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Post by cobhamstokey on Mar 20, 2021 18:06:16 GMT
he’s horrible. Needs someone like Dennis Lillee to stick one on him. Thing is Buttler is a very affable chap, Jonny Bairstow I could understand😀 yep Buttlers a gentleman. You can imagine his arrogance really gets under people’s skin.
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Post by Cns on Mar 20, 2021 18:12:39 GMT
I think there's room for Root in this t20 team, strike rates are no good at 180 when you're out for under 20.
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Post by thehartshillbadger on Mar 20, 2021 18:16:32 GMT
I think there's room for Root in this t20 team, strike rates are no good at 180 when you're out for under 20. Maybe as a bowling all rounder, I know that sounds crazy
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Post by prestwichpotter on Mar 20, 2021 18:59:41 GMT
Seems a bit of a wasted series to me. It was a good opportunity to have a look at a few players on the fringes of the side in conditions they will be faced with during the World Cup. Instead we played the same side every game apart from the Wood injury and it’s fair to say there are probably more questions than answers after that. Stokes isn’t bringing anything to the side, he either needs to bat higher up or be replaced by a bowling all-rounder who is capable of bowling four decent overs. Bairstow just isn’t a number four and it’s seems an age since Roy or Morgan made a meaningful contribution in this format. Jordan and Curran are nowhere near good enough to get an a side looking to win the World Cup. Yep it’s a series leaving more questions than answers. Root will be nailed on for the World Cup not only for his batting but for his spin in Indian conditions. Stokes should be most at risk, bowled ok under the circumstances today but his stats are extremely average and he’s a leftie. Woakes is better with the ball and far far better with the bat than Curran, another guaranteed change for me. There’s a few that need to up their game though including the captain himself. The 50 over games must be used to blood some of the squad and give them game time in the international stage.....
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Post by partickpotter on Mar 20, 2021 19:01:07 GMT
Thing is Buttler is a very affable chap, Jonny Bairstow I could understand😀 yep Buttlers a gentleman. You can imagine his arrogance really gets under people’s skin. Vernon “fucking knobhead” Philander may beg to differ on the subject of Buttler being a gentleman. I suspect he may think he is more of a player.
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Post by sheikhmomo on Mar 21, 2021 14:06:19 GMT
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Post by marylandstoke on Mar 21, 2021 15:33:01 GMT
ESPN+ First day of the WIndies Sri Lanka from The Viv.
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Post by prestwichpotter on Mar 21, 2021 16:05:18 GMT
I think we’ll get whitewashed with that bowling attack minus Archer, I hope I’m wrong.....
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Post by sheikhmomo on Mar 21, 2021 16:08:51 GMT
I think we’ll get whitewashed with that bowling attack minus Archer, I hope I’m wrong..... Sadly think you're bob on.
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Post by thehartshillbadger on Mar 21, 2021 16:10:17 GMT
I think we’ll get whitewashed with that bowling attack minus Archer, I hope I’m wrong..... Yes I think the T20’s were our best chance to take anything away from India. Not sure what India’s recent 50 over form has been mind.
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Post by prestwichpotter on Mar 21, 2021 16:33:21 GMT
I think we’ll get whitewashed with that bowling attack minus Archer, I hope I’m wrong..... Yes I think the T20’s were our best chance to take anything away from India. Not sure what India’s recent 50 over form has been mind. They've not played that much especially during the pandemic. Last 4 series they won at home to Australia and West Indies, and got whitewashed on their tours of New Zealand and Australia. I think they will be experimenting but their squad depth is frightening at the moment.....
