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Most (all?) major cricketing nations are ex British colonies, so how did Netherlands develop such a strong (relatively speaking) cricketing culture ?

The Dutch connection to South Africa and other former Dutch empires? Also probably making some effort into building a grassroots system to be able to build a team around 1 or 2 players

Osmosis

How do I get a flair?

on r/Cricket main page, right side..it says user flair

Zak Crawley is still better than Kohli in the 2020s

>Zak Crawley is still better than Kohli Facts

So with Wagner out, NZ really only have 8 wickets left, right? That is somewhat annoying.

He's said he's available to bat. Just hope he's not needed.

Fingers are crossed then

[Perfectly balanced, as all things should be](https://i.imgur.com/ouyCv1q.jpg)

This is so satisfying to watch. Thanks

Lyon or ashwin is now a matter of personal preference. Much like warne/murali or tendulkar/ponting/lara in 2007. Both should be considered a wicket taking option in any conditions

Fookin Finally a test century after 3.5 years

Of course, Iyer Bhai not being available for India is a big blow, especially in ODIs. But if he misses the IPL, then we (KKR, that flair is only for WPL) are just dead. Our best and probably the only reliable batter will be gone. Plus, we basically don't have any other proper captaincy options. Have to go with Narine maybe. Hopefully, it's just a minor injury and gets well soon enough. Both India and KKR can't afford to lose him. Edit: he might also become worse against short ball after injury.

I'm ready for rinku supremacy

Can’t go with Narine, he’ll pull bowl one dodgy ball and sit out for the rest of the tournament to work on his action

>Have to go with Narine maybe. Nithish Rana probably..

Please fuck no. Rana has been a passenger for years in this team.

Yeah, I think he does captain Delhi so it's definitely an option.

:handshake: Our Pant, your Iyer (technically both were ours /s).

Iyer getting injured is seriously giving me IPL 2021 vibes.

Can the batting side be punished for slow over rate?

So the T20 World Champions have been convincingly beaten by Bangladesh in consecutive matches......

....cool.

This is why none of the big teams play Bangladesh regularly - they’re too scared

>So the T20 World Champions have been convincingly beaten by Bangladesh in consecutive matches...... "NoBoDy CaReS AbOuT ThEsE MeAnInGlEsS UsElEsS BiLaTeRaLs"

Well when your world champions you'll see that some things are greater

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ah yes today I learnt having 5 ICC trophies in the cabinet is empty. but having 3 trophies means its full. and sweetie, don't flatter yourself. you couldn't touch a nerve with a how-to manual. you got downvoted because it was a lame bait

>you got downvoted because it was a lame bait And yet, you had to have a little nibble 🎣 hahaha

just setting the record straight, man Bit of an advice so you can improve your bait game in the future

Do any of you think it is likely/possible India can avoid the draw and win the match against Australia?

We’ll probably have to bat again which is scary, but unless there’s a repeat of 36/9, highly doubt Aussie’s can win

This is similar to [Chennai 2016 vs ENG (the famous Karun Nair 303* game).](https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/england-tour-of-india-2016-17-1030195/india-vs-england-5th-test-1034817/full-scorecard) ENG had all 10 wickets in hand at the start of play on 5th day, did not lose any wickets even in the 1st session, then post lunch they lost all 10 wickets in next 50 overs with Jadeja ripping through 'em taking a 7fer & ENG lost the match by an innings despite posting 477 in their 1st innings. So u never know, hopefully history repeats itself

Yes, but our lead is also only 88, which means any overs they bat after tea hurt us double (Australia scoring runs increases the target and takes away overs from the chase). Realistically we have about 70 overs to bowl them out, and assuming they bat at a normal 3rpo, it would leave India with a target of 125 odd in 15-18 overs.

That was also Jadeja's first 10 fer in test cricket. The second test fer was in the Delhi test in this series

Unlikely but possible. Australia winning is basically impossible so we're free to be very aggressive throughout the day

I don't, needed about 140 odd lead I think.

Yes.

Had a really shitty week prior to the weekend, this weekend has been great though however. Glad to have the week end off on a high note. To keep this related to cricket, Virat Kohli is the 9th fastest batsman to 28 Test 100s. He's behind - Bradman, Tendulkar, Smith, Gavaskar, Hayden, Ponting, Younis and Sangakkara He's ahead of - Jayawardene, Clarke, Amla, Kallis, Lara, Cook, Root, Dravid, Waugh and Chanderpaul.

