League and Domestic Cricket discussion

[Sithara007]

The Hundred is ongoing right now, and it looks like this year the attendance records will be shattered once again. There is a good article which details the financial aspects of this competition in Being Outside Cricket:

https://beingoutsidecricket.com/2024/02/20/is-the-hundred-a-success/

As of now, T100 generates close to 25% of all the revenues for the ECB. And this in turn has helped in maintaining the 18-county system. In total, the competition generated profits of £10 million in 2021 and 2022, while in 2023 the profits increased to £15 million.

[hafiztalha]

London Spirit team chased the target in almost 18 overs but target was not big. I think no team played well in this match and match was difficult for both teams and target should be 150+ but Welsh Fire could not give good target,the reason is that they lose important wickets from the start of match and we saw ni partnership in this match and that is reason behind lose of Welsh Fire. They should work on their mistakes because mistakes are part of game but we should learn from these mistakes and should not repeat mistakes again and again because that is silly behavior and these kind of persons could not become good player.Every player do mistakes but big players learn from their mistakes and they make changing. One should try new things in cricket because they can develop new shots in cricket.

12 th game of The Hundred Men's series was ended today and played between NSC team and OI team. OI team won the toss and got a chance to take first bat or bowl and OI team chose field first. NSC team set 145 runs target in 100 balls by losing 5 wickets. This target was very good and also very tough to chase. Poora made a good effort in game in batting and he made 65 big runs in 41 balls and hitted four 4s and four 6s. But opposite team OI did not chase down all target of NSC team and lost the game by 19 runs. Some earlier wickets did not play well and in these wicket, many good players available like Jack, Milan and S.Curan. only this batsman Donovan performed very great by scoring 49 runs in 24 balls and hitted two 4s and five 6s. Next Batsman also played very poor and did not grab good runs for team to win this game. Potts bowlers took down 2 main wickets of OI team first Donovan and other T.Cuan both are very strong batsman of OI Team. Congratulations to NSC team for this win.

[N.O]

2nd Qualifier match Tamil Nadu Premier League,

Dindigul dragon is a very strong team congratulations to reach in next final game and amazing playing. They played well in the previous matches and played well in this match too. Hopefully they will continue to play like this in the future. They showed impressive performance in the previous game and are maintaining their from in this match as well. Fans are hopeful that they will continue to deliver such steller performance in the upcoming game. I hope they will play better in the future matches. I dream tiruppur tamizhans is a powerful team. Dindiugl dragon won by 9 wickets 55 balls. Dindigul dragon won the toss and batting first. Congratulations to dindigul dragon for their upcoming matches. Their recent performance have been outstanding and they continue to play exceptionally well in every match. The lost batting performance in the I dream tiruppur tamizhans  Muhammad Ali scored 2 runs 4 balls hitting 0 fours and 0 sixs.

[Nanga Parbat]

London Spirit team chased the target in almost 18 overs but target was not big. I think no team played well in this match and match was difficult for both teams and target should be 150+ but Welsh Fire could not give good target,the reason is that they lose important wickets from the start of match and we saw ni partnership in this match and that is reason behind lose of Welsh Fire. They should work on their mistakes because mistakes are part of game but we should learn from these mistakes and should not repeat mistakes again and again because that is silly behavior and these kind of persons could not become good player.Every player do mistakes but big players learn from their mistakes and they make changing. One should try new things in cricket because they can develop new shots in cricket.

12 th game of The Hundred Men's series was ended today and played between NSC team and OI team. OI team won the toss and got a chance to take first bat or bowl and OI team chose field first. NSC team set 145 runs target in 100 balls by losing 5 wickets. This target was very good and also very tough to chase. Poora made a good effort in game in batting and he made 65 big runs in 41 balls and hitted four 4s and four 6s. But opposite team OI did not chase down all target of NSC team and lost the game by 19 runs. Some earlier wickets did not play well and in these wicket, many good players available like Jack, Milan and S.Curan. only this batsman Donovan performed very great by scoring 49 runs in 24 balls and hitted two 4s and five 6s. Next Batsman also played very poor and did not grab good runs for team to win this game. Potts bowlers took down 2 main wickets of OI team first Donovan and other T.Cuan both are very strong batsman of OI Team. Congratulations to NSC team for this win.

