****the official CRICKET thread*****

Dizzy28 · Postby **Dizzy28** » November 12th, 2019, 1:55 pm

I'll wait for an official ICC announcement or even an article on Cricinfo rather than an Indian website.
Unless there is a longer vid the one I am seeing on Youtube doesn't show him doing anything that is banned.

shake d livin wake d dead · Postby **shake d livin wake d dead** » November 12th, 2019, 2:14 pm

what he said^

bluefete · Postby **bluefete** » November 13th, 2019, 6:42 am

Dizzy28 wrote:I'll wait for an official ICC announcement or even an article on Cricinfo rather than an Indian website.
Unless there is a longer vid the one I am seeing on Youtube doesn't show him doing anything that is banned.

Breaking News:

POORAN BANNED FOR 4 T20'S FOR CHEATING!!!!!!

Is that good enough for you now?

Nicholas Pooran banned for four T20Is for ball tampering

West Indies batsman Nicholas Pooran has been banned from four T20Is after being found guilty of attempting to change the condition of the ball during West Indies' third ODI against Afghanistan on Monday.

Pooran admitted the charge, which deals with a breach of level 3 of the ICC's Code of Conduct, and accepted the sanction proposed by match referee Chris Broad. He had violated Article 2.14 of the code, which relates to "changing the condition of the ball" after video footage showed him scratching the surface of the ball with his thumbnail.

The charge was levelled by on-field umpires Bismillah Shinwari and Ahmed Durrani and third umpire Ahmed Pakteen as well as fourth umpire Izatullah Safi.

Pooran will now miss West Indies' three-match T20I series against Afghanistan and the first game of their subsequent three-match series against India. He will also have five demerit points added to his record. The earliest he will be available to play for West Indies is the second T20I against India, on December 8 in Thiruvananthapuram.

Video footage showed Nicholas Pooran scratching the ball with his thumbnail Getty Images

Calling his act "an extreme error in judgement", Pooran said he accepted the penalty while promising this incident was a one-off.

"I want to issue a sincere apology to my teammates, supporters and the Afghanistan team for what transpired on the field of play on Monday in Lucknow," Pooran said. "I recognise that I made an extreme error in judgement and I fully accept the ICC penalty. I want to assure everyone that this is an isolated incident and it will not be repeated. I promise to learn from this and come back stronger and wiser."

West Indies had completed a 3-0 sweep against Afghanistan in the ODIs, winning the third game by five wickets with eight balls to spare. Pooran had a successful series with the bat, and was the man of the match in the second ODI for smashing 67 off 50 balls. He was likely to have kept wickets for West Indies in the T20Is, but West Indies have Denesh Ramdin in the 20-overs squad as back-up, and the 34-year-old will now get to add to his 68 T20I caps, the last of which came a year ago, in November 2018.

https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id ... -tampering

vaiostation · Postby **vaiostation** » November 13th, 2019, 7:54 am

Was it worth it? I mean ya playing against Afghanistan, ya didn't have to try anything out of the ordinary.

The Paleontologist · Postby **The Paleontologist** » November 13th, 2019, 8:30 am

vaiostation wrote:Was it worth it? I mean ya playing against Afghanistan, ya didn't have to try anything out of the ordinary.

The series was already won too.........apparently the whitewash was very important

Dizzy28 · Postby **Dizzy28** » November 13th, 2019, 9:09 am

^^^ I could work with that.

shake d livin wake d dead · Postby **shake d livin wake d dead** » November 13th, 2019, 9:46 am

Come nah man, he supposed to know cameras was sure to pick him up...ah mean watch what went on with Smith et al...he lucky ICC didnt hit him with harsher penalties

Dizzy28 · Postby **Dizzy28** » November 13th, 2019, 11:16 am

shake d livin wake d dead wrote:Come nah man, he supposed to know cameras was sure to pick him up...ah mean watch what went on with Smith et al...he lucky ICC didnt hit him with harsher penalties

Smith and Warner didn't do anything physically

Bancroft was the one who actually tampered with the ball

shake d livin wake d dead · Postby **shake d livin wake d dead** » November 13th, 2019, 11:20 am

Doh eat of thy head nuh...lol, at least yuh know wah I talking about...

Anyways I guess Pooran missing the India t20 series...poor fella

Dizzy28 · Postby **Dizzy28** » November 13th, 2019, 11:22 am

shake d livin wake d dead wrote:Doh eat of thy head nuh...lol, at least yuh know wah I talking about...

Anyways I guess Pooran missing the India t20 series...poor fella

Fans today still revere an entire generation of Pakistani fast bowlers who absolutely massacred the cricket ball to get reverse swing.

Pooran will learn and recover.

bluefete · Postby **bluefete** » November 13th, 2019, 12:16 pm

But that was chupideeness to the highest level.

Camera are so high tech they can pick up an d MAGNIFY your smallest action on the field.

Everyone will watch hin cokey-eye from now on.

