David Kelly 1245 Posted June 24, 2022 Share Posted June 24, 2022 Tactics seem to have been all over the place this morning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex 35079 Posted June 24, 2022 Share Posted June 24, 2022 Always been a big fan of Bairstow 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmill 44872 Posted June 24, 2022 Share Posted June 24, 2022 Ridiculous from England this. They looked absolutely fucked at 55/6. That was 3 hours ago and they've since gone a run a ball to reach 240-6. Howe, Stokes, Bairstow. 2022 is the year of the ginger. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmill 44872 Posted June 26, 2022 Share Posted June 26, 2022 They put a stat up the other day on Sky. Aggressive shots percentage for the last 5 England coaches. They were all in a range from 22 to 24%. McCullum's was 37%. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gloom 21921 Posted June 27, 2022 Share Posted June 27, 2022 telling all your aggressive batters to play their natural great sounds great when you're playing at home and winning. might not look so clever down under or in the subcontinent. but it's going to be good craic along the way. the other thing to point out is we've been shite trying to coach ODI specialists to play proper test innings so maybe we are better off telling them to play the only way they really know how to. sangakkara was on sky yesterday suggesting we open with buttler in this line up. i mean sure, why not? can't be worse than crawley. it would be nice if we could unearth a few batters with a strong defence. i like foakes in this set up to break up the likes of bairstow and stokes 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobinRobin 11268 Posted June 27, 2022 Share Posted June 27, 2022 7 minutes ago, Dr Gloom said: sangakkara was on sky yesterday suggesting we open with buttler in this line up. That was the plan with Jason Roy, and facing a new ball in the red game still needs a bit of care initially. Crawley just doesn't know whether to stick or twist and ends up doing neither Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Kelly 1245 Posted June 27, 2022 Share Posted June 27, 2022 That was ridiculously easy. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex 35079 Posted June 27, 2022 Share Posted June 27, 2022 It’s been fantastic and lovely to be proven wrong about Bairstow at least for now. I think some factors need to be considered. The Kiwi selections were poor and it also helped being in a ODI chase situation for batsmen who are really good at that. You’ve also got this batch of Dukes balls which deteriorate quickly and don’t seem to reverse swing. But that was still an absolutely sensational set of performances against a very good NZ team. Buttler opening is a daft notion imo. And I think Crawley is a three. But I wouldn’t want to move 3-7 in the batting positions in the near future. Lees looks like best opener we’ve had in a while. On the bowling side Potts looks class and like he could bowl all day. Robinson should take note. Overton needs to bowl short spells as fast as he can 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobinRobin 11268 Posted June 28, 2022 Share Posted June 28, 2022 Potts will certainly take a lot of shifting from this team and Overton's batting looks better than his brother (clearly his bowling is faster too), so Robinson is going to have to get much fitter, and other bowlers are going to struggle to get back even when they are over their current injuries. I don't know who else is out there as an opener, though. Perhaps they just have to persist with Crawley and hope for the best, like Pope. After all, being a number 3 is practically the same as an opener, as the opener can get a first ball duck anyway. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gloom 21921 Posted June 28, 2022 Share Posted June 28, 2022 Robinson doesn’t look athletic does he? Not sure you can get away with not looking after yourself off the field anymore. Agree that Potts looks a find. If Crawly has a future in tests he needs to be given a go lower down the order for me. He’s too vulnerable in the channel to play in the top 3 - another James Vince, the amount of times he nicks off to the new ball. Looks great when it works but he keeps getting out the same way. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex 35079 Posted June 28, 2022 Share Posted June 28, 2022 1 hour ago, Dr Gloom said: Robinson doesn’t look athletic does he? Not sure you can get away with not looking after yourself off the field anymore. Agree that Potts looks a find. If Crawly has a future in tests he needs to be given a go lower down the order for me. He’s too vulnerable in the channel to play in the top 3 - another James Vince, the amount of times he nicks off to the new ball. Looks great when it works but he keeps getting out the same way. Even when he’s been playing well Robinson bowls about 5 mph slower in the evening session if England have been bowling all day. Like you say, with players being that much fitter and all the analysis now, you can’t get away with not being in peak condition 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gloom 21921 Posted June 28, 2022 Share Posted June 28, 2022 4 minutes ago, Alex said: Even when he’s been playing well Robinson bowls about 5 mph slower in the evening session if England have been bowling all day. Like you say, with players being that much fitter and all the analysis now, you can’t get away with not being in peak condition he has ability, so it's up to him. getting in shape is the easy bit. he could learn something fro the likes of stokes, who is supremely fit and athletic. there isn't room for players built like inzamam ul-haq in the modern game 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex 35079 Posted June 28, 2022 Share Posted June 28, 2022 That’s the annoying thing, isn’t it? He’s clearly very talented Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobinRobin 11268 Posted June 28, 2022 Share Posted June 28, 2022 If he wants an international career, he need to pull his finger out. He has been warned enough times already, and I can't see Stokes and Baz putting up with that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Kelly 1245 Posted June 28, 2022 Share Posted June 28, 2022 Potts has clearly went away and improved his fitness/strength in the off season. Last season he looked like possibly getting involved with the England set up in white ball cricket and useful with the red ball but well behind the likes of Rushworth and Raine, and possibly Carse, as the main bowler for Durham. His improvement has been phenomenal really. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gloom 21921 Posted July 2, 2022 Share Posted July 2, 2022 bazball not looking quite so clever against this indian attack. shami is bowling an absolutely unbelievable spell. fuck knows how he hasn't taken a wicket Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom 14011 Posted July 4, 2022 Share Posted July 4, 2022 TARGET : 378 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gloom 21921 Posted July 4, 2022 Share Posted July 4, 2022 lees starts with a streaky 17 from 10. oh, hai bazball Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmill 44872 Posted July 4, 2022 Share Posted July 4, 2022 Going at 5 an over here. If you're Australian watching this, you've got to be getting a bit nervous. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gloom 21921 Posted July 4, 2022 Share Posted July 4, 2022 It feels like England are trying to reinvent the way test cricket is played - a bit like how the one day game was transformed in the 2010s 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex 35079 Posted July 5, 2022 Share Posted July 5, 2022 This is just silly. Fantastic but silly. The Indian team being absolute wankers makes it all the sweeter. I thought it would be all over in the first hour today. But I meant in terms of it being decided what the result would be, not literally 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobinRobin 11268 Posted July 5, 2022 Share Posted July 5, 2022 They wanted to get Gemmill on YouTube 😉 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom 14011 Posted July 5, 2022 Share Posted July 5, 2022 56 minutes ago, Alex said: This is just silly. Fantastic but silly. The Indian team being absolute wankers makes it all the sweeter. I thought it would be all over in the first hour today. But I meant in terms of it being decided what the result would be, not literally Kohli ffs 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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