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Post by chuckrocky on Mar 21, 2021 16:48:20 GMT
I think we’ll get whitewashed with that bowling attack minus Archer, I hope I’m wrong..... I was reading through the names waiting for a bowler to appear that would fill me with a bit of confidence. Unfortunately none appeared! See off Wood with the new ball and Rashid and it will be fill your boots time for the Indian batsmen. Archer, Woakes and Plunkett were such in big part in what made our World Cup winning side so successful. Our best side out of that squad for me would be: Roy Bairstow Livingston Morgan Stokes Buttler Mo S Curran Rashid Topley Wood
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Post by prestwichpotter on Mar 21, 2021 17:13:50 GMT
I think we’ll get whitewashed with that bowling attack minus Archer, I hope I’m wrong..... I was reading through the names waiting for a bowler to appear that would fill me with a bit of confidence. Unfortunately none appeared! See off Wood with the new ball and Rashid and it will be fill your boots time for the Indian batsmen. Archer, Woakes and Plunkett were such in big part in what made our World Cup winning side so successful. Our best side out of that squad for me would be: Roy Bairstow Livingston Morgan Stokes Buttler Mo S Curran Rashid Topley Wood I couldn't believe it when I saw Jake Ball on the reserve list, I thought he'd exited the England set up years ago. Where's the likes of Stone and Mahmood?
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Post by thehartshillbadger on Mar 21, 2021 17:16:41 GMT
I was reading through the names waiting for a bowler to appear that would fill me with a bit of confidence. Unfortunately none appeared! See off Wood with the new ball and Rashid and it will be fill your boots time for the Indian batsmen. Archer, Woakes and Plunkett were such in big part in what made our World Cup winning side so successful. Our best side out of that squad for me would be: Roy Bairstow Livingston Morgan Stokes Buttler Mo S Curran Rashid Topley Wood I couldn't believe it when I saw Jake Ball on the reserve list, I thought he'd exited the England set up years ago. Where's the likes of Stone and Mahmood? He was rubbish in the BBL as well. Still I’m sure the management know these players better than we do. Be good to see Livingstone given another crack, think he’s got good value in one day cricket
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Post by chuckrocky on Mar 21, 2021 17:30:01 GMT
I was reading through the names waiting for a bowler to appear that would fill me with a bit of confidence. Unfortunately none appeared! See off Wood with the new ball and Rashid and it will be fill your boots time for the Indian batsmen. Archer, Woakes and Plunkett were such in big part in what made our World Cup winning side so successful. Our best side out of that squad for me would be: Roy Bairstow Livingston Morgan Stokes Buttler Mo S Curran Rashid Topley Wood I couldn't believe it when I saw Jake Ball on the reserve list, I thought he'd exited the England set up years ago. Where's the likes of Stone and Mahmood? I can only presume Stone will be used sparingly in the lead up to the Ashes. Mahmood is a strange one because he seemed to be fast tracked into the one day set up despite not pulling up an trees in domestic cricket. Now he’s disappeared off the radar. You’d have thought someone like George Garton or Henry Brookes would have been a better option to have in the squad than Ball.
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Post by thehartshillbadger on Mar 21, 2021 17:45:19 GMT
I couldn't believe it when I saw Jake Ball on the reserve list, I thought he'd exited the England set up years ago. Where's the likes of Stone and Mahmood? I can only presume Stone will be used sparingly in the lead up to the Ashes. Mahmood is a strange one because he seemed to be fast tracked into the one day set up despite not pulling up an trees in domestic cricket. Now he’s disappeared off the radar. You’d have thought someone like George Garton or Henry Brookes would have been a better option to have in the squad than Ball. Mahmoud has done nothing to justify inclusion from what I can see, I don’t understand how he got in any England squad in the first place, he isn’t quick, doesn’t swing it. It’s all potential. Agree on Garton or maybe Tom Helm🤷🏻♂️
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Post by chuckrocky on Mar 21, 2021 17:51:48 GMT
I can only presume Stone will be used sparingly in the lead up to the Ashes. Mahmood is a strange one because he seemed to be fast tracked into the one day set up despite not pulling up an trees in domestic cricket. Now he’s disappeared off the radar. You’d have thought someone like George Garton or Henry Brookes would have been a better option to have in the squad than Ball. Mahmoud has done nothing to justify inclusion from what I can see, I don’t understand how he got in any England squad in the first place, he isn’t quick, doesn’t swing it. It’s all potential. Agree on Garton or maybe Tom Helm🤷🏻♂️ He certainly didn’t look anything special. He was apparently fast tracked into the side because of his pace yet he barely bowled a ball at 90mph in the few games he played. I forgot about Helm, he’s another who has surely got more going for him than Ball or even Tom Curran who doesn’t have any kind of future in the 50 over format.
