BookMan Posted March 8, 2015 Author Share Posted March 8, 2015 A general post for anyone. I'm in Bangkok at the moment and I have found Starsports in India to have the best range of video highlights. Better than Skysports and Foxsports. I agree with that. I've been using them for their hightlights package as well.If I wasn't subscribed to ilikehd, I would sign up with them. How is the Star Sports package for reliability? Sounds pretty good from the comments. I planned to get it for the World Cup but got sucked in with the quantity of channels of 'I like HD'. I only really got it to watch the WC & every time I try to use Sky Sports 2 to watch a cricket match there are always buffering & offline problems. No way I can comfortably watch a full match without multiple disruptions. Very disappointing & annoying!! I'm in bkk at the moment and I am using their free highlights video from their main world page. For me they are the best of the main broadcasters. The videos appear almost as a wicket falls. 4 and half minute first innings highlights appears just after the close of the innings. I havent had any videos stop or any lag time really and I am on a shared wi fi in the apartment building. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StreetCowboy Posted March 8, 2015 Share Posted March 8, 2015 After being hammered by South Africa early in the week (what a surprise) Ireland rode their luck again to beat Zimbabwe by 5 runs. Another win would get qualify us out of the group but last 2 games are against Pakistan and India ...gulp. Irrespective of the outcome it has been a terrific effort from our guys beating 2 test playing nations even if they have shredded our nerves on a few occasions.? Ireland have excelled, and shown why this format of the World Cup is so good. Even if Ireland don't qualify, their performance will have an impact on who does... If Scotland was not at the World Cup I'd not have bothered taking any notice, and I'd not have followed the excitement of the Aus - NZ game, or been interested in Afghanistan's performance.* It seems like the Test Nations realised the risk that they were at, when they decided that next year's tournament should exclude the rest of the world. Perhaps they could call it the World Series, instead of the World Cup... * To be honest, the only reason I am interested in cricket is because we qualified for the World Cup, otherwise I would ignore it, same as I do soccer, now... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ripstanley Posted March 9, 2015 Share Posted March 9, 2015 Bangladesh beat England by 15 runs. The Poms catch the plane home. It is so sad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BookMan Posted March 9, 2015 Author Share Posted March 9, 2015 Bangladesh beat England by 15 runs. The Poms catch the plane home. It is so sad. sheez...What a world cup walloping it has been for England. They had a couple of mouthy players pre tournament too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bangkokjulia Posted March 9, 2015 Share Posted March 9, 2015 England's departure out of the World Cup has made my day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will27 Posted March 9, 2015 Share Posted March 9, 2015 Knocked out by one of the a minnows.. Oh the pain Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7by7 Posted March 10, 2015 Share Posted March 10, 2015 Bangladesh beat England by 15 runs. The Poms catch the plane home. It is so sad. Can't catch the plane home, yet (unfortunately). They managed to beat the Scots, but have still got to wait a week to see if they can also beat Afghanistan! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ripstanley Posted March 10, 2015 Share Posted March 10, 2015 Bangladesh beat England by 15 runs. The Poms catch the plane home. It is so sad. Can't catch the plane home, yet (unfortunately). They managed to beat the Scots, but have still got to wait a week to see if they can also beat Afghanistan! They will catch the plane before the quarter finals start. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will27 Posted March 11, 2015 Share Posted March 11, 2015 Read this the other day. What's the difference between a tea bag and the English cricket team? The tea bag stays in the cup longer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ripstanley Posted March 26, 2015 Share Posted March 26, 2015 Australia will play New Zealand in the cricket world cup ODI final on Sunday at the MCC. NZ beat South Africa on Tuesday with a 6 off the 2nd last ball of the match. Australia beat India by 95 runs today. Good luck to both teams on making the final but go Australia. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StreetCowboy Posted March 26, 2015 Share Posted March 26, 2015 I found this World Cup similar to the Rugby League World Cup -fascinating in the Group stages, some tremendous competitions, and I think Ireland May have influenced the progression from their group .... But the ICC are right - no-one actually cares who wins, except maybe for the Australians and the Indians, and maybe the English. If the ICC want to grow the game, they need to make theWorld Cup more accessible, make games like Scotland - Afghanistan more important... The Rugby League World Cup showed how this could be done. It appears the the ICC don't care about growing the game, which I find sad. Still, there's always curling SC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will27 Posted March 27, 2015 Share Posted March 27, 2015 I wonder if NZ can be as destructive as they've been on their postage stamp size grounds as the MCG. In some cases, 45 meter boundaries. At the G, a lot of those shots will be getting caught 3 quarters of the way to the boundary. If we can get rid of McCullum early, I think we may get the chocolates. Looking forward to it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ripstanley Posted March 28, 2015 Share Posted March 28, 2015 Michael Clarke announces his retirement from ODI after World Cup final. http://wwos.