The 100 Cricket

Just watched it having recorded it and avoided knowing the result. Good game and I wish I had gone now

 

Agree with a lot of this. The run rate is confusing, and I like to think I'm decent at maths! But when you're used to overs, it's weird.

And it seems to me that the scores are really low; much lower than the average Blast scores, even accounting for less balls. You'd expect the NRR to be higher really, the shorter the format. Perhaps it's due to slow wickets as they're re-using pitches.

 

And hat's wrong with that, if we pick the fast bowlers and the 'gentlemen' they are bowling at!

 

Pitches are poor. I'm not sure the bigger grounds with test games coming are treating it that seriously. That said a match is a match & two teams have to battle it out. Unlikely run fest though.

Are the sprinklers on at Oakwell?

 

Oval should stop calling themselves the Invincibles. In the bottom half of the table and couldn't defend the highest total in the competition so far.

Hopefully next year far more overseas talent are able to come here to play schedules permitting and we will see a team crack the 200 mark.

 

I felt like I got the most out of it when I convinced myself to forget about run rates, strike rates and overs altogether. It's just a hundred balls, taken one at a time.

I'm concerned about the effect that it will have on other formats of the game, but as a spectacle I think it's brilliant. Looks like a great chase from the Phoenix today - off to try and find some highlights now!

 

I've watched most games despite having reservations before it started. Went to headingley Saturday and really enjoyed it. The invincibles fielding was atrocious Saturday and worse last night. It's a good antidote to the current test match. TV scheduling good and finishes at a reasonable time.
Also seems the local players are coming to the fore and making names for themselves.

 

you've literally just described run rate mate! Are you saying it’s better as 5 is easier than 6 to work out?

 

When we were at headingley Saturday. My grandkids filmed the trailer for that night's highlight package. Took about 8 goes. Kids were thrilled.
All through the day they were filming bits with kids all over the stadium. Everyone seemed to enjoy it. Was a bit crazy in western terrace by mid afternoon.

 

my memory fading me but doesn't it also go to balls/runs in t20 when it gets closer to the run chase on tv/youtube?
must say i enjoyed going sat night, several non alcoholic drinks with the non removed, off again thurs

 

Listened to a bit of it on the radio and it really annoyed me that the commentators had to keep saying "set of five" instead of "over", surely they could have come up with a name for a "set of five balls"? How about a "hand" or "quintet" or a "nap"? I actually felt sorry for the commentators.

 

I went to a game, to see what it was all about, see if it deserved any respect.

Nope. It needs killing.

All the good ideas can be moved into T20.

Have a 2 division structure to cut down the number of games, just televise the top division.

Have mens and womens games on the same day.

Have it in a really compact frame of time.

Keep ticket prices down and get it on terrestrial TV.

None of what is happening in the 100 could not be applied to T20.

No one else is going to run 100 competitions, just go with T20 like the rest of the world.

 

Terrestrial TV didn’t want anything that last over 3 hours, hence the hundred was born.

 

terrestrial tv....bbc....no adverts....no extra income
i've been watching on $ky platform, better comms even with the usually good kp, who's getting on my tits now
but it's a pay day summer for these guys and really hoped to at least see faff play for duryorks

 

For all they talk about it, I don’t think the ecb give a monkeys about the 100 format on the pitch. What they want is an 8 team franchise competition, and I can see why as it gives a step up for players.

 

step up for what though? the property ladder
there's been an awful lot of red/white ball cricket lately and just cannot see how england can compete in a 5 day game, even with bad weather we struggle to make 4 days last
would anyone pay around £100 for the 5th day of a test match and wait a month for a refund, that's why any short form cricket is more appealing to a family day out

 

It needs to have the best players to be really successful. That means the test players for the whole tournament and the best players from abroad like Smith, Warner, Williamson, Russell etc that will excite crowds.

 

the 100 doesn't need anything else added, let it live or die and nobody will really care
we used to have a good balance between red/white ball but it's now aimed at mini-white, even our own 1day county cricket as been loved dry now