Bears/Pears/Domestic Cricket Thread

[UK Redsox]

'The Hundred' preliminary picks

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/49921009

England all-rounder Ben Stokes was selected instead of Test captain Joe Root for the Leeds-based Northern Superchargers in The Hundred.

Root will play for the Nottingham-based Trent Rockets, while England fast bowler Jofra Archer will represent Southampton-based Southern Brave.

The eight new teams for next year had the chance to draft England's male red-ball contracted players on Thursday.

Seam bowlers James Anderson and Stuart Broad were not chosen.

[UK Redsox]

Team                          Men's players                                   Women's players
Birmingham Phoenix   Chris Woakes, Moeen Ali, Pat Brown   Amy Jones, Kirstie Gordon

[UK Redsox]

[UK Redsox]

Team names are rubbish

[Villan For Life]

Team names are rubbish

The kits are even worse.

[paul_e]

Team names are rubbish

The kits are even worse.

Birmingham Pheonix, Oval Invincibles, London Spirit, Trent Rockets, Welsh Fire, Manchester Originals, Northern Superchargers and Southern Brave, in that order.


Typically birmingham got the shittiest one of the lot altohugh at least we haven't got a fucking hula-hoop on the front.

[Villan For Life]

So who is going to watch this then? There’s a lot of negative publicity from county members etc and I’m concerned about the potential changes to the schedule that this will cause and this will become clear in November when the fixtures for next season are released.

However whether we like it or want it is irrelevant. It’s happening so I will take the opportunity to watch the best players in the world in a UK competition, some of whom will play in the Birmingham team.

[Chinchilla Bathhouse]

Is it going to be on Sky?

[Meanwood Villa]

On the BBC

[cdbearsfan]

I think BBC are showing the odd game but not all of it.

[cdbearsfan]

The whole thing is just so badly thought out. Welsh Fire Women are playing their home games at... Bristol and Taunton.

I'm sure those will attract bumper crowds. 😒

[Chinchilla Bathhouse]

If it's on terrestrial telly I'll probably watch bits, but I can't summon up any enthusiasm for it.  The whole thing seems so appalling and ill-conceived that even dressing the players up as packets of crisps doesn't seem that stupid.

[UK Redsox]

The whole thing is just so badly thought out. Welsh Fire Women are playing their home games at... Bristol and Taunton.

I'm sure those will attract bumper crowds. 😒

Yep, that name seems daft.

Wales & West Fire or Western Fire would work.

I'd have just reused the old Western Storm name for both the men's and women's teams

[cdbearsfan]

Or just call them "Glamorgan" and have them play in Cardiff...

[Lastfootstamper]

I've not been this unexcited about cricket since I was four.