SA Footy

howl me down if you wish, but am i the only one who is bored with this current series? Has 50 over cricket lost its edge? i for one do not sit down to specifically watch the matches anymore, but have the telly on with only a passing interest.

Same here Stamp, Been going that way now for a couple of years...... I think it's the competition. Sri Lanka and South Africa. Wait for the Poms to come out...! Things will change...! Hopefully..?

Bring back the good old days when the Windies were Rulers and we had some real competition...!

Dog_ger wrote:Bring back the good old days when the Windies were Rulers

Bollocks.

I would have to agree back a couple of years ago I would sit and watch the matches in full, just lost something these days I have actually enjoyed the non Australian games for so far.

i think the predictability of it all is whats making it boring. Teams always bat in the same way, innitial flutter, just work the ball round for the middle part and go for the slap at the end. The new rules they have brought in havn't done anything to mix it up, 90% of the time the two powerplays are taken 10-20, and the super sub has been a flop.

the pitches almost always being road's dosn't help, and with 20-20 making big hitting look normal it makes 50 over games look rather slow (and soon enough the 20-20 fad will prolly die off)

Could be thats why someone invented 20/20...? 50 overs could be on the way out, world wide..? Maybe the powers that be had to try something different..?

maybe they should give the batting side the option of when to use a power play
imagine the last 5 overs with only 2 fielders out, there would be some big hitting then

Dog_ger wrote:Bring back the good old days when the Windies were Rulers and we had some real competition...!

Utter carp. When the Windies were rulers we weren't real competition!

regards,

REB

Dog_ger wrote:Same here Stamp, Been going that way now for a couple of years...... I think it's the competition. Sri Lanka and South Africa. Wait for the Poms to come out...! Things will change...! Hopefully..?

Bring back the good old days when the Windies were Rulers and we had some real competition...!

I agree... The Ashes series can't come soon enough in my mind.

Who's the other one day side playing in next years VB series???

I think it's New Zealand...? TTB.

Dog_ger wrote:I think it's New Zealand...? TTB.

If thats the case then it will be a pretty good series. NZ always go that big harder when playing Australia.

It is the middle overs of a 1 day game that are a bore. Give me Test Cricket any day!!!!

BubblesOfBlue wrote:It is the middle overs of a 1 day game that are a bore. Give me Test Cricket any day!!!!

But the middle overs that bore you are pretty much just test match cricket anyway.....

Not at all Stan Test cricket you have to bowl a side out to win, limited overs you just need to stop them scoring.

Change the rules to give something back in the bowlers favour

I reckon they should do what happen back in the 94/95 WSC where they had Australia A as one of the teams, along with Australia, England & Zimbabwe.
England narrowly missed out on defeating Australia A, which sent them into the finals against Australia. The A side won the 1st final quite easily, and it took all of Australia's might to beat them in the next two finals, both coming down to the wire. This all happened when I was just 9 but I have a tape of the highlights and watch it frequently to remember how ODI's in Australia used to be!
It will never happen though, because last time the Australian team (lead by crap ODI player Taylor) kicked up a storm because everyone was supporting Australia A

Would probably interfere with their rota .. Resting policy aswell

LOL. Wanting Zimbabwe and that carp Australia A concept. Yeah, that was really great having crowds all around Australia barracking AGAINST the national team!!

This series has been an improvment on some recent series.

-unpredictable Sri Lanka
-we get to shove Smith's face in it yet again
-Murali
-Jayasuiria
-Sangakarra
-Pollock
-Boucher
-Smith not making 50's

There has been plenty of entertainment in this VB series. And they say women are hard to please!

regards,

REB

I have to say that the Zimbabwe side now would not be great viewing, but back in 94/95 i think they were almost at the peak of their cricket powers. Heath Streak was bowling/batting well, and they had guys in the batting order like the Flower brothers who were capable of anything. At least back then they had the ability to macth the international sides and give them a game that usually went right down to the wire.

The quality of the majority of the current VB series games has been boring and predictable, with last night being a perfect example. But I do agree that there have been a few highlights, some of which REB pointed out.

PS. Who cares if more people were barracking for Australia A, it's all Australia right?!?

The PLAYERS cared, that's who Bill.

regards,

REB