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Dazzler , see you old team m8 Daniel Harding got 3 for 11 in 20/20 including Phil Hughes C&B
Have to agree vic-england are not the best and ozzies on their own patch pretty awesome. Had the pleasure in 06/07 of witnessing the 5 nil drubbing of england after the elation of 2005-so again the english media talking up the english after an ashes victory at home etc. If england win fairplay but its not as clear-cut as the english media make out. What i would say the english CRICKET fans are great on tour and after being at the boxing day test in 2006 when warne took his 700th wicket and england all but 4-nil down-30,000 english people(and a few irsih) still sang all the classic supporters songs
I have Ryan,
But you know how dangerous 'a wounded tiger' can be and on it's own patch as well !
By contrast, England the form team ??
Wins this summer past against Bangladesh, (Ireland could and have beaten them) and a cheating, uninterested Pakistan team, come on now Ryan !
We're havin this debate at present on our own cricket web-site and our chaps are also talking about England winning, Bell stepping up to the mark and Swann's bowling being 'the key' !
But then again they run up to Mourneview Pk. and cheer on Glenavon F.C. thinking they'll win a game too !
Says it all really !!
Vic,
Have you been following Australia over the past 12 months? England are in the box seat and if they have the killer instinct should win the series on form...two bad lots really!
brian ill be @ down royal if u fancy beer 07730334479 . all each way
1 batchelor lad/ redera
2 selection box /golan guy
3 kilbrannish hill/ assish girl
4 trafford lad backin it w/o the fav
5 roberto goldback nap
6 strolling home / corrick bridge
7 sobranos lodge /open your heart
good luck m8
I got the Sky sports upgrade the other day to take in the upcoming Ashes Test series, which I'm looking forward too immensely.
I see England are already talking themselves up and confidently believe they will be retaining the urn and ultimately win the series, but we've heard this all before and when it comes down to it, does anyone outside the English team themselves really give them a chance ?
That's be realistic here, good old England might salvage a draw or two if the weather's kind to them and it rains,
but I'll put my cricket reputation and my 'head on the block' and predict a 5 or 4 nil drubbing for 'the pommes' !
Or my name ain't Vic Johns !!
Re- 8 team leagues, 10 team leagues, ulster leagues, ireland leagues and even 10,000 leagues under the sea for that matter...!
How bewildering I find it that a minority bunch of tinkermen have been aloud to play havock with the local game.
Does everyone not realise that locally the game is in a massive demise and facilitating a few ego driven clubs will be a hammer blow to the local game.
Remember, the vast amount of cricket in this country is played by the local clubman and not the "money men" or those "merceneries" permenantly standing with their hands out...!
Can everyone who simply wants to play "cricket" in this country please wake up and stop sleepwalking...!
Please reclaim this sport for the cricket fans and please knock all these imbecillic aspirations back out of the ground for six.
Viva the Revolution, Revolution...!
Both NWCU and NCU need to focus on improving whats currently in place before setting clubs "a drift" by heading down an Ulster League route. Same logic would apply for an All -Ireland league.
Interesting article on Ulster League although it has been around for a while. As a former North-West cricketer I would welcome closer contact between the two unions as the best would play the best but by extension is there any point unless you go to the next stage and bring in Leinster in an all Ireland league of eight teams? The interprovincials aren't coming back so a national league seems to fill the gap. But at the end of the day clubs have to step forward and say they want it and it is good that these guys are bringing it back to the table to find out. Why don't they to canvass the clubs in a questionaire or why doesn't the UC do it independently?
Brian , will post my selections on here friday when get latest runners . Any other cricketers going sat ? Be good all meet up possibly throw 5£ in an have tipping challenge for bit craic ?
Yes Brian, take a raincoat
Friday to Sunday
A bright start then persistent rain for a time on Friday. Turning colder with isolated showers on Saturday.
Jeff, any tips for Down Royal on Sat?
Ulster Premier League for cricket?
Over the last few months myself, Paul Stafford, Charlie McElwee and Mary McElwee have been discussing in earnest the possibility of creating an Ulster Premier League for cricket. Whilst we recognise this is not a new concept we feel the conditions that now exist in cricket within Ireland and the recent developments in both the NW and the NCU may mean that it is a concept whose time has now arrived.
A report on the idea has been put on the front page of the site. We would appreciate anyone interested in cricket in Northern Ireland and especially the players, to give your feedback. Posting it on the forum would be great but if you could also email it to Trevor.dalzell@ntlworld.com that would be fantastic as it would make the job of collating the responses that much easier. The intention is to feed the responses back to both the NW and the NCU.
Many thanks in the meantime.
Ref: N.Hunter/Canberra Times.
Good article Neil, but can't ever realistically see 20/20 cricket becoming the main stream event, when we have One Day Internationals and Test cricket to savour and enjoy.
However I will conceed it's a good form of the game in that it attracts the average 'Joe Punter' to sit down and watch the sport, as well as opening a more accessible avenue for potential new players, getting them involved playing the game, which for those reasons it certainly has it's place.
Bye the way, while scrolling through the pages of that particular Australian newspaper, very refreshing to read that the back pages are dominated by news of cricket and cricket matches etc.
Not a mention of football or Mr Rooney & all, think I might ask the paper-boy if he could deliver that newspaper to my house, instead of the usual rubbish tabloids.
Or else I'll move to Australia !
Re Phil
Phil,to suggest that school games could surely be rescheduled for midweek is a non-starter for a number of reasons: cost of transport of different teams on different days as opposed to one bus per school on a saturday, time out of class every week with the same pupils missing the same classes coming up to exams, teachers out of class at the busiest time of the year, school cup matches which are already played midweek and no doubt other reasons. Also, there are fewer "meaningless friendlies" (try telling an under 12 player in his first game which is a friendly that it is meaningless)with the new league system. As one who has been involved in school and club cricket for many years, I sincerely hope that no changes will be made that will make it impossible for school players to play morning and afternoon cricket. My experience has been that the school players miss out on club cricket because of an early club starting time, they are very disappointed as they want to be able to play both but for many, their first choice will be the school match.
