[clarevoyant.]

Westbars Spireite, on 21 July 2020 - 08:34 AM, said:

Why do umpires want changing facilities anyway? When I become an umpire (I’ll be exceptionally good) I would just rock up out my car ready to rock and roll.

To put it in your simple turns, Saturday night tends to follow the game and with potential late finishes then travel going straight to the boozer all sweaty and looking a t..t ain't. the best (in most places)

[clarevoyant.]

JonB, on 21 July 2020 - 08:44 AM, said:

Some clubs are not lucky enough to have top facilities and need to make the most of what they have. Ashover doesnt have the biggest room for them but there isnt loads stored in there, generally its the bucket of boundary markers which are then being used for games and some stumps i thought. Not sure what else is in there.

Fully appreciate that facilities are going to vary and thats part of the pleasure of 'going to different grounds"
However if what meagre facilities that were afforded officials were maintained in a proper manner and not used as a storage facility (skip) at least the right impression would be given.

Why would practice equipment, ground equipment be stored in the umpires room rather than the home dressing room? Maybe it would impinge on someone 'coffin' ( are they still called that) space.

[Westbars Spireite]

clarevoyant., on 21 July 2020 - 08:56 AM, said:

To put it in your simple turns, Saturday night tends to follow the game and with potential late finishes then travel going straight to the boozer all sweaty and looking a t..t ain't. the best (in most places)

Surely at the places you frequent anything else would mark you out as a ponce? 😂

[Westbars Spireite]

clarevoyant., on 21 July 2020 - 09:12 AM, said:

Fully appreciate that facilities are going to vary and thats part of the pleasure of 'going to different grounds"
However if what meagre facilities that were afforded officials were maintained in a proper manner and not used as a storage facility (skip) at least the right impression would be given.

Why would practice equipment, ground equipment be stored in the umpires room rather than the home dressing room? Maybe it would impinge on someone 'coffin' ( are they still called that) space.

I imagine it's because umpires have significantly more space that the player sharing a dressing room with another 10.

I've not played much in recent years but there are very few places I can recall going to that are in any way adequate for players (space wise) , let alone umpires!

[clarevoyant.]

Westbars Spireite, on 21 July 2020 - 11:49 AM, said:

Surely at the places you frequent anything else would mark you out as a ponce? 😂

It's very rare I go up Brampton these days ( pre covid)

[JonB]

Westbars Spireite, on 21 July 2020 - 11:52 AM, said:

I've not played much in recent years but there are very few places I can recall going to that are in any way adequate for players (space wise) , let alone umpires!

Dressing rooms havent grown at the same rate that some players bags have!! At Clay Cross we were lucky to have pretty big dressing rooms that were plenty big enough but that was a rarity.

[Westbars Spireite]

JonB, on 21 July 2020 - 12:37 PM, said:

Dressing rooms havent grown at the same rate that some players bags have!! At Clay Cross we were lucky to have pretty big dressing rooms that were plenty big enough but that was a rarity.

That’s probably the last place I played that had enough space!

I played at Spondon last year and the facilities there were big enough for approximately half the team at once.

[JonB]

Westbars Spireite, on 26 July 2020 - 10:12 AM, said:

That’s probably the last place I played that had enough space!

I played at Spondon last year and the facilities there were big enough for approximately half the team at once.

And spondon is a brand new ground with fancy pavilion.

[JonB]

Ben Slater farmed out on loan to Leicestershire from Notts for a couple of weeks.

[Westbars Spireite]

Notts’ coverage better than the Derbyshire bowling so far.

Strange decision to bowl given the inexperienced bowling line up. Definite bat first day on a bat first ground! Not sure on Billy’s thinking at all.

[Mr Mercury]

I know England lost yesterday but what an amazing batting performance from Pakistan. Was a privilege to be there and see it first hand.

[valemadness]

What are peoples thoughts on the hundred?

[JonB]

valemadness, on 26 July 2021 - 11:44 AM, said:

What are peoples thoughts on the hundred?

Over thought...fine with the quick fire franchise competition but there was no need to think up a new format when it could have just been T20. All this talk of attracting new fans is fine but they will then have to learn other formats if they stick with watching. Also wont help if they get a few more games like yesterdays on an old used pitch that was low scoring and not much of a game. "Home" fans will be happy they won but its not going to be much of a watch if it happens a lot.

Think you will probably find a lot of long time cricket folk probably think the same, just a bit of a convoluted format.

[clarevoyant.]

valemadness, on 26 July 2021 - 11:44 AM, said:

What are peoples thoughts on the hundred?

Thought the mob from Birmingham looked like a set of jockey impersonators.

I'll remain a traditionalist, pity my birth right county are the most inept side in the country.

[JonB]

I could take it slightly more seriously if they didnt have things like Skips, Pombears, Butterkist etc on the fronts of shirts. Cant beat trying to promote a sport for kids to play in with different crisps over the shirts!! Add in the Birmingham phoenix wearing fruit salad chews wrappers as shirts and its all a bit naff.

[whittman]

JonB, on 26 July 2021 - 11:54 AM, said:

Over thought...fine with the quick fire franchise competition but there was no need to think up a new format when it could have just been T20. All this talk of attracting new fans is fine but they will then have to learn other formats if they stick with watching. Also wont help if they get a few more games like yesterdays on an old used pitch that was low scoring and not much of a game. "Home" fans will be happy they won but its not going to be much of a watch if it happens a lot.

Think you will probably find a lot of long time cricket folk probably think the same, just a bit of a convoluted format.

Looks like todays match is going the same way Superchargers only 49 runs off 46 balls against the Superchargers at the moment

A bad t20 score lol

[The Earl of Chesterfield]

An England side modest favourites to win going into the final day yet again grab defeat from the jaws of victory.

With the words 'batting collapse' once more echoing.

Magnificent batsman - infact the only one preventing even greater humiliation - but when will Root's captaincy come into question?

When will the coaching come into question?

When will selection come into question?

It's getting like the nineties all over again...

[Johnnyspireite7]

The Earl of Chesterfield, on 16 August 2021 - 05:40 PM, said:

An England side modest favourites to win going into the final day yet again grab defeat from the jaws of victory.

With the words 'batting collapse' once more echoing.

Magnificent batsman - infact the only one preventing even greater humiliation - but when will Root's captaincy come into question?

When will the coaching come into question?

When will selection come into question?

It's getting like the nineties all over again...

Burns, Sibley & Hameed all not a patch on the players they replaced. We haven't got any openers with the sticking ability of Cook & Strauss, Crawley not any better...missing Stokes big time with bat & ball.

[azul]

Only a matter of time before the ‘100’ champions, Sky start bemoaning the lack of county cricket played in hight of summer rather than the extremities

[azul]

valemadness, on 26 July 2021 - 11:44 AM, said:

What are peoples thoughts on the hundred?

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