That match has great importance for both teams. The target of this match was good and that target was defendable and I expected that NSC - M cricket team will win this match and I was right in this case.  That team is improving their attitude and that's why they got good result of their efforts.  NSC M cricket team won the match easily by 19 runs.  Nicholas Pooran was dominant player in this match and he made 65 in just 41 balls and he reminded not in the end of match. That was short match and both teams played 100 balls and made different rubs on board.Every team has its unique characteristics and every team has positive and negative points but every team should focus on improvement and if they will focus on improvement then result will be in the form of success. Success is a result of consistent efforts.

[Nalain420]

2nd Qualifier match Tamil Nadu Premier League,

Dindigul dragon is a very strong team congratulations to reach in next final game and amazing playing. They played well in the previous matches and played well in this match too. Hopefully they will continue to play like this in the future. They showed impressive performance in the previous game and are maintaining their from in this match as well. Fans are hopeful that they will continue to deliver such steller performance in the upcoming game. I hope they will play better in the future matches. I dream tiruppur tamizhans is a powerful team. Dindiugl dragon won by 9 wickets 55 balls. Dindigul dragon won the toss and batting first. Congratulations to dindigul dragon for their upcoming matches. Their recent performance have been outstanding and they continue to play exceptionally well in every match. The lost batting performance in the I dream tiruppur tamizhans  Muhammad Ali scored 2 runs 4 balls hitting 0 fours and 0 sixs.

Yes I agree with you and from the performance of this match how strong the DD team is can be judge and not textually.  It is their hard work and struggle that has brought them to this point and congratulations to them from my side as well.  It is obvious that if a team work hard and struggle their hard work is not waste and it is still a good and excellent team.  Yes there is hope but if they show some weakness, their hard work can be ruined.  I don't know the perform of TT team and in terms of their perform in this match I think anyone played well.  Their batsmen only gave a target of 108 and their bowler was unstoppable and took only 1 wicket and in 10 overs they completed their target and won the match.  The perform of TT in this way is not understood.  Yes, they will perform well, but in this match they will be considered weak.  If their batsmen performed well, their bowlers would contribute to a good performance.

[Nanga Parbat]

2nd Qualifier match Tamil Nadu Premier League,

Dindigul dragon is a very strong team congratulations to reach in next final game and amazing playing. They played well in the previous matches and played well in this match too. Hopefully they will continue to play like this in the future. They showed impressive performance in the previous game and are maintaining their from in this match as well. Fans are hopeful that they will continue to deliver such steller performance in the upcoming game. I hope they will play better in the future matches. I dream tiruppur tamizhans is a powerful team. Dindiugl dragon won by 9 wickets 55 balls. Dindigul dragon won the toss and batting first. Congratulations to dindigul dragon for their upcoming matches. Their recent performance have been outstanding and they continue to play exceptionally well in every match. The lost batting performance in the I dream tiruppur tamizhans  Muhammad Ali scored 2 runs 4 balls hitting 0 fours and 0 sixs.

Yes I agree with you and from the performance of this match how strong the DD team is can be judge and not textually.  It is their hard work and struggle that has brought them to this point and congratulations to them from my side as well.  It is obvious that if a team work hard and struggle their hard work is not waste and it is still a good and excellent team.  Yes there is hope but if they show some weakness, their hard work can be ruined.  I don't know the perform of TT team and in terms of their perform in this match I think anyone played well.  Their batsmen only gave a target of 108 and their bowler was unstoppable and took only 1 wicket and in 10 overs they completed their target and won the match.  The perform of TT in this way is not understood.  Yes, they will perform well, but in this match they will be considered weak.  If their batsmen performed well, their bowlers would contribute to a good performance.

