Oval ODI

[Iffy's Onion Bhaji]

Probably be better for them to keep going otherwise their players will just pitch up as Brits, Saffas, Banglas or Afghans and corrupt the game that way.

 Imran Tahir...was supposed to be playing for South Africa v England last winter, until he mysteriously wasn't.

Those proved guilty should be banned from playing for life though so it won't be an issue.

[Reg Smeeton]

Those proved guilty should be banned from playing for life though so it won't be an issue.

Tip of the iceberg though ISOB....Pakistani society is riddled by corruption from top to bottom, cricket just reflects that...you can't just ban cricket in Pakistan, so there will always be Pakistani cricketers, who will find ways of playing internationally.  Much like when SA were banned, their boys pitched up elsewhere....the Greigs, Smiths, Lamb for England.  Kepler Wessels for The Convicts.

[santasdead]

Agreed Dave about turgid draws....but it is fixing,both captains coming together and fixing a finish for a team to win when really the result should be a draw!
Like Vidic and Gerrard saying after 80 mins and the score 0-0......well chaps a point a piece is no fucking good....lets shake hands and conjure up a winning result....lets play rush goalie

Mickey Mouse rules only brought in when TV starting paying the bills.

I'm not here to insult but are you missing the point being made? It's not football where the difference between a win and a loss is 3 points, but cricket where the difference is up to 20 points.

It's not like the two captains decide on a winner, it's that they decide that it would be better for the game if a positive result was achieved rather than 2/3 bad days of weather deciding that each team only get 4 points each, even though each would get more if a full game was played.

On the 3rd ODI front i think the bloke in the crowd with the "let paki's win for a change pleese*" sign fixed it. and made the sign to be ironic.

(*that's what it said. not being racist but if he can write it on a bit of cardboard then so can i)

[woolster]

anyone watching the cricket, quite tense

[Hitchinred]

anyone watching the cricket, quite tense

Think it's all over now Morgan's gone

[woolster]

Think it's all over now Morgan's gone

yes

[Nick Bamosomi]

It is now

[RedRag]

If both teams were playing to lose does that mean that we won?

[Talk Talk]

Same as Friday really. Batting under floodlights looks to be a right mare. So does winning the toss and batting first almost guarantee victory? Anybody got any stats?

[Iffy's Onion Bhaji]

Same as Friday really. Batting under floodlights looks to be a right mare. So does winning the toss and batting first almost guarantee victory? Anybody got any stats?

In most cases it does. I remember a game way back when that we chased down over 300 under lights in Pakistan funnily enough. A classic innings from Freddy won it for us. But victories under lights for the side batting 2nd are rare.