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Post by Deleted on Jul 3, 2016 21:07:27 GMT
He is a left arm fast bowler previously of Essex now playing for Sussex , I haven't seen a lot of him myself ,but he does appear to be genuinely quick and he's left arm which is another useful point in his favour ...apparently though I read that he has a dodgy back and it seems that may affect his ability to bowl the number of overs that would be required at Test Match level , that remains to be seen of course but it would be useful to have a look at him in the shorter forms of the game . Struggles to even play much 50over cricket because of his back. But he's rapid something we haven't had in a long time. Saw his opening spell against Somerset on the t20s. Of the best 20-20 players couldn't play him. Think most will struggle against 95/96mph bowling though There is no substitute for genuine pace mate .
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Post by Deleted on Jul 5, 2016 19:07:56 GMT
Good bowling performance in the T20 - with Sri Lanka restricted to 140 all out on the final ball, Mills bowled well and economically but didn't get a wicket. Dawson did well to get 3 wickets. 141 should be an attainable target.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 5, 2016 20:30:19 GMT
Easy win for England by 8 wickets with 2.3 overs to spare. Great knock by Buttler (again) and good support from Morgan. Sri Lanka have been pretty poor throughout the tour though. No doubt Pakistan will prove a stiffer test in the coming series.
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Post by partickpotter on Jul 6, 2016 1:16:19 GMT
A very satisfying summer of cricket so far England have been impressive... But Sri Lanka have been woeful. Here's looking to a more competitive series against Pakistan.
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Post by followyoudown on Jul 6, 2016 17:23:25 GMT
A very satisfying summer of cricket so far England have been impressive... But Sri Lanka have been woeful. Here's looking to a more competitive series against Pakistan. Amir seems to be back where he was before the fixing so Pakistan will be very competitive. I reckon England will go Butler over Borthwick with Stokes not being fully fit hope it doesn't turn counterproductive and knock Bairstow's form.
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Post by partickpotter on Jul 6, 2016 18:19:03 GMT
England have been impressive... But Sri Lanka have been woeful. Here's looking to a more competitive series against Pakistan. Amir seems to be back where he was before the fixing so Pakistan will be very competitive. I reckon England will go Butler over Borthwick with Stokes not being fully fit hope it doesn't turn counterproductive and knock Bairstow's form. I think you are right - Borthwick's time will come though. The only question is over Finn. I'd drop him in favour of Plunkett. Ali's time in the team is numbered. Can't be long before Rashid is given a shot. Cook Hayles Vince Root Bairstow Ali Butler Woakes Broad Anderson Finn ?
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Post by followyoudown on Jul 6, 2016 20:42:54 GMT
Amir seems to be back where he was before the fixing so Pakistan will be very competitive. I reckon England will go Butler over Borthwick with Stokes not being fully fit hope it doesn't turn counterproductive and knock Bairstow's form. I think you are right - Borthwick's time will come though. The only question is over Finn. I'd drop him in favour of Plunkett. Ali's time in the team is numbered. Can't be long before Rashid is given a shot. Cook Hayles Vince Root Bairstow Ali Butler Woakes Broad Anderson Finn ? Borthwick and Ansari are going to be competing for Vince's place in India if he doesn't nail his place down. Would think Rashid and Ali would both play there too been impressed with Rashid's control in the one dayers so if Mo doesn't perform he may get his chance. I'd stick with Finn needs a injury free run in the side. Should be an interesting series.
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Post by partickpotter on Jul 7, 2016 3:54:04 GMT
I think you are right - Borthwick's time will come though. The only question is over Finn. I'd drop him in favour of Plunkett. Ali's time in the team is numbered. Can't be long before Rashid is given a shot. Cook Hayles Vince Root Bairstow Ali Butler Woakes Broad Anderson Finn ? Borthwick and Ansari are going to be competing for Vince's place in India if he doesn't nail his place down. Would think Rashid and Ali would both play there too been impressed with Rashid's control in the one dayers so if Mo doesn't perform he may get his chance. I'd stick with Finn needs a injury free run in the side. Should be an interesting series. Assuming Stokes comes back for the second test / who makes way? You'd have said Woakes a few weeks ago, but he has been excellent with bat and ball. I think Finn's coat is on a shoogly peg!
