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Bob in Spain


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So sad to wake up to the news of the passing of Graham Thorpe today. He was just 55yo and although it comes as a shock, his sudden disappearance from the public eye and the subsequent radio silence, suggested that he was seriously ill.

In our younger days, I had the pleasure of knowing Graham personally. I played both cricket and football against him and his brothers. He was such a down to earth guy with a very dry sense of wit.

I remember one particular game of football which was nothing more than Sunday morning league. It was like playing "Thorpe United". Graham and his brothers Ian and Alan both played, his dad reffed and his mum cut the oranges. Graham had just been selected for his first England A tour and was due to leave shortly afterwards. I asked him if he should be playing and what the ECB would say if he got injured. He simply said, "I'll just tell them I fell down the stairs. You have to live your life regardless". Those words are very poignant today of all days.

RIP Graham and condolences to your whole family.

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Down in the Costa del Sol at the Cartama Cricket Oval this week. Some tremendous cricket going on in the European Cricket Network "Weston Shield". It's a T10 slogathon really not quite like more traditional cricket but a good standard and a bit of fun.

The most famous player participating this week is former NZ captain Ross Taylor.

Had the privilege of watching a batter hit 6 * 6s in an over, live. Not sure I'll ever see that again. Max O'Dowd who plays for Holland managed it in the 6th over of a run chase for Europe against Asia under the floodlights.

If you hunt through this youtube video, you can enjoy it too. It's towards the end in the floodlit match.

www.youtube.com/watch

The European Cricket Network is growing rapidly and supported by Dream11 - sponsors of the Indian National Team who stream it in Asia and regularly have 5m+ viewers.

Check it out here.

https://www.ecn.cricket/





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Ha, I was thinking, so someone interested in the Champions Trophy. But in fact much more interesting!

If anyone doesn't like the hosts, can they play their matches in Dubai instead?

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Cricket trying to promote championship cricket with today county day.
Surrey had over 5000.
I was at Chesterfield, they had over 2000.

If the bodies scheduled county cricket in July and August, crowds would be huge.
However, the hundred seems set in the calendar for August and the clubs still want their own T20 comp.

The schedule is ridiculous...

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ECB trying to restructure domestic cricket again using player welfare and burn out as the reason.
Changes to the format could see the end of the like of the Cheltenham festival, if Gloucs don't have back to back fixtures in July with T20 cricket to fill.

The Cheltenham festival is the biggest and best cricket festival in the country

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Got to keep a big emphasis on the red ball game. Is the ongoing T20 Blast being as it is when there is also The Hundred not an area to look to save in?

England need players for the future attuned to many of the requirements needed for playing in such test series as the current one vs India. Playing less four day cricket in the worst months doesn't seem the best way to achieve this.



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The hundred is contracted by TV and sales to Franchises and cannot be touched. Aug is out of the question other than 50 over cricket, which is effectively a second eleven tournament.

The question is how to manage the T20 and the county champs.

The clubs want Fri & Sun for T20 across multiple weeks, rather than being compacted into two blocks. How they fit County Champs in - Mon Thurs, alt weeks?
This would mean reducing the fixtures down from 14 to 12.

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Good that the England vs India test series ended 2-2. Good series and great final test.

I was sort of willing India on after England's awful behavior at the end of the Old Trafford test when India dared to not shake hands for a draw but preferred their their two batsmen completed their 100s first. The various remarks and the general non applause ( arms folded or behind their backs ) when the 100s were duly reached was pretty pathetic ( and noted in the Aussie press ).

Stokes did later say he understood India's actions but I must have missed an apology from anyone. And I generally like England under Stokes and McCullum.



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indiana wrote:

Good that the England vs India test series ended 2-2. Good series and great final test.

I was sort of willing India on after England's awful behavior at the end of the Old Trafford test when India dared to not shake hands for a draw but preferred their their two batsmen completed their 100s first. The various remarks and the general non applause ( arms folded or behind their backs ) when the 100s were duly reached was pretty pathetic ( and noted in the Aussie press ).

Stokes did later say he understood India's actions but I must have missed an apology from anyone. And I generally like England under Stokes and McCullum.

 Its funny but I used to love cricket, but fell out of love and interest in it a few years back and just cant get it back - all the different formats and lack of a real structure to things I think. 



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www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/articles/czd037j4156o

Must be high profile as the coach has not been named

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paulisi wrote:

www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/articles/czd037j4156o

Must be high profile as the coach has not been named

 The article quotes the Panel's reasons for not naming him.



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