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-Spiffy- posted:Winning the toss doesn't necessarily mean you bat first though.
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Jul 20, 2015 06:46
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iajanus posted:It's not a complicated rule if you're not a loving idiot like Stokes was. 10 year old children understand the concept that you need something touching the ground behind the line; this isn't unique to cricket... sliding your bat is stupid. If you play on poo poo grounds you inevitably end up with the bat plugging and nailing you in the bollocks
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Jul 20, 2015 06:54
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RideTheSpiral posted:sliding your bat is stupid. If you play on poo poo grounds you inevitably end up with the bat plugging and nailing you in the bollocks You're not riding it like a witch and if you're extending properly the bat is out to the side.
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Jul 20, 2015 06:59
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RideTheSpiral posted:Stokes is an idiot but this rule is bad. He is obviously behind the crease. So should shots be counted as six if they go over the boundary but are saved by being thrown back in by a fielder too? Maybe we should award catches if the fielder drops them because it obviously should have been caught? The rule is cut and dry. Stokes is really dumb to have gotten out like that.
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Jul 20, 2015 07:06
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RideTheSpiral posted:Stokes is an idiot but this rule is bad. He is obviously behind the crease. If stokes wasn't a gutless twerp he wouldn't have decided shelling up was more important than getting hit and staying in.
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Jul 20, 2015 07:24
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Byolante posted:If stokes wasn't a gutless twerp he wouldn't have decided shelling up was more important than getting hit and staying in. Mitchell Johnson was probably throwing to break his loving arm and accidentally hit the stumps
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Jul 20, 2015 07:27
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RideTheSpiral posted:Mitchell Johnson was probably throwing to break his loving arm and accidentally hit the stumps Broken arm didn't stop cowdrey, he needs to man up
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Jul 20, 2015 07:30
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England.jpg The problem England have is that the talent pool is so shallow there are no repercussions for such insane levels of stupidity and incompetence. Stokesy has a laugh about it with Belly and Ballancey and nothing changes. Fucker should be dropped for that.
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Jul 20, 2015 08:08
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It's not that shallow, it's just their ridiculous insistence on never dropping anyone means that none of the potential backups (Taylor, Hales, Bairstow, Willey, Rashid etc) ever get any experience. They then get chucked into the deep end of a series that's going so terribly that an undroppable gets dropped and shockingly underperform. The Windies series is a prime example, using it to administer the last rites to Trotted career was criminal.
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Jul 20, 2015 08:27
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Cool the test is already over. No recording tms tonight.
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Jul 20, 2015 08:30
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-Spiffy- posted:Lots of talk about a lovely pitch but how about England doesn't pick goblins and gingers to hold bats and find actual good batsmen. Goblins and gingers are >90% of the Irish population
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Jul 20, 2015 11:36
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Airstream Driver posted:Has he always batted this far back or did someone 'fix' him? I'm sure I remember him topping the sixes league in the t20 comp one year so he can't always have been a back foot bellend. I think it's all his own doing though, getting further and further back the more his confidence dwindles.
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Jul 20, 2015 11:46
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With some minor adjustments this would make a good sledge for Balance.
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Jul 20, 2015 12:02
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He got a reasonable review from The Telegraph, but then a lot of their scores seem to go along the lines of "Well he really wasn't that bad - 8/10".The Telegraph posted:Gary Ballance: Only 98 runs but has phlegmatically survived more balls than all bar Cook, Root and Stokes. A square peg in a round hole at 3 owing to his (non-) footwork? Deserves a go down the order before being dropped. 6/10 Rest of the scores here - http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/cr...l?frame=3381232
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Jul 20, 2015 12:10
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Anderson gets a 7 for taking 0/140 at over 4 an over. Alrighty then.
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Jul 20, 2015 12:20
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Dead Goon posted:He got a reasonable review from The Telegraph, but then a lot of their scores seem to go along the lines of "Well he really wasn't that bad - 8/10". What is the point of scoring out of 10 if you're only going to give people between 6 and 9?
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Jul 20, 2015 12:27
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Rated Anderson high cos he might eventually get a pitch he is effective on 
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Jul 20, 2015 12:28
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gay picnic defence posted:What is the point of scoring out of 10 if you're only going to give people between 6 and 9? Lyth got 4/10.
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Jul 20, 2015 12:28
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Dead Goon posted:Lyth got 4/10. Even that was too high. Just give them all 1 and Anderson 0
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Jul 20, 2015 12:32
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If we drop ballance and Bell who is going to be the sitter in the middle order? If we have nothing but bashers we'll either make 600 or 60
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Jul 20, 2015 12:43
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Drop both and it'd have to be someone like Taylor, even though he's not having a particularly good season (assuming the other replacement is Bairstow).
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Jul 20, 2015 12:47
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gay picnic defence posted:What is the point of scoring out of 10 if you're only going to give people between 6 and 9? Inspired by video game ratings, most likely
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Jul 20, 2015 12:48
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Ripping 3 players out of the team would be madness when there is only 1 player who can realistically step into the team (bairstow). Everyone else is a gamble.
