Cricket things that annoy you

[cricketnut14]

test matches that only go half way into day 3 - it's now like what am I going to do for the next 2 days ?
(but boy how good was it ! )

 

[nobbyiscool]

test matches that only go half way into day 3 - it's now like what am I going to do for the next 2 days ?
(but boy how good was it ! )

A week ago we had all manner of flogs bagging the Melbourne pitch that gave us the perfect length test match!

 

[SparklingAle69]

Commentators that say great cricket shot.

 

[eddiesmith]

One thing that really annoys me is bowlers not appealing and just running off and celebrating, it's a poor look and disrespectful to the umpires.

I'd like to see the ICC implement a rule change, if the bowler does not appeal it's not out. Cummins average will immediately double.

 

[sabso]

Broady doesn’t need to appeal to know it’s out

 

[Rabish Binney]

Thank god that flog retired.

 

[Gethelred]

That even now - after an absolute ripper of a 5 test series, which saw a record attendance across the entire summer and the highest attendance to the final 7 and a bit days to it ever - people still think test cricket needs to be saved.

If cricket needs to be saved, it needs to be saved from the penny pinching needs of those who would squeeze every last coin they can get from the sport at all times.

 

[31550]

That even now - after an absolute ripper of a 5 test series, which saw a record attendance across the entire summer and the highest attendance to the final 7 and a bit days to it ever - people still think test cricket needs to be saved.

If cricket needs to be saved, it needs to be saved from the penny pinching needs of those who would squeeze every last coin they can get from the sport at all times.

It's not so much that Test Cricket needs to be saved, as the disproportionate hype for limited-overs cricket needs to be tempered somehow. We now have generations of people who genuinely believe that limited-over cricket is 'real cricket', and that Test Cricket is just a relic of a bygone era.

 

[Gethelred]

It's not so much that Test Cricket needs to be saved, as the disproportionate hype for limited-overs cricket needs to be tempered somehow. We now have generations of people who genuinely believe that limited-over cricket is 'real cricket', and that Test Cricket is just a relic of a bygone era.

What we have is an appetite within the casual fanbase for franchise cricket that creates a bone deep ache for something more meaningful in them. I've seen kids and adults learning the game attach to T20 but then become slowly enraptured by the pull of a test match.

The problem for cricket has never been the ability to captivate a fan, it's always been the barrier to entry and the endurance required to learn the sport. T20 facilitates faster learning of the rules; suddenly you don't need to teach the game over the longest format. It won't work for all, but it can work for most or some.

The problem is purely and completely those who wish to use the sport to profit, who need to get the maximum revenue from every game and the most eyeballs on every spectacle.

We've not had a bad test for years.

 

[10Dulkar]

The willingness of some to underappreciate or even denigrate some of the specialist skills in cricket namely spin bowling, wicket keeping and opening the batting.

 

[sabso]

The willingness of some to underappreciate or even denigrate some of the specialist skills in cricket namely spin bowling, wicket keeping and opening the batting.

Looking at you baz mccullum.

 

[Breretonisahood]

The test series ends too early. No test cricket after early Jan is terrible. I remember as a kid we’d go back to school with the last few days of the final test being played. It was great. BBL for the next few weeks just doesn’t cut it.

 

[Simon_Nesbit]

The test series ends too early. No test cricket after early Jan is terrible. I remember as a kid we’d go back to school with the last few days of the final test being played. It was great. BBL for the next few weeks just doesn’t cut it.

Agree, if only we could play a short test series against a "B" tier test nation - 8 tests isn't too many in a season. Perth, Adelaide, Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane ("A" tier), followed by say Darwin, Hobart, Canberra (or rotation?) for the "B" team.

 

[norway blue]

loud music and people yelling into mikes and music between overs etc. Has kept me away. Tv from the couch for me.


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[Gethelred]

The test series ends too early. No test cricket after early Jan is terrible. I remember as a kid we’d go back to school with the last few days of the final test being played. It was great. BBL for the next few weeks just doesn’t cut it.

