Very interesting article from Ian Chappell over the weekend. “When bowlers are reduced to deliberately bowling wide and wickets come off batters’ errors, you know the balance isn’t right.” What, though, could be done?
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Who’s winning? Duckworth-Lewis-Stern has the answer!
I have been lucky enough to play in a couple of matches recently where we had two competent (and socially distanced) scorers, using the Play-Cricket scoring software, and at grounds with modern digital scoreboards. It was fascinating to watch the Duckworth-Lewis-Stern “par score” throughout the 2nd innings, on both occasions as we successfully defended our …
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WBBL thoughts (1) — what a final; what a wonderful advert for the game!
I have enjoyed watching the WBBL, on BT Sport, over the autumn. Mostly the highlights packages, but I did catch the 2nd semi-final live, and the final on Saturday. What a fantastic game of cricket. No, I don’t think the Stars batted especially badly, or that the pitch, or the ball, misbehaved. Yes, the new …
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