General Cricket Discussion

[CerealKiller]

ICC Bans Three Hong Kong Cricket Players

It's on the second page.
@alexander scherer please link to the article directly

 

[alexander scherer]

That link leads to the homepage, and there's no article about Hong Kong.

sorry my bad https://betwala.com/news/icc-bans-three-hong-kong-cricket-players

 

[ShamiLoverGlipGlops]

While agree and defeats the purpose of Test Championship

 

[wasteyouryouth]

While agree and defeats the purpose of Test Championship

The ICC are useless.

 

[asprin]

Anyone else feels like the points system is flawed?

For example, India is sitting at 120 points after just 2 matches. Compare that with the Ashes, a more fiercely contested series, and England or Australia will have to make a clean sweep over a longer duration to get to that position. Surely a 5-0 scoreline portrays more dominance than a 2-0? Or in other words, is achieving 2-0 the same as 5-0?

 

[NILAYSHAH60]

Anyone else feels like the points system is flawed?

For example, India is sitting at 120 points after just 2 matches. Compare that with the Ashes, a more fiercely contested series, and England or Australia will have to make a clean sweep over a longer duration to get to that position. Surely a 5-0 scoreline portrays more dominance than a 2-0? Or in other words, is achieving 2-0 the same as 5-0?

But if we give same points for all those matches then the teams playing more matches gets an added advantage. The fact is the number of series played are same for all teams and not all teams play similar number of matches. The fact is that all countries can't afford those long series and also it makes the schedule quite a lot more hectic for the players as well. It maybe flawed but it puts emphasis on winning and losing.

 

[asprin]

The fact is the number of series played are same for all teams and not all teams play similar number of matches

Okay, that makes sense then. I was not aware that the number of series stays the same for each team.

 

[asprin]

On second thoughts, are the number of matches played by each team the same at the end? It's unbalanced if that is not the case.

For ex:

Team A plays 3 series (2 matches, 3 matches, 3 matches)

Team B plays 3 series as well (2 matches, 5 matches, 3 matches)

In both cases, 360 points are up for grabs, but Team B has to win more matches than Team A to reach 360.

One can argue that Team B may have a easier opponent in one of the series, but that doesn't take away the fact that Team B will be playing more and thus working more to achieve the same result as Team A.

 

[wasteyouryouth]

But if we give same points for all those matches then the teams playing more matches gets an added advantage. The fact is the number of series played are same for all teams and not all teams play similar number of matches. The fact is that all countries can't afford those long series and also it makes the schedule quite a lot more hectic for the players as well. It maybe flawed but it puts emphasis on winning and losing.

It's an improvement to give test cricket some meaning but is undoubtedly flawed.

 

[wasteyouryouth]

I was just driving to the garage to get a bag of Monster Munch and I thought how great would it be to see Australia v India with a Dukes Ball in English conditions.

 

[Neostrike]

Can somebody help me get into AcrossTheTasman?
Would really really appreciate.

 

[VC the slogger]

Zimbabwe just lost to Singapore..

https://www.espncricinfo.com/series...d-match-singapore-twenty20-tri-series-2019-20

 

[Bevab]

Zimbabwe just lost to Singapore..

https://www.espncricinfo.com/series...d-match-singapore-twenty20-tri-series-2019-20

Extremely unlikely that we shall see a comeback from them on the international stage anytime soon. A shame as they had some wonderful players during their peak.

 

[NILAYSHAH60]

Extremely unlikely that we shall see a comeback from them on the international stage anytime soon. A shame as they had some wonderful players during their peak.

If you are saying this because of the result then you are being rather harsh on them and that too in a T20I format. Even India have lost 2 matches to Zimbabwe in this format but we still support them right ? And just look at the side, there are majorly same players that played in a side that defeated India. If any other reason then please explain.

 

[Na Maloom Afraad]

Too good to post on the series' thread.