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huds1475

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1 day team only...

Batting line-up probably best in the world.

Can't help feeling we lack a little x-factor in the bowling department.

To me we lean a little too much towards bowlers who can bat.

I'd like to see a specialist bowler who will take wickets added to the armoury. Think there's at least one place up for grabs in that respect.

Keen to see Archer or Wood get a go.
 
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How do you create a form line in current Test cricket.

Sri Lanka v England, 3-0 England
South Africa v Sri Lanka, now 2-0 Sri Lanka

Yet South Africa are ranked 2nd, England 5th and Sri Lanka 6th in the ICC Rankings.
 

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And we have been comfortably bested by Sri Lanka in this series when we really should be giving them a proper hockeying. First time we have ever lost a series at home to an Asian side:eek:

They were brilliant with the ball and won it there by out bowling our big guns.

Time for Amla to hang up his boots I think. Not had a hundred in 30 innings and looks like he struggles to see a very full ball. He's had an amazing career and won us plenty of games but we do need to move on.
 

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1 day team only...

Batting line-up probably best in the world.

Can't help feeling we lack a little x-factor in the bowling department.

To me we lean a little too much towards bowlers who can bat.

I'd like to see a specialist bowler who will take wickets added to the armoury. Think there's at least one place up for grabs in that respect.

Keen to see Archer or Wood get a go.

Woods played the last 2 and Archer not qualified yet (albeit theyve changed the rules to bring his qual forward)

would help if the skipper used our best bowler a bit better!
 

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Nicely played Sri Lanka, getting a great series result against 2nd ranked Test team and blowing them away on their own patch. Just shows there is no outstanding test team at the mo.
 

Captainron

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Middlesex have signed AB de Villiers for the T20 Blast. Its so mediocre that competition apparently.
The £ talks and AB is now free to do a KP and chase the cash. He’s one of the best in the game and will earn a ton of cash for his prodigious talents. Good luck to him.

I 100% stand by my belief that T20 and 50 over cricket shouldn’t be competing. It’s one or the other plus first class/test cricket and I don’t think t20 is going away so.......
 
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