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  1. theegyptian

    England (and Wales) gloom, doom and recriminations thread

    Unless I've missed something massively I don't think Clarke (and Kohler Cadmore) should be punished indefinitely for that. The whatsapp group was unedifying, and the unintended consequences were terrible but it wasn't Clarke who raped the women. I personally don't think Clarke should be getting...
  2. theegyptian

    England (and Wales) gloom, doom and recriminations thread

    Yes none of the bowlers played 5 tests. Just rotate the captain around for the banter. England redefining cricket again like when we played a team full of wks and allrounders.
  3. theegyptian

    ***Official*** ICC Under-19 World Cup 2022

    Haven't seen a load of these English players but none have massively stood out. I'm a fan of fateh singhs lower order slogging though. None really done much in county cricket as yet.
  4. theegyptian

    England players and selection discussion thread

    You could see some randoms come back (or in for the first time) for West Indies. Vince? He couldn't complain when he was dropped given his record but he did play probably his best test knock in his last test innings, and then started the summer well with Hampshire. They may have one more...
  5. theegyptian

    England players and selection discussion thread

    Haines doens't look particularly good to me. Just a 1 season ok wonder. Wasn't in the lions either so doesn't look to be in the thinking at present. Can't seem them going back to Robson at this point. Don't know about Bedingham. There isn't much in county cricket to get excited about. A few...
  6. theegyptian

    England players and selection discussion thread

    What do we reckon then for the Windies? Dropped from the squad? Buttler, Pope, Hameed, Woakes? If you look at the Buttler career as a whole he's never really cracked it. Avg 32 over 57 tests, keeping has been reasonable for the most part. Let him concentrate on ODI cricket. Pope can't play...
  7. theegyptian

    England team for the 5th test

    Sounds like Buttler, Bairstow and Stokes all doubts for next test with their injuries. Billings called up to the squad apparently- I'd guess very likely to play given the hand injuries to Buttler and Bairstow.
  8. theegyptian

    England players and selection discussion thread

    A while back now but England announced their t20 squad for West Indies. None of the test squad included. England T20I squad: Eoin Morgan (capt), Moeen Ali, Tom Banton, Sam Billings, Liam Dawson, George Garton, Chris Jordan, Liam Livingstone, Saqib Mahmood, Tymal Mills, David Payne, Adil Rashid...
  9. theegyptian

    England (and Wales) gloom, doom and recriminations thread

    On the plus side for many of the same reasons I reckon England's white ball sides should* remain strong for a long time to come. * it's england so maybe not.
  10. theegyptian

    England (and Wales) gloom, doom and recriminations thread

    T20 (and similar) is certainly impacting a lot of the younger batsman games. Someone like Phil Salt has played 50+ games of T20, Hundred or t10 this year. Many of the seemingly best batting prospects of the last 5 years are now playing a majority of 20 over/equivalent cricket. Joe Clarke, Ben...
  11. theegyptian

    England (and Wales) gloom, doom and recriminations thread

    https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/the-ashes-enough-of-the-funky-tosh-batting-coaching-needs-to-go-back-to-basics-pv5fvsnqp https://www.cricbuzz.com/cricket-news/120396/englands-test-batting-at-rock-bottom-with-deep-rooted-issues
  12. theegyptian

    England (and Wales) gloom, doom and recriminations thread

    lol not watching that. Coles is a tool. He's only 31. He'd still be playing county cricket if any county would have him.
  13. theegyptian

    England (and Wales) gloom, doom and recriminations thread

    The only slight mitigating circumstances that England could point to regarding their performances in recent times would be covid. I think England have played 15 away tests since Australia last played an away test. Barring India I don't think anyone else has had the kind of schedule England have...
  14. theegyptian

    England (and Wales) gloom, doom and recriminations thread

    Hard to see Silverwood keeping his job. Of him and Root he is the more expendable obviously given the lack of alternatives available for captain. Ideally you'd replace Root too but those options are limited, or non existent. Judging Silverwood's reign against history and given the strength of...
  15. theegyptian

    England (and Wales) gloom, doom and recriminations thread

    Quite a lot of youngsters from 'humble beginnings' tend to end up at fee paying schools anyway on scholarships etc. State school cricket is non existent, club cricket patchy and the facilties these public/private schools have are very good. I don't see why people are getting at Crawley...
  16. theegyptian

    Should the rest of this series just be a preparation for Australia's subcontinent tours?

    Seems kind of pointless given Australia will probably cancel the tour(s) on security/covid/workload grounds anyway like they have in recent times.
  17. theegyptian

    3rd Test at Melbourne - December 26 - 30

    Dropping Burns or Hameed is a fairly tough one. Hameed the younger player who has had less chances - to drop him after only returning 5 tests ago would look foolhardy. Personally I think Hameed was very luck to be recalled at that point. He'd basically been **** for 3 or 4 years, had one...
  18. theegyptian

    3rd Test at Melbourne - December 26 - 30

    Leach will probably play here and then be dropped for Sydney again. lol.
  19. theegyptian

    2nd Test at Adelaide - 16 to 20 Dec

    A lot of the kolpaks/other imports had improved the standard of the comp in the 2000s and 2010s and made the english players better as a result, and some went onto play for England . Less around these days and the standards poorer. It was generally positive for the English game imo, even if...
  20. theegyptian

    Big Bash League 11 2021/22

    Haha Saqib is like this will never happen again.

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