DD team won the match easily by 9 wickets and all team looked in good body language because they saved runs by doing good fielding.  TT cricket team  could make only 108 runs on board and all team out and I didn't like that team batting. TT team played like a Losers . No player made half century for the team and because of this this we saw low competition in this match and audience didn't like that kind of  match. The player who made highest score the ,the name is  Maan who made only 26 runs.  That day was of bowlers and DD team bowlers were prominent in this match . DD openers chased the score without any pressure and we saw  one sided match.We saw low class bowling by TT team and we didn't like that kind of bowling. They should improve their bowlers , otherwise they will face challenges in future.

[Farhan99]

Oval Invincibles vs London Spirit

Today's 15th game of Hundred Men's Competition 2024 was played b/w Oval Invincibles vs London Spirit. Oval Invincibles played first and posted a compatible total 147/5 runs. An Excellent batting by Sam Curran played 51 runs innings on just 22 deliveries with six 6s and Dawid Malan 38 runs contributions which helps them to post a good target. London Spirit team failed to chase the total. They could make only 117 runs All Out. brilliant bowling by Oval Invincibles bowlers Sam Curran took 5 wickets which put pressure on the opposite team and destroyed the London Spirit batting line. Sam Curran unbelievable performance in both fields batting and bowling and won the game by thirty runs against London Spirit teams.

[Unknown Op]

2nd Qualifier match Tamil Nadu Premier League,

Dindigul dragon is a very strong team congratulations to reach in next final game and amazing playing. They played well in the previous matches and played well in this match too. Hopefully they will continue to play like this in the future. They showed impressive performance in the previous game and are maintaining their from in this match as well. Fans are hopeful that they will continue to deliver such steller performance in the upcoming game. I hope they will play better in the future matches. I dream tiruppur tamizhans is a powerful team. Dindiugl dragon won by 9 wickets 55 balls. Dindigul dragon won the toss and batting first. Congratulations to dindigul dragon for their upcoming matches. Their recent performance have been outstanding and they continue to play exceptionally well in every match. The lost batting performance in the I dream tiruppur tamizhans  Muhammad Ali scored 2 runs 4 balls hitting 0 fours and 0 sixs.

I am not much familiar with this competition Tamil Nadu Premier League but this match was very good and interesting to watch because in this match one squad was eliminated and other reached on next final match which is also ongoing today.Dindigul Dragons squad played a very good match in 2nd qualifier match with impressive performance first in bowling inning to restrict the batters of IDream Tiruppur Tamizhans sqaud at 108 scores of 20 overs inning. I did not expect such performance from IDream Tiruppur Tamizhans sqaud side in batting inning, middle order batter was showcased very low quality performance in match and played very slowly. Both starter batters of Dindigul Dragons sqaud completed all scores of IDream Tiruppur Tamizhans sqaud Ravichandran Ashwin and Vimal Khumar. Both also build strong batting partnership with collecting 69 and 28 scores respectively. Now final match is begun among Dindigul Dragons and Lyca Kovai king sqaud. Dindigul Dragons squad is very near to emerge victory and one more Dindigul Dragons bowlers displayed significant performance.

[Sithara007]

Anyone following the Global T20 Canada? The surprise package of this season seems to be Italian player Thomas Draca. He has played 5 matches so far, and has taken 11 wickets at an average of 8.45, and at an economy rate of 6.20. Players from associate nations are so rare in franchise T20 leagues. And a player from Italy is like the rarest of the rare. And then he has become the top wicket taker of the league as well. And the best part is that this guy is just 23 years old.

[Nanga Parbat]

Anyone following the Global T20 Canada? The surprise package of this season seems to be Italian player Thomas Draca. He has played 5 matches so far, and has taken 11 wickets at an average of 8.45, and at an economy rate of 6.20. Players from associate nations are so rare in franchise T20 leagues. And a player from Italy is like the rarest of the rare. And then he has become the top wicket taker of the league as well. And the best part is that this guy is just 23 years old.

