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Post by prestwichpotter on Apr 16, 2021 16:52:55 GMT
Stokes out for 12 weeks and will miss the New Zealand 2 match test series. Disrupts the balance of the team so i would imagine we’ll go for a traditional line up with 6 batters a wicket keeper and 4 bowlers: Sibley Burns Crawley Root Lawrence Pope Buttler/Foakes Woakes Archer Leach Broad/Anderson That batting line up looks very short of runs without our talisman, New Zealand will smash us unless our quicks are at the top of their game Wouldn't surprise me to see Buttler just picked as a specialised batter at 5 instead of Lawrence to be honest.....
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Post by thehartshillbadger on Apr 16, 2021 16:56:08 GMT
That batting line up looks very short of runs without our talisman, New Zealand will smash us unless our quicks are at the top of their game Wouldn't surprise me to see Buttler just picked as a specialised batter at 5 instead of Lawrence to be honest..... It would me, there’s no way Buttler is batting higher than 6 and that’s a stretch for me. Maybe the selectors will look at early season form in the county championship and to be fair Lawrence hasn’t really had a fair crack yet. Looks a good player with a few niggly defensive issues but think the management are keen to progress him. I’d say you were spot on with your line up but there’s a few who need a good series to cement their place. They’re playing for the ashes in reality
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Post by prestwichpotter on Apr 16, 2021 16:56:51 GMT
Wouldn't surprise me to see Buttler just picked as a specialised batter at 5 instead of Lawrence to be honest..... It would me, there’s no way Buttler is batting higher than 6 and that’s a stretch for me. Maybe the selectors will look at early season form in the county championship and to be fair Lawrence hasn’t really had a fair crack yet. Looks a good player with a few niggly defensive issues but think the management are keen to progress him. I’d say you were spot on with your line up but there’s a few who need a good series to cement their place. They’re playing for the ashes in reality It's the kind of thing Ed Smith does.....
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Post by thehartshillbadger on Apr 16, 2021 17:00:24 GMT
It would me, there’s no way Buttler is batting higher than 6 and that’s a stretch for me. Maybe the selectors will look at early season form in the county championship and to be fair Lawrence hasn’t really had a fair crack yet. Looks a good player with a few niggly defensive issues but think the management are keen to progress him. I’d say you were spot on with your line up but there’s a few who need a good series to cement their place. They’re playing for the ashes in reality It's the kind of thing Ed Smith does..... I find Ed Smith really creepy with those tinted glasses😏
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Post by AlliG on Apr 16, 2021 20:31:27 GMT
Stokes out for 12 weeks and will miss the New Zealand 2 match test series. Disrupts the balance of the team so i would imagine we’ll go for a traditional line up with 6 batters a wicket keeper and 4 bowlers: Sibley Burns Crawley Root Lawrence Pope Buttler/Foakes Woakes Archer Leach Broad/Anderson Sibley has apparently also broken a finger today, so he must also now be a doubt.
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Post by RedandWhite90 on Apr 16, 2021 20:58:16 GMT
One swallow does not a Summer make, however... 👀
60 wickets @ 25 in 20 First Class games; surely he needs to be looked at with a view to Oz in the winter?
Also huge mention to Mohammad Abbas for an unbelievable opening spell today.
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Post by professorplump on Apr 16, 2021 23:49:03 GMT
Stokes out for 12 weeks and will miss the New Zealand 2 match test series. Disrupts the balance of the team so i would imagine we’ll go for a traditional line up with 6 batters a wicket keeper and 4 bowlers: Sibley Burns Crawley Root Lawrence Pope Buttler/Foakes Woakes Archer Leach Broad/Anderson I guess it depends on how many of our IPL players are able to play. If the current infection rates in India continue and with concern about the new Indian variant of Covid, our returning players may have to quarantine for 2 weeks. With Stokes out, the selectors might opt for four seamers and rely on Root to provide some spin.
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Post by thehartshillbadger on Apr 18, 2021 10:07:00 GMT
Kohli goes early to an absolutely fantastic catch in the deep
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Post by partickpotter on Apr 18, 2021 11:45:12 GMT
Kohli goes early to an absolutely fantastic catch in the deep Impressive response though... Maxwell was great, ABdV even better.
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Post by thehartshillbadger on Apr 18, 2021 12:02:10 GMT
Kohli goes early to an absolutely fantastic catch in the deep Impressive response though... Maxwell was great, ABdV even better. The De Villiers innings was something else. There are no good balls when he’s in that mood
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Post by prestwichpotter on Apr 20, 2021 20:04:19 GMT
Not Smith’s biggest fan, quite a radical change to go without a selector though.....
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Post by scfcbiancorossi on Apr 24, 2021 9:51:38 GMT
First game of the season for me today. Exciting stuff. Packed the whites. Skipper says I'm opening, hope I don't get a first baller!
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Post by thehartshillbadger on Apr 24, 2021 15:04:54 GMT
First game of the season for me today. Exciting stuff. Packed the whites. Skipper says I'm opening, hope I don't get a first baller! Go on....... what happened? I’ll be opening in a few weeks in a charity game, not even put willow on leather for 3 years😬
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Post by scfcbiancorossi on Apr 24, 2021 22:41:32 GMT
First game of the season for me today. Exciting stuff. Packed the whites. Skipper says I'm opening, hope I don't get a first baller! Go on....... what happened? I’ll be opening in a few weeks in a charity game, not even put willow on leather for 3 years😬 Got to 40 odd then the skipper told me to retire. Was boring everyone to death 🤣 It was only a pre season friendly chasing 126 so he was keen to give some of the other lads a bat. I took 2 for 15 off 4 though which is not too bad for part time off break filth. 😄 Good luck for the charity match - Get down to the nets for a session or two!
