Cricket

So, bowl them out for 475, bat and declare on 557, bowl them out for <300. Job done. End series on a high.

 

Utterly pointless playing in India. Glad it’s over for another few years. If it wasn’t for the money involved, I doubt teams would bother touring there.

 

He'll still be a part of TMS but, as I read it, will no longer be doing the major written pieces on the BBC site and affiliated published works.

 

Beat me to it. And still chief correspondent for this season.

 

He's gone. Given out by the BBC. Is he going to send it upstairs ? Was there an edge ? Was it outside the line ?

 

Another season of rubbish for my lot although Brook is playing which is a massive plus and Root may play early doors as well. Bowling looks very decent but still think Yorkshire will do well to finish top half despite being favourites for promotion

 

Middlesex v Glamorgan delayed!

Surprising!

 

There are 8 cc matches today and as I write, there isn’t play in any of them.

What a joke of a country we live in.

 

Ot maybe the season starts too early?

 

We've tried using other countries balls - can we try using their weather too? I'd love a bit of Aussie sunshine right about now

 

The way Somerset are playing against Worcestershire, I’d be grateful for more rain.

 

Yes me too. 177 overs now over our last two matches and only one wicket. And that was a nightwatchman

 

I think the first 2 months should be played in Saudi Arabia as part of a new TV deal with games played between 5pm-12am each day in air-conditioned stadia. No gay players though.

 

Haha that did the trick. Well done Malts

 

That assumes May, June, July and August get good weather hmmmm

 

Northampton might have an objection to that

 

For once probably, but no more than once.

 

Cricket's Ngakia.

 

4 year central contract incoming.

 

If they do ever drop him from a squad, I doubt anyone would say he’s been given the elbow, but he could use a new one.

 

Such awful news

He played against my team only yesterday, taking three wickets

 

Seems odd they haven’t stated what happened.

 

Must be suicide I guess. Can’t see any other likely reason not to disclose.

 

Yes, I thought so too. But in that case, extraordinary that he was playing just a couple of days earlier.

Cricket is renowned for suicides but for obvious reasons it tends to be those whose careers have ended.

 

Maybe. As we know, mental health issues can’t easily be rationally explained.

 

More likely to be a personal matter I would think. Split from girlfriend, that sort of thing. Us guys are emotionally all over the place in late teeens, early 20s.