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Jul 20, 2015 12:51
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Has to be Lyth then - last in first out and all that.
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Jul 20, 2015 12:52
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notaspy posted:Ripping 3 players out of the team would be madness when there is only 1 player who can realistically step into the team (bairstow). Everyone else is a gamble. Even Bairstow is a gamble - his test record is not great and he looked particularly poor against Australia both home and away. Lyth and Ballance have clear technical deficiencies which I can't see clearing up between now and Edgbaston, but the lack of alternatives is a real issue. People keep saying Hales, but does he even open in first class cricket? He might be worth a crack at 5 in a Root-Bell-Hales middle order to play a KP-type role. The only other opener that springs to mind is Alex Lees, but I don't think he's doing particularly well this season either. Bell is just out of form, and has done enough in the past to keep his place for now. Lyth stays in because I don't know who the gently caress else they can pick there. Ballance out with either Hales or Bairstow to come in, with Root up to three. One player who is not under much scrutiny at the moment but who isn't actually doing all that much (with the bat) is Buttler. He may well stay in for this series but he could well be replaced by Bairstow for South Africa if he doesn't get a score or two. edit: Yes Hales does open in first class, at least he has done recently. I thought he batted more at ~4 in FCC. I see Taylor is currently 224 no vs Sussex... pogo fucked around with this message at 13:02 on Jul 20, 2015 |
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Jul 20, 2015 12:58
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Give Lyth another match, drop Ballance for Bairstow now. Seriously consider who Bell can be replaced with, keeping the option of "an actual spinner" open.
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Jul 20, 2015 13:00
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Dead Goon posted:He got a reasonable review from The Telegraph, but then a lot of their scores seem to go along the lines of "Well he really wasn't that bad - 8/10". That article is amazing. Yes I do think Mitchell Marsh got the same rating as Jimmy Anderson and Stuart Broad and that Stokes was the better allrounder.
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Jul 20, 2015 13:00
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I'd be all for replacing Buttler with Bairstow tbqh. The keeping isn't so much of a difference that you'd rather take Buttler than the better longer form batsman in Bairstow, and the gloves might ease the pressure on his batting a bit in a weird way. I've just got my suspicions about Buttler in the long formats. pogo posted:edit: Yes Hales does open in first class, at least he has done recently. I thought he batted more at ~4 in FCC. I see Taylor is currently 224 no vs Sussex... Might be playing by the end of the series then. Hales and Taylor are opposites this season - Hales started with a couple of scores and has done nothing much since, Taylor hasn't done anything but is now coming into form. Lionel Richie fucked around with this message at 13:05 on Jul 20, 2015 |
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Jul 20, 2015 13:02
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what kind of a name is Jos anyway. oh its actually a dumb abbreviation of Joseph
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Jul 20, 2015 13:06
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The Telegraph editor is probably in the same gentlemen's club as Strauss.
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Jul 20, 2015 13:06
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I like Bell, and I would call this resting him, not dripping him but we have to be honest and say it'll 18months before he is back in the team. At that point he will be 35 and we'll have to use him at 5. I agree that whomever we bring in as opener is going to be a gamble. Bairstow will be down the order, hopefully this gives him a bit of protection as by the time he comes out Root will be on a double ton.
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Jul 20, 2015 13:07
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Beyond hilarious that a team could lose by that many runs, look completely hopeless in every facet of play and get destroyed across the board and still get mostly 7s and 8s out of 10. I'm hoping the England selectors have the same opinions...
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Jul 20, 2015 13:10
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It does kind of display just how reliant England have been on Joe Root lately. He has a bad test and we lose by over 400 runs lmao.
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Jul 20, 2015 13:13
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serious gaylord posted:It does kind of display just how reliant England have been on Joe Root lately. He has a bad test and we lose by over 400 runs lmao. And he still made more of a contribution than the bloody opening bowler.
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Jul 20, 2015 13:15
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Dead Goon posted:Rest of the scores here - http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/cr...l?frame=3381232 i hope the english selectors are reading this so they can see things arent so bad
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Jul 20, 2015 13:34
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snaeksikn posted:i hope the english selectors are reading this so they can see things arent so bad It was wonderfully optimistic, wasn't it!
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Jul 20, 2015 13:37
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notaspy posted:If we drop ballance and Bell who is going to be the sitter in the middle order? If we have nothing but bashers we'll either make 600 or 60 Better than 160 or 60
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Jul 20, 2015 13:44
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I'm confused as there appear to be batsmen in the county cricket who have scored plenty of runs who nobody mentions ever? What of the likes of *ahem*: Steven Davies James Hildreth Okay actually there's nobody ... what about Jason Roy? Holy gently caress England playing stocks are dire, nobody averages over 40 in first class that isn't an international ring in?
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Jul 20, 2015 13:52
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Steven Smith 200 and 50= 9/10 What would get a 10
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Jul 20, 2015 13:56
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