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=8971940 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BookMan Posted March 28, 2015 Author Share Posted March 28, 2015 Michael Clarke announces his retirement from ODI after World Cup final. http://wwos.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=8971940 I thought he could have left that announcement until after the game. This is a game to remember as a world cup final , not Clarke's retirement. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ripstanley Posted March 29, 2015 Share Posted March 29, 2015 NZ all out for 183 off 45 overs First over McCullum out for a duck bowled by Starc. Australia now have to get the runs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will27 Posted March 29, 2015 Share Posted March 29, 2015 Congrats to the boys for winning the cricket world cup (again). Now bring on the Ashes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ripstanley Posted March 29, 2015 Share Posted March 29, 2015 Congrats to the boys for winning the cricket world cup (again). Now bring on the Ashes. It was a great win for the boys. It was pleasing to see Smith hit the winning run as he has had a great year. I was also impressed with McCullum who ran to congratulate Clarke on his retirement after he was dismissed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BookMan Posted March 29, 2015 Author Share Posted March 29, 2015 Congrats to the boys for winning the cricket world cup (again). Now bring on the Ashes. It was a great win for the boys. It was pleasing to see Smith hit the winning run as he has had a great year. I was also impressed with McCullum who ran to congratulate Clarke on his retirement after he was dismissed. It was a good win by Australia. Excellent bowling. I was hoping McCullum was going to get some runs and it would be a 280+ run contest. Not to be, but good win nevertheless. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BookMan Posted March 31, 2015 Author Share Posted March 31, 2015 Australian team for the Ashes tour announced. A few new faces Adam Voges (age 35) Fawad Ahmed (age 33...ex pakistani spinner nw an Aussie Peter Nevill (wicket keeper understudy) If Voges debuts, it will make him the second oldest debutant batsman in test history! http://www.smh.com.au/sport/cricket/adam-voges-fawad-ahmed-in-test-squad-for-west-indies-ashes-20150331-1mblss.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will27 Posted March 31, 2015 Share Posted March 31, 2015 Australian team for the Ashes tour announced. A few new faces Adam Voges (age 35) Fawad Ahmed (age 33...ex pakistani spinner nw an Aussie Peter Nevill (wicket keeper understudy) If Voges debuts, it will make him the second oldest debutant batsman in test history! http://www.smh.com.au/sport/cricket/adam-voges-fawad-ahmed-in-test-squad-for-west-indies-ashes-20150331-1mblss.html Good to see the WA skipper get a gig. It also shows a real lack of depth in our batting and spinning stocks as well. We've got plenty of fast bowlers and they're the guys who usually win you games. The batting stocks are a real concern though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ripstanley Posted March 31, 2015 Share Posted March 31, 2015 Daniel Vettori has announced his retirement from cricket. Was on NZ TV news today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7by7 Posted May 2, 2015 Share Posted May 2, 2015 It's taken 2 years, but Alistair Cook has finally scored another test century on the first day of the third test in Barbados. He survived an appeal on 22 when the TV umpire decided that a catch wasn't taken cleanly, and he also ran out Moeen Ali (58) on the way! Unfortunately, after batting all day while wickets fell around him, having reached the milestone he seemed to lose concentration and was out for 105 to a silly shot in the final over of the day. His performance in the first test was poor, but his 76 and 58 n.o. in the second and now this century hopefully show a welcome return to form for the England captain. Earlier on, Joe Root seemed comfortably on his way to equalling the world record of 7 successive scores above 50 when an uncharacteristic waft to a short one had him caught behind for 33. Bell was earlier out for 0, but these things happen and his class and form cannot be denied. More worrying is Trott's third duck in five innings; he is not an opener, and one has to question whether he should be in the side at all. England 240 for 7 at the close. England were on top for most of the drawn first test and won the second. The score here seems to give the advantage to the West Indies, but as Boycs is fond of saying, you can't judge a pitch until both sides have batted on it. But, we all know what is coming up in England this summer. The West indies are not New Zealand; let alone Australia! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7by7 Posted May 3, 2015 Share Posted May 3, 2015 All the pundits said this Kensington Oval pitch was a flat batters paradise; but 18 wickets fell yesterday!West Indies v England: 18 wickets fall on day two in BarbadosEngland: 257 (96.3 overs) Cook 105, Taylor 3-36 & 39-5 (21 overs)West Indies: 189 (49.4 overs) Blackwood 85, Anderson 6-42England 107 ahead, I think they need to get at least another 100 to feel safe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7by7 Posted May 4, 2015 Share Posted May 4, 2015 (edited) Well, they didn't get that 100, being all out for 123 just before lunch. Leaving the West Indies 192 to win.Buttler again being left stranded when doing well, this time on 35; he really should come in higher than 8.Things were going reasonably well for England, having the West Indies 80 for 4, until Bravo and Blackwood put on 108, following a fumbled stumping by Buttler off Root with Blackwood way