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England Cricket 2025

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  • Is this on TNT?
  • Is this on TNT?
    Yes, it was
  • Bethell as captain is kind of comical to me
  • Chizz said:
    Ireland 196-3 - their highest T20 score against England
    Never lost to us in t20s
    Have now!
  • Bethell as captain is kind of comical to me
    Best ever win percentage record of any England captain
  • Chizz said:
    Bethell as captain is kind of comical to me
    Best ever win percentage record of any England captain
    How did I know you were coming here with this exact post eh
  • edited September 19
    So, England's fixtures during August & September:

    Test v India July 31st-4th Aug: Lost by 6 runs
    ODI v South Africa 2nd Sept: Lost by 7 wkts
    ODI v South Africa 4th Sept: Lost by 5 runs
    ODI v South Africa 7th Sept: Won by 345 runs
    T20I v South Africa 10th Sept: Lost by 14 runs (England innings reduced to 5 overs due to the weather)
    T20I v South Africa 12th Sept: Won by 146 runs
    T20I v South Africa 14th Sept: Abandoned 
    T20I v Ireland 17th Sept: Won by 4 wickets
    T20I v Ireland 19th September: Abandoned

    So three wins in nine matches - England lost the final Test of a 5-match series that was ludicrously crammed, were defeated in the first two matches of a 50 over series against SA by virtue of the players coming straight from The Hundred with the likes of Duckett "punch drunk" from playing so many matches, had a T20I series against SA decimated by the weather and now lead 1-0 against Ireland in the T20I series against Ireland with today's match being rained off too. 

    The ECB living up to their reputation, as previously evidenced by our performances in recent world cups, has been further enhanced to the extent that they now carry the motto "We don't fail to plan, we plan to fail". 
  • Please tell me there are some warm up matches before the Ashes in 2 months time.
  • Please tell me there are some warm up matches before the Ashes in 2 months time.
    I believe the main squad are playing the Lions squad , but not seen anything else announced. I'd assume a Prime Ministers XI game or something along those lines too. 
  • Cramming in Test matches has the side effect of meaning that teams tend to rotate their quick bowlers. This knocks on to some quick bowlers preferring to focus on short form cricket because they can earn plenty, only have to bowl 4/10 overs and can keep going into their 30s. Whether the sport will split in two remains to be seen but the schedule is becoming increasingly unmanageable, particularly with our relatively short summers.
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