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TheParraboy

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WI v Aust U19 WC about to start, play off for 5th spot

Fascinating that not one WI player was singing their anthem, well one bloke was half heartedly singing and half smiling about it, the rest were just doom and gloom looks, mouths firmly shut.
 

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WI v Aust U19 WC about to start, play off for 5th spot

Fascinating that not one WI player was singing their anthem, well one bloke was half heartedly singing and half smiling about it, the rest were just doom and gloom looks, mouths firmly shut.
Their anthem is some weird song put together as the Windies are a group of different countries with anthems of their own.
 

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Pakistan playing Bangladesh in a test series.

Naseem Shah at 16 years and 359 days becomes the youngest player to take a test hattrick.
 

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Credit to Ganguly I reckon..



https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/...-ahmedabad-likely-host-pink-ball-test-england



India to play day-night Test in Australia, Ahmedabad likely to host pink-ball Test against England




The BCCI has given the nod for India to play one day-night Test during their 2020-21 tour of Australia, where the two teams will play four Test matches between December and January. In another significant move, the BCCI has also chalked in the refurbished Sardar Patel Stadium in Motera, Ahmedabad as a likely venue to host a day-night Test during the five-match series against England, to be played in January-February 2021.

Both decisions were taken by the BCCI's Apex Council, which met in Delhi on Sunday, and was attended by BCCI president Sourav Ganguly and secretary Jay Shah.

The BCCI's decision follows its meeting with a Cricket Australia delegation led by chairman Earl Eddings in January. Eddings met Ganguly and Shah on the sidelines of the India-Australia ODI series to chart out a plan for the day-night Test and identify the venue. Originally, CA wanted to host two pink-ball Tests against India, but the BCCI gave the nod for just one. Ganguly had then said, "Two out of four would be a bit too much with the pink ball". ESPNcricinfo understands that either Brisbane or Adelaide will be the venue for the game. Brisbane will host the first Test of the series, and Adelaide will host a Test towards the latter part of the tour.

Ever since Ganguly took charge of the BCCI last October, he has supported the move for India to play more day-night Test cricket, and India played their maiden pink-ball Test against Bangladesh at Kolkata's Eden Gardens in November last year. Ganguly has also spoken to India captain Virat Kohli on the matter, and subsequently, in January during the home ODI series against Australia, Kohli said that his team was happy to play day-night Tests in Australia as long as the players were given enough time and notice to prepare.

"We played the day-night Test [against Bangladesh] here, we were pretty happy with how it went," Kohli said. "It's become a very exciting feature of any Test series and we're open to playing day-night Tests. We're ready and up for the challenge - whether it's Gabba, Perth... it doesn't matter to us, we have the skillsets as a team now to compete against anyone in the world, anywhere, in any format of the game, whether it's white ball, red ball or pink ball, we're ready to play anything."

At the meeting, the BCCI also discussed the possible venues for England's tour of India next year, which will be India's last engagement in the inaugural cycle of the World Test Championship - each team has to play six Test series with the WTC final scheduled to be held at Lord's in June 2021. Being a marquee series, the BCCI has decided to cash in by shortlisting Motera as a likely venue for the day-night fixture.

The ground has not hosted international cricket since November 2014, when India played Sri Lanka in an ODI, as the Gujarat Cricket Association wanted to renovate the facility completely, including relaying the pitches as well as the outfield. The new-look stadium, once it is complete - which should be very soon - will become the biggest cricket ground in the world with a capacity of 110,000.

 

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It sounds like Nic Maddinson is going well and could get another opportunity. I don't mind that.

He needs to have respect for his wicket . He should grind out 20 (like I used to) and then unleash fury (like I didn't use to).
 

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https://mobile.abc.net.au/news/2020...-bradman-discovered-in-nfsa-donation/11988988

The only known colour film of Sir Donald Bradman playing cricket has been discovered in a gift to the National Film and Sound Archive of Australia (NFSA) and the donor had no idea what he had.

Key points:
  • The footage shows Bradman batting in his second-last first-class innings, in 1949
  • It came a year after his famous final Test dismissal
  • The man who donated the film had "no idea" what was on it
The film was shot in February 1949 as Sir Donald Bradman played his second-last first-class innings in a testimonial match for two of his old New South Wales captains, Alan Kippax and Bert Oldfield, at the SCG.

He was 40 years old and had been recently knighted.

The bright colour footage shows him striding to the crease in front of a packed crowd of more than 41,000 people and playing a few of his trademark leg glances and pulls.

He scored 53 runs in 65 minutes in the first innings before he was caught out off the bowling of his old teammate, Keith Miller, and did not bat in the second.

Donor had 'no idea' Bradman was in footage

The 16-millimetre colour footage was shot by George Hobbs, who worked as a cameraman for the Department of Information during World War II and later for ABC TV.

It was donated to the NFSA by George Hobbs's son, Adrian, in a can marked "Manly and Bondi Beach, Sydney, 1949".

The senior curatorial officer at the NFSA, Jeffrey Ray, said the Bradman footage was only discovered when the film was undergoing a technical assessment.

"It was just fascinating that it came in and the donor had no idea that it actually contained Don Bradman footage," Mr Ray said.

"The feeling is quite amazing, because it really is unexpected and to get something that really shows someone of such significance as Sir Donald Bradman in colour and doing what he does best — playing cricket in the middle — is just a very special sort of feeling.

he was bowled for a second-ball duck against England at the Oval.

What is not as widely known as that final Test dismissal is that Bradman scored another four centuries in first-class cricket after that Test, including three in England and one during his own testimonial match earlier in Melbourne.

He played one more first-class innings in another testimonial match for AJ Richardson, scoring 30 in the first innings before he sprained his ankle on a sunken water tap while fielding.
 

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Possibly the best cricket ground in Australia, maybe even the world will host NSW XI v The Lions from Monday 2/3/20 at North Dalton Park in a 4 day match...


https://www.cricketnsw.com.au/news/...ions-north-dalton-park-okeefe-sams/2020-02-28

NSW XI to play England Lions

Ryan Gibson ( c )
Nick Bertus
Mickey Edwards
Ryan Hackney
Ryan Hadley
Tyran Liddiard
Arjun Nair
Stephen O’Keefe
Daniel Sams
Jason Sangha
Charlie Stobo
Tim Ward


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