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  • Levin
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    Oh my.

    https://twitter.com/Vitu_E/status/1248278741912035330

    I've not watched it beyond highlights. I don't know if I'll stick with TMS or watch it. Or spend ages working out if I can sync it up.

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  • Satchmo Distel
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    You could use the innings commentaries on Cricinfo:

    https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/...=4&filter=full

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  • longeared
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    Cricinfo gives close of play scores with the not out batsmen so you can derive a card from that, but don't know of any full scorecards with bowling figures etc.

    Amusing commentators curse here, lots of talk about how good batting conditions are and it's a Jason Roy day then he gets out to a flashing drive in the fourth over, now Cook has said that he expects England to get 300 plus then Root is dismissed next ball.

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  • diggedy derek
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    Quick cricket question. Anyone know where I might find full scorecards at the end of each day for the 2019 Headingley Test? For a cricket mad kid to look at while he listens?

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  • Satchmo Distel
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    Walker hosted the John Player League on BBC2 on Sundays in the 1970s (1.55pm to 6.45pm from memory). His big feature was the teatime interview between innings. I think he disappeared from national TV after Sunday Grandstand started in 1981 (which was also when Tests started to play on the middle Sunday).
    Last edited by Satchmo Distel; 08-04-2020, 16:34.

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  • Ray de Galles
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    Don't know where to put this but I was sad to see Peter Walker has died.

    I mainly knew him from his broadcasting, especially on BBC Wales, and loved his voice. Meeting him (along with Bill McLaren) when I was young and my ambition was to be a commentator was something I still cherish, a lovely man.

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  • Levin
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    While "we're" currently here

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  • longeared
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    "It's going to be a great Test match" - Simon Mann.

    I'd forgotten about the rain on the first day, so far they've bowled four overs and Archer has got Harris out. Looking forward to hearing Jim Maxwell call the shipping forecast, Sir Geoffrey coming off his long run at tea on the second day discussing England's batting and actually getting to hear the full conclusion. I went on holiday that blisteringly hot Sunday lunchtime and there was a lass on the train listening to TMS and keeping several people up to date. Stokes hit the winning runs just as I got off the train and I went straight for a celebratory pint.

    Ha ha, now they're doing Headingley 81.

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  • Ray de Galles
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    Christ, just reread the last few pages of this thread and it's the strongest reminder of how much I'm missing sport in a while. I still can't get with watching or listening to old fixtures, it just seems to rub in what I'm missing now,
    Last edited by Ray de Galles; 08-04-2020, 11:27.

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  • diggedy derek
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    Great spot. Thank you!

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  • Levin
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    The Headingley Test is being replayed over the next 4 days on 5 extra.

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  • ursus arctos
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    Already discussed in the Murdoch thread

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  • Kevin S
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    I'm loath to mention the 'article' produced by a 'newspaper' today or indeed to mention the publication or the individual here lest it lead to some kind of alert thing.

    Utterly awful rag sinking to new depths. I hope the ECB ban their 'reporters'.

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  • George C.
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    Hmm, a long time before that happens.

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  • Satchmo Distel
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    Would Archer have missed the entire series if Anderson had been fit, or would he have eventually replaced Woakes?

    There's a huge danger of him being overbowled if he plays in all three forms of the game.

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  • Ray de Galles
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    Well, it does say his earnings could "top £1m", which may mean they go significantly higher.

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  • Etienne
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    That's actually a bit lower than I'd have expected. I wonder how much Rabada (the closest equivalent I can think of) is getting from the SACB.

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  • Ray de Galles
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    As ever, Vic Marks has had a blinding summer and this article is a particularly good post script to it. I especially like Jack Leach's stories about his chats with Lyon and Smith after The Oval Test :

    Sacrificing Ashes for a World Cup win appears worthwhile for England

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  • Ray de Galles
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    Originally posted by Etienne View Post
    Other way round surely. If the SACB and the WICB had substantially more money, then there would be much less financial incentive for some of their young players to decide that playing in/for England would be better for them.
    A case in point ;

    Archer, key to the World Cup win and so electric in his first four Tests, is down for top-tier terms in both red- and white-ball cricket.

    The 24-year-old, who took 22 wickets in the 2-2 Ashes draw and whipped up breathtaking 96mph speeds, will be among a select group whose combined annual England earnings are expected to top £1m as the sport’s new five-year £1.1bn TV deal kicks in.


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  • George C.
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    ??

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  • Duncan Gardner
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    Not to the extent that I'd be thrown out of a ground for it

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  • George C.
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    Thought you supported Ireland?

    Aren't you peeved at Morgan cynically changing teams?

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  • Duncan Gardner
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    Originally posted by George C. View Post
    Yeah right. They cynically change the criteria and then don't select these foreigners. How does that work?
    Spare us the exaggerated outrage. I don't agree with the criteria, merely pointed out that I accept that all those mentioned meet them.

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  • George C.
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    Fair last point. The ICC should be ashamed then.

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  • Etienne
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    The criteria change was to follow an ICC change. But I agree, if the players become eligible then England will chose them. Better to create a situation where elite cricketers in test playing nations can make their livelihood there without it being better economically to come to England.

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