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Post by prestwichpotter on Mar 21, 2021 19:53:38 GMT
I couldn't believe it when I saw Jake Ball on the reserve list, I thought he'd exited the England set up years ago. Where's the likes of Stone and Mahmood? I can only presume Stone will be used sparingly in the lead up to the Ashes. Mahmood is a strange one because he seemed to be fast tracked into the one day set up despite not pulling up an trees in domestic cricket. Now he’s disappeared off the radar. You’d have thought someone like George Garton or Henry Brookes would have been a better option to have in the squad than Ball. I’d rather still have Tim Bresnan in the squad than Ball and I’m not joking.....
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Post by prestwichpotter on Mar 21, 2021 20:10:24 GMT
No Woakes either?
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Post by thehartshillbadger on Mar 21, 2021 20:21:02 GMT
What an earth has happened to him? A shoe in for the one dayers surely
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Post by prestwichpotter on Mar 21, 2021 20:30:52 GMT
What an earth has happened to him? A shoe in for the one dayers surely He's the perfect number 7/8 in 50 over cricket, I'm assuming he's one of the players being rested as he walks into our team in this format.......
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Post by thehartshillbadger on Mar 21, 2021 20:31:45 GMT
What an earth has happened to him? A shoe in for the one dayers surely He's the perfect number 7/8 in 50 over cricket, I'm assuming he's one of the players being rested as he walks into our team in this format....... Rested? He hasn’t played a game
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Post by prestwichpotter on Mar 21, 2021 20:33:54 GMT
He's the perfect number 7/8 in 50 over cricket, I'm assuming he's one of the players being rested as he walks into our team in this format....... Rested? He hasn’t played a game It's all decided in advance though that's the problem. Moeen Ali was the same, all that debate about him going home to rest for the T20's and then doesn't get a single bit of action, crazy.......
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Post by prestwichpotter on Mar 22, 2021 15:42:56 GMT
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Post by partickpotter on Mar 22, 2021 18:33:36 GMT
Wee reminder folks... 1st ODI kicks off at 8.00 am tomorrow.
Wonderful news for any of you working from home!
Edit. Well, those of you with Sky!
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Post by thehartshillbadger on Mar 22, 2021 18:37:52 GMT
Wee reminder folks... 1st ODI kicks off at 8.00 am tomorrow. Wonderful news for any of you working from home! Edit. Well, those of you with Sky! Cheers mate, I forgot. A day working in the canteen with the big screen it is😀
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Post by prestwichpotter on Mar 23, 2021 10:00:55 GMT
As stroll in the park so far for India. 300+ should be easily achievable here......
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Post by partickpotter on Mar 23, 2021 10:07:28 GMT
First ODI now well underway with India batting.
England have bowled and fielded generally very well so far, but India are batting very nicely; 130-1 after 27 overs.
Looks likely we’ll be chasing something north of 300.
Edit - Mo just shelled a dolly!
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Post by prestwichpotter on Mar 23, 2021 10:23:47 GMT
First ODI now well underway with India batting. England have bowled and fielded generally very well so far, but India are batting very nicely; 130-1 after 27 overs. Looks likely we’ll be chasing something north of 300. Edit - Mo just shelled a dolly! First 6/7 overs we bowled and fielding exceptionally, but way too many four balls since then. Wood worries me in 50 over cricket, we always talk about his pace which is great but he's too expensive and doesn't take enough wickets that's the long and short of it. I think 350 is on the cards now never mind 300, hopefully will be a cracker if we can get going with the bat...... EDIT Right on cue he gets a wicket
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Post by prestwichpotter on Mar 23, 2021 10:43:05 GMT
Didn't look good that....
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