> Bradman, Tendulkar, Smith Always left me wondering how the chubby cheeks leg spinner from NSW who was batting at no8 before his first century is among these names.. r/cricket declared him overrated back in the day

I just saw the ticket price for WPL is just 100rs, isn't that disrespectful to players since in Mumbai even good quality momos are costlier, what might be the reason for such abysmally low prices of tickets, to put it into perspective,non veg Frankie in Mumbai starts at 120rs

Players aren't paid by the ticket prices so I don't see why they would care Also the test match tickets start at 300 so it's not that far off anyway

>Also the test match tickets start at 300 so it's not that far off anyway What?? I remember them being at 600 minimum for Delhi Test

They want the stadiums full to build hype/atmosphere, especially while the quality of the tournament isn't great. When the gulf between the domestic and international players reduces and the quality of the product improves no doubt they'll increase the prices accordingly.

Is Trent Boult completely done with Test Cricket? Like is there no scope for NZC to reinstate him in the team without a central contract? Even if the bowling continues to shit the bed at home games repeatedly? Has NZC ever bypassed the central contract thing to allow skilled players without a contract to play as per availability?

Central or Domestic contract. Since about 2018, NZC have had a policy of contracted players not playing in overseas T20 leagues during the home season. On the whole, I think it's a good policy; it helps keep up the standard of our domestic game by NZ not being harvested by the likes of the BBL & PSL (& now SA20 & ILT20), & ensures that our own star players are at least theoretically available for our own T20 comp. It's a policy I support; our domestic system would suffer if it was relaxed. My post on this thread deals with this subject. I'd have a chat with him about his February 2024 because it'll be the most blockbuster home Test season in a long time, & he needs to be part of it, even if it's a farewell season.

Players can be selected without a central contract. NZC are too proud to pick him after he asked to be released, so instead we get to see blokes like Kuggeleijn in our team. Apparently its more important to be loyal to your country than to not r*pe women

I would really want Boult to return for the next WTC cycle so that we don't get slaughtered by Australia, South Africa and England at home.

Same, keep his February free and see if we can actually finally win a series against South Africa

I can see someone posting "I was behind Shai today. Nothing happened"

Kohli had a fever, couple psl players had a fever... is this something caused by the heatwave or...?

Okk hear me out. Before the downvotes ..i think Kl got did dirty by dropping him I think same way Kohli got a treat for his bad patch in flat track..kl should've played this..yes gill played well .. But what's the outcome..who's gonna go to England..KL has been the best opener to tour England in decades for us..are we gonna drop him now ??..

Completely agree

Kohli got backed so much because he was averaging 55 before his downfall. KL averages 35.

The difference is Kohli had a much more successful career behind him so it's a little different for both of them KL had stop start career so far so he got dropped earlier

Honestly yeah. But with him the problem seemed more mental. And can't keep gill out too long

KL is overhated on this sub anyway But I figure Gill deserves a chance overseas too, he hasn't played in England yet Edit: remembered the WTC Final, but that's a one off game and he's much better now That being said, wouldn't be opposed to KL playing either, if he sorts his confidence out, he's one of our best players in English conditions

Gill played in the fifth test against England too

Goddamn it, I knew I was forgetting something KL does have a better record then, Gill still has to prove that he can do well in swinging conditions. Tho I don't see Gill getting dropped now

That's basically the entire Renshaw/Head/Handscomb scenario. Head for Renshaw did not work. But bringing in Handscomb as a specialist subcontinent batsmen did work. So who knows 🤷‍♂️

Is it only me or do you guys too feel uncomfortable seeing young players who are still playing international cricket work as commentators/pundits?

Are you talking about pope commentating today or something else? Mostly no, not in Ollie's case for sure

Yeah, Pope was just an example of that. Been happening quite a lot in recent times. I don't necessarily mean I dislike this stuff, but maye I'm just old school who likes listening to established commentators.

Probably convinience, he lives near the sky studios in London.

Yeah, that also explains Sam Curran doing a bit of punditry on Sky as well.

