2019 Cricket

[Deleted member 15344]

Get in there Essex! So glad to see them finally win the T20 Blast. Ravi has been consistently excellent all season, and I genuinely wouldn't be against him getting back in the England T20 side at 6 or 7. Fantastic finisher, so experienced in T20, bowls a few handy overs, brilliant in the field, he's a class act, always has been.

Hales
Bairstow
Malan
Morgan
Billings
Bopara
Willey
Curran
Jordan
Archer
Rashid

What a team that is in the T20 stuff.

Is that supposed to be an alternative team ? Missing some of the best T20 players in the world

Roy
Bairstow
Vince
Root
Morgan
Stokes
Buttler
Ali
Wood
Archer
Rashid

Malan
Billings
Banton
Plunket
Curran
Jordan

 

[Dan2501]

Missing the best T20 batsmen in the world, our best batsmen in the world cup, the best batting all rounder potentially in the world right now and the best performing player by some margin in the Blast for the last 2 years?! Bit to drink last night mate?!

Erm, yeah, this is why you don't post on the forum after a few drinks. Looked at the last T20i series and just made a team with Ravi in. Oh dear. Lets just pretend that post never happened

 

[HomerJSimpson]

Irrespective of who would or wouldn't be in a team, it was a great final and great performance from Harmer at the death and Bopara. I thought Worcestershire would see that final over out but shows what pressure can do. Definitely will get them pumped for the championship decider this week

 

[Norrin Radd]

Get in there Essex! So glad to see them finally win the T20 Blast. Ravi has been consistently excellent all season, and I genuinely wouldn't be against him getting back in the England T20 side at 6 or 7. Fantastic finisher, so experienced in T20, bowls a few handy overs, brilliant in the field, he's a class act, always has been.

Hales
Bairstow
Malan
Morgan
Billings
Bopara
Willey
Curran
Jordan
Archer
Rashid

What a team that is in the T20 stuff.

I would add Tamal Mills to that squad

 

[fundy]

Pitch inspectors to Taunton, any available pitch inspectors to Taunton asap please

 

[fundy]

Test squad for New Zealand:

Root
Archer
Broad
Burns
Buttler
Crawley
S. Curran
Denly
Leach
Mahmood
Parkinson
Pope
Sibley
Stokes
Woakes

 

[fundy]

So Bairstow the main casualty, albeit not been replaced by another keeper like Foakes so expect he slides back in for SA

Anderson not fit or rested?

Mahmood seems to have queue jumped a fair bit and Parkinson selected having played 3 games in div 2 shows how empty the spin bowling cupboard is

 

[fundy]

T20 squad looks very much like a development squad, chance to have a look at many of those up and coming players

Morgan
Bairstow
Banton
Billings
Brown
S. Curran
T. Curran
Denly
Gregory
Jordan
Mahmood
Malan
Parkinson
Rashid

 

[Dan2501]

Wow. They actually picked Sibley, Pope, Crawley, dropped Bairstow, moving in the right direction at last.

Seems like Jos will open. I reckon Denly will move to 3 or back to 4 with Sibley coming into open. Reckon we'll line-up:

Burns
Sibley
Denly
Root
Stokes
Pope
Buttler
Curran
Archer
Broad
Leach

And yeah, seems like Jimmy's been rested. He'll be back for South Africa.

 

[Tongo]

Wow. They actually picked Sibley, Pope, Crawley, dropped Bairstow, moving in the right direction at last.

Probably Bairstow 'rested.'
Particularly as Foakes hasnt been picked. Other than that its a good squad.

 

[Lord Tyrion]

So Bairstow the main casualty, albeit not been replaced by another keeper like Foakes so expect he slides back in for SA

Anderson not fit or rested?

Mahmood seems to have queue jumped a fair bit and Parkinson selected having played 3 games in div 2 shows how empty the spin bowling cupboard is

I've not seen any quotes yet regarding this, dropped or rested? I am meaning Bairstow more than Anderson.

