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Gold.Geez need a separate thread for this, would be fun.
We made fewer runs.
But * off you ******* prick
We lost so we won.
Dropping Foakes was absolute insanity by England.
The funniest thing is that he's a better batsman than the players they're picking as batsmen. He averages 40 in first class cricket not 15! He averages almost 40 in test cricket since Stokes became captain.
He averages 9 more than Crawley in FC cricket, 4 more than Stokes and more than Brook when he was selected to debut.
But they're leaving out their best keeper because he isn't a good enough bat.
Has anyone in the England camp actually mouthed the words, "Well played Australia"? If so, I must have missed it. It's been all about how wonderful Bazball is, and how it's revived English cricket. It's almost as if the Poms don't actually have an opponent this summer - it's all about them.If what they have been rolling out post test is the actual attitude and midset this series will be over within 4 days .
Aussies will win Lords and be 2-0 up and the English will implode .
Ill give Mccallum more credit than that and think he will straighten them up a bit .
Its been the most bizarre and attitude to a loss I've seen and the fact they are making it public is real denial type stuff
Murali's record is often criticized for being gained on spin friendly Sri Lankan wickets. Given Anderson wants to quit after a non seam friendly first test, maybe the years of him being the beneficiary of being served up seam friendly wickets should be questioned too?
As long as they play Crawley, they're batting one short.How I would line up if I was in charge of England.
So does Slogger BrookMight be getting a little more than the 15 degrees with those bowling actions
They don’t want Root to have to bowl 30 overs though. He’s the best batsman they have by a mile.I would be inclined to pick an extra quick in Mark Wood and drop Moeen fi I was them, they still have Root who can bowl decent spin if they need it.
Hookes was given enough chances, and he proved to be an exceptional First Class batter, who wasn’t up to Test standard unfortunately.What a tragic story Hooksey was. 23 matches weren't nearly enough to show what he could do.
You might have wanted to actually watch him. Perhaps?Hookes was given enough chances, and he proved to be an exceptional First Class batter, who wasn’t up to Test standard unfortunately.
The selectors even told him how he needed to improve to make the step up (improve the array of shots he has, patience) but he was unable to do this.
I did. He was an excellent First Class cricketer.You might have wanted to actually watch him. Perhaps?
The 05 Ashes were great because you had high level competitive games , neither side given an inch , England standing up for the first time in years but an incredible mutual respect between the sides which almost added to the drama of it .Has anyone in the England camp actually mouthed the words, "Well played Australia"? If so, I must have missed it. It's been all about how wonderful Bazball is, and how it's revived English cricket. It's almost as if the Poms don't actually have an opponent this summer - it's all about them.
Except this time I want to smash them - I doubt my aging heart could handle another cliffhanger!!!The 05 Ashes were great because you had high level competitive games , neither side given an inch , England standing up for the first time in years but an incredible mutual respect between the sides which almost added to the drama of it .
Aussies clearly havent been clean skins in the past but they would always back it up...... Robinson/Crawley reeks of the local cricketer batting 9, not bowling who has a big mouth and thats it .
Ill I have heard is whinging and poor us .
I hope they put up next test , I doubt it and think it'll be 2-0 and pretty much series over .
As I suggested a few pages back - I seriously doubt Robinson of his own volition sat down and penned this nonsense article, he simply agreed to have his name associated with it as he's obviously happy being publicly promoted as the 'Ashes Villain'.
Lifted from these very pages....MSM always so slow
Nah, that’s not how these columns work. The player gives the talking points, the journo writes it coherently, the player ticks it off. The ideas came from Robinson. What’s more, the quotes come from Bazball McCullum himself. The journo wouldn’t make that up.As I suggested a few pages back - I seriously doubt Robinson of his own volition sat down and penned this nonsense article, he simply agreed to have his name associated with it as he's obviously happy being publicly promoted as the 'Ashes Villain'.
While this may or not be the case one thing is for sure, Robinson is definitely not the sharpest tool in the shed....
Noted, accordingly this just makes Robinson claims sound even more ridiculous....Nah, that’s not how these columns work. The player gives the talking points, the journo writes it coherently, the player ticks it off. The ideas came from Robinson. What’s more, the quotes come from Bazball McCullum himself. The journo wouldn’t make that up.
If it's mind games to psych-out the Aussies, it's silly.Its been the most bizarre and attitude to a loss I've seen and the fact they are making it public is real denial type stuff
Yep the obsession with Crawley is amazing.If I was giving the benefit of the doubt, for a long time they've had the problem of having lots of middle order batsmen to choose from, but no top order bats.
It's the reason Root had to bat at 3 at different stages of his career, Bairstow was also tried at some point but it didn't go well. Ollie Pope batted down the order for his County but they eventually gave him a go at 3 and the stats at least suggest it's paying off.
That's the challenge with Foakes, I do think if there was a middle order spot available, despite the Bazball cult, they would of played Bairstow as a pure bat. There's logic in them not wanting to repeat a failed experiment of moving Bairstow to open to accommodate Foakes though that logic started to fall away with his latest wicket keeping performance.
Given Stokes has a good defense I'm on board with dropping Crawley and moving Stokes to open, that may actually have happened if it wasn't for Crawley's 60. His 60 is the problem with keeping poor performing players in the team too long, eventually they will hit a score, it'll buy them a few more games but you'll have wasted another 5+ Tests worth of development for a more deserving player.
After Sobers (who was peerless), David Hookes was the cleanest left-handed hitter/timer of the ball I ever saw, until Gilchrist. Even then, I'd be troubled to say which was better in full flight, although Gilly's record certainly was better.Hookes was given enough chances, and he proved to be an exceptional First Class batter, who wasn’t up to Test standard unfortunately.
The selectors even told him how he needed to improve to make the step up (improve the array of shots he has, patience) but he was unable to do this.
Watching Hookes when he was on, WOW, he was breathtaking, awesome. Game-changer.You might have wanted to actually watch him. Perhaps?