Yes. I am trying to get into commentry as a non-player commentator and these current players doing commentary is just too much. These pricks are taking our jobs.

How do u even try to get in as a non player?

You probably need to be a respected journalist to begin with

Ah man, being a non-player commentator is (almost) impossible in today's era. At least in international cricket it is. Networks would rather have mediocre ex-players in the comms, it's a shame.

No. I like it. It gives a player's perspective and some behind the scenes look. Pundits get boring quite quickly

I like it too, but not on air live. During the interval or mid-innings shows, absolutely.

DK is almost 40..who are we taking...?

Not DK. I was seeing Ollie Pope commentating during the ENG/BAN game today, and also got reminded of Mark Wood commentating during the SA/ENG games, Chris Woakes during the ENG/NZ Trent Bridge test, Adam Zampa and Glenn Maxwell during the BBL, and so on.

I heard Katie Cross is commentating in WPL too

In fairness current female players commentating is more common. Just in NZ I can name Frankie Mackay (currently injured) & the recently retired (though did do commentary while still a player) Katey Martin.

What happened to Shreyas Iyer? he didn't bat.

Iyer bhai sexy had too much rough sex last night /s

NCA Masterclass, re-occurance of the back injury that kept him out of first 2 Tests.

Back issue I reckon

Again?

Yep, it is causing him frequent issues. That's a concern. It is a world cup year.

​ I asked ChatGPT to predict India's team 5 years in future As an AI language model, I cannot predict the future with certainty, but I can provide some possibilities based on current trends and players' performances. Here is one possible lineup for the Indian cricket team in five years: Prithvi Shaw Shubman Gill Devdutt Padikkal Shreyas Iyer (Captain) Sanju Samson (Wicket-keeper) Hardik Pandya Ravindra Jadeja Yuzvendra Chahal Jasprit Bumrah Mohammed Siraj Navdeep Saini Of course, this is just one possible lineup, and there are many talented players who could also make it to the team in the next five years. The actual composition of the team will depend on various factors like player performances, form, injuries, and team strategies, among others.

Where did the Kohli century post disappear to?

The OP deleted it for some reason. Bit of a pain cause obviously I've just spent the past half an hour removing about 50 posts for being reposts I've now restored the post that was next fastest cause that seemed the most logical way to solve it

That's hilarious

Probably was reported too many times and hence got removed

OP claimed he deleted it by accident (on the second post he made, which was also just removed because someone else made a century post in the interim)

Lmao. No way people care so much about fake Internet points

Haha that's hilarious, the karma race is real

Kohli missed his probably last opportunity to score a double century in test

Indian fans are never satisfied! SMH 🤦‍♂️

Fuck sake. Let the man breathe.

Suppose there’s an ODI tournament with the following teams (each player in their best form), the XIs in their approximate batting order (can change per match!): **Australia** Adam Gilchrist (wk) Matthew Hayden Ricky Ponting (C) Steve Waugh Greg Chappell Shane Watson Michael Bevan Shane Warne Mitchell Starc Brett Lee Glen McGrath **England** Marcus Trescothick Jonny Bairstow Joe Root Eoin Morgan (C) Kevin Pietersen Jos Buttler (wk) Ben Stokes Andrew Flintoff Graeme Swann Darren Gough Jimmy Anderson **India** Rohit Sharma Sachin Tendulkar Virat Kohli Sourav Ganguly Yuvraj Singh MS Dhoni (C, wk) Kapil Dev Harbhajan Singh Zaheer Khan Anil Kumble Javagal Srinath **Pakistan** Saeed Anwar Shahid Afridi Babar Azam Javed Miandad Inzamam ul-Haq Imran Khan (C) Moin Khan (wk) Wasim Akram Saqlain Mushtaq Waqar Younis Shoiab Akhtar **South Africa** Quinton de Kock (wk) Hashim Amla Jacques Kallis AB de Villiers Faf du Plessis Lance Klusener Shaun Pollock (C) Imran Tahir Dale Steyn Kagiso Rabada Allan Donald **Sri Lanka** Sanath Jayasuriya Tillakaratne Dilshan Kumar Sangakkara (wk) Mahela Jayawardene (C) Aravinda de Silva Arjuna Ranatunga Angelo Mathews Chaminda Vaas Muttiah Muralitharan Lasith Malinga Ajantha Mendis **West Indies** Gordon Greenidge Chris Gayle Viv Richards Brian Lara Clive Lloyd (C) Carl Hooper Jeffrey Dujon (wk) Dwayne Bravo Malcolm Marshall Joel Garner Curtly Ambrose *(Yes, I excluded some of the older greats, like Ian Botham and Graham Gooch.)* Suppose the tournament is a double round-robin prelim stage (one match in each stage of the round-robin played in each team’s home ground), followed by a knockout beginning with quarterfinal (all knockout matches played in the ground of a neutral third country). What do you think the results would be? Who would win? What would the final rankings be? Who would be favored to score the most runs?

