*Official* England Tour of West Indies 2019

[mr_mister]

In the commentary, they were lauding Plunkett and Rashid as wicket takers in the middle overs for England in the recent past.

Wood was the one getting the stick.

Ah okay then. In the bbl Curran outperformed Plunket with bat and ball by a huge amount.

I know it's a different format but the gap is always closing

 

[MW1304]

Oh and one more thing, wtf is Plunkett doing playing ahead of Tom Curran. Currans in white hot white ball form. Plunkett is piss

Consistently takes wickets in the middle overs. Can be expensive sometimes sure, like just about everyone these days, but his record over the last few years is really good.

Not sure why people continue to underrate him.

 

[mr_mister]

Consistently takes wickets in the middle overs. Can be expensive sometimes sure, like just about everyone these days, but his record over the last few years is really good.

Not sure why people continue to underrate him.

Maybe I'm selling old Piss bucket Plunkett a bit short.

But I've just watched them both play a lot of t20s over the last few months and I gotta say Curran looks twice the player atm.

 

[FBU]

Has any opening ODI bowler got a worse record than Wood. 49.94 after 30 matches?

 

[GoodAreasShane]

Plunkett was pretty unimpressive in the BBL. His figures flatter him somewhat imo, lots of soft dismissals caught in the deep, especially against my lot in the Strikers, who played him truly dreadfully.

Curran looked 50 times better out here, and he can bat too, no brainer imo

 

[Starfighter]

Has any opening ODI bowler got a worse record than Wood. 49.94 after 30 matches?

Manjural Islam.

 

[Prince EWS]

Plunkett was pretty unimpressive in the BBL. His figures flatter him somewhat imo, lots of soft dismissals caught in the deep, especially against my lot in the Strikers, who played him truly dreadfully.

Curran looked 50 times better out here, and he can bat too, no brainer imo

I don't think England need to select their team based on the BBL though. If anything I'd get Curran in for Wood who only seems to be playing because #phaaaastbowling, #pod and one good match in another format.

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

manjural islam.

rip?

 

[Prince EWS]

rip?

Nah, it was the spinner/allrounder Manjural Islam ("Rana") who passed away. There were two.

 

[GoodAreasShane]

I don't think England need to select their team based on the BBL though. If anything I'd get Curran in for Wood who only seems to be playing because #phaaaastbowling, #pod and one good match in another format.

Yeah true, Wood reverting back to type is a bigger issue.

Never rated Plunkett though, he strikes me as one of those bowlers (Mitch McClenaghan is another) who really shouldn't take as many wickets as they do

 

[vcs]

Congrats on winning the opener England.

Perfect example of how to chase down a big total.

350 is today's 300

Nah I'd still back defending teams to defend 360 9 out of 10 times even on the flattest of pitches.

Great win for England, made it look as routine as a chase of 360 can possibly be made to look.

 

[TT Boy]

That's some attack the Windies fielded. 3 of their bowlers have bowling averages over 40 and the best of the lot, Holder, averages 33 with the ball. Bishoo and Nurse have relatively good E/R but they are not wicket takers, none of their bowlers are. It’s difficult to justify batting first if your attack is that bad.

 

[Daemon]

Yeah true, Wood reverting back to type is a bigger issue.

Never rated Plunkett though, he strikes me as one of those bowlers (Mitch McClenaghan is another) who really shouldn't take as many wickets as they do

Yeah. One of the tstotsobe and mckay types. Defs pick him over Wood though.

 

[sunilz]

Can someone post the average runs scored by a team in first 10 overs and wickets lost since 2015 WC ? Expect Eng to top the list . Want to see where IND stands .

 

[Crick77]

The Universe Boss Chris Gayle is back with a bang in the ODIs, brilliant knock of 135 runs with 12 Sixes.
Hope the Form remains till IPL...

 

[Arachnodouche]

Somebody gift the guy a foam roller for his birthday. Can hardly jog and will be a liability at the WC.

 

[weldone]

Nah I'd still back defending teams to defend 360 9 out of 10 times even on the flattest of pitches.

Yes. This WI bowling is piss-poor other than Holder. They need Roach and Russell back, probably Gabriel too if they want to be aggressive. Spinners are not good at all - if they really need 3 overs of spin then Gayle can bowl. And the less said about the fielding the better.

 

[Adders]

The Universe Boss Chris Gayle is back with a bang in the ODIs, brilliant knock of 135 runs with 12 Sixes.
Hope the Form remains till IPL...

The Universe Boss wasn't even the boss of Bridgetown mate.

 

[Starfighter]

Is it really a brilliant innings when you score at significantly less than the innings run/strike rate because you physically can't run and the opposition chases down your total with somewhat ridiculous ease?

 

[Woodster]

That's some attack the Windies fielded. 3 of their bowlers have bowling averages over 40 and the best of the lot, Holder, averages 33 with the ball. Bishoo and Nurse have relatively good E/R but they are not wicket takers, none of their bowlers are. It’s difficult to justify batting first if your attack is that bad.

If you have a poor attack it’s difficult to know what to do first if you win the toss. Should they have bowled they may have been chasing over 400, therefore effective already out of the game. At least with what was an excellent total on the board they can try and build some pressure that way. Unfortunately for them, totals like this don’t phase this England team like they used to. So much nous shown in the chase and belief that they can knock it off.