english cricket

Now that I am in England I thought I would give a fair and balanced report on English cricket.

After all I have seen 1 and a half 40 over games now.

Pro40 is stoopid.

The name is misleading as it is not a tournament for professional cricketers over the age of 40.

Although it could be.

Most of the players seem to be about 40, and are hanging on to their professions by threads.

In fact on first evidence to play in the pro40 competition you seem to need to be mid 30’s and out of contention for international cricket or South African.

If you are younger than Paul Nixon or Ian Salisbury, or your surname is Botha you may not get a game.

How does Paul Nixon fumbling behind the wicket help English Cricket?

Will Ian Salisbury’s instantly recognisable wrong un help anyone?

Is bowling to Boeta Dippenar a good thing?

There are still 20 county teams, no matter what division they are in, and on first impressions they look like they have enough talent to field 4 sides.

By the way the Pro40 is a 40 over a side competition.

Pretty useful I’d say.www.cricketwithballs.com

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