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ECB’s “The Hundred”

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  • Covered End
    Covered End Posts: 52,008
    Redmidland said:
    Can't say I'm impressed to be honest. Crowd looks small ax well! What's with holding up a card at the end of 5 balls?
    Think the umpire screwed up with the no ball/free hit!
    ECB trying to make more money and screw the proper game!
    Signifies the end of the 5 ball over.
  • Rothko
    Rothko Posts: 18,807
    This is the only stand alone women’s game, think the others will benefit from the bigger crowds for the double game days
  • SantaClaus
    SantaClaus Posts: 7,655
    Rothko said:
    honestly think there using this game to iron out a few issues. Tomorrow nights game is sold out or close to isn’t it? 
    I was wondering why they decided to launch the competition with a girls game. It just feels oddly low key after all the preceding hype.
  • Cafc43v3r
    Cafc43v3r Posts: 21,600
    What they should have done, of they were so determined to have it, is have a one off game between England and Pakistan live on the BBC. 
  • kentaddick
    kentaddick Posts: 18,729
    Yeah the whole holding up a card is weird, should be dropped, or replaced with some kind of graphic, to go on the big screen as well.
  • Covered End
    Covered End Posts: 52,008
    Is it pink "everywhere" for the women or will the men's be pink as well?
  • Stewart
    Stewart Posts: 2,451
    edited July 2021
    Covered End said:
    She's a big old girl that Lee.
    It made me think of David Shepherd.
    @Covered End

    my kind of girl 




  • Rothko
    Rothko Posts: 18,807
    Covered End said:
    Is it pink "everywhere" for the women or will the men's be pink as well?
    Same branding for the men’s games 
  • killerandflash
    killerandflash Posts: 69,848
    Rothko said:
    This is the only stand alone women’s game, think the others will benefit from the bigger crowds for the double game days
    Or the ground will only fill up towards the end of the women's match
  • Covered End
    Covered End Posts: 52,008
    I watch more men's sport than most, so haven't watched women's cricket, as quite frankly there are hardly enough hours in the day.

    Looking at that for an hour I wouldn't be interested in women's 20/20, let alone this.
    I'll also watch a men's game out of curiosity, but I'm quite happy if it's a massive failure. 
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  • stackitsteve
    stackitsteve Posts: 12,102
    Have they got the colours on the graphics the wrong way round? 
    So confusing to try to see the score if you switch on half way through 
  • killerandflash
    killerandflash Posts: 69,848
    Leaving aside the specific negatives I have about the 100 and watching franchises that I have no connection to or care about, women's cricket does suffer in this shorter format, due to the lack of strength

    In Test cricket you can admire tight bowling, solid defence and graceful flicks of the hips, but T20 and similar formats are all about the big shots. The ball being smashed into the crowd, whereas they've had to bring the rope well in to get any sixes


  • blackpool72
    blackpool72 Posts: 23,678
    It's shit.End off 
    Stop watching it
  • Stig
    Stig Posts: 29,024
    edited July 2021
    Stewart said:
    Covered End said:
    She's a big old girl that Lee.
    It made me think of David Shepherd.
    @Covered End

    my kind of girl 




    Batter. Batter!  FFS


  • Callumcafc
    Callumcafc Posts: 63,765
    You're batter off leaving it mate.
  • mid_life_crisis
    mid_life_crisis Posts: 3,263
    Some of this fielding is absolutely criminal.
  • Starinnaddick
    Starinnaddick Posts: 4,344
    Sky seem to be using the name across all their cricket. Gender friendly. 🤔
  • Fortune 82nd Minute
    Fortune 82nd Minute Posts: 8,338
    Rothko said:
    honestly think there using this game to iron out a few issues. Tomorrow nights game is sold out or close to isn’t it? 
    If your definition of a sell out includes thousands of people attending on free tickets you might be right! 
  • Chizz
    Chizz Posts: 28,335
    Great finish set up
  • Cafc43v3r
    Cafc43v3r Posts: 21,600
    Starinnaddick said:
    Sky seem to be using the name across all their cricket. Gender friendly. 🤔
    They have done for a while but still call it 3rd man, 12th man etc. 
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  • Chizz
    Chizz Posts: 28,335
    That was a good game
  • Laddick01
    Laddick01 Posts: 6,365
    You’re kind of punished for putting pace on the ball. Small boundaries seem more punishing. I genuinely think if they fielded a team of 4 spinners they’d probably win.

    Its good they’re growing the women’s game but I do think the rules/format needs a little revising.
  • Addick_and_Chips
    Addick_and_Chips Posts: 445
    Enjoyed that. Nice to see kids taking an interest in cricket. Hopefully brings in fans to all the formats. 
  • kentaddick
    kentaddick Posts: 18,729
    I’m sure I saw our own Lauren Kreamer in one of the crowd shots near the end!

    good ending, hope the women’s game can really take a step forward now through this comp.
  • killerandflash
    killerandflash Posts: 69,848
    Whereas the men's T20 Blast is still continuing alongside the 100, for the women the Kia Super League has been entirely replaced by this, so they now have no T20 tournament, the official short form format in international cricket...
  • oohaahmortimer
    oohaahmortimer Posts: 34,148
    I thought the stumping was close to taking the ball  in front of the stumps 
    but no one else did 


  • paulbaconsarnie
    paulbaconsarnie Posts: 9,423
    Only caught the last 10 minutes.
    fully expected pac man to crawl along the bottom of the screen and gobble up the graphics.
  • cs1986
    cs1986 Posts: 1,529
    kentaddick said:
    my mate who has zero knowledge of cricket got me and my dad tickets... so i'll be going tomorrow night. Should be, at the very least, interesting!
    I been given a free ticket for tomorrow's at the Oval. Haven't followed cricket for a while but should be an excuse for a good piss up.
  • mid_life_crisis
    mid_life_crisis Posts: 3,263
    oohaahmortimer said:
    I thought the stumping was close to taking the ball  in front of the stumps 
    but no one else did 


    I did.
  • KBslittlesis
    KBslittlesis Posts: 8,607
    Laaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaandan!

    Having had no preconceived ideas how this was going to go, I sat down with an open heart, cricket, oval as a venue, loving heart.

    And I loved it.

    I miss the Oval. I loved my cricket nights there 🥰🤩😍🤩🥰

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