Public Address | Cafe | Field Theory: Cricket season https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/ en-us Copyright (c) 2026 Public Address Kyle Matthews https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-cricket-season/?p=151938#post151938 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-cricket-season/?p=151938#post151938 the "captain is in charge" thing seems to be harking back to days gone by. until the mid-70s, international cricket teams didn't have coaches. they had a captain and a manager, but the manager's job mainly consisted of making sure everyone got on the team bus before it left. in… ]]> Sat, 06 Feb 2010 10:04:24 +1300 Matthew Littlewood https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-cricket-season/?p=151750#post151750 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-cricket-season/?p=151750#post151750

The "captain is in charge" thing seems to be harking back to days gone by. until the mid-70s, international cricket teams didn't have coaches. they had a captain and a manager, but the manager's job mainly consisted of making sure everyone got on the team bus before it left...

...which…

]]> Thu, 04 Feb 2010 22:54:46 +1300 Ngaire BookieMonster https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-cricket-season/?p=151740#post151740 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-cricket-season/?p=151740#post151740 So pleased to see the NZers playing again last night.

With two McCullums. Two. Lovely. We are spoiled.

But it would be nice if someone could help Bangladesh with their fielding. *sigh*

BTW I saw a piece on Jesse Ryder on sport news several weeks ago – he looked terribly…

]]> Thu, 04 Feb 2010 19:28:49 +1300 stephen walker https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-cricket-season/?p=151736#post151736 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-cricket-season/?p=151736#post151736 @Kyle:
the "captain is in charge" thing seems to be harking back to days gone by. until the mid-70s, international cricket teams didn't have coaches. they had a captain and a manager, but the manager's job mainly consisted of making sure everyone got on the team bus before it left.…

]]> Thu, 04 Feb 2010 17:19:35 +1300 Kyle Matthews https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-cricket-season/?p=151733#post151733 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-cricket-season/?p=151733#post151733 When you look at that photo, and think about test cricket, it does make a mockery of cricket uniforms and colours. There's not really any need for it in the game, it's just cricket getting into the merchandising game isn't it?

The bizarre wheedling around the new coach's position, which…

]]> Thu, 04 Feb 2010 16:59:54 +1300 Michael Homer https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-cricket-season/?p=151731#post151731 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-cricket-season/?p=151731#post151731 Thu, 04 Feb 2010 16:55:12 +1300 Public Address https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-cricket-season/?p=151730#post151730 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-cricket-season/?p=151730#post151730 Discussion from blog post.

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