India 2021

[bwildered]

For info - all England T20 and ODI games in India this March have been signed by Sky.
Seems that countries government bodies are waiting to last minute before announcing deals in who is televising which formats, presume a bidding war is taking place. Can anyone confirm ?

[JasonP]

For info - all England T20 and ODI games in India this March have been signed by Sky.
Seems that countries government bodies are waiting to last minute before announcing deals in who is televising which formats, presume a bidding war is taking place. Can anyone confirm ?

I think it's more to do with the Indian Board.  Sky had problems with them before over a previous England tour and also the IPL two years ago and would rather not deal with them.

https://www.lawinsport.com/topics/commercial-law/item/sky-sports-resort-to-off-tube-commentary-following-fall-out-with-bcci

[Andy]

For info - all England T20 and ODI games in India this March have been signed by Sky.
Seems that countries government bodies are waiting to last minute before announcing deals in who is televising which formats, presume a bidding war is taking place. Can anyone confirm ?

I think it's more to do with the Indian Board.  Sky had problems with them before over a previous England tour and also the IPL two years ago and would rather not deal with them.

https://www.lawinsport.com/topics/commercial-law/item/sky-sports-resort-to-off-tube-commentary-following-fall-out-with-bcci

A similar situation arose in Sri Lanka, hence Aggers wound up commentating from the disused Fort outside the ground at Galle(?)

[nat]

For info - all England T20 and ODI games in India this March have been signed by Sky.
Seems that countries government bodies are waiting to last minute before announcing deals in who is televising which formats, presume a bidding war is taking place. Can anyone confirm ?

I think it's more to do with the Indian Board.  Sky had problems with them before over a previous England tour and also the IPL two years ago and would rather not deal with them.

https://www.lawinsport.com/topics/commercial-law/item/sky-sports-resort-to-off-tube-commentary-following-fall-out-with-bcci

A similar situation arose in Sri Lanka, hence Aggers wound up commentating from the disused Fort outside the ground at Galle(?)

Yes a shame that. That is, as part of the deal we couldn't shut up Aggers.

[Andy]

A similar situation arose in Sri Lanka, hence Aggers wound up commentating from the disused Fort outside the ground at Galle(?)

Yes a shame that. That is, as part of the deal we couldn't shut up Aggers.

Ohh not another Aggers fan?

[bwildered]

 If bowlers win matches, this was a classic example in first of five T20’s. Excellent all round performance. Let’s hope first win does not duplicate Test Series performance and result.
 Strange to be back on Sky, but interesting to see Hussain and Atherton’s new attire, making them look like a couple of Gerry Anderson puppets.

[Andy]

Strange to be back on Sky, but interesting to see Hussain and Atherton’s new attire, making them look like a couple of Gerry Anderson puppets.

Which one was Brains and who was Lady Penelope???

[nat]

Strange to be back on Sky, but interesting to see Hussain and Atherton’s new attire, making them look like a couple of Gerry Anderson puppets.

Which one was Brains and who was Lady Penelope???

Nasser is a dead ringer for The Hood.

[bwildered]

Got bogged down in the second game, never really into full flow, canter home for the Indians . On the fashion front, back to civvies .

[bwildered]

 England win toss and chase in the third game, seems that is the standard practice because of the dew factor.
 Win the toss win the game, so perhaps in a five game series only one toss in the first game, and thereafter you have to alternate , eg bowl first , then bat first next game ,  bowl first , bat first , bowl first .
 

[bwildered]

 Series going to the toss, England now 2-1 up . Superb knock by Capt Kohli, especially in placement, to no avail. Buttler sees England easily home, in Morgan’s hundredth game .

 New idea regards domination of the toss was to get the best and worst of the conditions, one side bats first ten overs , then fields for the next twenty and returns to finish last ten to complete overs .
 Simplest solution would be to have day games only rather than day night matches, although  sponsors dislike due to TV audience reduced because of very early morning starts for the global watchers.

[nat]

Sorry still don't care about 20-20.

[Slogger]

Sorry still don't care about 20-20.

A few years ago on a sunny afternoon watching Nick Browne take a 100 off Derbyshire I remember discussing T20/white ball cricket with a fellow member. His view was that cricket was splitting, like rugby did in 1895, into two codes, which would soon have different teams and different players. I didn't agree with him at the time. I now think I was wrong. Increasingly after a career (sometimes quite short) in red ball cricket top players gravitate to the T20 franchise circuit and some young players never play really play red ball cricket. Amir, Topley jnr and Bopara are all examples with Essex connections of this trend in one way or another. Sir Alastair, a red ball cricketer who has played on for his county, really seems like a throwback to a lost era!

[Oldhasbeen]

Sorry still don't care about 20-20.

A few years ago on a sunny afternoon watching Nick Browne take a 100 off Derbyshire I remember discussing T20/white ball cricket with a fellow member. His view was that cricket was splitting, like rugby did in 1895, into two codes, which would soon have different teams and different players. I didn't agree with him at the time. I now think I was wrong. Increasingly after a career (sometimes quite short) in red ball cricket top players gravitate to the T20 franchise circuit and some young players never play really play red ball cricket. Amir, Topley jnr and Bopara are all examples with Essex connections of this trend in one way or another. Sir Alastair, a red ball cricketer who has played on for his county, really seems like a throwback to a lost era!

Slogger, I think you are right about the increasing split between 20:20 and "proper cricket" but I don't think the rugby analogy is close at all. There was a terrific documentary on the beer on rugby code changers - it's on iPlayer now at https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b09w01q4 - which, shows a depth of enmity (sometimes downright hatred) between "the powers that be" of the 2 codes, with geographical & class being major factors. Well worth watching.
BTW I'm not a big rugger man, but if I do watch it I prefer Union, even if I'm more culturally inclined towards League.)

[honkytonk]

Sorry still don't care about 20-20.

You are on the wrong part of the board then!!! 

Eng Test and White ball/T20 are like 2 different sides.  I think certain players should just focus on one or the other.  Root - Red, Buttler - White, Stokes - Red.  I think the problem is, if players had a choice most would choose white due to £££