In these countries cricket is rare and Canada country did not promote cricket. In canada and in western countries good player are very rare. But if we will see in East Asian countries we will see big players like Virat Kohli , Rohit Sharma and many other big players of Pakistan and Sri Lanka and Bangladesh. These four countries are present in high ten from which Indian team is in high three while Sri Lanka, Pakistan and Bangladesh are present in top ten .The reason behind the success of Indian cricket is the interest of Indian public and relief by government to the International players. Indian gover is giving the top salaries of the World to the players and that's why Indian team is best. Indian team will win next champions trophy because they are favorite for this.

[AirtelBuzz]

In the 17th match of the Hundred Mens Cricket Tournament, points table number one Southern Brave and fifth place Welsh Fire took to the field to face each other.

In the 17th match between these two teams, Southern Brave batted first. James Vince has given an outstanding and impeccable batting performance for the Southern team. In this match, James Vince alone is collecting 73 runs from 50 balls unbeaten. Basically it can be said that he fought alone for his team as all the other batsmen in the team did not score as much. James Vince's brilliant performance on the day saw his team Southern Brave manage to collect 139 runs. The Welsh Fire team did not get off to a good start when they came down to bat on a target of a few runs. They lost five of their front-row wickets within a team's 57 runs which dragged them towards defeat even as they were forced to lose the match by 42 runs till the last minute.

[libert19]

Just started watching The Hundred, 100 ball cricket has unique feel to it, and I kinda like that ECB decided to do something different than other franchise leagues around the world, also I like how they show the scoreboard.

[noormcs5]

Just started watching The Hundred, 100 ball cricket has unique feel to it, and I kinda like that ECB decided to do something different than other franchise leagues around the world, also I like how they show the scoreboard.

I don't know how it is going to be interesting as in T20 match we have 120 balls and here in this "The Hundred" Tournament, each team gets a 100 balls , that is a little less than 17 overs (though we do not count overs in The Hundred). We already have a T10 tournament that is of 10 overs.
The concept is a bit unique in "The Hundred" as there is no counting of overs but we count balls as each bowler is allowed to bowl 20 balls maximum (again that is 3.2 overs in conventional cricket: ). These experiments may be good but i don't think these formats will become popular when we already have T20, ODI and Test matches.

Details rules for this format can be found here https://www.thehundred.com/info/competition-rules

[hafiztalha]

Oval Invincibles vs London Spirit

Today's 15th game of Hundred Men's Competition 2024 was played b/w Oval Invincibles vs London Spirit. Oval Invincibles played first and posted a compatible total 147/5 runs. An Excellent batting by Sam Curran played 51 runs innings on just 22 deliveries with six 6s and Dawid Malan 38 runs contributions which helps them to post a good target. London Spirit team failed to chase the total. They could make only 117 runs All Out. brilliant bowling by Oval Invincibles bowlers Sam Curran took 5 wickets which put pressure on the opposite team and destroyed the London Spirit batting line. Sam Curran unbelievable performance in both fields batting and bowling and won the game by thirty runs against London Spirit teams.

If I am talking about the current game of this series, latest game was ended between SB and WF Mens. WF team won toss and they have a opportunity to take first bat or bowl and WF team decided to elect first field. SB team strong with their strong background stats and their rank is also number 1 with 4 wins and one lose. SB team performed very great batting and scored 139 runs in 100 balls by losing 5 wickets and this big target was set with the help of Vince batsman leader of SB team. He made 79 runs in 50 balls and hitted seven 4s and three 6s. WF bowlers did not stop him to make good effort with good runs. WF team did not chase the target and lost this game by 42 runs. Mills bowlers put good pressure to batsman by taking opener wickets in start. Willey made 21 runs and this was highest number from WF team side. Congratulations SB team and hope to hold their first rank on points table.

[Nalain420]

In the 17th match of the Hundred Mens Cricket Tournament, points table number one Southern Brave and fifth place Welsh Fire took to the field to face each other.