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Post by Theninjabadger on Jul 7, 2016 11:18:23 GMT
Borthwick and Ansari are going to be competing for Vince's place in India if he doesn't nail his place down. Would think Rashid and Ali would both play there too been impressed with Rashid's control in the one dayers so if Mo doesn't perform he may get his chance. I'd stick with Finn needs a injury free run in the side. Should be an interesting series. Assuming Stokes comes back for the second test / who makes way? You'd have said Woakes a few weeks ago, but he has been excellent with bat and ball. I think Finn's coat is on a shoogly peg! No stokes, buttler or borthwick. Ballance recalled but Root will bat at 3. No Anderson either which will be a massive blow. Big chance for Toby Roland-Jones or Jake Ball though
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Post by followyoudown on Jul 7, 2016 12:45:54 GMT
Borthwick and Ansari are going to be competing for Vince's place in India if he doesn't nail his place down. Would think Rashid and Ali would both play there too been impressed with Rashid's control in the one dayers so if Mo doesn't perform he may get his chance. I'd stick with Finn needs a injury free run in the side. Should be an interesting series. Assuming Stokes comes back for the second test / who makes way? You'd have said Woakes a few weeks ago, but he has been excellent with bat and ball. I think Finn's coat is on a shoogly peg! I forgot about Anderson's injury, Mike Selvey who is a pretty good judge reckons Finn looked like he had his rhythm back in the last Middlesex game. Expected Ballance to get another chance sometime but his form is pretty average this season..
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Post by Theninjabadger on Jul 7, 2016 14:29:34 GMT
Assuming Stokes comes back for the second test / who makes way? You'd have said Woakes a few weeks ago, but he has been excellent with bat and ball. I think Finn's coat is on a shoogly peg! I forgot about Anderson's injury, Mike Selvey who is a pretty good judge reckons Finn looked like he had his rhythm back in the last Middlesex game. Expected Ballance to get another chance sometime but his form is pretty average this season.. Quite surprised to see Ballance recalled as you say he's been quite average this year averaging mid 30s. Feel sorry for Borthwick think he's done more than enough to deserve a chance. Would of like to see Buttler back as well behind the stumps and Bairstow as a specialist batsmen. I don't think I've ever known an England team with so many options, especially when the likes of Stokes and Wood are fit again
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Post by partickpotter on Jul 7, 2016 16:26:24 GMT
I forgot about Anderson's injury, Mike Selvey who is a pretty good judge reckons Finn looked like he had his rhythm back in the last Middlesex game. Expected Ballance to get another chance sometime but his form is pretty average this season.. Quite surprised to see Ballance recalled as you say he's been quite average this year averaging mid 30s. Feel sorry for Borthwick think he's done more than enough to deserve a chance. Would of like to see Buttler back as well behind the stumps and Bairstow as a specialist batsmen. I don't think I've ever known an England team with so many options, especially when the likes of Stokes and Wood are fit again Gob-smacked about Ballance. I hope he's sorted out his appalling lack of footwork that made him a walking wicket last time he played. Hopefully the selectors have seen an improvement in technique because his stats don't merit a recall. I'll be pissed off if gets out tamely trapped on his crease nudging catches behind. Time will tell.