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Post by thehartshillbadger on Apr 24, 2021 22:45:37 GMT
Go on....... what happened? I’ll be opening in a few weeks in a charity game, not even put willow on leather for 3 years😬 Got to 40 odd then the skipper told me to retire. Was boring everyone to death 🤣 It was only a pre season friendly chasing 126 so he was keen to give some of the other lads a bat. I took 2 for 15 off 4 though which is not too bad for part time off break filth. 😄 Good luck for the charity match - Get down to the nets for a session or two! Went on Monday and got cleaned bowled first ball by what I’d call a booming inswinging Yorker. Others would call it a rank full toss! Worked on my forward defence after that😉 Congrats on those impressive figures BTW👍🏻
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Post by scfcbiancorossi on Apr 24, 2021 22:58:29 GMT
Got to 40 odd then the skipper told me to retire. Was boring everyone to death 🤣 It was only a pre season friendly chasing 126 so he was keen to give some of the other lads a bat. I took 2 for 15 off 4 though which is not too bad for part time off break filth. 😄 Good luck for the charity match - Get down to the nets for a session or two! Went on Monday and got cleaned bowled first ball by what I’d call a booming inswinging Yorker. Others would call it a rank full toss! Worked on my forward defence after that😉 Congrats on those impressive figures BTW👍🏻 Ahh there is nothing more annoying than getting an early one in the nets. I had exactly that last week. Well done on bouncing back from it! Thanks mate looking forward to the league stuff starting next week.
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Post by thehartshillbadger on Apr 25, 2021 12:55:17 GMT
Jadeja just smashed 37 off the final over👀
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Post by partickpotter on Apr 25, 2021 12:57:35 GMT
Worth checking out that final over by CSK in today’s first game - 37 runs courtesy of Jadeja’s 5 6s, a 4, a 2 and a no ball.
He was dropped just before that final over.
Ouch.
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Post by sheikhmomo on Apr 25, 2021 13:23:34 GMT
Worth checking out that final over by CSK in today’s first game - 37 runs courtesy of Jadeja’s 5 6s, a 4, a 2 and a no ball. He was dropped just before that final over. Ouch. 3 for 13 with the ball and a direct hit run out as well! Ravindra of the Rovers stuff!
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Post by partickpotter on Apr 25, 2021 13:34:16 GMT
Worth checking out that final over by CSK in today’s first game - 37 runs courtesy of Jadeja’s 5 6s, a 4, a 2 and a no ball. He was dropped just before that final over. Ouch. 3 for 13 with the ball and a direct hit run out as well! Ravindra of the Rovers stuff! The guy he ran out, Dan Christian, is the person who dropped him before that final over blitz. Sometimes it’s your day, sometimes it isn’t!!
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Post by thehartshillbadger on Apr 25, 2021 13:37:48 GMT
3 for 13 with the ball and a direct hit run out as well! Ravindra of the Rovers stuff! The guy he ran out, Dan Christian, is the person who dropped him before that final over blitz. Sometimes it’s your day, sometimes it isn’t!! The Kohli/Christian bromance in recent weeks has been truly vomit inducing. Wonder if today will rock the boat😉
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Post by RedandWhite90 on Apr 25, 2021 13:44:38 GMT
Not sure how I feel on this, but it is thought-provoking.
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Post by thehartshillbadger on Apr 25, 2021 13:45:45 GMT
Not sure how I feel on this, but it is thought-provoking. Was thinking about this yesterday, I’m amazed there hasn’t even been a mention of the IPL being pulled.
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Post by RedandWhite90 on Apr 25, 2021 14:19:01 GMT
Not sure how I feel on this, but it is thought-provoking. Was thinking about this yesterday, I’m amazed there hasn’t even been a mention of the IPL being pulled. Might be a release and keeping people going in a desperately bad time though... I really don't know how I feel about it either way.
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Post by prestwichpotter on Apr 25, 2021 15:24:40 GMT
Two centuries in the same match for Haseeb Hamed, he's definitely over that horrendous spell of form after moving to Nottinghamshire. Still only 24 as well which is a baby in cricketing terms......
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Post by thehartshillbadger on Apr 25, 2021 15:28:21 GMT
Two centuries in the same match for Haseeb Hamed, he's definitely over that horrendous spell of form after moving to Nottinghamshire. Still only 24 as well which is a baby in cricketing terms...... That’s great to hear, would love him to force his way back into the England reckoning. God knows we need someone!
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Post by sheikhmomo on Apr 25, 2021 18:01:03 GMT
Awful captaincy from Warner in this one. Terrible.
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Post by crouchpotato1 on Apr 26, 2021 7:19:55 GMT
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Post by prestwichpotter on Apr 26, 2021 8:27:21 GMT
It will be cancelled at some point today surely?
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Post by prestwichpotter on Apr 26, 2021 10:32:44 GMT
Fair play to Cummins a genuine and lovely guy.
Cricketers whilst very comfortable aren't Premier League football rich so that's very generous of him......
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