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That Dickhead Pete Cash
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Twenty20 cricket is useful in growing cricket in other markets. Especially those of Africa and Asia where cricket is already fairly integrated but lagging behind football as a national game.
However, it is all well and good for the game to grow and it will because it is a good game. It is up to the ICC to capitalise and to say force South Africa and India to play games against emerging teams in those regions. South Africa did everything they could to avoid ODI against Kenya at a time when Kenya should have really been given full status. There is no point having an exciting game if the ICC is a corrupt organisation that panders to a few countries just because they vote in a bloc. |
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I am quite enjoying this i must say.
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Cricket!?
Nobody understands cricket! You gotta know what a crumpet is, to understand cricket.....
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One Of A Kind
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Um,fuck off zeeboe.
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Were through to the super eights!
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World Class Raconteur
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Just catching the end of the Ireland game here, going to be tight. 20 runs from 3 overs. The O'Brien brothers have faces that I doubt even their own mother could love.
16 from 2.5 overs now. |
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Class. Some Super 8s fun on the way.
Got tickets to see Ireland vs. England ODI at Stormont in August, hope it doesn't rain. |
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Does this mean I am better at cricket than Pete Cash and yianni?
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One Of A Kind
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Out of the tournament already eh aussies?HAHAHAHAAHA
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Mate, he in glass houses
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That Dickhead Pete Cash
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Cricket... never liked it anyway
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Sri Lanka are brilliant. I knew Dilshan was good when I picked him in my fantasy world cup side years ago. He scored about 5 runs in 6 innings then, the bastard.
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Brett Lee is past it. Keep an eye out for Hilfy at the ashes
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WE BEAT THE DEFENDING CHAMPS! YEEEAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!
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Is Kamran Akmal the most annoying sportsman on the planet?
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That Dickhead Pete Cash
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A few of those Irish cricketers are pretty good and could benefit from the ICC allowing them to play test matches against Bangladesh. I think two test leagues with a promotion/relegation system would be ideal.
Players like Boyd Rankin could go far under a proper professional system. |
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It would also encourage some Irish players to stick with Ireland not go to on to be England back-ups. Eoin Morgan and Ed Joyce to name two. If Ireland had those pair, they'd have been more competitive in the 20/20.
But really Irish cricket has absolutely no chance if your biggest ambition is to maybe get picked for England. It already has to compete with football, rugby and GAA in a tiny country. |
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That Dickhead Pete Cash
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I really don't see a massive difference between Ireland and the lower full members in talent. There is a fair gulf in ability between the top three full members and the rest. The gap between say South Africa and the West Indies is greater than that between Ireland and Bangladesh I would think.
The saddest thing about Ed Joyce is he decided on England during the period of time when Bell and Vaughan would not be dropped. He probably would have got a run if the selectors had been honest about it. Then they tried to turn him into a ODI opener. |
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Well the Irish cricket board were talking publically about this last week, to the effect of: what does Irish cricket have to do to gain full Test status? They are not calling for it immediately, but there are no guidelines for how it should even eventually happen. Irish cricket cannot capitalise on ODI or 20/20 World Cup performances if there is no future in the sport for aspiring players or current players to stick with the team and go full-time.
Cricket is such an oddly run sport. They appear intent on keeping it niche in terms of participation but want to make it huge in terms of audience. There's no concept that long-term competition has to be sustained and wide if people are to keep watching. |
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Guru Dave when will you admit that the Irish team are technically more gifted than those hooligans that play for India.
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TBH, I am a fan of the Irish cricket team. But it would be foolish to compare them with the Indian cricket team at least for now.
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Well, shame that's over but beating India was particularly satisfying
![]() Bring on the Ashes. Oh and Sri Lanka to win the 20/20, hopefully. |
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That Dickhead Pete Cash
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Michael Vaughan officially retires from international cricket.
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Well, Shane Bond has re-signed with NZ Cricket. Good to see him back, we've finally got a decent pace bowler now.
Will be interesting to see how many seasons he lasts. |
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thank you god, you did hear my prayers,
Shane Bond is back on New Zealands Contracted players list, YAY for us, we actually have a bowler again that can keep pace with the best in the world |
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Brett Lee is really showing Pete Cash today. And Ian Bell.
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God Bless America
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I was talking to a former Australian captian the other week, he reckoned Brett Lee was past it.
I guess he was wrong. |
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Phillip Hughes will tear the Poms a new arse this Ashes series, the boy is quality.
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Yeah looked it at Worcester last week.
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Seen him play a couple of Sheffield Shield games for NSW, absolute freak. Glad Australia is willing to give someone under 35 a go for once
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Looks like England are gonna be saved by the weather. Nice one Wales
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Isn't it time you poms built a cricket ground with a roof.
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Tīm Defaid
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They should have one modern cricket stadium.
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One Of A Kind
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Poor aussies.
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Tīm Defaid
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Woo draw. What an even contest
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