AB Devilliers is 37 years old, plays cricket only for 2 months in a year and scored 48(27) and 76*(34) in the space of 3 matches at Chepauk in
#IPL2021
This would be a better photo if Rohan Mustafa, Graeme Cremer, William Porterfield, Kyle Coetzer, Babar Hayat, Pieter Seelaar and Paras Khadka were in it.
As an 8 year old in 1992 Dad took me to Headingly to see Sachin make 90 odd for Yorkshire.
19 years on, I stood at slip when he opened at a packed Kotla in Delhi, in the world cup. I couldn't hear myself think. It was crazy.
My Dad was in the stand watching Sachin again.
#lucky
Painful day watching my wife make 120* yesterday. My calls for the boys to come round the wicket and bump s*** out of her fell on deaf ears.
@gradecricketer
Pushed the covers off with the roller this morning
@VRAcricket
Unfortunately I have rolled a rat into the wicket.
Best of luck to the keepers standing up to the stumps today.
Rashid Khan went for $1.4m today in the ipl auction and I got 2 for 1 chicken soup on my supermarket bonus card.
A good day for the both of us.
#winning
Last ball of super over, Neesham shouldn't have run the 2nd imo. He should have just waited next to Buttler for the throw to come in and twatted it away for four....
It has been my absolute privilege to play and lead this team and I'm so proud of what we have achieved. I've feel very lucky indeed. Cricket in orange has been my life. I will miss it so much. I have so many great memories. Go well boys!
#metamorphosis
Kane Williamson gets a game in the ipl. Does well. And all the coverage is positive in a slightly condescending way.
Since 2018 he averages over 40 with a strikerate over 140 in the format.
Its not really a surprise when he dominates.
Flying to Harare for
@cricketworldcup
qualifiers. These tournaments are ruthless and we are looking forward to the challenge. Can't wait to see our boys step up. This is what we play for.
@KNCBcricket
#oranje
I work with professional cricketers and I work with recreational cricketers. Tonight I had one of the best sessions with the vra women in the dark and rain. Conditions that training would normally be off.
No chance of that, we kept going. The girls get it.
#lovecricket
It was only Netherlands vs Nepal. (Only?!?)
There was only 400 people there. (Generous estimate)
But seriously, was yesterday the most dramatic finish in odi history?
(Quite possibly)
Unbelievable scenes. Paras wins it for Nepal.
Cricket at its best.
#NEDvsNEP
@KNCBcricket
@kaustats
How do you do this? Some people hate random stats, but i love yours, because they are just what they are. Random awesome stats. Not trying to necessarily say anything profound.
But always interesting.
As a coach for 18 years I've worked with u9s and I've worked with pro players. I think I contribute.
But its hard at 11/13 yrs old.
Not because there is anything wrong with the kids.
The parents tho are insufferable.
Calm down, your nice kid doesn't have to be kohli tomorrow
True story:
In the highest domestic league in Holland, a ball was hit in the creek & couldn't be retrieved. A replacement was found. The umpire walked to the creek, dipped the ball in the water, therefore ensuring it was in the same condition, before tossing it to the bowler.
Best knocks I've been at the ground for:
Sehwag 195 boxing day
Astle double hundred chch
Tendulkar 100 mcg on Lee debut
Ten Doeschate 100 vs Eng 2011wc
Szwarczynski 98 vs SA @ VRA
Scotland will get piled on here after losing badly at sharjah to Afghanistan.
People ought to keep in mind they beat Bangladesh last week.
They can play better than today. And will.
Was born in christchurch in the early 80s, grew up there loving cricket. With no money, we used to jump the fence at Lancaster Park. That was a thrill in itself, but the motivation behind that and the reward for it afterward was inevitably down to Chris Cairns. He was our hero.
A. When a batter is diving to reach his/her crease scrambling a second run and the ball hits his/her bat the ball is then deemed dead.
B. If the super over of a world cup final is tied, teams to play another super over.
What are you saying here?
Be competitive yes. But don't be racist or homophobic.
Good guys or not, heat of the moment or not, there's just no need for it. Glad there are stump mics to give light to this rubbish, so it can stop.
After Sarfraz it’s Shannon Gabriel now who could be in trouble thanks to the stump mics.
