He is quite an interesting character. Demon fast bowler but also quite fragile and flaky.
The contrast between his best series and his worst are probably the greatest ever seen.
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He is quite an interesting character. Demon fast bowler but also quite fragile and flaky.
The contrast between his best series and his worst are probably the greatest ever seen.
His greatest career achievement was probably ironing that out of his game, and turning into a consistently strong performer, rather than a mercurial wildcard.Quote:
Originally Posted by Max Power
Australia will miss his ability to bowl a horror over (I recall that one in the summer where he took two wickets with balls out of nowhere) more than his tendency to go the other way. Surprised he's chucked it in really, when is the next Ashes series? Is it 2 winters away?
That really was an impressive collapse from Pakistan. They just went mental for about 10 overs after being in a reasonably strong position with (almost) 30 gone.
There's defintely potential for a classic Pakistani heist/insipid England collapse here.
Aye, one more any time soon and we'll lose by 100.
On a scale of one to Inzamam.
:D
If they get us 5 down for under 150, it's goodnight Rawalpindi.
This is made for Taylor, if everyone at the other end doesn't get out before he can bustle his way to 70*
What a beast. Commentators were fucking seething as those two took the piss.
Wood and Finn both out of the Saffer tour. What happens now? Keep it up with the spinners? Chris Jordan? Woakes? Try out Footitt? The long-awaited introduction of my nondescript-pace filth to the England setup?
No Bressie, No party
Hold off on Footitt, Surrey haven't had the chance to ruin him yet.
Jade was genuinely immense the last time I saw him bowl. Get him in.
Is Tremlett still about? :baz:
Compdog and B to the G earn recalls for South Africa, while Ronald is dropped :(
Plunkett also left out which I find a poor decision. Rashid out, Footitt in, and Jordan in. And Fat Sam lives :cool:
R.I.P Ronald.
No Plunkett is weird, espeicially at the expense of Woakes who is unbelievably average right down to his stupid regen face. If he plays we are in (more) trouble.
Can definitely see them picking Woakes in an inspirational piece of side-balancing selection theatre.
Cook
Hales
Dawg
Root
Taylor
Stokes
Bairstow
Moeen
Woakes
Broad
Anderson
I would actually not be at all surprised if they went with the above. I'd play Gallance ahead of Compton though.
http://www.espncricinfo.com/india/co...ry/942247.html
For all their talk and money, they really are a complete joke of a country. The idea that Pakistan or Sri Lanka can't play in certain cities (still a lot of opposition to Pakistan being allowed in at all, apparently) should automatically lose them the hosting rights. And the idea that 4 months from the tournament they are openly still some way from organising a schedule is also absolutely ridiculous.
There was something about Aleem Dar maybe not umpiring as well. If Pakistan win the thing :drool:
The Sri Lanka thing is almost more baffling. I didn't know that Angelo Mathews wasn't allowed into Chennai during the last IPL. Absolutely mental.
Maybe we should extend this to our own cricket, and not allow David Warner into Northampton or something.
Why wouldn't you want Angelo Mathews to play cricket in your city? Bunch of nonces.
Jason Roy is having the career Ali Brown should have had.
Once went to watch Surrey v Glamorgan in the 2nd XI championship and for a time the only four spectators were me, my mate, Ali Brown and Geoff Arnold. Magical sport.
Wheels coming off. :cool:
Enough wheels stayed on to allow us to accelerate somewhat rapidly.
Is that a series win? Good heavens.
I was trying to think of our great ODI series wins and I can't think of any, not because we haven't had any, but because it just isn't a memorable format. I liked the tri-series format but that seems to have died of late. I remember a 3-3 draw in India about ten years ago which was quite good.
Mugging off the Aussies in the "Commonwealth Bank Series" finals 2-0 after being whitewashed in the test series (first time) was quite good.
But yeah, no one really cares about the format outside of the major competitions. Should that be competition?
That Buttler innings was a bit mad. He reached 50 off 30 balls, saw off a dot, and then went to 104 in the following 15.
:cab:
Three fastest ODI centuries by an Englishman are all his!
He's a special talent thats for sure. Way better than that oik Bairstow.
Is that the one with Freddie swinging shirt around like a nutter?Quote:
Originally Posted by Jimmy Floyd
One of his shots was like what AB de Villiers does, but better. Absolutely ridiculous. The switch hit thing where he didn't move his feet.
Jroy's straight drive still shot of the day though :cool:
Aye, that reverse whatever it was was almost surreal. He barely moved.
As curious scorecards go, this has got to be up there.
http://www.espncricinfo.com/wicb-reg...ch/929329.html
My best guess is the boat containing the final three batsmen sank somewhere off Anguilla, but they swam ashore in time to have a bowl.
http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/conte...ry/942809.html
Awful stuff. I saw him play numerous times and he was a very handy player, the best such a nation could realistically hope for over the next ten years.
What happened to him?
He seemingly had a stroke while batting in extreme heat, fell into a coma for a week and then died. I haven't seen anything more detailed than that.
Tri-series were fantastic, but they've been binned because attendance at matches between the two away teams wasn't as high.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jimmy Floyd
The problem now is that the competition is pointless and unmemorable. I swear that cricket is run by late-80s attempts at artificial intelligence.
The Joy of Six does Mitchell Johnson.
http://www.theguardian.com/sport/blo...bowling-spells
That spell at Adelaide was proper hide behind the sofa stuff. It all came flooding back on that clip when after the sixth wicket I suddenly saw 'Aus 9/570d' in the corner of the screen.
Their stupid backwards scoring systems just make the rogerings even more brutal.
I'm glad I wasn't watching live during that over in the past series where every ball appeared to be a thing of nightmares. Horrible.
http://www.espncricinfo.com/wicb-reg...ch/929329.htmlQuote:
Originally Posted by Jimmy Floyd
Whatever they were trying didn't work.
Quite like the sound of this no-toss plan they are bringing in to Div 2. With the way modern pitches are produced (particularly at test level) a bit of leveling (giving the away side the choice of bat, bowl or have a toss) might make for more interesting series.
It smacks of bullshit to me, although Michael Vaughan thinks it'a bad idea, so that might win me round.
The spinner thing is absolute garbage. We've had three good spinners since the war, and another will be along at some point. It's no CRISIS.
Mason Crane is getting big rep. I've not seen him yet but 18 is probably 15 years away from a spinner's peak, so...
Yeah, I didn't get why it would improve spin, and it's probably a waste of time at county level, but in international cricket it might have a beneficial effect on pitch preparation (if the home side knew they were going to be on the end of it if they produced a stinker). A future without the spectre of scoreboard pressure on a flat pitch.
:drool:
Can't see it ever happening in internationals, as it would mean India and Australia never batting first at home again. I've never seen conditions in either of those where you'd want to bowl, save Hobart and the odd random green one when the subcontinent teams tour (but remember Australia never doctor pitches).
Oh, absolutely.
They'd just have to back themselves to execute their skills in the middle innings.
Meanwhile India posted the highest total of their series today: 215.
South Africa with a sterling start to their reply too. I'm starting to get some misplaced confidence about our tour there.
Some outrageously poor cricket in this India/SA series. Seek out Faf Du Plessis' dismissal if you can.
They were 12-5 at one point. :D
Imran Tahir's attempt at nightwatchman yesterday was tears in your eyes hilarious. Got off the mark with a full blooded sweep for four, seemed to be out stumped but wasn't given, and was then bowled missing a straight Jadeja delivery by about two yards, all in the space of 12 balls.