out of his ground which would have left the West indies on 87 for 5 had the chance been taken.Bravo was out for 82 when he tried to hit Broad over the top for the 4 runs needed for victory and miscued it straight to Stokes; but by then the game was lost for England and Blackwood soon scored the 4 needed.England 257 & 123: Buttler 35 not out West Indies 189 & 194-5: Bravo 82West Indies won by five wickets West Indies v England: Windies tie series after thrilling Barbados win All credit to the West Indies, and England have a lot of work to do before the summer. Edited May 4, 2015 by 7by7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will27 Posted May 4, 2015 Share Posted May 4, 2015 Well, they didn't get that 100, being all out for 123 just before lunch. Leaving the West Indies 192 to win. Buttler again being left stranded when doing well, this time on 35; he really should come in higher than 8. Things were going reasonably well for England, having the West Indies 80 for 4, until Bravo and Blackwood put on 108, following a fumbled stumping by Buttler off Root with Blackwood way out of his ground which would have left the West indies on 87 for 5 had the chance been taken. Bravo was out for 82 when he tried to hit Broad over the top for the 4 runs needed for victory and miscued it straight to Stokes; but by then the game was lost for England and Blackwood soon scored the 4 needed. England 257 & 123: Buttler 35 not out West Indies 189 & 194-5: Bravo 82 West Indies won by five wickets West Indies v England: Windies tie series after thrilling Barbados win All credit to the West Indies, and England have a lot of work to do before the summer. Thanks for the updates on this series mate, appreciated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BookMan Posted May 5, 2015 Author Share Posted May 5, 2015 (edited) Well, they didn't get that 100, being all out for 123 just before lunch. Leaving the West Indies 192 to win. Buttler again being left stranded when doing well, this time on 35; he really should come in higher than 8. Things were going reasonably well for England, having the West Indies 80 for 4, until Bravo and Blackwood put on 108, following a fumbled stumping by Buttler off Root with Blackwood way out of his ground which would have left the West indies on 87 for 5 had the chance been taken. Bravo was out for 82 when he tried to hit Broad over the top for the 4 runs needed for victory and miscued it straight to Stokes; but by then the game was lost for England and Blackwood soon scored the 4 needed. England 257 & 123: Buttler 35 not out West Indies 189 & 194-5: Bravo 82 West Indies won by five wickets West Indies v England: Windies tie series after thrilling Barbados win All credit to the West Indies, and England have a lot of work to do before the summer. Thanks for the updates on this series mate, appreciated. Things looking good for a 5-0 Ashes whitewash to the Aussies? There is a rumour Australia is going to handicap itself this series and pick Nathan Lyon. Edited May 5, 2015 by BookMan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7by7 Posted May 5, 2015 Share Posted May 5, 2015 (edited) After his failed comeback to test cricket, scoring just 72 runs in 6 innings, Jonathan Trott has called it a day. Jonathan Trott: England batsman retires from international cricket "It has been an absolute honour to play alongside Trotty in every one of his 52 Tests," said England captain Alastair Cook. "He can be incredibly proud of all he has achieved and it is no coincidence that his time in international cricket has seen the team achieve some very special things." Edited May 5, 2015 by 7by7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BookMan Posted May 5, 2015 Author Share Posted May 5, 2015 After his failed comeback to test cricket, scoring just 72 runs in 6 innings, Jonathan Trott has called it a day. Jonathan Trott: England batsman retires from international cricket "It has been an absolute honour to play alongside Trotty in every one of his 52 Tests," said England captain Alastair Cook. "He can be incredibly proud of all he has achieved and it is no coincidence that his time in international cricket has seen the team achieve some very special things." Jeez. At least England had one bastman who had scored some runs...now he has gone before the Ashes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7by7 Posted May 5, 2015 Share Posted May 5, 2015 We've still got Cook, Bell, Root; to name three. But there is the big question of who is going to open with Cook. Our bowling needs looking at, with only Anderson coming out of this series with his reputation intact. Alastair Cook, Moores & Moeen - questions Colin Graves will ask As for the return of a certain KP; to be honest, even though he currently plays for my county, Surrey, in an effort to get back into the England side, I would rather lose the Ashes than see that; he has burnt too many bridges. Such as the comments in his last book in which he ridiculed team mates, management and the ECB. Having a go at management and the ECB, fair enough; but your own team mates? No one can deny his class as a batsman, but throughout his career, from his days in youth cricket in South Africa onwards, he has been quick to take all the credit when things have gone right for him, even quicker to blame others when things have gone wrong. It may be a well worn platitude, but there is no 'I' in team. Something Pietersen has yet to learn and the negative effect his presence now would have on the other 10 in the dressing room far outweighs, in my opinion, any contribution he may make at the crease. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ripstanley Posted May 6, 2015 Share Posted May 6, 2015 England has an up coming series against NZ in England. When does that start? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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