#ICC
must brainstorm and decide if increased use of stump mics is actually good for the game or not.
Feel very lucky to have been one of them. After all the build up I can honestly say I have never experienced anything like the moment that Boult knocked over Burns first ball.
Pandemonium.
I coach people who are already good. I'm reluctant to suggest many technical changes & prefer to talk about how to be an effective player.
Today tho I made a technical breakthrough with one of my regular boys.
So satisfying.
He trusts me.
Wow it felt good as a coach!
I was just gutted as a 9 year old boy in 1992. Will never forget it.
These are quite remarkable coincidences. Or are they?
Am hoping for an
@BLACKCAPS
win tomorrow. But a small voice in my head says 'Pakistan, zindabad!!!'
Oman vs PNG and Sctland vs Bangladesh tomorrow.
This intial qualifying round of the
@T20WorldCup
is 'cricket with consequences'.
Epic.
Oman and Scotland tomorrow my picks for what its worth....
This Sharjah track reminds me very much of Eden Park '92 world cup.
@BLACKCAPS
should really think about bringing back Dipak Patel, Chris Harris, Gavin Larsen, Rod Latham and Willie Watson....
I am a big fan of
@gerharderasmus
Has led his team through the tournament with a destroyed finger. Can hardly hold the bat (a shame given his undoubted quality with it). Fields in all the hotspots (gun runout the other day) and a top spell with the ball
#leader
@CricketNamibia1
Oh yessss. That last wicket, the celebration and the home crowd just lost it. Scotland a good team, the Grange a great venue, more of these games please.
Serious knock from Sompal there for Nepal. And his team needed it. The wicket looks pretty good today mind you. Nepal will have to show their usual discipline and passion in the field to defend.
#NEDvNEP
#backingorange
This is so yuck ugh gross....
The 'we are the countries who generate all the income' argument is bollocks because that's why you have broadcast deals (which dwarf these figures..)
This is the games money....the game belongs to everyone.
Self interest, yuck.
Grow the sport.
11% for cricket's 94 Associate nations - half of what it was until 2015, and a totally different policy to other sports.
This is a central reason why - despite some excellent work being done - the game has not globalised as quickly as it could have
Was just getting off the bus with my groceries, somehow my shorts hooked right over an old ladies arm rest, i fell, completely ripped my shorts. Ended spread eagled on the floor in my underpants next to my jumbo pack of toilet roll....
#notideal
Oman vs PNG and Sctland vs Bangladesh tomorrow.
This intial qualifying round of the
@T20WorldCup
is 'cricket with consequences'.
Epic.
Oman and Scotland tomorrow my picks for what its worth....
Of course the team and all
@KNCBcricket
are very proud and celebrating winning the
@ICCWCLC
. A real achievement. But now the real hard work starts. We have an amazing opportunity. We have a responsibility to the future of cricket in our country.
Let's take that chance...
In 11 innings across all formats this tour of NZ, Kohli has averaged 19.8.
Which is a lot better than his average across all formats against the Netherlands.
#lookonthebrightside
An awesome trip to Nepal, 3 50 over games vs Ireland A next week and two odis vs Scotland.
Not only great prep for the crucial super league matches in June, but awesome learning and development exercises.
Well done to
@KNCBcricket
for organising this programme. Not easy right now
It's a sad fact that many in the Dutch cricketing community would rather see the continuance of our reliance on expat Saffas, Aussies and Kiwis than (heaven forbid!) a national team made up of talented dutch born and bred second or third generation kids of asian heritage.
Obviously everyone who thinks it's unfair that the 'best' teams dont make the final would have preferred a 50 game tri series between India, England and Australia.
Quite a remarkable opportunity for people in Holland to see world class players mixing it with dutch talent in our backyard. I hope everyone gets in behind the
@et20s
If anything this tournament so far has highlighted the fact that cricket desperately needs to spread its wings and become more inclusionary.
And then there is Anand's take...
Ugh
Well done to Nepal.
@seelaar8
and his bowlers did a great job in trying to defend a below par total.
A few too many dots today cost the boys.
Just the warm ups. This
@KNCBcricket
will get there.
Sitting on a packed terrace in Amsterdam, having a quiet beer and eavesdropping on the next tables conversation.
Two random Dutch guys discussing their batting technique against fast bowling.
#lovecricket