[Cricket] The Hundred

[Fignon's Ponytail]

Cricket clubs are increasingly dominated by private school educated players and if the ECB want to spaff loads of cash, they should be promoting cricket in state schools and local clubs. With the best will in the world, a few night games in Southampton are not going to attract herberts from Whitehawk or Moulsecoomb and that's what needs to be addressed. Who knows how many potentially talented cricketers there are out there but who have never tried the game?

See what BACA are doing Max. Ranked for the last 2 years amongst the top 100 cricket schools in the UK (Ardingly didn't even get in I dont think) and its also attracting a lot of attention amongst the media - Michael Atherton lauded the place in a newspaper article, they've had masterclass sessions with a couple of top pros, and have been featured in the Cricketer magazine a few times. Hopefully the success they are achieving as a state school will encourage more kids to take it up - especially when they see the youngsters already there taking that step into county setups etc.

 

[Gwylan]

See what BACA are doing Max. Ranked for the last 2 years amongst the top 100 cricket schools in the UK (Ardingly didn't even get in I dont think) and its also attracting a lot of attention amongst the media - Michael Atherton lauded the place in a newspaper article, they've had masterclass sessions with a couple of top pros, and have been featured in the Cricketer magazine a few times. Hopefully the success they are achieving as a state school will encourage more kids to take it up - especially when they see the youngsters already there taking that step into county setups etc.

Yeah, BACA is the obvious exception - and more power to it - but wouldn't it be great if there were a couple of schools in B&H like and even more scattered over Sussex. As Sid said, there must be hundreds of kids with the potential to be decent cricketers who have never touched a bat.

Or those who have given it a go and have to be forced to give it up. I remember a girl coming to the club and giving cricket a go never having played it before, she was hitting the ball all over the place. I told her mum that she was a natural but she was a single parent and couldn't afford to buy the kit - she only came the once. I sometimes wondered what she'd have been like with decent coaching.

How many lives like that? As Gray put it "Full many a flow'r is born to blush unseen/ And waste its sweetness on the desert air."

 

[Is it PotG?]

200, what a score!

Finn went for millions.

Do love a raucous, partisan crowd. Not quite Lords and the rhubatb & custards.

 

[Guinness Boy]

200, what a score!

Finn went for millions.

Do love a raucous, partisan crowd. Not quite Lords and the rhubatb & custards.

Kept it on after watching the Test. Certainly more action. "What a score" has to be put in context of the fact that basic skills like catching and accurate bowling seem non-existent. Are all Hundred games like this?

 

[dazzer6666]

Fantastic atmosphere tonight, really enjoying watching it. Crowds are everything in sport aren’t they ?

 

[Is it PotG?]

The two sides of cricket today.

The gentle, traditional appreciation from the purists or instant gratification and beer and partisanship and family entertainment.

You pays your money and takes your choice.

 

[Guinness Boy]

This bloke's not even wearing white boots. It's an outrage.

 

[The Oldman]

My Missus is loving the 100 on tele. Hundred must be doing something right.

 

[Guinness Boy]

An absolute dry humping. There'll be dancing in the streets of Popchips tonight. McCoy's OUT.

 

[A1X]

Worth mentioning, what a summer John Simpson is having. Doubt he saw it coming.

 

[Guinness Boy]

Rashid just bowled one that would have embarrassed me as a 10 year old at my first net - and then got a wicket next ball

 

[Iggle Piggle]

The fielding in the 1st innings was worse than anything I saw from Pakistan when they were cheating.

 

[Guinness Boy]

The fielding in the 1st innings was worse than anything I saw from Pakistan when they were cheating.

 

[Is it PotG?]

Sussex Braves up against it here, good start.

46 off 17 in a winner takes all.

 

[Is it PotG?]

From that to 79 for 6 off 57!

 

[Pevenseagull]

Crowd looking a bit thin, particularly given that it's the last home fixture for the pombears and as the commentators/ propagandists keep saying it's the clincher.

 

[Is it PotG?]

Crowd looking a bit thin, particularly given that it's the last home fixture for the pombears and as the commentators/ propagandists keep saying it's the clincher.

They were using superlatives like 'sell out' and 'no ticket for love nor money' earlier.

Surprised if this format lasts.

 

[vegster]

Just wondering, what will " The Originals " be called next season?

 

[Pavilionaire]

How can anyone with a clear conscience get into one-day party mode at this fake bash? If you love English cricket you should be in mourning for the death of test cricket, and it is tournaments like this one that has killed it.

 

[KeegansHairPiece]

How can anyone with a clear conscience get into one-day party mode at this fake bash? If you love English cricket you should be in mourning for the death of test cricket, and it is tournaments like this one that has killed it.

The counties having a T20 team each rather than an 8 team short period tournament has set our test player production back. Counties have prioritises producing players for T20, players have a choice of 18 teams and it’s well paid plus then getting picked up for other tournaments.

Ideally counties needed to be 4 day and 1 day competitions. T20 should be an IPL-like separate tournament a.k.a the hundred experiment.