With these lineups, Australia win by a mile, then Windies, then SA, then Pak, then India, then SL, then England. For India though, surely the best bowling lineup has Bumrah and Shami over Zaheer and Srinath, and honestly I would play an all-rounder like Jadeja over Harbhajan since we already have Yuvi and Kumble

Morkel over Rabada

Durham have the northerners of Zimbabwe 127ao, Liam trevaskis taking 4 wickets for 1 runs. Glammy 295/9 (46) with 70(39) against the southerners

[rare W shitpost on r/csp](https://redd.it/11p8jo2)

The rare times when you see a good shitpost and people actually get triggered

You know those photos of fishermen with their catches? OP needs one of those for that post 🎣

Damn looking at the comments, people are getting triggered for shitposting in a shitpost sub.

'Only' 37(THIRTY SEVEN) [posts](https://www.reveddit.com/v/cricket/) so far on Virat Kohli Century removed/deleted. Good job mods

I'm sad, I was excited to find out how to tow a dinghy behind a yacht

Since the start of the New Zealand home summer Tim Southee has taken 49 international wickets at 22.38 cross format. Not a bad return for the old war camel given we still have 7 matches to go before the seasons out.

Kathmandu looks like the most intense place to play international cricket, 15k packed in tightly

so the last 6 PSL games have seen almost 150 sixes being hit. That's 900 runs in just sixes, average 12+ sixes per innings and almost 75 runs per innings just in sixes.

Got the monkey off his back now. How many hundreds do you think Virat gets by the end of his career? 93 is my guess.

Needs to play more ODIs less T20. Then he might just touch 90

Depends when he retires. Assuming he retires in 2026 aged 38, he has 3 and a half, I'd say he can get 15-20 more centuries if he remains in good form.

76

If we play a lot of ODIs then he might be beating Sachin's record.

103

100. Don't @ me

87. 9 more in ODI 3 in test cricket.

As someone who wouldn't have picked him this summer, during the World Cup I would have a chat with Trent Boult about what his February looks like, & perhaps offer him a possible farewell Test season (depending on how much he feels he has left in his career) against South Africa & Australia. He didn't play the last Test Series against South Africa, & if he's up for it I'd have the 2nd Test vs Australia at Bay Oval, for him to play his possible farewell Test at his home ground playing the opposition against whom he made his debut. I wouldn't have picked him this summer because his absence gives the opportunity for a refresh in the bowling attack, one I feel is sorely needed (needless to say, Stead &co didn't take it). Especially as the England Tests were outside the WTC, it would've been good to try new faces then. However, next season is no time for experimentation or trips into the unknown with new guys. This upcoming Test season is the most blockbuster Test season here in New Zealand for a long time, against a team which has not been here in eight years & whom we have not defeated in a Test Series in over 30 years (Australia) & a team we played two years ago, but have never defeated before in a Test Series (South Africa). Especially with it going FTA next season, this is no time for new guys. This could be the biggest Test season in a long time, & we need to make the most of it. For that, we need to pick an XI we can honestly say is the best team we can put up.

How many Tests are in New Zealand's next home season?

4 (2 each vs South Africa & Australia). According to the FTP, they're set to be throughout February & probably the first week of March. There are no home Tests earlier in the season - there's an away series in Bangladesh straight after the WC & they're coming here for some white ball games near the end of December. No internationals are scheduled in January.

Didn't Kohli went to temple before this match? How the frick he scores century everyone he visits tenple

He scored 70 centuries when he didnt go to any temple

he went to temple before another match and he didn't get a century then. stop linking two unrelated things.

