Cricket things that annoy you

[sabso]

I haven’t researched how in-depth this is for stats, but it links to cricketarchive

The ACS – The Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians

acscricket.com

I’m pretty sure there’s a way to view stuff on cricketarchive while bypassing the paywall, not sure what it is and it’s bad faith/borderline illegal to do so

At least CA is one of the rare sites that retains initials on scorecards since wisden has ditched them as well

 

[Aussie_boy]

Jake Fraser-McGurk is the most overrated bat in the country. Averages 18 in FC cricket, cant get in the SA side and has had one good hit in one day domestic. Shouldnt be anywhere near the australian side.

Reminds me of the fat lower grades slogger who would hit 15 off an over then get out last ball trying to put another over the fence, then tells you he got ball of the day

That innings yesterday was one of the worst I've seen.

He had a good IPL but that is the equivalent to a good innings on North Sydney Oval or in his case, Karen Rolton. Not discounting the IPL at all but the batting conditions particularly this year were ridiculously favourable.

 

[Drunkcat]

Average players playing 1st class cricket.

 

[big_e]

Plenty of things you can criticise Fraser-McGurk for, but his first class stats are completely irrelevant. He'll never be a red ball cricketer, and that's absolutely fine.

 

[Dubai Quacker]

The lack of Isa Guha.

 

[cricketnut14]

picking a squad for a 3 match odi series, only to add a few for the final odi and dud the W.A people of seeing smith, cummins, starc, marnus and hazlewood (rested) - leaving no test players in the squad for the final odi.

 

[74561347]

Plenty of things you can criticise Fraser-McGurk for, but his first class stats are completely irrelevant. He'll never be a red ball cricketer, and that's absolutely fine.

i have decided to criticise this player will cherry pick stats to support my argument

his one day domestic record is also pretty average

 

[4Seasons]

For people with goldfish attention spans. Box of piss, comfy couch and a 5 day Test is my idea of cricket

People who don't respect their children, think they have to copy you.
I love Test Cricket but laugh at the people who use it as hate.
My kids are going to remember numerous T20 games, zero Test games, and think zero of old people's opinions on what they enjoy.

 

[PhatBoy]

People who don't respect their children, think they have to copy you.
I love Test Cricket but laugh at the people who use it as hate.
My kids are going to remember numerous T20 games, zero Test games, and think zero of old people's opinions on what they enjoy.

Will they actually remember the t20 games, though, beyond being at the ground?

Saturation inherently makes that harder and harder. It dilutes the product in the same way that too much currency causes its value to drop.

 

[NYRB]

The time it takes to review some decisions on DRS. We are talking at times 3 minutes or even up to 4 minutes to make a decision. Get on with the game I say and make a decision as quick as possible. Its no wonder we are behind in overs for a majority of games.

 

[PhatBoy]

Players like Jamie Overton getting a career out of some sort of broad acceptance that he’s a ‘specialist’ bits and pieces player or a white ball ‘death bowler’ or a ‘hit the deck’ bowler who can hurry batsmen and offer some power hitting or something.

He’s not.

He’s a product of England, a country with nearly 20 domestic teams, handing out international caps like tic tacs, and t20 franchises doing the same thing with contracts, and convincing themselves of the same thing.

In reality he’s yet another in the production line of players who is not ‘good’ at any aspect of the game let alone multiple.

He doesn’t average under 30 with the ball in either of the longer formats.
He BARELY scrapes above 20 in the first class game.

Even in t20 franchise cricket where it’s easiest to average under 30, he only just manages it….. and he does it at an economy rate above 9.

This is the definition of a cricketer who is lucky to be playing regularly at the professional level, let alone the international level.

 

[PhatBoy]

Of course now that I say that he will inexplicably have a man of the match performance against the West Indies

 

[sabso]

Of course now that I say that he will inexplicably have a man of the match performance against the West Indies

By the same token we're largely responsible for giving Shite Hope an international career.

 

[PhatBoy]

By the same token we're largely responsible for giving Shite Hope an international career.

Um, yeah, not quite.

He averages 50 in ODI cricket and only 2 of his 17 hundreds have come against England.

He averages over 39 against the following tier one teams:

Afghanistan (91 across 9 matches)
Bangladesh (70 across 13 matches)
England (42 across 19 matches)
India (47 across 25 matches)
Pakistan (39 across 7 matches)
South Africa (144 across 2 innings - he hit 128* in one of them)
Sri Lanka (47 in 13 matches)


He has hit 13 his 17 centuries against these sides.

‘Shite’ Hope has shat all over more teams than yours, sorry mate.

He’s underwhelmed in test cricket and as a west indies fan no one has been more frustrated by it more than me. But no means of slicing and dicing his one day career results in anything other than the fact that he’s been an exceptional top order wicketkeeper batsman.

 

[sabso]

A cricket thing that really annoys me is people defending players I don't like with stats and facts.

I honestly wish Dawid Malan was given more games, he'd have shat on everyone in the piss formats.

 

[Cold Sober]

Is there a thread for BBL Supercoach on Big Footy or have they gone the way of the free to air with a 'no mens policy'.

 

[PhatBoy]

A cricket thing that really annoys me is people defending players I don't like with stats and facts.

I honestly wish Dawid Malan was given more games, he'd have shat on everyone in the piss formats.

Just out of curiosity, and bare in mind everyone’s likes and dislikes are their own - what’s behind your dislike of Hope?

 

[sabso]

Just out of curiosity, and bare in mind everyone’s likes and dislikes are their own - what’s behind your dislike of Hope?

His Test career mainly - 37 crap games and a gifted two-century game at Headingley.

England always underperform against WI and I reckon it's down to a combination of complacency, believing the hype and listening to Mark Nicholas refer to the great 80s players by first name.

 

[PhatBoy]

His Test career mainly - 37 crap games and a gifted two-century game at Headingley.

England always underperform against WI and I reckon it's down to a combination of complacency, believing the hype and listening to Mark Nicholas refer to the great 80s players by first name.

I don’t know why it is but we seem to play with a significantly higher amount of belief against England as well. It’s almost tangible.

 

[PhatBoy]

And there we go.

Numbers Overton with a handy 30 and first wicket of the innings

 

[ioppolo]

Malan was a gun in ODI & T20s. Don't know why he isn't still in England's limited overs teams tbh. Lots of shitty deadwood in there.

 

[sabso]

The windies have three Barbadians, Eng have 2

 

[PhatBoy]

The windies have three Barbadians, Eng have 2

*Bajans

You’re English and therefore an honorary Bajan yourself, you should know that

 

[sabso]

*Bajans

You’re English and therefore an honorary Bajan yourself, you should know that

haha if only we exported our cricketers to the Caribbean instead of the other way round

also South Africa
and Zimbabwe
and Ireland