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The Hundred 2024


Wednesday 31st July

Women 3pm
Trent Rockets Women v Birmingham Phoenix Women
Trent Bridge, Nottingham

Men 6.30pm
Trent Rockets Men v Birmingham Phoenix Men
Trent Bridge, Nottingham
 
Sillypoint said:
3 last ball games in 2 days? .....Aye shite
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People have made up their mind a long time ago that’s it’s shite mate, before actually watching the games,

Mondays night’s game great watch,

There has been some bad games mind, but that happens in all formats at all levels that’s just cricket bad and good games.

Some of the comments are correct like in should be a 20 over competition, 100 balls had just confused things, why change a winning formula which was T20, big mistake imo, and the quality overseas players have not arrived as promised, think that cant be disputed and has been disappointing,

However some comments like the blast is better quality is just total nonsense, you have 18 counties and the hundred picking the best of them players for 8 teams!

Of course the hundred will have better quality it’s just basic maths.
 
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Sillypoint said:
a good game of cricket is a good game of cricket no matter what the format, ive watched exicting games of Under 11's, the quality may be not be great but its still entertaining
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Been saying that for years, I could stumble across a village game while on holiday in this country and end up enjoying it even if I don’t know who playing

There seems to be this notion that you have to support a team or format, to enjoy cricket, I enjoy watching all cricket and all formats
 
Voice of fair play said:
People have made up their mind a long time ago that’s it’s shite mate, before actually watching the games,

Mondays night’s game great watch,

There has been some bad games mind, but that happens in all formats at all levels that’s just cricket bad and good games.

Some of the comments are correct like in should be a 20 over competition, 100 balls had just confused things, why change a winning formula which was T20, big mistake imo, and the quality overseas players have not arrived as promised, think that cant be disputed and has been disappointing,

However some comments like the blast is better quality is just total nonsense, you have 18 counties and the hundred picking the best of them players for 8 teams!

Of course the hundred will have better quality it’s just basic maths.
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It's the concept that we can compete with India in attracting world class stars that's shite and why genuine cricket lovers are vehemently against it. The bias commentary which portrays every action as superb when it's mainly mundane naturally and justifiably raises heckles. There's not much difference if any in standard between the 2 competitions so it's perfectly reasonable to claim the Hundred is shite given the vast differences in salaries awarded between the 2 comp - is it not reasonable to expect a much higher standard given this salary differential?
Can't understand why cricket lovers who are aware of the financial waste involved in promoting the Hundred can enjoy these games with an easy conscience.
Very selfish in my view.
 
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Parkside said:
It's the concept that we can compete with India in attracting world class stars that's shite and why genuine cricket lovers are vehemently against it. The bias commentary which portrays every action as superb when it's mainly mundane naturally and justifiably raises heckles. There's not much difference if any in standard between the 2 competitions so it's perfectly reasonable to claim the Hundred is shite given the vast differences in salaries awarded between the 2 comp - is it not reasonable to expect a much higher standard given this salary differential?
Can't understand why cricket lovers who are aware of the financial waste involved in promoting the Hundred can enjoy these games with an easy conscience.
Very selfish in my view.
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It’s logical to say picking the best players out of 18 and putting them into 8 teams means a better standard.

Just common sense really.

The posts I have read saying the blast is a better standard have not mentioned the difference in salaries just said it is better standard which makes no logical sense whatsoever.

Like I said on the post you quoted there is good and bad things about the hundred, I accept that and recognize it.
 
Voice of fair play said:
It’s logical to say picking the best players out of 18 and putting them into 8 teams means a better standard.

Just common sense really.

The posts I have read saying the blast is a better standard have not mentioned the difference in salaries just said it is better standard which makes no logical sense whatsoever.

Like I said on the post you quoted there is good and bad things about the hundred, I accept that and recognize it.
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I can assure you that I am not lacking in common sense -rather arrogant for you to claim so.
As usual you don't address the arguments that I make. The Hundred is promoted as a tournament comprising players of world class standard. The T20 is a domestic competition. It's reasonable to assume judgement of standards would be at a much higher level, that the Hundred would be at world class level. It falls well below that so it's justifiably described shite. Generally T20 delivers at the standard expected I e. It's not shite. As to putting 18 teams into 8 teams logically means a better standard assumes the selection process selects the best players and players familiarity with each other i.e. team spirit counts for nothing. A team is much more than the individual parts.
Are you seriously defending the Hundred as a world class tournament? Answer these question directly
What does the Hundred in its present form offer that domestic T20 doesn't ?
Why do you support and defend a tournament which offers nothing new but haemorrhage s money?
Why are you so insulting to those who oppose the Hundred?
 