Blame footy for that. Preseason comps and training kicks cricketers off grounds soon.

 

[peternorth]

Blame footy for that. Preseason comps and training kicks cricketers off grounds soon.

It’s funny and true that. Many lamenting that fact on SEN this morning.

 

[peternorth]

The test series ends too early. No test cricket after early Jan is terrible. I remember as a kid we’d go back to school with the last few days of the final test being played. It was great. BBL for the next few weeks just doesn’t cut it.

Remember the good old days when Adelaide had the aus day test? Then it became aus day ODI

 

[Cleavy]

Remember the good old days when Adelaide had the aus day test? Then it became aus day ODI

and now it's the Aust Day nothing

 

[Gough]

I'm going to the T20 on the 25th.

 

[western royboy]

That even now - after an absolute ripper of a 5 test series, which saw a record attendance across the entire summer and the highest attendance to the final 7 and a bit days to it ever - people still think test cricket needs to be saved.

If cricket needs to be saved, it needs to be saved from the penny pinching needs of those who would squeeze every last coin they can get from the sport at all times.

Which is why the Big 3 need to look after the rest and pool some cash instead of gouging.

NZ have just been through a golden age yet we’ve hardly played them.

Everyone is up and about now because we’ve had a competitive season and we have England next but honestly last year had zero attraction.

 

[Adelaide Hawk]

Blame footy for that. Preseason comps and training kicks cricketers off grounds soon.

Cricket is just as much to blame for that as footy. For years, the Australian cricket team was spending 9 months away from home, playing in all sorts of competitions overseas, or not playing at all. Touring teams would arrive in Australia sometimes before our Test team would. Squeeze in 5 Tests and a handful of limited overs games, and we were off overseas again.

Can't blame the AFL for thinking, "Well, if Cricket Australia doesn't want to maximize this time, we'll take it from them.

 

[1989]

The test series ends too early. No test cricket after early Jan is terrible. I remember as a kid we’d go back to school with the last few days of the final test being played. It was great. BBL for the next few weeks just doesn’t cut it.

Came here to post pretty much the same thing. January being devoured by domestic franchise T20 at the expense of international cricket is a disgrace.

 

[Adelaide Hawk]

We all saw a brilliant catch the other night by Glenn Maxwell, taking off front inside the playing area, tapping it back into play, then recovering his place inside the field to complete the catch. Brilliant, and totally legal.

However, I am also seeing catches being paid to fielders who have not recovered their place inside the boundary before completing the catch. I saw another one today in the women's test series where the Australian fielder Gardner jumped outside the rope, tapped the ball back, but then didn't recover her position back inside the field. Having tapped the ball back, she then jumped from outside the rope to complete the catch.

Sorry, but that is SIX runs, not out. Seems they are just paying the effort these days, not the rules.

 

[corbies]

We all saw a brilliant catch the other night by Glenn Maxwell, taking off front inside the playing area, tapping it back into play, then recovering his place inside the field to complete the catch. Brilliant, and totally legal.

However, I am also seeing catches being paid to fielders who have not recovered their place inside the boundary before completing the catch. I saw another one today in the women's test series where the Australian fielder Gardner jumped outside the rope, tapped the ball back, but then didn't recover her position back inside the field. Having tapped the ball back, she then jumped from outside the rope to complete the catch.

Sorry, but that is SIX runs, not out. Seems they are just paying the effort these days, not the rules.

Not sure what you mean by the bolded as that is out under the current rules (rule was changed in 2017 to allow these catches).

Here's Glenn Maxwell and the MCC explaining why it is out under the current rules (laws).



As long as you're first contact with the ball was from inside the boundary, once you throw it up you only need to not be grounded beyond the boundary when touching the ball subsequently.

 

[ioppolo]

I'm not sure what's so hard to comprehend about this rule tbh. It's been this way for as long as I've followed cricket...I never had a problem understanding it.