable he got that many. I do like batsmen having a bowl. Stewart with his 3 first class wickets at 148 somehow failed to get a test wicket.   Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Curious Orange Posted August 29, 2020 Share Posted August 29, 2020 (edited) Sibley's commitment to being the next Atherton even extended to giving leg spin a go in the last test. https://mobile.twitter.com/Surreycricfan/status/1298299312456310784 Edited August 29, 2020 by The Curious Orange Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Lion_of_the_Midlands Posted September 24, 2020 Paid Members Share Posted September 24, 2020 Sad news that former Australian player and excellent shithouse Dean Jones has passed away. He was a batsman with a touch of class but not all of his ideas were very bright.  Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Devon Malcolm Posted September 24, 2020 Paid Members Share Posted September 24, 2020 What a gift Richie Benaud was. "....Curtly Ambrose, who's 6 foot 8...." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guy Bifkin Posted September 27, 2020 Share Posted September 27, 2020 This is outrageous! Â Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Lion_of_the_Midlands Posted September 27, 2020 Paid Members Share Posted September 27, 2020 That is unbelievable Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guy Bifkin Posted September 28, 2020 Share Posted September 28, 2020 I've no idea how it would work but I'd love to see a "runs saved" fielding statistic introduced to cricket because technically that's a dropped catch! Haven't watched baseball in a long time but sure they have something along those lines, and maybe cricket does and I'm just unaware of it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Lion_of_the_Midlands Posted September 28, 2020 Paid Members Share Posted September 28, 2020 That's not a dropped catch. He has saved 6 runs there. The moment the ball or any part of him in contact with the ball touches the ground beyond the boundary it is 6. He could not complete the catch legally considering his first point of contact with the ball is with him beyond the boundary but in the air. The only way that could have been caught is if he had thrown it back to another fielder within the boundary without it touching the ground. You can't call that a dropped catch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members ElCece Posted September 28, 2020 Paid Members Share Posted September 28, 2020 2 hours ago, Guy Bifkin said: I've no idea how it would work but I'd love to see a "runs saved" fielding statistic introduced to cricket because technically that's a dropped catch! Haven't watched baseball in a long time but sure they have something along those lines, and maybe cricket does and I'm just unaware of it. They displayed something at the back end of the world cup to that effect. I remember Jadeja being comfortably the front runner despite almost exclusively being a sub only and it stuck with me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Devon Malcolm Posted September 28, 2020 Paid Members Share Posted September 28, 2020 Yeah, they have used that stat on and off over the years but never really stuck with it. I guess it's quite a difficult one to tally. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Cod Eye Posted September 28, 2020 Paid Members Share Posted September 28, 2020 What would class as a saved run, though? If a batsmen hits it directly to a man at mid off(who was put there by the captain), does that count as x runs saved(as it would have been runs if he wasn't there)? Or must the fielder have to move a certain distance for it to class as a saved run? If so, who would decide how many runs it would have gone for(assuming it wouldn't have made the boundary)? It's a good idea in theory, but putting it into action and getting consistency throughout the world would be a nightmare... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Devon Malcolm Posted November 23, 2020 Paid Members Share Posted November 23, 2020 Remembering the greatest comeback of all time tonight. Â Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Devon Malcolm Posted November 26, 2020 Paid Members Share Posted November 26, 2020 Lovely little innings from Graeme Hick, this, for the particular attention of @PowerButchi  Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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