England on against Australia here 

Completely passed me by this tournament 

south africa win by 9 wickets 

what a terrible semi

I'm hearing the pitch was atrocious

12 hours ago, Casino said:

So, tomorrow, eng play in the semis

3 lancs batters in the team

How does the funding work

Do lancs pay them and 'sell' them to England

Whats in it for Lancs otherwise

I mean domestic T20 is underway and a defeat leads to another meltdown on labcs twitter

Wtf do they expect when 3 of the worlds best are missing

https://www.thecricketer.com/topics/england/england_cricket_central_contracts_what_is_an_increment_contract_who_has_a_central_contract.html

Some stuff here, but not comprehensive. 

good stuff

still doesnt tell me why an established player, say buttler, signs for lancs over, say, glamorgan

1 hour ago, Casino said:

good stuff

still doesnt tell me why an established player, say buttler, signs for lancs over, say, glamorgan

Chance of winning stuff, bigger wages?

As detailed above, the central contract provides additional cash on top of county salary, which you'd imagine would be more at a bigger county team.

How the ecb compensate the county, I don't know- couldn't find anything on that.

if it's rained off, india progress to the final, wtf is that about 

42 minutes ago, L/H White said:

if it's rained off, india progress to the final, wtf is that about 

Didnt know that- sounds worse that the silly situation whereby Ukraine didn't qualify in the euros.

Can only assume net run rate or something comes into it. Assuming theirs is better than ours.

Game on. Good start getting Kohli early 

1 hour ago, desperado said:

Game on. Good start getting Kohli early 

Some good batting at the moment.

Need a wicket or two.

1 minute ago, Tonge moor green jacket said:

Some good batting at the moment.

Need a wicket or two.

Yeh bad over that one

That’s a key wicket. Great bowling again from Rashid. He’s the best around at what he does 

Need a reasonable start, and that gives us a decent chance.

Shite 

They are all over us here.

All down to Brook, Ali and Livingstone now.

Surely too tall an order?

Fat lady had fucked it off now!

Bottlers 

13 minutes ago, L/H White said:

Bottlers 

Not sure about that- India are just better.

32 minutes ago, Tonge moor green jacket said:

Not sure about that- India are just better.

And wickets prepared to suit em

For that reason, really hope SA beat em

The crowing of the Indian comms, who darent be even remotely critical really spoils the coverage

During the rain interval, commentators were discussing the truly ridiculous programming of the games; locations inaccessible to fans in the given timescale, stupid start times etc.

Utterly disgraceful. 

On 28/06/2024 at 11:14, Tonge moor green jacket said:

During the rain interval, commentators were discussing the truly ridiculous programming of the games; locations inaccessible to fans in the given timescale, stupid start times etc.

Utterly disgraceful. 

It’s why Test Matches are more popular for visiting fans. Well that and it’s the best format.😉

27 minutes ago, BobyBrno said:

It’s why Test Matches are more popular for visiting fans. Well that and it’s the best format.😉

Do people actually care about test cricket other than the ashes? ⚱️ 

13 minutes ago, L/H White said:

Do people actually care about test cricket other than the ashes? ⚱️ 

Well, yes. 6 Test matches this year and 8 one dayers. More people will watch the Tests than the one dayers. 
 

9 minutes ago, BobyBrno said:

Well, yes. 6 Test matches this year and 8 one dayers. More people will watch the Tests than the one dayers. 
 

What about in 10-15 years when the dinosaurs have died out?

Just now, L/H White said:

What about in 10-15 years when the dinosaurs have died out?

Im guessing you don’t go to watch Test matches. It’s no different to any football match age wise. Never seen a dinosaur. They have a giraffe at Old Trafford. 

1 hour ago, BobyBrno said:

Im guessing you don’t go to watch Test matches. It’s no different to any football match age wise. Never seen a dinosaur. They have a giraffe at Old Trafford. 

He's only interested when someone scores 180.