Parkside said:
I can assure you that I am not lacking in common sense -rather arrogant for you to claim so.
As usual you don't address the arguments that I make. The Hundred is promoted as a tournament comprising players of world class standard. The T20 is a domestic competition. It's reasonable to assume judgement of standards would be at a much higher level, that the Hundred would be at world class level. It falls well below that so it's justifiably described shite. Generally T20 delivers at the standard expected I e. It's not shite. As to putting 18 teams into 8 teams logically means a better standard assumes the selection process selects the best players and players familiarity with each other i.e. team spirit counts for nothing. A team is much more than the individual parts.
Are you seriously defending the Hundred as a world class tournament? Answer these question directly
What does the Hundred in its present form offer that domestic T20 doesn't ?
Why do you support and defend a tournament which offers nothing new but haemorrhage s money?
Why are you so insulting to those who oppose the Hundred?
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First of all I am simply saying picking the best players from 18 teams and putting them into 8 means better standard that is just common sense whatever spin you put on it.

Whether it’s creates a much better standard for the wages is a different argument altogether but it is a better standard for the obvious reasons I have alluded too.

Secondly as I had said multiple times the lack of top class overseas players as promised has not materialized therefore the hundred is not a world class tournament which has been disappointing .

I support a short format tournament in peak time in a designated window as this tournament does, and don’t support the hundred as such, more a tournament that provides that, would actually prefer it to T20 as relate to that better and would be more than happy if that was county based if they could find a way to fit the competition into that designated window.

Lasted not insulting anybody including you as I said in the first post, they have been some disappointing aspects of the hundred, and some of the criticism correct, however saying the blast better quality is not correct it not logical to say soo.

It seems in debates like these you have to by totally on one side or the other either love something or hate something.

I am neither.

If it’s a good cricket game in this tournament I will say soo if bad I will say soo.
 
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Again ignoring my arguments.I'll use a football comparison to counter our " common sense" argument. Many football teams Hoover up what up what they consider the best players in the league but it doesn't make them best team. A mixture of money grabbers with nothing in common other than avarice won't necessarily gel as a team whereas a group who have grown as a team,become friends can produce a higher level of performance than a band of individual mercenaries. That's wholly logical.
I've heard your designated window argument ad nausea not convinced a saturated fixture list optimises support as opposed to a fixed day or night over a longer period.
You still ignore the questions
why do you support a tournament which heamorrhages money yet offers nothing more than T20 offers?
Can you not accept that the aversion to this tournament by genuine cricket lovers is because of the risk it poses of bankrupting cricket.
Hyltons finest said:
Who’s the woman on comms?
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Don't know name but assumed it would be one of our newly signed women players.
 
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Hyltons finest said:
Who’s the woman on comms?
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There’s a few
Parkside said:
Again ignoring my arguments.I'll use a football comparison to counter our " common sense" argument. Many football teams Hoover up what up what they consider the best players in the league but it doesn't make them best team. A mixture of money grabbers with nothing in common other than avarice won't necessarily gel as a team whereas a group who have grown as a team,become friends can produce a higher level of performance than a band of individual mercenaries. That's wholly logical.
I've heard your designated window argument ad nausea not convinced a saturated fixture list optimises support as opposed to a fixed day or night over a longer period.
You still ignore the questions
why do you support a tournament which heamorrhages money yet offers nothing more than T20 offers?
Can you not accept that the aversion to this tournament by genuine cricket lovers is because of the risk it poses of bankrupting cricket.

Don't know name but assumed it would be one of our newly signed women players.
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England’s top players rarely play in the blast, this is a chance for people to see England top players, the “Top players” don’t all have to be overseas, but you’d still complain if they upped the salaries to get the big overseas names in

Pooran, Khan, Pollard all still get IPL and considered big names in that
 
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