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***Official*** Sri Lanka in England
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Scaly piscine
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I wouldn't have thought so, even if England lost 3 quick wickets say and it was effectively over they'd still eke out some worthless runs.PY said:
Wish Gooch would shut up on TMS, he seems to think anything over 7 an over is impossible over the last 10.
Scaly piscine
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Another useless ODI performance from Geraint. Cannot afford these weak links in ODI cricket, an extra 10-20 runs here when bowling from each one and 10-20 runs less when England are batting for each one. This makes a huge difference in ODI cricket.
I've said it before and I'll say it again, virtually every time we're 5 down we're finished - teams like Australia and most others are still dangerous.
I've said it before and I'll say it again, virtually every time we're 5 down we're finished - teams like Australia and most others are still dangerous.
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Scaly piscine
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Anyway still a chance if Sajid's strike rate can match his economy rate...
Scaly piscine
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Bye bye, Mahmood, see you again when you can bowl 6 on the cut bit.
aussie
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word, Jones is not helping himself with his poor performances, he & the selectors must know if he doesn't lift his game surely he will have to make way for someone else.Scaly piscine said:
TrescothickScaly piscine said:
Strauss
Vaughan
Pietersen
Flintoff
Collingwood
Dalrymple
Read
Harmison
Jones
Anderson
back up: Joyce, Blackwell/Giles, Plunkett, Loudon/Chapple
If everyone is fit again this for me would be England best OD side/squad for the World Cup
& with that XI if England go 5 down at least you have some strength low down like teams like Australia, Pakistan & South Africa.
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superkingdave
Hall of Fame Member
forget Simon Jones, completely unproven as a OD player let a lone a ODI player and no time before the world cup to change that.
aussie
Hall of Fame Member
ah yes your right, even if he recovers before the world cup begins he wont have any games to get match fit. So yea he is better of forgotten. In that case our own Chapple could be a good replacement good bowler & more than handy lower-order batsman...superkingdave said:
TT Boy
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Strauss captaincy today was absolutely dire, his choices of when to take the power plays was ridiculous and how anyone could throw the ball back to a guy who is going at more than ten runs an over is beyond lunacy.
Mike Atherton made a rather good point I felt, slightly ironic considering it came from him but why is it if you are middle class, university educated cricketer you are suddenly earmarked as a future England captain? As being in the case of Andrew Strauss, who did nothing to suggest he would be a good candidate whilst at Middlesex but because he supposedly has a some intellect it must transpire that he has a good cricketing acumen.
Mike Atherton made a rather good point I felt, slightly ironic considering it came from him but why is it if you are middle class, university educated cricketer you are suddenly earmarked as a future England captain? As being in the case of Andrew Strauss, who did nothing to suggest he would be a good candidate whilst at Middlesex but because he supposedly has a some intellect it must transpire that he has a good cricketing acumen.
superkingdave
Hall of Fame Member
what really annoys be about Collingwood is the blummin chip shots he executes all the time. Fair enough it might be a decent option once in a while, but he's starting to use it exlusively and rarely hits through the ball, a few times today he chipped balls that were there to be hit and they only went for 2 instead of 4.
and when he came down the pitch and missed, he was only trying to chip it into the on side
and when he came down the pitch and missed, he was only trying to chip it into the on side
Scaly piscine
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Thought you'd be a fan of that sort of thing, what with Fairbrother being one of the best servants Lancashire had. Colly wasn't that far off scoring at a run a ball and you can end up smashing balls and only getting a single or nothing anyway.superkingdave said: