Down to Root to save the day again
Crawley and Pope can both goSimply get rid of Crawley. Not good enough
Same rubbish bowling attack that let them score over 800 at Headingly.Is this the same team that went to Headingly?
if we're honest India should have won that match as well.Same rubbish bowling attack that let them score over 800 at Headingly.
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.if we're honest India should have won that match as well.
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.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)
If they throw Archer back in next Test and he'd have bowled less than 20 overs of red ball this year.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.
I don't like doing it but I think I'm going to have to defend Sky here. They weren't the ones pushing for The Hundred.Sky hasn't helped as they've done the same by "forcing" ECB to pursue the Hundred.
Refering more to the rights extension (lock-in to 2028/29) rather the initial launch.I don't like doing it but I think I'm going to have to defend Sky here. They weren't the ones pushing for The Hundred.
Need to look at the record since beginning of last year.Shambolic. Given that's two tests India have dominated, it was more them losing the first than England winning.
Going to need to buck our ideas up fast.
Not convinced Stokes & Carse well fully fit for the duration of this match either.They're talking about bringing Atkinson, who hasn't played in months, and Archer, who hasn't played in years, in for Lords.
What could possibly go wrong. Watch them both break down on the first day and us be absolutely fucked.
Sometimes it seems like certain players are using "Bazball" as an out for playing stupidly. "It's what the coach & captain want".It was nice though, after an utterly embarrassing display with 7 ducks and 4 single figure scores and a HUGE battering off what is a very average test side currently, that the team still could giggle and laugh between themselves on the balcony at Bashir reverse sweeping. Absolute embarrassment. Crawley and Pope need to be axed and as far as the bowling goes, India just give us a masterclass in how to bowl on a flat wicket.
As exciting as "bazball" can be at times, its also utterly fucking ridiculous. With rain, we had 7 wickets spare to see out just over half a day and couldn't even mange that! Pathetic.
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