Good to see some changes. Some players have got a little too comfortable and needed shaking up. Some newbies given a chance as well.

New Zealand are always a good team to play. I don't mean that in a condecending way, I like how they play the game.

 

[Piece]

99% sure Bairstow has rested himself. No Foakes in the squad says that really.

 

[fundy]

99% sure Bairstow has rested himself. No Foakes in the squad says that really.

not according to the guru who is Ed Smith! hes been dropped and needs to reset pope can keep and foakes on standby (im not surprised they havent picked him based on his batting in CC this yr, allows them to keep the door open for Bairstow in SA as a batter and reserve keeper)

 

[Tongo]

not according to the guru who is Ed Smith! hes been dropped and needs to reset pope can keep and foakes on standby (im not surprised they havent picked him based on his batting in CC this yr, allows them to keep the door open for Bairstow in SA as a batter and reserve keeper)

The whole rhetoric around certain players has bothered me for a long time regarding England selection. Yes, Smith has intimated that he has been dropped but then he follows up with this: "He's had a very busy summer, it's an opportunity for him to step back, reset and come back better," which basically says he will return at some point. So, in essence, its a glorified rest. If a player is dropped from the team he / she should have no guarantee whatsoever of returning, even if they score big runs. If their replacement comes in and performs then the dropped player should remain out of the side regardless of their form. Then there's the business with Moeen taking a red ball cricket break. Fair enough, but it should be made clear to him that by doing so he is dropping down the pecking order in terms of spin options, not getting a nice break to return at a later date.

 

[Junior]

Parkinson and Mahmood in the test squad is a surprise, i expected to see them in the T20 set up. Im nit surprised about Bairstowe or Foakes. Both have had poor red ball seasons with the bat.

So why has there been so few batters with 1000 runs in first class cricket this year??? Too much white ball? Pitches? 1000 runs used to be just a decent season with the bat. Just been on tv that the highest average of a Somerset batsment this year is 33, and they're the best side in the country along with Essex.

 

[HomerJSimpson]

Some interesting changes in the test and white ball squads. Think it's good Bairstow and Anderson are rested. We need to start looking after players (and would have rested a few more) and would have used these tests in particular which I think don't count towards the new test world series (or whatever its called) to really try some emerging talent and others that have played and not perhaps been as successful as expected

 

[ColchesterFC]

So why has there been so few batters with 1000 runs in first class cricket this year??? Too much white ball? Pitches? 1000 runs used to be just a decent season with the bat. Just been on tv that the highest average of a Somerset batsment this year is 33, and they're the best side in the country along with Essex.

Am I wrong in thinking that there used to be a big thing about getting 1000 first class runs before the end of May? I'm sure that not long ago that was a target but now it seems that it's a target for the whole season.

 

[Junior]

Am I wrong in thinking that there used to be a big thing about getting 1000 first class runs before the end of May? I'm sure that not long ago that was a target but now it seems that it's a target for the whole season.

You're right, but the FC season was a lot more condensed than it is now. It was a rare feat.... Graeme Hick from memory was the last person to do it.

 

[fundy]

You're right, but the FC season was a lot more condensed than it is now. It was a rare feat.... Graeme Hick from memory was the last person to do it.

a big thing in that 2 people have done it since the end of WW2!!!! And Hick had to get 400 of his in one inns!!!! someone got washed out needing 70ish a few years back, think it may have been Nick Compton

some very bowler friendly decks in county champs and most of the games squeezed at the start and end of the season make for more bowler friendly pitches

the pitch Somerset have rolled out for the title decider against Essex wouldve been condemned by the pitch inspectors and them docked points 10 years ago!

 

[Piece]

Am I wrong in thinking that there used to be a big thing about getting 1000 first class runs before the end of May? I'm sure that not long ago that was a target but now it seems that it's a target for the whole season.

Yup but nowadays you've central contracts, IPL, Big Bash, ODIs, etc. etc.