big nev lookalike
Player Valuation: £8m
Yes that was a bit of a learning curve but Middlesex bowled well. Tom Haines has done well this season,captaining for over half of it. Hollman bowled really well and deserved his 10 for.
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The test match has been cancelled 
If there are no positive tests among the players then I don't really understand what's going on
Really unfair on everyone who has paid for tickets, hotels, travel and taken time off.
If there are no positive tests among the players then I don't really understand what's going on
Really unfair on everyone who has paid for tickets, hotels, travel and taken time off.
roydo
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The test match has been cancelled
If there are no positive tests among the players then I don't really understand what's going on
Really unfair on everyone who has paid for tickets, hotels, travel and taken time off.
Not good is it? The inference is that making sure the Indian players are available for the IPL in a week or so trumps a test match, allegedly.
That's what I've heard suggested on the radio, but who knows. It re-starts in 10 days, which happens to be the isolation period for a covid case.
If they really were concerned then why not do more tests today with a view to starting tomorrow with a 4 day match and add the extra hour every day?
To call a game off on the morning of an important test match, without positive tests, seems completely over the top.
It should absolutely be a forfeit. If you refuse to field a side when you could, then you lose. That's a basic of sport. My side got -4 points deduction for the game we couldn't field a side this summer! And that was at 3rd XI level!
big nev lookalike
Player Valuation: £8m
India have forfeited the match,which to me means they could have played but decided not to?
The binman chronicles
Player Valuation: £80m
One way to win a test match. One of England's best results - didn't lose a wicket I hear.
Was minutes away from getting on the train from Lime Street and then they cancelled
Two years I’ve had tickets for. Two years. Sod the IPL.
Two years I’ve had tickets for. Two years. Sod the IPL.
bcblue1878
Player Valuation: £50m
Now being reported in some places that they haven’t forfeited the game and it’ll be down to the “authorities” to make a decision on any result!
If I was a betting man I’d guess there’ll be not a single sign of Covid amongst the Indian players when the IPL starts!
Ridiculous decision to cancel the game
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superkeeper
Player Valuation: £8m
What an absolute farce this is to call it off so close to the first delivery. A friend of mine was already on the train when it got called off and there’s plenty of other people that will have been short changed from all this, especially those who had tickets for over a year or so. Not going to lie, as soon as the first positive test came in from their staff, I was expecting the test match to be canned, just not made so late.
tommye
Player Valuation: £120m
Cash is king.Now being reported in some places that they haven’t forfeited the game and it’ll be down to the “authorities” to make a decision on any result!
If I was a betting man I’d guess there’ll be not a single sign of Covid amongst the Indian players when the IPL starts!
Ridiculous decision to cancel the game
The BCCI effectively run cricket nowadays. IPL is the daddy and aint nothing changing that any time soon.
All about the money, money...
tommye
Player Valuation: £120m
India wanted it shifting in May. Absolutely reeks.