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Post by Theninjabadger on Jul 7, 2016 16:43:24 GMT
Quite surprised to see Ballance recalled as you say he's been quite average this year averaging mid 30s. Feel sorry for Borthwick think he's done more than enough to deserve a chance. Would of like to see Buttler back as well behind the stumps and Bairstow as a specialist batsmen. I don't think I've ever known an England team with so many options, especially when the likes of Stokes and Wood are fit again Gob-smacked about Ballance. I hope he's sorted out his appalling lack of footwork that made him a walking wicket last time he played. Hopefully the selectors have seen an improvement in technique because his stats don't merit a recall. I'll be pissed off if gets out tamely trapped on his crease nudging catches behind. Time will tell. I hope we get the Ballance pre ashes. When he was averaging 50+ and looked one of the best batsmen in the world. Hales managed to sort out his uncertainty around off stump in a couple of months. Footwork is more tricky to sort out but hopefully he's sorted it
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Post by followyoudown on Jul 8, 2016 13:12:35 GMT
Gob-smacked about Ballance. I hope he's sorted out his appalling lack of footwork that made him a walking wicket last time he played. Hopefully the selectors have seen an improvement in technique because his stats don't merit a recall. I'll be pissed off if gets out tamely trapped on his crease nudging catches behind. Time will tell. I hope we get the Ballance pre ashes. When he was averaging 50+ and looked one of the best batsmen in the world. Hales managed to sort out his uncertainty around off stump in a couple of months. Footwork is more tricky to sort out but hopefully he's sorted it Yes easy to forget how quickly he raced to a 1,000 test runs, still a strange choice though Borthwick's form seems to have dropped just at the wrong time but for the life of me I can't understand why James Hildreth never gets a mention, consistently one of the top scorers, was captain of the Lions a few years back and then just dropped and overlooked ever since.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 9, 2016 22:00:56 GMT
Gob-smacked about Ballance. I hope he's sorted out his appalling lack of footwork that made him a walking wicket last time he played. Hopefully the selectors have seen an improvement in technique because his stats don't merit a recall. I'll be pissed off if gets out tamely trapped on his crease nudging catches behind. Time will tell. I hope we get the Ballance pre ashes. When he was averaging 50+ and looked one of the best batsmen in the world. Hales managed to sort out his uncertainty around off stump in a couple of months. Footwork is more tricky to sort out but hopefully he's sorted it It's going to be hard for Ballance to sort out his footwork as his is minimal anyway , he certainly scored very heavily when he broke into the side , but he struggles against the moving ball his lack of footwork doesn't allow him get behind the line In the way that he should ...he's not the first left hander to have these problems and he won't be the last but he was particularly poor in this respect last summer ...being out of form as well though always highlights these deficiencies more than well you are playing well.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 9, 2016 22:06:30 GMT
I hope we get the Ballance pre ashes. When he was averaging 50+ and looked one of the best batsmen in the world. Hales managed to sort out his uncertainty around off stump in a couple of months. Footwork is more tricky to sort out but hopefully he's sorted it Yes easy to forget how quickly he raced to a 1,000 test runs, still a strange choice though Borthwick's form seems to have dropped just at the wrong time but for the life of me I can't understand why James Hildreth never gets a mention, consistently one of the top scorers, was captain of the Lions a few years back and then just dropped and overlooked ever since. I always thought Hildreth a little hard done by myself , he's ways looked a classy act to me he never got the opportunity he deserved and I now suspect hat he will be overlooked as his time has passed him by .....shame.
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Post by blurtonboy on Jul 13, 2016 12:29:03 GMT
Alastair Cook has confirmed that Jake Ball will make his Test debut tomorrow. Looking forward to seeing what the lad can offer. Not using Dukes anymore then?
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Post by BigKahunaBurger on Jul 14, 2016 9:06:52 GMT
Day 1 of what will hopefully be a more competitive Test series.
A series win will give us a full set of Test trophies.
Mohammad Amir's return to Test cricket too. Interesting to see how he goes.
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Post by partickpotter on Jul 14, 2016 11:17:25 GMT
Woakes becoming a fixture in the side - that was a cracking delivery!
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Post by BigKahunaBurger on Jul 14, 2016 11:19:48 GMT
Woakes becoming a fixture in the side - that was a cracking delivery! Has to be the 4th pace bowler when Stokes and Anderson return.
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Post by Theninjabadger on Jul 14, 2016 11:36:33 GMT
Woakes becoming a fixture in the side - that was a cracking delivery! Has to be the 4th pace bowler when Stokes and Anderson return. Big game this is for Steven Finn. Anderson will be fit for 2nd test, Stokes must be due to start bowling soon, Mark Woods fit again and Jake Ball looks a good prospect. Finn has to find some form soon or he will right back down in the pecking order
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Post by BigKahunaBurger on Jul 14, 2016 11:45:08 GMT
Has to be the 4th pace bowler when Stokes and Anderson return. Big game this is for Steven Finn. Anderson will be fit for 2nd test, Stokes must be due to start bowling soon, Mark Woods fit again and Jake Ball looks a good prospect. Finn has to find some form soon or he will right back down in the pecking order Yes big game for Finn. A wealth of options available for the England selectors. Anderson, Broad and Stokes pick themselves. Wood, Woakes, Finn, Ball all fighting it out for the 4th spot.
