England Cricket 2021 (excluding Ashes)

mendonca said:

greenwichred68 said:

India found it very easy to bowl on this pitch yet we struggled.We lost this test from the moment they went past 99 2nd innings.we made it easy for them.Another woeful England performance and i am dreading another 5-0 drubbing in Australia.Feel for Root.Something needs to be sorted out upstairs and the ECB need to take a hard long look at themselves.Pathetic.

Australia aren't very strong at the moment. I wouldn't expect to see a 5-0 drubbing at all.

If I were Cummins or Starc I’d be licking my lips looking at England’s batting line up.

For all the talk of how good England's bowling attack is, they looked tired and a bit lacking in ideas as this match progressed. India scored 466 in their second innings, whereas we got 210, and it was the seamers who took 7 wickets today. 

mendonca said:

greenwichred68 said:

India found it very easy to bowl on this pitch yet we struggled.We lost this test from the moment they went past 99 2nd innings.we made it easy for them.Another woeful England performance and i am dreading another 5-0 drubbing in Australia.Feel for Root.Something needs to be sorted out upstairs and the ECB need to take a hard long look at themselves.Pathetic.

Australia aren't very strong at the moment. I wouldn't expect to see a 5-0 drubbing at all.

They dont need to be strong.All they need to do is turn up.They could play their 2nd string and still beat us.

golfaddick said:

Can someone tell me what Ollie Robinson is trying to do. Shielding Anderson from the strike.....for what reason ?  There is 30 overs left so they are not going to survive to stumps. And it's not like Robinson is scoring runs. He's just taking 5 balls & then getting a run on the 6th. Pointless 

What else could he do? 

mendonca said:

greenwichred68 said:

India found it very easy to bowl on this pitch yet we struggled.We lost this test from the moment they went past 99 2nd innings.we made it easy for them.Another woeful England performance and i am dreading another 5-0 drubbing in Australia.Feel for Root.Something needs to be sorted out upstairs and the ECB need to take a hard long look at themselves.Pathetic.

Australia aren't very strong at the moment. I wouldn't expect to see a 5-0 drubbing at all.

I'm not so sure - only one real quality batsman if Stokes is missing, no spinner, no real variation or pace in the bowling bar Wood playing a couple of Tests....

Think we're in for a winter of Smith and Labuschagne batting and batting too.

just a lack of talented and disciplined red ball 3/4/5 day English cricketers .. unfortunately, 20/20 and The Hundred are the money makers for the counties, though at £100ish  a day tickets for tests and £6+ for a pint, the ECB is making a good few quid from 'the fans'

Ed Smith needs to be brought back to scout around the counties to spot some talent. AND .. how did the ;King of Spain' get the top job as the Director of English Cricket ? .. a bizarre appointment if ever there was one .. a nice job for the epitome of a jobsworth i m o

off topic a bit .. look at this for consistency right down the order ... Durham v Glamorgan - Cricket - BBC Sport .. the Durham innings that is

Lincsaddick said:

off topic a bit .. look at this for consistency right down the order ... Durham v Glamorgan - Cricket - BBC Sport .. the Durham innings that is

Poor in a way, all got a start and got out....

Chizz said:

North Lower Neil said:

Chizz said:

felix_31 said:

kinveachyaddick said:

felix_31 said:

Fanny Fanackapan said:

I already have donned my coat...

...but is this partly due to the England batters' lack of red ball cricket this summer ? 

Big time. Along with our tendency to bottle it (not including Stokes and Leach, of course.) But also due to the pitch - let's be honest, it was flat yesterday, and its turning and reversing today.

That’s what tends to happen on the final day of a test which is why batting last should really be avoided at costs 

Its tricky isn't it... Do you bowl first innings with clouds overhead knowing you'll have to bat to win, or do you go into bat first knowing you might struggle to post a decent score but avoiding batting on the final day? 

Joe Root is England's most successful Test captain ever.  Who would you choose to replace him?

Is he?  Just by being there longer than a few others?  Brearly & Vaughan both won more of their Tests I think?  Maybe Strauss too, certainly lost less.

Root 27 
Vaughan 26 
Cook, Strauss 24 
May 20 
Brearley 18 

Who would you choose to replace Root?  

For the record, the only player still playing cricket to have captained England in a Test match is Ben Stokes.  Hos career record is 0% wins. 

Cook is still playing for Essex

Addick Addict said:

Buttler, Leach and Wood added to the squad for the next Test

a good call would have been Matt Parkinson (NO 44 in the c c averages) to play on his home turf .. his 'Hundred form' (excuse those, to some, blasphemous words lol) was good .. he gives the ball a right good tweak and is an infectious and enthusiastic character .. the English selector Silverwood, along with Root sure lack a bit of devil and a willingness to experiment .. mind you the press are all too keen to get on their backs for any perceived 'craziness'

mendonca said:

Amazing how after so many years, we enter the debate of Buttler V Bairstow in the red ball Test team.

there is a hard core in the England set up who would still be selected even if they had broken both legs and an arm (or two)