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kent in trouble too 103 for 9

86 for 7. personally i like Sidebottom - prefer him to OHD and Wright

exactly. the optimal plastic fans club. more Liverpool fans in my class than City and they'd only seen them on the telly. Never a particularly pleasant away trip - inevitable defeat aside. And then consistent leating since the 80 s that they seem to think they have a divine right to win...

If Derby are offering a fair fee then fair enough. If it's the usual undervaluation and let the agent get on with it then Posh right to try and get the right price if player really wants to go. Derby come in and offer 1m for Bayliss and the lure of agents fees & bigger wages I expect Fisher to...

Hope the selectors are looking for batsmen who can play spin urgently. Sri Lanka look a far bigger threat atm. Ripping South Africa to pieces this series and opening with spinners.

Actually a top Chairman (or was until he appointed Evans). Usually very open & direct on many issues about football

i copped a few for running up a phone bill or two on Clubcall. It used to have that long intro (jacking up the bill) before the actual news of which about 10% was accurate!!!

going to need swing friendly conditions to merit Curran's inclusion (plus another 10mph - not quick enough for a short skiddy bowler). Everyone talking up Brookes for all forms of the game - not played 10 games in any of the formats. But what little I've seen very impressive. Personally think...

what does Rashid do now? Sri Lanka one-dayers in Oct but as far as I know he doesn't have any overseas 20/20 contracts atm. Surely has to be a better balance available between specializing and not playing enough cricket

i'd always keep Root as i've said earlier several times. you need a batsman that can bat 40 odd overs if wickets fall early -much like Kohli, Smith do. Still don't like the idea of white ball only players. Can't consider Rashid for Tests without any red ball cricket. Still interesting to hear...

Wood finally bowled well with good support from Willey at the top. Plunkett rubbish. Spinners went well. Good start with bat. Sometimes you have to bat well and not just hammer it. Bairstow is a terrific player atm. Then Root played a quality innings. Morgan also That’s a good series win...

think you can say that for a fair number of teams. still a tournament dominated by set-pieces,odd moments of brilliance, some exciting games as opposed to high-quality football. Even France were doing enough to win games without setting the world on fire. Once they expand it further going to be...

and once again PL clubs refusing to release players for the U19 tournament (most of whom will get nowhere near 1st team squad this season)

congrats Tom but still same problem PL clubs not releasing players for the tournament. Manchester clubs & Arsenal won't and Spurs & Chelsea holding players back.

It's the next few years that are key. PL youth system now literally producing world beaters at age group levels. Again it doesn't help that the big 4 or 5 clubs have hoovered up this talent and so they are at clubs where they aren't likely to get an early chance. Nature of PL is instant fixes -...

w was a bit when I knew him. At Uni with his brother.

Bowlers had a decent (not spectacular) total to defend and generally bowled much better than at Trent Bridge. Also early wickets protected the spinners a bit - who both still bowled well. Having criticized the approach with batting bowlers today was one of the today's it did help. India's...

not that bothered by 3rd or 4th. semis was way better than most thought a month ago. a few obvious flaws in the side but plenty to work with. do need better passing up front. Pointless having Kane if we can't get him the ball. Not going to get the space some of these current mids like running...

It's why they want to try and fast track Archer for one. Also part of it is this mindset if our bowlers are taking to 2 for 50 or 4 for 70 then it's okay. Then coupled with the ridiculous "how fantastic it is that we bat so deep - Plunkett, Willey etc can come in and give it a whack" Find...

to me they're not one-day bowlers. don't have the discipline or variation. and as always the quicks don't seem to be able to adjust their plans to suit the match situations.