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England Cricket 2023

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  • kentaddick
    kentaddick Posts: 18,729
    i like robinson, but i think this is a big test match for him to shut up his critics. His bowling average speaks for itself imo.
  • Pelling1993
    Pelling1993 Posts: 6,673
    kentaddick said:
    i like robinson, but i think this is a big test match for him to shut up his critics. His bowling average speaks for itself imo.
    He must be fit be he doesn't look great this morning. Never express pace but usually 81/82mph
  • Chizz
    Chizz Posts: 28,337
    Ben Stokes is very assertive with his field placings 

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  • MrOneLung
    MrOneLung Posts: 26,856
    Tongue not Wood ? .. 
    bit of viagra can sort that out
  • kentaddick
    kentaddick Posts: 18,729
    10 off tongue's first over...
  • Leuth
    Leuth Posts: 23,316
    This ain't Ireland, and he ain't an international-class bowler. But let's see, weirder things have happened
  • Gary Poole
    Gary Poole Posts: 1,874
    Chizz said:
    Ben Stokes is very assertive with his field placings 

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    Warner looking to punch down the ground
  • Lincsaddick
    Lincsaddick Posts: 32,350
    Michael Vaughan making the point on 5SX that Wood and Woakes are not gonna get test match fit by just bowling in the nets etc. .. send them back to their counties to play some real competitive cricket .. I agree totally
  • Pelling1993
    Pelling1993 Posts: 6,673
    This is an incredibly frustrating morning
  • Chizz
    Chizz Posts: 28,337
    Michael Vaughan making the point on 5SX that Wood and Woakes are not gonna get test match fit by just bowling in the nets etc. .. send them back to their counties to play some real competitive cricket .. I agree totally
    I think they have a basic choice. Either send them back to their counties or get them to play some real, competitive cricket. 
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  • Addick Addict
    Addick Addict Posts: 39,791
    Michael Vaughan making the point on 5SX that Wood and Woakes are not gonna get test match fit by just bowling in the nets etc. .. send them back to their counties to play some real competitive cricket .. I agree totally
    This is the point I made yesterday about why England bowlers might not be match fit so break down more often as a result. I think we do "manage" our bowlers far more than some countries through that fear of injury but it actually can work against them for that reason. 
  • Addick Addict
    Addick Addict Posts: 39,791
    edited June 2023
    Chizz said:
    Michael Vaughan making the point on 5SX that Wood and Woakes are not gonna get test match fit by just bowling in the nets etc. .. send them back to their counties to play some real competitive cricket .. I agree totally
    I think they have a basic choice. Either send them back to their counties or get them to play some real, competitive cricket. 
    Like The Hundred you mean? Have to wait for August for that but, with the best will in the world, 20 balls a game isn't going to get them match fit for a Test! The Ashes are over by then anyway because The ECB won't allow them to be played at the height of the summer.
  • Chizz
    Chizz Posts: 28,337
    Chizz said:
    Michael Vaughan making the point on 5SX that Wood and Woakes are not gonna get test match fit by just bowling in the nets etc. .. send them back to their counties to play some real competitive cricket .. I agree totally
    I think they have a basic choice. Either send them back to their counties or get them to play some real, competitive cricket. 
    Like The Hundred you mean? Have to wait for August for that but, with the best will in the world, 20 balls a game isn't going to get them match fit for a Test! 
    No, of course I don't mean The Hundred. 
  • Lincsaddick
    Lincsaddick Posts: 32,350
    Michael Vaughan making the point on 5SX that Wood and Woakes are not gonna get test match fit by just bowling in the nets etc. .. send them back to their counties to play some real competitive cricket .. I agree totally
    This is the point I made yesterday about why England bowlers might not be match fit so break down more often as a result. I think we do "manage" our bowlers far more than some countries through that fear of injury but it actually can work against them for that reason. 
    I risk heresy here .. is Anderson still being selected for nostalgic/just hoping he's really not past it reasons ?
  • kentaddick
    kentaddick Posts: 18,729
    warner's batted very very well, must be said.
  • Addick Addict
    Addick Addict Posts: 39,791
    Chizz said:
    Chizz said:
    Michael Vaughan making the point on 5SX that Wood and Woakes are not gonna get test match fit by just bowling in the nets etc. .. send them back to their counties to play some real competitive cricket .. I agree totally
    I think they have a basic choice. Either send them back to their counties or get them to play some real, competitive cricket. 
    Like The Hundred you mean? Have to wait for August for that but, with the best will in the world, 20 balls a game isn't going to get them match fit for a Test! 
    No, of course I don't mean The Hundred. 
    We know that you don't like County cricket and that you have professed a liking for The Hundred. Bowling 25 overs in a County game will get them match fit and to get used to landing the ball in the right areas.
  • Cafc43v3r
    Cafc43v3r Posts: 21,600
    edited June 2023
    Michael Vaughan making the point on 5SX that Wood and Woakes are not gonna get test match fit by just bowling in the nets etc. .. send them back to their counties to play some real competitive cricket .. I agree totally
    This is the point I made yesterday about why England bowlers might not be match fit so break down more often as a result. I think we do "manage" our bowlers far more than some countries through that fear of injury but it actually can work against them for that reason. 
    When did we start dragging multiple bowlers round the country to carry the drinks?  Tongue, Potts etc were all at Edgbaston and Wood is chopping on a bag of apples in the pavilion here.

