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Post by donnylad on Apr 17, 2024 19:02:55 GMT
Colleagues - am I the only person who read this piece today and seriously considerd taking up another sport to follow .... truck racing perhaps or synchronised crochet. The mad man is in charge of the game. I have seen the future .......... |
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Post by newby on Apr 17, 2024 19:27:31 GMT
Is it worth seeing England getting tonked in the T20 World Cup and the losing a home Test series against the West Indies in order to get rid of this idiot. Yes it is.
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Post by karma on Apr 17, 2024 20:30:57 GMT
There is something that goes by the name of Confirmation Bias
This is where someone quickly makes up their mind about a subject, question or problem, takes on board any evidence that supports their belief but dismisses any argument or evidence that runs contrary to their point of view.
I think the use of the kookaburra ball goes back to the Strauss proposals to improve our test players. Key has taken this up and ignores the evidence ie out of two rounds of Championship games,for both divisions, there has been only one win. All the rest were draws and many, bore draws at that.
Key argued that the reason for only one win in all those games was the intervention of the weather. He's entitled to his opinion and so am I. I think he's deluded and suffering from a serious case of Confirmation bias.
I wouldn't stay to watch a two innings game with scores for each team of 500+ . That's a real bore draw, not to be confused with a real battle ending in a draw where either team could win until late in the game.
The game is losing support from the terraces in many cases. Key will just accelerate that if he gets his way. Somebody needs to have a word
Alec Stewart perhaps?
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Post by donnylad on Apr 17, 2024 20:51:11 GMT
.. and here is the hypocrisy of the man ..
"Key’s desire (is) to have the Kookaburra used all season – something he does not think should affect the use of the Dukes in home Tests"
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Post by slowleftarmer on Apr 18, 2024 7:24:07 GMT
but as I stated before, the biggest issue is that the people being earmarked for test selection to use the Kookaburra are not the same ones playing county cricket when this "experiment" is being carried out.
In the case of Wood Anderson Woakes they are being wrapped up in cotton wool by the ECB, Atkinson was barred from playing in the first county game for Surrey by the ECB to rest after a strenuous winter carrying drinks for England and Somerset and Lancashire decided not to pick Bashir and Hartley for at least one of their first 2 matches.
For all the experimenting with England games in mind, we may as well play with a tennis ball for the next 2 rounds of county games
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Post by newby on Apr 18, 2024 8:06:08 GMT
I did read one article saying the experiment had done wonders for Durham's Matthew Pott's chance of getting an England recall. He didn't take any wickets as Warwickshire scored 698-3 dec, but as night watchman in the 2nd innings he scored 149 not out for Durham.
Key and co will have him down as a genuine all rounder now.
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Post by slowleftarmer on Apr 18, 2024 8:39:28 GMT
whereas Sam Cook who mastered the Kookaburra ball in the first round of matches, leading to the only victory in 18 CC matches to date, will be deemed to be a Kookaburra specialist so not considered for England this summer with the Dukes ball and then excluded on the grounds of not being a 90mph bowler that England demand too.
So if you can bowl a Kookaburra at 90mph then you should be fine.
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Post by davemorton on Apr 18, 2024 8:53:01 GMT
The general consensus would a no, then?
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Post by hawke on Apr 18, 2024 19:51:22 GMT
A limited number of matches in iffy conditions but surely there were too many scores which were just too high
It brings out the question what is the CC for? I prefer to think of it as a stand alone competition but of course the ECB see it differently.
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