I can't believe Leeds United haven't got a Cricket thread - did you all forget who you were or something??
NOW.
Let me first say my knowledge of Cricket is extremely limited, tho as a teenager I did like to watch the test matches and Sunday games on grandstand, so I appreciate the pure theater of it for one and after my time in Golf (which I also knew almost next to nowt about then did THAT!!!), well I know it's a game of great intuition for a start. And that is why I am now starting to turn my attention to it because I believe I have an almost otherworldly level of intuition and Cricket interests me increasingly so.
I will watch a few tubes and perhaps even a few matches - the spin bowling fascinates me for instance, like how do you predict what the spin bowler is going to do next and how do you strike that ball to send it this way or that way with this trajectory (ooooh you know my bloods starting to warm up!!). Any comments about Cricket here please.
Teach me Cricket Yorkshire - some people tell me they are quite good at it the-knows - who better to cut my teeth in to Cricket with.
I 'imagine' I would very much agree with this Gentleman here, something tells me we have the same philosophy.
Enjoyed the last 2 nights entertainment. Definitely the Northern Superchargers for me too.
Northern Superchargers for me.
You really need to have played the game to appreciate the skills involved.
Red ball and White ball cricket have different needs and different pitches.
I can spend all day, every day watching a test match. Watching pace bowlers hit bouncers with intent, spin bowlers showing their craft. Batsmen fighting for their wicket. Nothing better.
Then you have 20 and 50 over cricket!!!
come on the invincibles
Geoffrey “ I’ve been a Manchester United fan since I was a kid” Boycott can do one.
- yeah but Leeds got me in the exchange deal so you should be proud overall. Really😀
Funny about Boycott - I was watching a pod-interview with him and he fancied himself as a Golfer in another life (to top levels in the game kinda fancied himself), and I went from (well maybe, see how life goes because I am nearly 50 and losing enthusiasm for it as well as it being y'know fkking w@nk as a future), errr Golf to Cricket - at least in thought.
These are sports that are also games against the Mathematics of God as I prefer to see them, yknow 'the landscape', 'the wicket'... He also drew reference to a Diamond and how nothing is perfect, funny.
I got 2 sandwich boxes full of Thai skunkweed so I'm not as active these days anyway.
Two things.
Geoffrey “ I’ve been a Manchester United fan since I was a kid” Boycott can do one.
The World Cup final against the Kiwi’s was one of the greatest sporting events ever. The Super Over to decide the game was unbelievable.
I picked out a team for this tournament but there's hardly any Northants players.... I've gone for Northern Superchargers who I'm sure play out of Headingley.
Don't know why this tournament is taking place as it's only 20 balls less than T20.... wonder if MONEY is the reason!? 🤔😉
is their a leeds / yourkshier 100 team ?
people who say its boring aint got a clue.the serene veneer hides nervous anticipation in a game played out by warriors with the minds of chess masters.the 2 greatest innings by an English batsman were both in leeds.Ian Botham and Ben Stokes.