It also brings into question if this was a tactic decided on off-field or if he really acted alone.

shake d livin wake d dead · Postby **shake d livin wake d dead** » November 13th, 2019, 1:42 pm

People said the same about Amir in 2010 but he bounced back well...did well in the world cup too

pugboy · Postby **pugboy** » November 13th, 2019, 1:55 pm

Amir never bounce back to what he was before though
He was a deadly swing bowler before

shake d livin wake d dead · Postby **shake d livin wake d dead** » November 13th, 2019, 3:11 pm

Smith on the other hand torturing bowlers

Dizzy28 · Postby **Dizzy28** » November 14th, 2019, 10:19 am

India Bangladesh Test start this morning
Bangladesh's 1st match in the current World Test Championships, India's 6th

India bowled them out for 150 and batting 86/1

fokhan_96 · Postby **fokhan_96** » November 14th, 2019, 11:26 am

WI vs Afgan ...
WI 164/5 (20 overs)
Let's see if Afghan put up a fight.

shake d livin wake d dead · Postby **shake d livin wake d dead** » November 14th, 2019, 1:07 pm

Windies looking to win this one

Dizzy28 · Postby **Dizzy28** » November 14th, 2019, 1:15 pm

shake d livin wake d dead wrote:Windies looking to win this one

Pretty comprehensive win - 30 runs.
Pollard's stocks rising

shake d livin wake d dead · Postby **shake d livin wake d dead** » November 14th, 2019, 1:47 pm

Hoping they really carry this form against India

The Paleontologist · Postby **The Paleontologist** » November 14th, 2019, 2:35 pm

shake d livin wake d dead wrote:Hoping they really carry this form against India

U have alot of hope

shake d livin wake d dead · Postby **shake d livin wake d dead** » November 14th, 2019, 2:53 pm

I backing India all the way...lol...

bluefete · Postby **bluefete** » November 15th, 2019, 8:29 am

India mashing up Bangladesh.

After 2 days:

Bangladesh 150
India 493/6 (Kohli - 0)

Dizzy28 · Postby **Dizzy28** » November 15th, 2019, 9:07 am

bluefete wrote:India mashing up Bangladesh.

After 2 days:

Bangladesh 150
India 493/6 (Kohli - 0)

Clearly India are the Test team to beat atm. They have a top batting line up that goes deep and a very good fast bowling line of at least 6 from which to choose from (who would think we would be saying that about India) backed up by high quality spinners
To me the key link that they didn't previously utilise fully has been Jadeja. He didn't get a consistent run as they tried all those spinners but he adds a balance that is otherwise missing when he does not play.
He is comfortably their best fielder and his lower order batting is pretty good (bordering on quite decent)
And his bowling is front line quality.

Dizzy28 · Postby **Dizzy28** » November 15th, 2019, 1:54 pm

This is interesting

Four officials from a CPL franchise were pulled up by anti-corruption officers during the 2019 season. One of them, thought to be either part of or close to the ownership structure, was the main focus of a report made to anti-corruption officials by a player from the franchise. The man was detained at Trinidad airport, not allowed to travel with the team during the early part of the season and ultimately was asked to leave the tournament.

The individual in question did not make a direct approach to the player who eventually reported him. Instead, ESPNcricinfo understands, the nature of the interactions between them had made the player wary. Sources say that the player believed he was being groomed as someone who could eventually be approached to carry out corrupt activities, which is what led him to reporting him to the anti-corruption authorities...............
https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id ... n-officers

shake d livin wake d dead · Postby **shake d livin wake d dead** » November 16th, 2019, 8:32 am

India run in, out and in again, against Bang....3 days mash up

The Paleontologist · Postby **The Paleontologist** » November 16th, 2019, 4:03 pm

I wonder if India's not allowing their players to play in leagues around the world has alot to do with their success

Btw Afghanistan run through WI too lol

Dizzy28 · Postby **Dizzy28** » November 16th, 2019, 7:49 pm

The Paleontologist wrote:I wonder if India's not allowing their players to play in leagues around the world has alot to do with their success

Btw Afghanistan run through WI too lol

India developed a comprehensive system that takes players from grass roots and trains them up to senior level. Thier current fast bowling riches mainly down to the establishment of the MRF pace academy. They got old Aussie pacers to come train their players.

They have also increased the importance of physical fitness to insane levels. Bare backed shots of Kohli, Bumrah etc.shows how lean and muscular they are.

shake d livin wake d dead · Postby **shake d livin wake d dead** » November 18th, 2019, 12:32 am

That IPL tournament plays a huge role in the development of India's cricket....a lot of players are found there and they just capitalize on the talent

hydroep · Postby **hydroep** » November 18th, 2019, 7:19 am

"Andre Russell hails 'sexy' T10 as third edition gets going in Abu Dhabi"
https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id/28088199/andre-russell-hails-sexy-t10-third-edition-gets-going-abu-dhabi

Didn't realise T10 is big thing now - a match supposed to average 90 mins.

Every few years the format getting shorter as peoples' attention span diminishes. That said there must come a point where fans would perceive limited overs as no longer offering value for money. Imagine paying $ 500.00 to see a T1 match...

fokhan_96 · Postby **fokhan_96** » November 18th, 2019, 10:16 am

People pay much more to watch 90mins of football.

hydroep wrote:"Andre Russell hails 'sexy' T10 as third edition gets going in Abu Dhabi"
https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id/28088199/andre-russell-hails-sexy-t10-third-edition-gets-going-abu-dhabi

Didn't realise T10 is big thing now - a match supposed to average 90 mins.

Every few years the format getting shorter as peoples' attention span diminishes. That said there must come a point where fans would perceive limited overs as no longer offering value for money. Imagine paying $ 500.00 to see a T1 match...