I make the Australians favourites from here… but we’ll see.
batting .. we can't keep expecting Stokes to bail out the top/middle order .. I expect the Aussies to set us around 260/270 and that will be hard to get in the 4th against their attack .. sorry to be so pessimistic
I don't want to be chasing anymore than 240, even then I would imagine it will be a tough ask unless Root can make a big score. Bairstow owes the side a knock that's for sure.
England might be fucked, but my Worcestershire boys won't let me down eh
All the Southern teams through , on your way northerners
This is the 10th time in 14 years that Hants have made the semi-finals. By contrast, the likes of Middx and Derbyshire have only reached the semis once in 23 years. Middx won it in 2008 when they beat Kent but when one considers the players that they have had at their disposal in the last decade, they really have been massive under achievers. This was their squad in 2017:
Just out of interest can one of you ardent cricket followers tell me what our best top order line up, openers to number 5, has been in say the last decade or five years even?
Adrian Rollins, former Derbyshire and Northants cricketer. One suspects that Foakes isn't the only cricketer to have ever suffered from this. Does anyone seriously still think that picking Bairstow to keep was the right decision? Did Australia pick Carey for his batting or his keeping? How many mistakes has Carey made by comparison to Bairstow?
There was also some talk that Foakes didn't react particularly well to the decision so potentially they might be worried about upsetting the dressing room or something if they brought him back.
It has always been a false economy not to pick your best wicketkeeper. Been proved many many times. Missed chances can cost you stacks of runs. Bring back Foakes!
It has always been a false economy not to pick your best wicketkeeper. Been proved many many times. Missed chances can cost you stacks of runs. Bring back Foakes!
Exactly. Was posted on here before Bairstow averages around 4 runs an innings more than Foakes but do we really think Foakes doesn’t save 8 runs a match via his keeping ?
Just out of interest can one of you ardent cricket followers tell me what our best top order line up, openers to number 5, has been in say the last decade or five years even?
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Australia 116-4 for a lead of 142
England 2.18
Australia 2.26
Draw 9.60
We're not chasing anything over 200 on that track
Boils my piss that I am sat here in glorious sunshine knowing we won't get 3 days play in and already short of overs.
Not that it would have done England any favours on this occasion.
Punters have been listening to you. It's a coin toss now although the draw has seen some decent support too:
England 2.30
Australia 2.30
Draw 7.40
- Ian Botham
- Andrew Flintoff
- Stuart Broad
- Moeen Ali
Brendon McCullum (*)
Steven Finn
James Franklin
Tom Helm
Ryan Higgins
Dawid Malan
Eoin Morgan
Ravi Patel
Toby Roland-Jones
John Simpson (+)
Tim Southee
Nathan Sowter
Paul Stirling
Someone else needs to step up with the bat and lead the way. We cannot rely on stokes to carry us through every time.
Missed chances can cost you stacks of runs.
Bring back Foakes!
Cook
Trott
Pietersen
Root
3 outta 5 are Saffie, born