In the 17th match between these two teams, Southern Brave batted first. James Vince has given an outstanding and impeccable batting performance for the Southern team. In this match, James Vince alone is collecting 73 runs from 50 balls unbeaten. Basically it can be said that he fought alone for his team as all the other batsmen in the team did not score as much. James Vince's brilliant performance on the day saw his team Southern Brave manage to collect 139 runs. The Welsh Fire team did not get off to a good start when they came down to bat on a target of a few runs. They lost five of their front-row wickets within a team's 57 runs which dragged them towards defeat even as they were forced to lose the match by 42 runs till the last minute.

The way you are quoting SB points gives an idea of how strong their perform is.  And the strength of this match is also showing that indeed SB's performance is number one.  And if you see, this decision is considered correct.  Because their batsmen gave a target of 140 with a good performance in the match which was considered very good.  And their bowler has bowled brilliantly.  And they won by a huge margin of 42 runs.  And their bowler stopped a lot of runs and dismissed the whole team and won the match with a very good toke.  And that's why they're number one in points, and with the performance the WF have shown, it really looks like they'll be number five.  Congratulations to SB for this win and keep playing like this and keep winning matches.  Because their perform is very impressive.  And if WF plays with good perform then 3 can come on 4 jumpers.

[Nanga Parbat]

Just started watching The Hundred, 100 ball cricket has unique feel to it, and I kinda like that ECB decided to do something different than other franchise leagues around the world, also I like how they show the scoreboard.

They are mother and father of cricket. They have capability to make rules and break the rules. No player and team can  do anything in this case ,the reason is they have big players and cricket started from them and we saw England team in full form in all tournaments. ECB will change the T20 match to 100 ball match. That is not surprising thinf because we saw 5 over matches, 10 overs matches and 15 overs matches. But that role will not impact to any team except lazy team.We are watching all league matches and we are watching the result of these matches and we saw England players in the all leagues in the full form. England players have capability to win against any team and in any format because they are good learners. They learned from legends and that's why they are successful and dominant on World.

[N.O]

Spain and Croatia both played 5 matches tournament in 20 overs format and all games played few days ago and in these games, Spain showed amazing performance in T20 games against Croatia team and start winning the with first match by 4 wickets. Croatia did not struggle good in start and lose the match and set only 125 runs record. Bowlers of Spain team displayed good performance especially this Bowlers Charlie and Lorne Burns both put immense pressure on Croatia Batsman and stopping them to low total. Again in second game Croatia lost the game and in third match, Spain start this game first with bowling and their bowlers showed dominant bowling attack and  restricted Croatia for only 47 runs record and Spain easily completed the record to 8 overs. Yasir Ali showed amazing performance both innings batting and bowling and played crucial role for Spain's victories. Next two matches were also won by Spain team by showing significant effort in games and lead this tournament by 5 wins and zero lose.

[Nanga Parbat]

Spain and Croatia both played 5 matches tournament in 20 overs format and all games played few days ago and in these games, Spain showed amazing performance in T20 games against Croatia team and start winning the with first match by 4 wickets. Croatia did not struggle good in start and lose the match and set only 125 runs record. Bowlers of Spain team displayed good performance especially this Bowlers Charlie and Lorne Burns both put immense pressure on Croatia Batsman and stopping them to low total. Again in second game Croatia lost the game and in third match, Spain start this game first with bowling and their bowlers showed dominant bowling attack and  restricted Croatia for only 47 runs record and Spain easily completed the record to 8 overs. Yasir Ali showed amazing performance both innings batting and bowling and played crucial role for Spain's victories. Next two matches were also won by Spain team by showing significant effort in games and lead this tournament by 5 wins and zero lose.