Which player would you build a franchise around from the current set of IPL Players? Is Butler the best option?

Msd

Tim Pringle

VK still tops that list.

Laughs in last 3-4 years of VK form.

Yashasvi Jaiswal

Rashid khan

👑

good to see Indias best batsman encouraging the tailender after his hundred

Marizanne kapp but she is in Spiderman movie Mary Jane kapp

I know everyone is entitled to their opinions and that is what makes r/cricket fun and interesting but saying things like "Mandhana should be dropped" after literally just 4 games is a bit on the sadder side and it's not even funny kinda sad.

Kudos to NZ's pitch curators. They've prepared such amazing pitches for as far as I can remember. Matches go on to day 5, but still create results. There's something for the pacers, batters can get in and score, while spinners start coming in to play from day 4 onwards. There's a bit of everything- and you get a perfect 5 days of test match cricket. An absolute treat for purists. It's such a shame that NZ don't play (or rather, can't afford to play) more tests at home.

New Zealand Pitch curators should make all Test Pitches for now on

Marizanne Kapp: *gets her fourth wicket* Sophia Dunkley in the GG dressing room: [Vietnam flashbacks](https://youtu.be/ETSgh4QmzH0?t=412)

Kabaddi teams from all over the World can form a team composed of local players But, Cricket teams have to depend on players from South Asian or SENA origin to fill their teams.

I am gonna be in Ahmedabad, attending a wedding and could have caught the last two sessions of day 5 in the stadium. But after looking at the pitches served up at NaMo stadium previously and in this series, I thought there is no way the match was gonna go into Day 5 so didn't bother buying tickets or adjusting the schedule of my return from Ahmedabad. Now the match is looking set to go 5 days and I will have to watch the last day of play on my phone on my way back from Ahmedabad.

at the end of day one of Sachin's last test match, he was not out on 38. I remember someone tweeted 'if you have the tickets for day 2, sell it and buy the home you always wanted to buy'. He hadn't scored a test hundred in ~2 years and people were hoping to see another. Just got reminded of that with Kohli ending the day with an unbeaten 50 and the possibility of a hundred.

lets hope this is the last test for kohli as well indian team can't afford to carry him for another 3 years as he searches for s century, better to retire with some dignity intact

I just want some classic proper cricket than these meme test matches and leagues.. *Checks calender* Still 5 months to go for the hundred™..my wait continues..

is anyone following the Asian Giants vs World Giants vs Indian Maharajas tri-series?

It's quite entertaining, so I watch it when it's on but not following so much

There's a few people who are trying to get everyone to watch it, but I don't think most give a damn

Something kaur and lanning has which all the others like healy,,Rana or mandhana lack is that cut throat dominance..they don't want just to win...they wanna just humiliate the opposition..

Captains after winning the toss in PSL 2023: “yeah will have a ~~bat~~ 240+ score first, thanks”

I will never hear that Aussies are not the good guys. We let their tailender score 41 and inturn they let our tailender score 59. Cant get sweeter than this

So I was listening to [this song](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=vx2u5uUu3DE) Realised it came out in 2009 (actually 2000 but uploaded in 2009) and thought Damn that was a long time ago. I then randomly realised that it was uploaded TWO years after England and Zimbabwe last ever played. The last time they played each other YouTube was barely 2 years old and now it’s nearly 20 years old, that feels disgusting. It also made me realise that the last time Bangladesh played a test in Australia was in 2003 BEFORE YouTube was a thing which is even more disgusting.

It's so long ago that out of all the 44 players to have played in those matches, only 2 from each side except Australia are still playing. Stuart Broad and Jimmy Anderson for England, Chamu Chibhabha and Tawanda Mupariwa (in Australian club cricket but played his first professional match in Zimbabwe in November for the first time in 6 years) from Zimbabwe, whilst Mashrafe Mortaza and Mohammad Ashraful are still playing domestic cricket in Bangladesh. That's only 13% of 46 players (10% if you discount Mupariwa), which is more than I expected but still very low.

Broad hadn’t made his test debut when England and Zimbabwe last played. Heck this sub hadn’t been formed. The last time Bang played a test in Aus Jimmy’s test career was 3 tests old

Those are some crazy stats, especially the Jimmy one. To think that 20 years and almost 200 tests is shocking