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England Cricket Team Summer 2019 -ICC World Cup and Ashes etc

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  • Pelling1993
    Pelling1993 Posts: 6,673
    We are so shit....
  • Todds_right_hook
    Todds_right_hook Posts: 10,881
    England need proper batsmen, not 1 days specialists. Roy, butler and bairstow all need to go
  • Briston_Addick
    Briston_Addick Posts: 11,677
    If this was a T20 match the Lord's DJ would start playing a bit of Queen on a loop.

    "Another one bites the dust ..."
  • Laddick01
    Laddick01 Posts: 6,365
    Where’s Gary Ballance these day
  • Rudders22
    Rudders22 Posts: 3,864
    We need some test match batsmen, test match bowlers and a decent captain. 
  • suzisausage
    suzisausage Posts: 11,502
    unfortunately, can still see The Shard.....
  • soapboxsam
    soapboxsam Posts: 23,229
    Covered End said:
    We also have 7 playing for England today whose first name begins with"J".
    I wish one of them was Jack Hobbs at his peak (or even on his decline)

  • MrOneLung
    MrOneLung Posts: 26,849
    This is awful. Thank god got free beer on the all inclusive 
  • Briston_Addick
    Briston_Addick Posts: 11,677
    Jeff Thomson has just had a bit of air-time on Sky's coverage, looking very relaxed in a hospitality box with a bottle of beer in his hand. (They cut to him between deliveries throughout the course of an over so there's no guarantee it was the same bottle each time.)

    Even at his age he'd be looking at this England batting line up and fancying himself to bag a fiver-fer.
  • killerandflash
    killerandflash Posts: 69,844
    That Aussie attack is seriously good when they can leave out Starc and Pattinson. Though they're not exactly facing the most solid batting unit...
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  • Chizz
    Chizz Posts: 28,331
    Chizz said:
    Realistically, if you insert a team on a day when the weather looks fairly ok, but the forecast is for cloudy, overcast conditions tomorrow, what's the maximum you'd be happy with conceding on day one?  300?  280? 
    Any takers for this? 
  • Briston_Addick
    Briston_Addick Posts: 11,677
    200 up on the stroke of tea.

    201-6 (61 ov) Bairstow 36* Woakes 25*
  • Pelling1993
    Pelling1993 Posts: 6,673
    I’d bite your hand off for 300
  • Briston_Addick
    Briston_Addick Posts: 11,677
    If they can negotiate the opening over or two after tea can see this pair putting on another 70 or 80, briefly raising hopes of some kind of resistance, but as soon as one gets out the remainder of the batting line-up will topple like dominoes for less than 10 runs.

    If the usual happens and either Bairstow or Woakes depart immediately after the interval then it'll be over very quickly and we won't even have 230 on the board when Steve Smith starts his reply.

    Anything over 300 will be a bloody miracle.
  • Rudders22
    Rudders22 Posts: 3,864
    If you said to me at 10.30am that England would be asked to bat 1st and we were goig to be 200 for 6 (wth the way we are batting at the moment) in a rain affected match I would take that. Allowing for the Smith factor if we could sneak another 150 that would give us a fighting chance. I think there is rain from tomorrow afternoon onwards and then some on Sat then anything can happen. Although if we did get to 350 a draw would be the most likely result. 
  • blackpool72
    blackpool72 Posts: 23,670
    Chizz said:
    Chizz said:
    Realistically, if you insert a team on a day when the weather looks fairly ok, but the forecast is for cloudy, overcast conditions tomorrow, what's the maximum you'd be happy with conceding on day one?  300?  280? 
    Any takers for this? 
    I'd say 250 _280.
    What about you. 
  • cafcfan1990
    cafcfan1990 Posts: 12,811
    Rudders22 said:
    If you said to me at 10.30am that England would be asked to bat 1st and we were goig to be 200 for 6 (wth the way we are batting at the moment) in a rain affected match I would take that. Allowing for the Smith factor if we could sneak another 150 that would give us a fighting chance. I think there is rain from tomorrow afternoon onwards and then some on Sat then anything can happen. Although if we did get to 350 a draw would be the most likely result. 
    I think we will have done really well to reach 300 and will take that right now. Think we will be all out for around 260. 
  • Covered End
    Covered End Posts: 51,993
    Woakes worked over. Hit on helmet and then out to another shortish delivery.

    214-7
  • Covered End
    Covered End Posts: 51,993
    Joffra is wearing no arm guard, but does appear to be wearing a watch (or what looks like a watch).
  • Leuth
    Leuth Posts: 23,314
    Archer to Cummins later shall be fun
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  • Rudders22
    Rudders22 Posts: 3,864
    Wouldn't it be funny if Archers got some runs or a 4 or 2... 
  • Chizz
    Chizz Posts: 28,331
    blackpool72 said:
    Chizz said:
    Chizz said:
    Realistically, if you insert a team on a day when the weather looks fairly ok, but the forecast is for cloudy, overcast conditions tomorrow, what's the maximum you'd be happy with conceding on day one?  300?  280? 
    Any takers for this? 
    I'd say 250 _280.
    What about you. 
    I really don't think you want to concede any more than 260 if you stick the oppo in and day 2 looks like it's going to do something.  
  • blackpool72
    blackpool72 Posts: 23,670
    Chizz said:
    blackpool72 said:
    Chizz said:
    Chizz said:
    Realistically, if you insert a team on a day when the weather looks fairly ok, but the forecast is for cloudy, overcast conditions tomorrow, what's the maximum you'd be happy with conceding on day one?  300?  280? 
    Any takers for this? 
    I'd say 250 _280.
    What about you. 
    I really don't think you want to concede any more than 260 if you stick the oppo in and day 2 looks like it's going to do something.  
    Depends on how many wickets you take. 
    260 _280 all out would be seen as being ok.
  • Rudders22
    Rudders22 Posts: 3,864
    I noticed four of their bowlers have taken wickets today. 
  • Chizz
    Chizz Posts: 28,331

  • Briston_Addick
    Briston_Addick Posts: 11,677
    Rudders22 said:
    I noticed four of their bowlers have taken wickets today. 
    Only Smith is wicket-less thus far.

    I bet the Aussie selectors don't have the balls to drop him ...












    ... although England's fielders will no doubt drop him once or twice when he's batting.
  • Leuth
    Leuth Posts: 23,314
    That would require him offering a chance
  • Covered End
    Covered End Posts: 51,993
    230-8

    Archer 12
  • Briston_Addick
    Briston_Addick Posts: 11,677
    Leuth said:
    That would require him offering a chance
    He will, don't you worry.

    When he's reached 104 and then again on 138.
  • Rudders22
    Rudders22 Posts: 3,864
    My home shopping is due this hour. Hopefully it will come once we are bowled out at the start of the 10 minute change over. 

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