England 20/20 team seem to be all over the place at the moment. No matter what the situation batters coming in just seem to want to throw the bat at everything. Should easily have won today but once again fell apart after losing too many early wickets.
As I've said before, I've been told by a number of people in the game that he bats for himself and only himself. There's enough evidence of that out there.
If Babar Azam's 87* off 59 balls was excellent then Salt's same score off 18 balls fewer was in another league. Pressure is on Hales now for that opening spot.
It's been a good series, as a 7 match series could have turned into a tedious slog if one team had been 5-1 at this stage. Instead it'll be a good chance for both sides to show the winning mentality in the deciding match.
The Pakistan batting approach is quite old fashioned, being steady at the top of the order and relying on slogging at the end. Sometimes it works, but today they were shown up a bit
If Babar Azam's 87* off 59 balls was excellent then Salt's same score off 18 balls fewer was in another league. Pressure is on Hales now for that opening spot.
Hales should be replaced by Duckett, Hales' fielding is a liability, Duckett is a lil greyound round the field and he can catch .. won't happen of course
If Babar Azam's 87* off 59 balls was excellent then Salt's same score off 18 balls fewer was in another league. Pressure is on Hales now for that opening spot.
Hales should be replaced by Duckett, Hales' fielding is a liability, Duckett is a lil greyound round the field and he can catch .. won't happen of course
Trouble is Duckett isn't in the World Cup squad. If he were, I would have him come in for Malan. Salt should open instead of Hales which would then allow Buttler to concentrate solely on captaining the side.
If Babar Azam's 87* off 59 balls was excellent then Salt's same score off 18 balls fewer was in another league. Pressure is on Hales now for that opening spot.
Hales should be replaced by Duckett, Hales' fielding is a liability, Duckett is a lil greyound round the field and he can catch .. won't happen of course
Trouble is Duckett isn't in the World Cup squad. If he were, I would have him come in for Malan. Salt should open instead of Hales which would then allow Buttler to concentrate solely on captaining the side.
agree, Duckett's form has come too late for World Cup selection, and selectors almost never change their collective mind .. I agree Duckett is in better form than Malan and said ages ago that Salt keeping gives Buttler more space to captain the team .. discussion on 5Livex about Stokes .. not played a 20/20 since March .. is he 'worth' a place .. of course Stokes being Stokes, will always get selected
It's been a good series, as a 7 match series could have turned into a tedious slog if one team had been 5-1 at this stage. Instead it'll be a good chance for both sides to show the winning mentality in the deciding match.
The Pakistan batting approach is quite old fashioned, being steady at the top of the order and relying on slogging at the end. Sometimes it works, but today they were shown up a bit
I'm not suggesting it's fixed but I thought the same and was expecting a 3-3 and final match decider.
I've been saying this for a while. One England player has said that he is the most selfish individual he has ever come across - both on and off the field.
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Some days you bowl shit deliveries and get wickets
Cant see us doing much in the WC next month.
However, we should have won comfortably but Hales, Salt and Duckett played unnecessary shots in the air.
The Pakistan batting approach is quite old fashioned, being steady at the top of the order and relying on slogging at the end. Sometimes it works, but today they were shown up a bit