No doubt Spain is performing well but against winning the Croatia International cricket team he could not prove that it is good team. They have to play against big teams if they want to improve their ranking because only win doesn't matter but that matters a lot againt which team you won the match.  Croatia team should focus on their weak points and they should work on that , otherwise they will lose more matches and they will be out of next T20 World Cup. T20 World Cup that team will play which will play good against good teams and they will win more matches.Spain team is good in this matter but they should play against Zimbabwe and Ireland and Scotland because these are comparatively good teams and can give tough time to Spain team and audience will enjoy well .

[Unknown Op]

Spain and Croatia both played 5 matches tournament in 20 overs format and all games played few days ago and in these games, Spain showed amazing performance in T20 games against Croatia team and start winning the with first match by 4 wickets. Croatia did not struggle good in start and lose the match and set only 125 runs record. Bowlers of Spain team displayed good performance especially this Bowlers Charlie and Lorne Burns both put immense pressure on Croatia Batsman and stopping them to low total. Again in second game Croatia lost the game and in third match, Spain start this game first with bowling and their bowlers showed dominant bowling attack and  restricted Croatia for only 47 runs record and Spain easily completed the record to 8 overs. Yasir Ali showed amazing performance both innings batting and bowling and played crucial role for Spain's victories. Next two matches were also won by Spain team by showing significant effort in games and lead this tournament by 5 wins and zero lose.

I also agree with you and your statement. Spain really displayed impressive performance in overall 5-matches competition and with won this competition by leading 5 matches. Their sqaud did not give a chance to Croatia sqaud to win match. According to current performance of Croatia squad, their performance was really bad and if they want to success in next matches of new competition their squad need hot practice with good coach. In first two matches, Croatia squad has begun the match with batting Inning and both items their sqaud set very low quality Defeating target. Next three matches their begun the matches with Bowling inning and their bowlers did not have much power to restrict Spain batters at low scores and in these matches Spain managed above 200 scores in 20-over matches. We see big difference of their performance among these sqauds and Croatia squad future in danger their sqaud need major improvement in their squad.

[Marvell1]

Spain and Croatia both played 5 matches tournament in 20 overs format and all games played few days ago and in these games, Spain showed amazing performance in T20 games against Croatia team and start winning the with first match by 4 wickets. Croatia did not struggle good in start and lose the match and set only 125 runs record. Bowlers of Spain team displayed good performance especially this Bowlers Charlie and Lorne Burns both put immense pressure on Croatia Batsman and stopping them to low total. Again in second game Croatia lost the game and in third match, Spain start this game first with bowling and their bowlers showed dominant bowling attack and  restricted Croatia for only 47 runs record and Spain easily completed the record to 8 overs. Yasir Ali showed amazing performance both innings batting and bowling and played crucial role for Spain's victories. Next two matches were also won by Spain team by showing significant effort in games and lead this tournament by 5 wins and zero lose.

I also agree with you and your statement. Spain really displayed impressive performance in overall 5-matches competition and with won this competition by leading 5 matches. Their sqaud did not give a chance to Croatia sqaud to win match. According to current performance of Croatia squad, their performance was really bad and if they want to success in next matches of new competition their squad need hot practice with good coach. In first two matches, Croatia squad has begun the match with batting Inning and both items their sqaud set very low quality Defeating target. Next three matches their begun the matches with Bowling inning and their bowlers did not have much power to restrict Spain batters at low scores and in these matches Spain managed above 200 scores in 20-over matches. We see big difference of their performance among these sqauds and Croatia squad future in danger their sqaud need major improvement in their squad.

OK, Spain definitely performed really well and far better compared to Croatia. But I have to say one thing, are all the players playing for their respective national teams actually a citizen in those countries? If they are a citizen or they have the passport of that country for which they are playing, then it is ok. But I really wanted to say something because I did not watch the match and I googled the result of the match, all I saw was the names of Indian and Pakistani people. At least that’s what I thought. Because nobody can convince me that Hariprasad Satheedevi is not an Indian name. if all we are going to do in cricket is have Indian and Pakistani people playing for different countries, what’s the point of calling them the national team?

Spain did perform well. Croatia did not have any chance against them.