Why oh why are we so utterly useless and limited overs cricket? We've never ever got the blend right and have always struggled. Let's face it we only won the first ODI because of a monumental fook up by the WIs in the D/L method...
[cite]Posted By: nigel w[/cite]Ludicrous. The wickets in Guyana were slow and low. As soon as we get on a pitch with a bit of pace and bounce .... like lemmings.
Yep, we get to Barbados where the Windies pacemen have terrified batsmen for years on quick pitches and we leave out both Harmison and Khan, who might have been interesting on this wicket.
Trust that Andy Flower will not be getting the permanent job of England coach. He's got to be the worst caretaker since....oh, er, Phil Parkinson !!!
ps: so if like the Charlton board, the ECB are judging their man on results, I suppose we can expect him to be confirmed in the post following our next defeat ...
[cite]Posted By: Covered End[/cite]W.Indies won the toss and England bat first. It's overcast and seems more like Manchester than Barbados. Freddy is in for Harmy.
Pietersen - aka Dumbslog Millionaire - is so annoying.
This is what he says in the Daily Mail this morning : "What happened drained me mentally ...It's been a heck of a tough time and I'm at the end of my tether now. Really and truly I can't wait to get home."
What he really means, of course, is sod England, I can't wait to get off to the IPL and earn a million for captaining the Bangalore Royal Challengers.
Surely, if he's so exhausted, he should now be saying : "I'm mentally drained so I've decided to withdraw from the IPL to get my head right for England and the Ashes this summer''.
Devastatng critique from Graham Thorpe in the studio of England's performance.
He blamed lack of preparation for the bouncy pitch, lack of directon from the coach/management and said Pietersen's preposterous Daily Mail article had unsettled the dressing room.
Absolute bloody shambles.
The only game we've won on the entire tour was when John Dyson handed us the match on a plate after he misread the Duckworth-Lewis rules !!!
Andy Flower simply cannot now get the job on a permanent basis.
Mind you, we said that about Parkinson last December when Charlton were in the middle of a similarly depressing run !
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Rain delayed start of play, no play as yet :-(
22-2
Nasser Hussain : "Shah is taking on fluid'' Translation: he's having a drink.
David Gower: "There was too much grunt on that ball''. Translation: Edwards dug it in too short.
Unbelievable.
We're gonna get cuffed again.
Is this the worst of the lot though?
43-5...
So that's four out of five out pulling. Do we think shot selection is an issue by chance?
That's why we left our quickest bowler out ;-)
Thank goodness I'm off out shopping with the wife!
Trust that Andy Flower will not be getting the permanent job of England coach. He's got to be the worst caretaker since....oh, er, Phil Parkinson !!!
ps: so if like the Charlton board, the ECB are judging their man on results, I suppose we can expect him to be confirmed in the post following our next defeat ...
55/6
England batting like Vera Duckworth - fact.
Can we do it ?
Good news is I can't see us losing any more wickets for a while..................................... It's raining.
'Dumbslog Millionaire'. That's genius!
Unlike our batting.
Afraid the rain's stopped so they're playing again. The end must be near!
This is what he says in the Daily Mail this morning : "What happened drained me mentally ...It's been a heck of a tough time and I'm at the end of my tether now. Really and truly I can't wait to get home."
What he really means, of course, is sod England, I can't wait to get off to the IPL and earn a million for captaining the Bangalore Royal Challengers.
Surely, if he's so exhausted, he should now be saying : "I'm mentally drained so I've decided to withdraw from the IPL to get my head right for England and the Ashes this summer''.
No chance...
LOL - just got back to see Gayle reach his hard earned 50. Off 27 balls that is!!!
That's how you play one day cricket, England.
RAIN YOU BUGGER!!!
He blamed lack of preparation for the bouncy pitch, lack of directon from the coach/management and said Pietersen's preposterous Daily Mail article had unsettled the dressing room.
Absolute bloody shambles.
The only game we've won on the entire tour was when John Dyson handed us the match on a plate after he misread the Duckworth-Lewis rules !!!
Andy Flower simply cannot now get the job on a permanent basis.
Mind you, we said that about Parkinson last December when Charlton were in the middle of a similarly depressing run !