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  • Bournemouth Addick
    Bournemouth Addick Posts: 16,283
    MrOneLung said:

    No live test cricket though

    Hence it's only a start to get tests back on free to air tv. I can't believe it's been 12 years since the last live test on tv! Where did that time go???
  • Gravesend_Addick
    Gravesend_Addick Posts: 7,299
    Bournemouth Addick said:

    Well, it's a start I suppose...

    m.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/40455556

    That deal is ridiculous. £1.1 billion and all they get is a few T20 internationals!
  • Bournemouth Addick
    Bournemouth Addick Posts: 16,283
    Chrissy\\\'s Army!! said:

    Bournemouth Addick said:

    Well, it's a start I suppose...

    m.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/40455556

    That deal is ridiculous. £1.1 billion and all they get is a few T20 internationals!
    I know! You could buy yourself back into government with that much money.

    *joking*
  • MrOneLung
    MrOneLung Posts: 26,849
    Chrissy\\\'s Army!! said:

    Bournemouth Addick said:

    Well, it's a start I suppose...

    m.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/40455556

    That deal is ridiculous. £1.1 billion and all they get is a few T20 internationals!
    That is the total BBC and sky fee. Majority of which sky will be paying.
  • killerandflash
    killerandflash Posts: 69,842
    MrOneLung said:

    Chrissy\\\'s Army!! said:

    Bournemouth Addick said:

    Well, it's a start I suppose...

    m.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/40455556

    That deal is ridiculous. £1.1 billion and all they get is a few T20 internationals!
    That is the total BBC and sky fee. Majority of which sky will be paying.
    Yes, the BBC share of that will be tiny
  • killerandflash
    killerandflash Posts: 69,842
    Callumcafc said:

    Gary Ballance set to be included in the squad and expected to bat at 3 in the first test. Haseeb Hameed likely to be left out. Liam Dawson also recalled into the squad.

    From the sounds of the article below the team will be:

    Cook, Jennings, Ballance, Root, Bairstow, Stokes, Ali, Wood, Broad, Anderson, Roland-Jones/Dawson

    https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2017/jun/30/gary-ballance-test-recall-england-south-africa

    Are we really likely to play 2 spinners? Dawson is hardly going to run through the S Africans, though if he went in at 8 would strengthen the batting in the absence of Woakes. And if we play TRJ, we'll have 5 right arm seamers which again looks OTT.

    As we already have 4 seamers and Mooen, I'd have been tempted to play an extra batsman, especially with Jennings being new and Balance having question marks against him.
  • The_President
    The_President Posts: 14,280
    Its odd that without Woakes, the tail starts to look quite long.
  • The_President
    The_President Posts: 14,280
    As you say, KAF, in the bowling dept we are looking quite sameish - if only we could find a real quality leftie - hurry up Sam Curran !
  • Callumcafc
    Callumcafc Posts: 63,763
    Cook, Jennings, Ballance, Root, Bairstow, Ali, Dawson, Wood, Broad, Anderson
  • Addick Addict
    Addick Addict Posts: 39,767
    Callumcafc said:

    Cook, Jennings, Ballance, Root, Bairstow, Ali, Dawson, Wood, Broad, Anderson

    Are we only playing 10 to give SA a chance?
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  • Callumcafc
    Callumcafc Posts: 63,763
    Addick Addict said:

    Callumcafc said:

    Cook, Jennings, Ballance, Root, Bairstow, Ali, Dawson, Wood, Broad, Anderson

    Are we only playing 10 to give SA a chance?
    Sorry, missed Stokes!
  • Jints
    Jints Posts: 3,491
    Can't wait for a bit of test cricket, feels like it's been away for too long. I love Eng v SA series, they almost always seem to be close and hard-fought.

    Great article about the 1998 series here which really whetted my appetite.

    https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2017/jul/04/england-south-africa-1998-the-spin
  • killerandflash
    killerandflash Posts: 69,842
    No ABV and no du Plessis for this match either so their batting looks a bit thin
  • cantersaddick
    cantersaddick Posts: 16,912
    Not sure we need 4 and a half quicks (Jennings has been 5th bowler for Durham this year) and 2 spinners. Think it's a bit overkill.

    I guess the argument is that there is no need for a specialist batsman at 7 as Moeen and Dawson are more than good enough. Fair point but there is no need for too many bowlers. My choice would be Foakes at 7 to take pressure off Bairstow and allow him to focus on batting 5. Foakes is a specialist keeper who will save more runs than he will cost and more than capable of batting 7. That strengthens the batting but does little damage to the bowling...

    Personally if we were having 2 spinners I'd make one of them Rashid. If he's second spinner there is no need for him to be able to the up and end you might as well use him as an attacking bowler.
  • Covered End
    Covered End Posts: 51,990
    Eng won toss & chose to bat.

    14-1 Cook caught behind wafting unnecessarily.
  • Gravesend_Addick
    Gravesend_Addick Posts: 7,299
    Don't worry though, Gary Ballance is in now!
  • Covered End
    Covered End Posts: 51,990
    edited July 2017
    17-2

    Jennings lbw Philander 8

    I would have reviewed it, looked dubious. We shall see, not that it matters.
  • killerandflash
    killerandflash Posts: 69,842
    Getting worried about how much cricket I'll get to see on Sunday...
  • Covered End
    Covered End Posts: 51,990
    killerandflash said:

    Getting worried about how much cricket I'll get to see on Sunday...

    We're going Saturday.

    It pitched outside leg, so would have been not out, as I suspected. It was also missing the stumps !
  • Gravesend_Addick
    Gravesend_Addick Posts: 7,299
    That's poor
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  • dickplumb
    dickplumb Posts: 4,835
    Why wasn't Stoneman picked?
  • Leuth
    Leuth Posts: 23,314
    Because the selectors knew Gaz Baz would take them apart ;)
  • The_President
    The_President Posts: 14,280
    edited July 2017
    Leuth said:

    Because the selectors knew Gaz Baz would take them apart ;)

    He's still in (q kiss of death), and has scored tons of runs this season (averaging 94 over 13 innings) - that's why he's playing !
    This might come back to bite you !
  • Leuth
    Leuth Posts: 23,314
    Exactly - he's taking them apart. 160* by close of play
  • The_President
    The_President Posts: 14,280
    dickplumb said:

    Why wasn't Stoneman picked?

    Would think def next cab off the rank.
  • Callumcafc
    Callumcafc Posts: 63,763
    edited July 2017
    Ballance will score a double hundred, look solid for the rest of the series and be our top run scorer in the Ashes in a few months. ;-)
  • Leuth
    Leuth Posts: 23,314
    The Snail That Ran
  • Covered End
    Covered End Posts: 51,990
    Ballance lbw Morkel
  • Addick Addict
    Addick Addict Posts: 39,767
    Ballance looking good but still gets stuck in his crease so, if he ever misses it, he's out.
  • Addick Addict
    Addick Addict Posts: 39,767
    Leuth said:

    The Snail That Ran

    One to you Leuth

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