cricket 2025 (7 Viewers)

[fatso]

Crawley is a walking wicket, surely we can find a better opening batsman.

 

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[The Great Eastern]

Simply get rid of Crawley. Not good enough

 

[StrettoBoy]

Tongue and Bashir to bat for over three hours tomorrow to see us through to safety.

 

[StrettoBoy]

Down to Root to save the day again

Sadly not

While we have Tongue and Bashir we have hope

 

[DT-R]

Simply get rid of Crawley. Not good enough

Crawley and Pope can both go

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[wingy]

Is this the same team that went to Headingly?

 

[fatso]

I think we're trying to finish the game tonight and have a day off tomorrow.

 

[tisza]

Is this the same team that went to Headingly?

Same rubbish bowling attack that let them score over 800 at Headingly.

 

[chiefdave]

Same rubbish bowling attack that let them score over 800 at Headingly.

if we're honest India should have won that match as well.

 

[tisza]

if we're honest India should have won that match as well.

Yep. Seeing again England can't bowl on flat wickets. But this cricket is brainless. You've got to get through 15 -20 overs of the new ball then it's a batsman's game. Then you can bazball to your heart's content.
But the bowling is so poor. That first session day one was decent and they didn't capitalise on it . But as soon as Tongue and Stokes came on they just fed them runs and that set the tone for this Test.
Having 6 ducks on a batting wicket was pathetic.
Feels like the Pakistan series when Pakistan adapted and England wouldn't.
Pitches/conditions stay like these and can see India winning the other Tests and it's nowhere as good an India side as they've been over recent years. These pitches are more sub-continent than English except they aren't breaking up as quickly - so India don't even need a spinner.
Think we're really seeing the effects now of sacrificing red ball cricket for white ball in the English domestic calendar and the ECB's prioritising white ball over red. (Pounds over performance)

 

[chiefdave]

Absolutely chucking it down, rain might save the day.

Think we're really seeing the effects now of sacrificing red ball cricket for white ball in the English domestic calendar and the ECB's prioritising white ball over red. (Pounds over performance)

This, been pointed out before we're not preparing players for test cricket. They're showing the games in April and September which are completely different conditions and players are being selected to match those conditions.

Add in the ridiculous decision to use to Kookaburra ball because of the obsession with everything revolving around the ashes and we're creating our own problem.

The final nail in the coffin is that as soon as you get close to the team you're not playing domestic cricket anymore so you end up with players spending a year or two carrying drinks then wonder why they don't hit the ground running when finally selected.

This is all only going to get worse if they finalise selling the Hundred teams and IPL franchises have an ownership stake in the English summer.