ODI or the pyjama party was invented in order to save test cricket from oblivion, then along came T20 which is bringing down the curtain on test cricket.
I blame the BCCI
The average Indian Premier League team is now worth more than $1 billion.
TCGAGF
Ian said:
I blame the BCCIThe average Indian Premier League team is now worth more than $1 billion.
TCGAGF
Agree.
Ian said:
I blame the BCCIThe average Indian Premier League team is now worth more than $1 billion.
TCGAGF
Rupes?
Ian said:
I blame the BCCIThe average Indian Premier League team is now worth more than $1 billion.
TCGAGF
No, they’re valued at more than $1 billion.
Just like ‘Sale of the Century’ lapel pins they gave to contestants were ‘valued’ at ‘over $250’ or whatever.
What they’re actually ‘worth’ is something else.
‘Valuing’ can be quite subjective. Me, i ‘value’ the average IPL team at about $75.00.
Peak Warming Man said:
Ian said:
I blame the BCCIThe average Indian Premier League team is now worth more than $1 billion.
TCGAGF
Rupes?
Rupees by the billions.
captain_spalding said:
Ian said:
I blame the BCCIThe average Indian Premier League team is now worth more than $1 billion.
TCGAGF
No, they’re valued at more than $1 billion.
Just like ‘Sale of the Century’ lapel pins they gave to contestants were ‘valued’ at ‘over $250’ or whatever.
What they’re actually ‘worth’ is something else.
‘Valuing’ can be quite subjective. Me, i ‘value’ the average IPL team at about $75.00.
You are being too generous.
captain_spalding said:
Ian said:
I blame the BCCIThe average Indian Premier League team is now worth more than $1 billion.
TCGAGF
No, they’re valued at more than $1 billion.
Just like ‘Sale of the Century’ lapel pins they gave to contestants were ‘valued’ at ‘over $250’ or whatever.
What they’re actually ‘worth’ is something else.
‘Valuing’ can be quite subjective. Me, i ‘value’ the average IPL team at about $75.00.
Maybe, but that makes for a punchier headline
Warne had a $2.4 million contract that effectively paid him $13000 per delivery and that was 12 years ago.
Starc is on even more than that now, something like $4.5 million in Ausdols. That’s for 14 matches … or up to 17 if they make the knockouts. That’s about as much play as in one and a half full test matches.
Test cricket has survived on the fumes of prestige and tradition since it just doesn’t generate the kind of legal revenue required to appropriately remunerate elite players.
dv said:
Warne had a $2.4 million contract that effectively paid him $13000 per delivery and that was 12 years ago.
Starc is on even more than that now, something like $4.5 million in Ausdols. That’s for 14 matches … or up to 17 if they make the knockouts. That’s about as much play as in one and a half full test matches.
Test cricket has survived on the fumes of prestige and tradition since it just doesn’t generate the kind of legal revenue required to appropriately remunerate elite players.
Are you suggesting test cricketers should look for more illegal revenue? Match fixing and such?
Ian said:
dv said:
Warne had a $2.4 million contract that effectively paid him $13000 per delivery and that was 12 years ago.
Starc is on even more than that now, something like $4.5 million in Ausdols. That’s for 14 matches … or up to 17 if they make the knockouts. That’s about as much play as in one and a half full test matches.
Test cricket has survived on the fumes of prestige and tradition since it just doesn’t generate the kind of legal revenue required to appropriately remunerate elite players.
Are you suggesting test cricketers should look for more illegal revenue? Match fixing and such?
I’m afraid so, yes.
dv said:
Ian said:
dv said:
Warne had a $2.4 million contract that effectively paid him $13000 per delivery and that was 12 years ago.
Starc is on even more than that now, something like $4.5 million in Ausdols. That’s for 14 matches … or up to 17 if they make the knockouts. That’s about as much play as in one and a half full test matches.
Test cricket has survived on the fumes of prestige and tradition since it just doesn’t generate the kind of legal revenue required to appropriately remunerate elite players.
Are you suggesting test cricketers should look for more illegal revenue? Match fixing and such?
I’m afraid so, yes.
Sandpaper is cheap.
roughbarked said:
dv said:
Ian said:Are you suggesting test cricketers should look for more illegal revenue? Match fixing and such?
I’m afraid so, yes.
Sandpaper is cheap.
Not as cheap as cricket’s reputation.
dv said:
Ian said:
dv said:
Warne had a $2.4 million contract that effectively paid him $13000 per delivery and that was 12 years ago.
Starc is on even more than that now, something like $4.5 million in Ausdols. That’s for 14 matches … or up to 17 if they make the knockouts. That’s about as much play as in one and a half full test matches.
Test cricket has survived on the fumes of prestige and tradition since it just doesn’t generate the kind of legal revenue required to appropriately remunerate elite players.
Are you suggesting test cricketers should look for more illegal revenue? Match fixing and such?
I’m afraid so, yes.
Sad
Something I was reading last week mentioned the transition from test cricket to one day cricket.
A quote from that book.
“Test cricket wasn’t intended to be boring. That was just a side effect.”
Perhaps what really killed cricket was the banning of alcohol in certain parts of the audience.
mollwollfumble said:
Something I was reading last week mentioned the transition from test cricket to one day cricket.A quote from that book.
“Test cricket wasn’t intended to be boring. That was just a side effect.”
Perhaps what really killed cricket was the banning of alcohol in certain parts of the audience.
roughbarked said:
mollwollfumble said:
Something I was reading last week mentioned the transition from test cricket to one day cricket.A quote from that book.
“Test cricket wasn’t intended to be boring. That was just a side effect.”
Perhaps what really killed cricket was the banning of alcohol in certain parts of the audience.
Perhaps what really killed cricket was the banning of alcohol in certain parts of the audience
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What are these certain parts?
Some days are diamond somedays are stone.
Slap and tickle is cricket in name only.
True cricket is not about instant gratification, true cricket is a journey.
Peak Warming Man said:
Slap and tickle is cricket in name only.
True cricket is not about instant gratification, true cricket is a journey.
The arrival of T10 cricket means you’ll be lucky to get a slap.
What’s next? 10 ball cricket?
..2 balls.. and a swift kick…
Peak Warming Man said:
Slap and tickle is cricket in name only.
True cricket is not about instant gratification, true cricket is a journey.
A journey back to the shed?
Just back from the pub, went to watch the Scorhers v Sixers game. Caught up with an old mate from my school & uni days.
Would I do the same for a few hours of test cricket, probably not.
I am still interested in test cricket, and still follow it. But I watch all forms of the game. The T20 has been a massive boost to cricket in general. They just need to be a bit more clever in how they fit the various formats in together, and the funding model. The limited overs versions of the game must be used to subsidise the lobgers versions, and to develop junior crickters.
Mercurial all-rounder Glenn Maxwell is being investigated by Cricket Australia (CA) after ending up in an Adelaide hospital following a night out watching a cult band.
Only hours after he was pulled from the upcoming one-day international series due to being “managed”, Maxwell was confirmed to be at the centre of an investigation by CA.
The 35-year-old was in Adelaide for a golf appearance on the final day of Australia’s first Test against the West Indies after his Big Bash League campaign with the Melbourne Stars ended.
Maxwell was at a Six & Out concert on January 19, the night in question.
Apparently;
The 150th Anniversary Test, scheduled to be played from March 11-15, 2027, will be the first time the Australian men’s Test team play a day-night match at the MCG.