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Post by Theninjabadger on Jul 14, 2016 11:54:23 GMT
Big game this is for Steven Finn. Anderson will be fit for 2nd test, Stokes must be due to start bowling soon, Mark Woods fit again and Jake Ball looks a good prospect. Finn has to find some form soon or he will right back down in the pecking order Yes big game for Finn. A wealth of options available for the England selectors. Anderson, Broad and Stokes pick themselves. Wood, Woakes, Finn, Ball all fighting it out for the 4th spot. With Stokes, Ali (or Rashid) and Woakes being genuine all rounders they might be tempted to go 5 seamers and a spinner. So Vinces spot might be up for grabs, he hasn't exactly set the test world on fire. I'd like to see Buttler back with the gloves and Bairstow as a specialist batsmen. I can't recall having a stronger pool of players
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Post by BigKahunaBurger on Jul 14, 2016 11:56:27 GMT
Yes big game for Finn. A wealth of options available for the England selectors. Anderson, Broad and Stokes pick themselves. Wood, Woakes, Finn, Ball all fighting it out for the 4th spot. With Stokes, Ali (or Rashid) and Woakes being genuine all rounders they might be tempted to go 5 seamers and a spinner. So Vinces spot might be up for grabs, he hasn't exactly set the test world on fire. I'd like to see Buttler back with the gloves and Bairstow as a specialist batsmen. I can't recall having a stronger pool of players You're right. Definitely an option. I agree about Buttler and Bairstow, although Bairstow has made it clear he wants to keep wicket.
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Post by followyoudown on Jul 14, 2016 12:44:39 GMT
Woakes becoming a fixture in the side - that was a cracking delivery! Who was that poster sticking up for him and saying don't write him off in November
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Post by partickpotter on Jul 14, 2016 16:12:23 GMT
Yes big game for Finn. A wealth of options available for the England selectors. Anderson, Broad and Stokes pick themselves. Wood, Woakes, Finn, Ball all fighting it out for the 4th spot. With Stokes, Ali (or Rashid) and Woakes being genuine all rounders they might be tempted to go 5 seamers and a spinner. So Vinces spot might be up for grabs, he hasn't exactly set the test world on fire. I'd like to see Buttler back with the gloves and Bairstow as a specialist batsmen. I can't recall having a stronger pool of players I think you are right to highlight Rashid. Ali is not a front line spinner which is what he is in the team for. Rashid is more than good enough to bat at 8 and has the potential to be an excellent spinner.
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Post by partickpotter on Jul 14, 2016 16:34:41 GMT
The questions over Finn and Ali as bowlers are not exactly being answered in the affirmative so far on day 1.
72 overs bowled, Pakistan are 245-4.
Finn and Ali have bowled 21 of those overs taken no wickets and conceded 111 runs.
Meaning Broad, Woakes and Ball have bowled 51 overs and taken 4 for 134
The weak links in our bowling attack are glaringly obvious today.
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Post by Theninjabadger on Jul 14, 2016 17:17:27 GMT
The questions over Finn and Ali as bowlers are not exactly being answered in the affirmative so far on day 1. 72 overs bowled, Pakistan are 245-4. Finn and Ali have bowled 21 of those overs taken no wickets and conceded 111 runs. Meaning Broad, Woakes and Ball have bowled 51 overs and taken 4 for 134 The weak links in our bowling attack are glaringly obvious today. Yeah Ali and Finn have to be left out for the next test. That fact that Ali is consistently hit out of the attack means he can't bowl as a front line spinner. If we play 2 spinners that's fair enough but Rashid deserves a run in the side. Finn needs a another spell out of the side to sort himself back out again.
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Post by Squeekster on Jul 14, 2016 18:01:25 GMT
Reports that Micheal Carbery has been diagnosed with cancer, all the best Mike.
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Post by bathstoke on Jul 14, 2016 18:33:57 GMT
I'm flicking between the Tour de France & Cricket highlights. Deep JoyXx
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