Cook and Trott Out

Bopara was given so many chances - in fact it was poor the amount of chances they gave him whilst others were given and then out - he was found out early and should have been left on the sidelines instead of constantly being picked
 
MetalMickie said:
With Bopara I have always thought it was a confidence issue.

At Essex he is guaranteed to play so is not worried or afraid to fail. With England he has always seemed to be "looking over his shoulder" expecting to be dumped if he failed. Some players can take their County confidence with them to the England team whilst others can't.
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Yeah, that fear of failure and being replaced has hurt a lot of top quality cricketers. Ravi Bopara should have had an England career as long as Ian Bell's, but either a lack of mental strength, or lack of belief/faith from the England management, maybe a combination of both prevented that. I've not seen many guys hit the ball as cleanly as Ravi Bopara. Those Test hundreds he scored against the West Indies were just a tiny insight in to what he could have achieved. I'm not surprised they kept picking him, there were so many flashes of brilliance, and I bet he looked a million dollars in practice, he just couldn't maintain it over a long enough period to sustain the career he should have had.
 
They have a poll on SSN in regards an Aussie getting the top job in English cricket - 60% say it's ok - 40% obviously say it shouldn't be an Aussie
 
Good days cricket - good start from England then good response from New Zealand and then good finish from England
 
Have slated Cook previously over his negativity but thought he tried to be positive today with up to 5 slips in at times. He was badly let down by the bowlers though which seems a strange thing to say having taken 8 wickets in the day. Yes there were a lot of good balls bowled but to let the opposition hit nearly 50 boundaries in the day shows that there was a lot of rubbish bowled as well.
 
NZ plundered a good 30 extra runs this morning but solid start from the openers

On another note - great to see Gayle smashing the ball everywhere for Somerset last night :whoo:
 
Well done to Cook - top English run scorer

Great opening partnership building today

The doubters becoming quieter and quieter - notice Boycott has been quiet lately - just waiting for the waste of space that is Bob Willis to say something positive
 
Tongo said:
Pleased for him. Was ridiculous there were some questioning his place after just one test!
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A lot of the stuff said around the KP mayhem was ridiculous

A lot seemed to judge the test side on the performances of the ODI - there was always going to be a confidence issues after the WC but the main change that needed to be done was Moores going - too much reliance on stats
 
Good century by Lyth and shame it ended with a run out. Have to say the NZ bowling hasn't been that great. England were much better at keeping it pitched up and letting the Headingly swing do the rest.
 
New ball does the trick for NZ - three quick wickets

Need Bell and Buttler to dig in now
 
250-5 and not so good. Perhaps all those posts about England turning a corner too hasty as a minor mid order collapse with the second new ball (not for the first time) leaving us a long way behind still and the tail to come
 
HomerJSimpson said:
250-5 and not so good. Perhaps all those posts about England turning a corner too hasty as a minor mid order collapse with the second new ball (not for the first time) leaving us a long way behind still and the tail to come
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I cant actually work out wether you like cricket or not.

I cant actually work out if you support England or you just want something bad to happen so you can post about it and slate individuals.
 
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