    Are our two "spinners" here as well? 
  • Lincsaddick
    Lincsaddick Posts: 32,350
    edited June 2023
    warner's batted very very well, must be said.
    his record over a long time suggests he more often bats very well than not very well .. like or loath, he's a class batsman
  • Addick Addict
    Addick Addict Posts: 39,791
    That is why Tongue is in the side
  • Cafc43v3r
    Cafc43v3r Posts: 21,600
    edited June 2023
    That will do donkey, that will do.

    74/1 
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  • Chizz
    Chizz Posts: 28,337
    Chizz said:
    Chizz said:
    Michael Vaughan making the point on 5SX that Wood and Woakes are not gonna get test match fit by just bowling in the nets etc. .. send them back to their counties to play some real competitive cricket .. I agree totally
    I think they have a basic choice. Either send them back to their counties or get them to play some real, competitive cricket. 
    Like The Hundred you mean? Have to wait for August for that but, with the best will in the world, 20 balls a game isn't going to get them match fit for a Test! 
    No, of course I don't mean The Hundred. 
    We know that you don't like County cricket and that you have professed a liking for The Hundred. Bowling 25 overs in a County game will get them match fit and to get used to landing the ball in the right areas.
    I don't think county championship cricket can ever be described as "real, competitive cricket". I assume we differ on that. But if the contentions of both Michael Vaughan and @Lincsaddick are that Wood and Woakes would be better playing for their counties between now and the third Test, I disagree. 

    What games would they play between now and then that would benefit them more than working with the Test coaches? I don't think there are any. 
  • kentaddick
    kentaddick Posts: 18,729
    khawaja bowled by tongue without playing a shot!!
  • kentaddick
    kentaddick Posts: 18,729
    and that's lunch! Great time to get a wicket.
  • Callumcafc
    Callumcafc Posts: 63,766
    That might be the most pivotal wicket in the match, and by extension, the series.
  • cantersaddick
    cantersaddick Posts: 16,929
    Well Tongue me!
  • Leuth
    Leuth Posts: 23,316
    That is why Tongue is in the side
    Really? Was a perfectly normal delivery, bit of movement, misjudgement. Let's see how he continues
  • Chizz
    Chizz Posts: 28,337
    and that's lunch! Great time to get a wicket.
    I don't understand why they take lunch straight away. Without going full-Golfie, why do they take lunch part-way through an over, when the wicket falls two minutes before the scheduled break? 

    I think they should always complete the over in play. 
  • kinveachyaddick
    kinveachyaddick Posts: 3,875
    Tongue's extra pace definitely a plus
  • cantersaddick
    cantersaddick Posts: 16,929
    Chizz said:
    Chizz said:
    Chizz said:
    Michael Vaughan making the point on 5SX that Wood and Woakes are not gonna get test match fit by just bowling in the nets etc. .. send them back to their counties to play some real competitive cricket .. I agree totally
    I think they have a basic choice. Either send them back to their counties or get them to play some real, competitive cricket. 
    Like The Hundred you mean? Have to wait for August for that but, with the best will in the world, 20 balls a game isn't going to get them match fit for a Test! 
    No, of course I don't mean The Hundred. 
    We know that you don't like County cricket and that you have professed a liking for The Hundred. Bowling 25 overs in a County game will get them match fit and to get used to landing the ball in the right areas.
    I don't think county championship cricket can ever be described as "real, competitive cricket". I assume we differ on that. But if the contentions of both Michael Vaughan and @Lincsaddick are that Wood and Woakes would be better playing for their counties between now and the third Test, I disagree. 

    What games would they play between now and then that would benefit them more than working with the Test coaches? I don't think there are any. 
    Their problem isn't technical, mindset or form which would be something to work with coaches on. Their problem is overs in the legs which you can only get in game situations. Stokes said himself regarding his knee after the last match that backing up spell after spell on consecutive days with hours in the field in between is very different from bowling controlled spells in the nets with a visit to the physio and sports massage specialists in between.

    England are quite happy to release players to counties with stipulations about the number of overs they can bowl per innings/per day as they did with Sam Curran most of last season. Don't see why the same couldn't apply here.
  • kentaddick
    kentaddick Posts: 18,729
    Leuth said:
    That is why Tongue is in the side
    Really? Was a perfectly normal delivery, bit of movement, misjudgement. Let's see how he continues
    his extra pace enforces these misjudgment, that fraction of a second a batsman can come down on a decision on whether to play or not.