Author | Lightnews

David T @sportingtrade.bsky.social · Jun 22

He started last season at 7 to be fair (still being used as the main spinner over Briggs). People forget he's so young, played so few games and missed a lot of what would have been his first full county year with injury - all combined made it hard for War to have done much different to what they did

David T @sportingtrade.bsky.social · Jun 22

He batted 5 last season for us, well before he got called up for England, what more do you expect with that top 4! I have never heard a single other person suggest he should have started his career as an opener or batting in the top 4

1 1

David T @sportingtrade.bsky.social · Jun 22

You think a 17/18 year old playing his first few games of professional cricket, being picked as the main spinner in the side (doing exactly what he'd being used for at youth level) should have opened the batting even though we had 3 experienced openers in the side in Rhodes, Yates and Davies?

2

David T @sportingtrade.bsky.social · Jun 22

This is the first game he's played for Warwickshire since he made his England debut! He was originally in the side for his spin as much as anything else (he replaced Briggs) in the traditional AR role at 6/7. The same position/role he was used in by the Lions and England youth sides

1

David T @sportingtrade.bsky.social · Jun 22

He's batting at 5. We have 3 openers (Latham is having to bat 3) and Hain has been excellent at 4 for some time so obviously will stay there. He's batting exactly where he should

1

David T @sportingtrade.bsky.social · May 27

Is Danny Briggs still alive? I'm sure this guy would be great but given we don't have a single overseas for the Blast at the moment, maybe spend the money on that instead given we have 3 spinners we can already use in the CC!!

David T @sportingtrade.bsky.social · Mar 1

Excellent from Matt and Neil on affordability checks and problem gambling. A must watch for anybody with strong opinions on the subject, especially those on the left.

Matt Zarb-Cousin @mzc.bsky.social · Feb 23

Thanks @racingtv.com for having me on today. Those interested in reducing gambling harm can align with those wanting to defend horse racing by joining growing calls for separate wallets and platforms for online casino and slots

"They are driving customers away from betting on the sport"

YouTube video by Racing TV

youtu.be

1 2 1

David T @sportingtrade.bsky.social · Mar 1

Yet another empty stadium. It's hard to be in any way positive about the Champions Trophy!

David T @sportingtrade.bsky.social · Feb 26

Yeah England are doing so many basic things wrong - not picking their best players, making little effort to adapt to conditions, picking 1 LH bat and 0 LH bowlers, a questionable culture around the squad and a lack of training... to name just a few!

2

David T @sportingtrade.bsky.social · Feb 26

How many domestic 50 over games do you think the Afghan players have played in the last few years? Same with India, who are comfortably the best ODI side in the world.

It's not ideal but we're not the only country where the top players play next to no List A cricket outside of a few ODIs a year

David T @sportingtrade.bsky.social · Feb 26

No, but this doesn't fit the agenda of blaming the lack of 50 over cricket played by the English players. Look how few domestic List A games the Afghans have played in their entire careers. Same with India recently, despite being by far the best side. It's far from the main reason we're rubbish

1 1

David T @sportingtrade.bsky.social · Feb 25

The fringe countries you are talking about expanding it to (Nepal, Hong Kong, USA, Canada, PNG, Oman etc) correctly use what little funds they have in T20 where they can compete.

Netherlands, who would be a top 12 side (let alone 16), have won 2 out of 24 ODIs this decade against the top 10 sides

David T @sportingtrade.bsky.social · Feb 25

I'm all for the expansion of the T20 WC, as I said, since it's played all over the world. Expanding the 50 over WC seems pointless when it's a) dying out according to every metric you look at b) played by a much smaller % of countries than T20 and c) statistically proven to have more 1 sided games

2 1

David T @sportingtrade.bsky.social · Feb 25

With the T20 WC we need as many countries involved as possible. If we're going to persist with this dreary outdated format, the last thing it needs is more 1 sided matches. Only 8 teams involved in this and favourites are all winning comfortably. For ODI I agree with 10-12 team format with 2 groups

1

David T @sportingtrade.bsky.social · Feb 24

Pretty well summed up! All this talk (correctly) of there being too much cricket, this has to be the first thing binned off, no idea why they brought it back

1

David T @sportingtrade.bsky.social · Feb 23

Interesting catching technique from Gareth Delany!

David T @sportingtrade.bsky.social · Feb 23

That's a pretty dreadful PP. The bowling was poor and the batting even worse.

Not convinced things will get much more interesting anytime soon given the way Pakistan usually approach overs 10-30

David T @sportingtrade.bsky.social · Feb 13

The perfect time to sack your coach apparently

2

David T @sportingtrade.bsky.social · Feb 13

Perfect man for the job, gl Olly!

David T @sportingtrade.bsky.social · Feb 13

Westwood's appointment seems very much to minimise disruption given how close it is to the start of the season. It's also a continuation of the 'jobs for the boys' setup which I'd hoped the review might have looked at and questioned! Seems to have taken an age and done very little

David T @sportingtrade.bsky.social · Feb 6

Johnathan Campbell is captaining Zimbabwe on debut!

When was the last time that happened in a Test match? @zaltzcricket.bsky.social @awsstats.bsky.social

1

David T @sportingtrade.bsky.social · Feb 4

Well done to Usman Khawaja, pity he seems to be a lone voice among prominent cricketers when it comes to the sacking of Peter Lalor

1 1

David T @sportingtrade.bsky.social · Feb 3

Peter Lalor was sacked by SEN halfway through the first Test between Aus and SL for retweeting support for Palestinians and it's barely got a mention.

Here's hoping some solidarity is shown by the fellow cricket writers at Cricinfo and @thecricketer.com by covering this

cricket.one/who-said-wha...

cricket.one

1

David T @sportingtrade.bsky.social · Jan 31

Triple wicket maiden!!

David T @sportingtrade.bsky.social · Jan 31

We're well beyond the embarrassing stage for this England W side and into humiliation. Predictable thrashing for a complacent and thin skinned side but I didn't expect to lose 16-0 and the wheels to come off to this extent.

Hopefully brings a much needed reality check and top to bottom changes

1