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Post by newby on Jan 10, 2024 21:16:41 GMT
General bucket to take in the SA20, IT20 in the UAE, and the Bangladesh Premier League. All due over the next couple of months.
SA20 should have started today but was rained off. Players with a connection to Yorkshire include:
Dawid Malan, Adil Rashid, Nicholas Pooran, Keshav Maharaj, David Wiese, Ryan Rickelton and David Miller.
Live coverage on Sky, most games start at 15:30 GMT with the occasional 11:30 start at weekends when there's a double header.
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Post by newby on Jan 11, 2024 20:16:00 GMT
A nice 87 from Ryan Rickelton was in vain as his teams(Mumbai Indians Cape Town) 207/5 wasn't enough for the win. Rain intervened towards the end and Durban Super giants managed 177/6 off 16.3 overs which was about 9 runs over the DLS required score.
Heinrick Klaasen scored a quick fire 85 to put them ahead but I'm not sure they would have managed to win if the game had gone the distance.
Keshav Maharaj, the Durban captain, was injured and probably wouldn't have been able to bat.
Several familiar faces, Sam Curran, Reece Topley, Richard Gleeson, Olly Stone, and Liam Livingstone provided the English contingent.
Adil Rashid, Josh Buttler, Will Jacks, Jason Roy and a few lesser lights on show tomorrow, weather permitting.
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Post by newby on Jan 12, 2024 19:45:07 GMT
Adil Rashid's side, the Pretoria Capitals were on the wrong side of the results today against Paarl Royals in the SA20.
Next Wednesday the ILT20 starts in the UAE, Joe Root and Jordan Thompson are in that, but it does mean that 3 competitions, the BBL, SA20 and ILT20 will all be running at the same time.
Many players are slated in the squads for 2 of the competitions, I couldn't find anybody down for all 3 but it wouldn't surprise me if some were.
No wonder the players are moaning about there being too much cricket in the English season, they need the Summer off.
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Post by karma on Jan 12, 2024 21:45:58 GMT
I've said it before but here goes again. The solution is easy just play for your County and count yourself lucky that you have the skills to be in that position.
I appreciate the players only have one career and often families to support so I don't blame them. I do wish they wouldn't complain so much though, their earnings are potentially higher in one year than many non-cricketers earn on a lifetime. And they get to see the inside of hotels around the world.
Often too they are paid for not playing but warming the bench. I've yet to hear of a doctor saying to cricketers that 🤔 you are working too hard though some cricketers at the top of the pyramid are fortunate enough to pick and choose.
The creeping danger is that players, like Malan, prioritise their non-county games and white ball cricket, the counties seem almost powerless to act.
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Post by karma on Jan 14, 2024 20:46:31 GMT
I noticed that Adil Rashid's side, the Pretoria Capitals lost again in the South Africa T20 competition. His four overs cost 31 runs for one wicket were the most economical. The losing margin was only 10 runs
I always used to like Rashid not just for his bowling but for his surprisingly elegant batting, not a slogger but a good 'placer' of the ball off bat. Often accumulating runs quickly and surprisingly without apparently hitting the ball in anger.
Over the years I've noticed him seemingly batting lower and lower down and thinking 'but he's better than that'. I don't know but I think he might have been able to make a difference today, the last overs produced relatively few runs. Or does batting affect the shoulder he's keen to protect?
The last 2 1/2 over produced only 13 runs
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Post by newby on Jan 14, 2024 22:57:05 GMT
Pretoria Capitals were cruising when I sat and watched some, Rossouw and Jacks looked firmly in charge, then they lost two quick wickets and fell apart in a big way with the last two at bat failing miserably against some good death bowling from Paarl.
I suppose Adil gets paid for his bowling in franchise cricket, is he even interested in getting his team over the line I wonder, or is it all about keeping his bowling figures decent in order to get picked up for the next gig.
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Post by karma on Jan 17, 2024 14:48:55 GMT
SOUTH AFRICA DOMESTIC T20 ,yesterday, Tuesday - nice 53 for Dawid Malan ( 0ff 37 ball, 4 x4's , 3 x6's ) for Sunrisers Eastern Cape's 202 -2 (and great 106 for Hermann) to beat M I Capetown's 198-5
For M I Capetown, disappointing bowling, No Wickets :Liam Livingstone 0 - 40 0ff 3, Sam Curran 0 -38 off 4 and Olly stone 0 -29 off 2
Curran did better with the bat , 37 not out off 22 , Livingstone less so 2 runs ,out .
