2019 Cricket

[Captainron]

Paine said he would have batted. Yeah right.

He’s as deluded as Crazyface

 

[fundy]

Well the conditions have done their bit looks mighty flat compared to yesterday Roy wont want for a better chance to buy himself some time in test match cricket!

Edit lol that jinxed that then!

 

[AmandaJR]

What the hell was that from Roy? He needs a rest!!

 

[Dan2501]

What an awful, awful shot. Roy is not a Test opener, think that is pretty obvious.

 

[patricks148]

Well the conditions have done their bit looks mighty flat compared to yesterday Roy wont want for a better chance to buy himself some time in test match cricket!

Edit lol that jinxed that then!

he should have reviewd it like the Aussies would

 

[Dan2501]

What has happened to Joe Root's batting? Can we move him back down to 4 please?

 

[AmandaJR]

Last night I was disappointed I was playing golf today and not watching the cricket. Now I'm going out asap!

I did sense yesterday would only be seen as a success if we managed to bat decently...

 

[fundy]

so many square pegs in round holes some with knock on effects to others! if only anyone could have seen this coming sigh

 

[patricks148]

Last night I was disappointed I was playing golf today and not watching the cricket. Now I'm going out asap!

I did sense yesterday would only be seen as a success if we managed to bat decently...

off you pop then Jinxy#

i'm delib not watching, but that not working either, so off to hit some balls

 

[Dan2501]

Jason Roy doesn't open for his county. Opens for England.
Joe Root has had superb success at 4 for England. Is batting 3.
Joe Denly bats 3 for Kent, bats 4 for England.
Ben Stokes is a number 6 batting number 5.
Jos Buttler is a wicket keeper that averages 32 in FC cricket is playing as a pure batsman without the gloves
Jonny Bairstow averages 20 with the bat in 2019.

What is this batting line up?

 

[Deleted member 18588]

What an awful, awful shot. Roy is not a Test opener, think that is pretty obvious.

Similar to the England football team when they tried to accommodate Gerrard, Lampard and Scholes within the same lineup.

We have a surfeit of middle order batsmen to fill numbers 4, 5 & 6 in Root, Stokes, Bairstow, Buttler, Roy and now, it seems, Pope.

At the same time we have only one batsman to play in the top 3 so we end up forcing square pegs into round holes.

 

[patricks148]

Jason Roy doesn't open for his county. Opens for England.
Joe Root has had superb success at 4 for England. Is batting 3.
Joe Denly bats 3 for Kent, bats 4 for England.
Ben Stokes is a number 6 batting number 5.
Jos Buttler is a wicket keeper that averages 32 in FC cricket is playing as a pure batsman without the gloves
Jonny Bairstow averages 20 with the bat in 2019.

What is this batting line up?

always been that way apart from openers, plenty have batted OOP for England in the past, Joe was an opener when he came in after all

 

[Deleted member 18588]

The lack of time between Tests these days doesn't help.

Burns, a gutsy batsman who I admire, seems to have a weakness against the short pitched delivery and the Aussies have picked up on this. No doubt Burns is aware of this problem but is there sufficient time available to him to work on this?

Net sessions these days seem to be more of a warm up rather than an opportunity to work on technical deficiencies.

 

[fundy]

The lack of time between Tests these days doesn't help.

Burns, a gutsy batsman who I admire, seems to have a weakness against the short pitched delivery and the Aussies have picked up on this. No doubt Burns is aware of this problem but is there sufficient time available to him to work on this?

Net sessions these days seem to be more of a warm up rather than an opportunity to work on technical deficiencies.

Doesnt help that almost all of the county cricket available too is T20 (bar one ludicrously scheduled CC game halfway through the blast lol). Means any alternatives have barely played any 4 day cricket for 4 weeks +

there again the ECB are desperate to destroy county cricket and it only gets worse next year with their vanity project

 

[patricks148]

The lack of time between Tests these days doesn't help.

Burns, a gutsy batsman who I admire, seems to have a weakness against the short pitched delivery and the Aussies have picked up on this. No doubt Burns is aware of this problem but is there sufficient time available to him to work on this?

Net sessions these days seem to be more of a warm up rather than an opportunity to work on technical deficiencies.

true, but where would he get and time in a game against the sort of Qual bowling the aussies have??... even in a net its not much use with a bowling Machine as it doesn't allow you to watch the ball... mind you Joff could be giving him a few shorts ones to help out

 

[Dan2501]

Why have we got a specialist batsman coming in at 7? This team selection is utterly baffling.

 

[Foxholer]

Why have we got a specialist batsman coming in at 7? This team selection is utterly baffling.

Because he'll be in about the time a normal #3 or 4 would be - about 90mins into the innings?

 

[ger147]

Can still get 13/10 on Australia to win the Ashes. Good time for all of you who bet to lump your cash on Australia while there's still some value.

 

[fundy]

Can still get 13/10 on Australia to win the Ashes. Good time for all of you who bet to lump your cash on Australia while there's still some value.

where?

 

[Captainron]

Jason Roy doesn't open for his county. Opens for England.
Joe Root has had superb success at 4 for England. Is batting 3.
Joe Denly bats 3 for Kent, bats 4 for England.
Ben Stokes is a number 6 batting number 5.
Jos Buttler is a wicket keeper that averages 32 in FC cricket is playing as a pure batsman without the gloves
Jonny Bairstow averages 20 with the bat in 2019.

What is this batting line up?

A bowlers wet dream?