One of the worst starts to an over ever by Ngidi in the IPL today, with Jofra Archer as batsman:
6
6
6 no ball
6 no ball
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…so 27 scored off two balls into the over at this point…then did somewhat better with only 3 off the rest of the over.
Memories of the great Daryl Tuffey over from a 2005 ODI:
4 no ball
No ball
No ball
No ball
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Wide
4
(At this point 14 off one ball that took seven deliveries)
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Strange watching county cricket on BBC iPlayer, not that the lack of crowds will be a new experience, but the absence of stump Mike, slomo and analysis.
Good Lord, that’s a shock. RIP Deano, such a graceful batsman, some great knocks for the Aussies and I saw him a couple of times for Derbyshire, a joy to watch.
Back in the 80’s it was not an exaggeration to say I stayed glued to the TV to watch these 2 batsman play One Day Cricket. No matter the time or what I was doing.
I’ve woken to the sad news re DJ. He was part of what made cricket so interesting for me, until the likes of him and AB, Lillie and co I always though the game was boring.
Confession time, I watch and have enjoyed the IPL , like the Big Bash the interaction of big crowds and sometimes exciting T20 makes for enjoyable TV.
There was a really tight match with low scores today, but this year’s series has on the whole been lacklustre without the crowds and the predictability of many of the matches
It looks like we get them on Sky pay TV from the 27th, and before that we have an Australia-Afghanistan Test from the 21st.
Before that we have a Northern Hemisphere (and Fiji) rugby tournament to keep us happy, Ireland currently 25-9 up on Wales.