Good to see Malan performing well . I grew to like him but I expect big thing from him for Yorkshire this season now that he's white-ball only.
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Post by newby on Jan 17, 2024 18:53:48 GMT
One sided game in the SA20 today, match winning innings by Josh Buttler for the Paarl Royals, he seems happier not having the captaincy to worry about.
Boland Park in Paarl seems like a lovely spot to plonk a cricket ground. I enjoyed the views more than the cricket.
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Post by newby on Jan 19, 2024 23:04:55 GMT
I presume TNT are showing the ILT20 which started today. I'm sticking with the SA20 cos it's on Sky.
Ryan Rickelton, who had a brief stay with Yorkshire last summer in the CC, is making a name for himself in this competition. 94 not out today makes him easily the highest scorer with 337 runs from 4 innings. He did have a bit of luck but he wasn't going to die wondering.
Some decent crowds, especially over the weekend and the atmosphere looks very pleasant with grassy banks and lots of families.
I might be wrong but I'm pretty sure Marais Erasmus has umpired every game so far, certainly all the ones I've seen.
Chance of a couple of real Yorkies playing tomorrow, at least they are in the squads. Joe Root for Dubai Capitals and Jordan Thompson for MI Emirates.
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Post by newby on Jan 20, 2024 16:27:08 GMT
No Jordan Thompson today, of course Joe Root is with England, I suppose half the supposed squads at the teams disposal are actually playing elsewhere.
MI Emirates have the ubiquitous Nicholas Pooran as captain, closest we get to any Yorkshire involvement.
Dubai Capitals have my favourite Jake Fraser-McGurk, but that's counterbalanced as they have David Warner as captain.
MI Emirates 159/9 off their 20.
Decent game in the SA20 earlier which went to the last over. Dawid Malan failed with the bat but his team won and the other team didn't.
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Post by newby on Jan 29, 2024 16:58:57 GMT
Having to make do with Franchise cricket today as there isn't anything else on. Rain unfortunately hitting the live coverage, it's rain that's forced me in today, relentless is the only way to describe it here.
Taking a look at the ILT20, I hadn't noticed before today that Tom Kohler-Cadmore was the captain of his team the Sharjah Warriors. Not a man I had down as leadership material, but he seems to have made the franchise stuff work for him.
He has any easy job today, chasing David Warner's Dubai Capitals meagre total of 104, his team are already 67/0 off 7 overs.
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Post by newby on Feb 5, 2024 19:55:31 GMT
I noted that Adil Rashid played his first game in the ILT20 today for the Sharjah Warriors, this after playing his last game in the SA20 for the Pretoria Capitals on Saturday. His SA20 side didn't make the play-offs so he seamlessly moved on to the next gig.
I don't suppose he was the only one but I'm not keeping track of non-Yorkshire players.
His new team, Sharjah Warriors, captained by TKC were skittled out for 75 runs and the Abu Dhabi Knight Riders won easily. I reckon his team have 2 more games before they too don't make the play-offs.
Pakistan Super League next up on the 17th, Adil so far doesn't seem to belong to anybody in that.
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Post by newby on Feb 8, 2024 16:55:17 GMT
The lesser spotted Jordan Thompson finally gets a game in the ILT20 for MI Emirates. He didn't take any wickets and went for 31 runs in his 4 overs against the Gulf Giants who made 158/7.
His team are top of the league, despite this being his first game. I suspect they have lost some players who have moved on to the PSL therefore opening a place for him.
At 48/3 after 7 overs he looks very likely to get a bat a bit later.
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Post by newby on Feb 10, 2024 21:10:04 GMT
Another trophy for Dawid Malan as his side Sunrisers Eastern Cape easily saw off Durban Super Giants, captained by Keshav Maharaj, in the SA20 final.
Another competition out of the way.
ILT20 still going for another week, Jordan Thompson 1/20 off 3 overs and 17 runs couldn't prevent his team losing their last group game. They will feature in the play-offs so he has power to add.
PSL starts next week, Dawid Malan and Shan Masood seem to be the only Yorkshire involvement in that, though David Willey, TKC and a good number of English players are signed up.
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Post by newby on Feb 11, 2024 19:54:16 GMT
Final ILT20 group game today. Desert Vipers beat the Sharjah Warriors.
Neither the Tom Kohler-Cadmore led Sharjah Warrior's, nor the Desert Vipers, with Adil Rashid, fresh from the SA20, managed to qualify for the knock-out stages.
It's another of those with only 6 teams of which 4 qualify for the latter stages.
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