The Cricket Thread

[Deleted member 27995]

Be nice if we could make it to lunch without the loss of a wicket.

 

[SargeantMeatCurtains]

Roy, Root, Denly, Bairstow And Buttler must surely know their england careers rest on this innings.

Yes, it’s the final innings of the game but it’s essentially a day two wicket. Go and save the Ashes*


*Fully aware that every player I’ve just listed will score less than 50 runs together.

 

[Archibald&Crooks]

You can get 10/11 that the match finishes today. Lets be honest, that's a cracking price, I'll be surprised if it hasn't finished before tea.

 

[Ossie'sAardvark]

Guessing time....what will we make second innings.
Winner gets to capt, coach, open for England.
170 me.

 

[VegasII]

171 all out or perhaps just 110 or so. And that’s being optimistic.

 

[Archibald&Crooks]

92

haha, Atherton: the Aussie doctor has spent more time on the field than some of England’s batsmen

 

[SE Spurs]

Don't expect us to get anywhere near the total. I just want to see some fight.

 

[dondo]

Roy, Root, Denly, Bairstow And Buttler must surely know their england careers rest on this innings.

Yes, it’s the final innings of the game but it’s essentially a day two wicket. Go and save the Ashes*


*Fully aware that every player I’ve just listed will score less than 50 runs together.

Guarantee at least 3/5 start the next test, can only see them dropping one of denly/Roy.
It’s not what I would do but that’s what will happen imo

 

[SargeantMeatCurtains]

Guarantee at least 3/5 start the next test, can only see them dropping one of denly/Roy.
It’s not what I would do but that’s what will happen imo

Personally i’d drop Denly for Sibley, Bairstow for Foakes and move Roy further down the order. He deserves a chance to bat at the position he actually plays red ball cricket in for Surrey.

 

[Archibald&Crooks]

11-0

Epic partnership

Who said we can’t play test match cricket

 

[mpickard2087]

One edge for four, just another 89 like that to win the game. Easy peasy.

 

[JCRD]

I think England will salvage this either that or we will be like 150-0 then

COLLAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAPSE

 

[dondo]

Personally i’d drop Denly for Sibley, Bairstow for Foakes and move Roy further down the order. He deserves a chance to bat at the position he actually plays red ball cricket in for Surrey.

I would drop Denly and Buttler depending on how they do today/tomorrow.
Denly is not up to it at test level and England are in no position to have a specialist batsman at no 7.
Burns
sibley
Root
Ballance
Roy
Stokes
Bairstow
Is how I would go.
Ballance I know would be controversial as he has failed in the past but his record in CC stands out compared to the other England batsman and I think he is more likely to grin out tough runs in the middle order than other attacking gunho batsman that we seem to produce

 

[dagraham]

And so it begins.

 

[SargeantMeatCurtains]

Every dismissal is the same.

What are our coaches being paid for exactly?

 

[dondo]

Ha ha 2 down already

 

[Kingellesar]

Well....yeah didn’t see this coming

 

[Ossie'sAardvark]

Embarrassed. And that's just me!

 

[mpickard2087]

Here we go, they're saying you should leave that but that's the consequence of Burns' square on technique, makes it harder to do it.

Edit: Here we really go, decent ball to Roy but he's got in a huge tangle stuck on the crease.

 

[midoshairband]

done by tea. what an utter embarrassment.

Root has to quit as captain and move back to 4.

Burns isn’t good enough. neither is Denly.

lots of players waiting for a chance, who would do no worse than this lot - Sibley, Crawley, Hain, Foakes, Hildreth, S Curran to name a few.