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The lad hasn't even made a red ball 100 (averaging 25). If Pope doesn't find some form England are going to need an extra battter. He'd be better off going with the Lions to SA and Australia.
The lack of 100 is because he plays stupid shots when he gets in so should fit in with this England side. Pope is safe in that side until the summer it’s pretty hard to get out of the side as a batsman.
 

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Tough series. Interesting to see Cox goes - quite a few keeper/batsmen options available.
3 spinners is a strange one
I would have gone for Rew at Somerset but equally I didn’t think Smith would be good enough so I might leave it to the pro’s
 

tisza

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I would have gone for Rew at Somerset but equally I didn’t think Smith would be good enough so I might leave it to the pro’s
Think Rew will benefit from the 2 Lions tours. Smith has to keep performing there's a queue of youngsters lining up behind. let's hope Cox goes well and gives the selectors genuine headaches in at least one position. The strength in depth just isn't there for the batting positions.
 

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Think Rew will benefit from the 2 Lions tours. Smith has to keep performing there's a queue of youngsters lining up behind. let's hope Cox goes well and gives the selectors genuine headaches in at least one position. The strength in depth just isn't there for the batting positions.
I actually saw somebody say what about Bairstow the other day.

Cox and Smith could play with Pope carrying the drinks.
 

tisza

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I actually saw somebody say what about Bairstow the other day.

Cox and Smith could play with Pope carrying the drinks.
Bairstow smh!!
Honestly what I want them to do is concentrate on building a side that can properly compete in the Ashes next year - they've really only got these NZ Tests and the 5 Test home series against India to prepare - that's not a lot of cricket to build a side with
 
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Was pretty obvious there had been a massive drop given that every other year there's been a press release on the day of the final talking about how fantastic everything has been. Even those figures fell apart when you scratched the surface but this year there was nothing they could spin into a good news story.
 

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Does anyone care about this ODI's?

It feels like there is too much cricket at the moment.
A while ago on The Grade Cricketer podcast they described whiteball, well T20 but I think it applies to all whiteball, as background noise.

There's so much being played you can turn the TV on at pretty much any point and there's a game.

They're killing the international game with the schedule. And you can see they don't give a shit about playing anyone but India and Australia. For anyone else we get 'experimental' sides because the 'names' can't be bothered or have a payday from a franchise tournament.
 

ovduk78

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I was watching WI/ENG last night & Livingstone bowled at Carty & appealed for LBW, Carty ran a single and umpire gave him out. Carty appealed the decision and the ball hit his bat first but the run wasn't allowed. Why not? This is not the 1st time I have seen this happen.
 

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