babylonsinger
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I'd like Horton to get a chance with us - he looked decent from the limited amount I saw of him
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I'd like Horton to get a chance with us - he looked decent from the limited amount I saw of him
That's a very good read. Certainly food for thought.
fundy
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Rumours there will be no Jimmy Anderson for the Wet indies test series it seems
babylonsinger
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Both him and Broad missing I saw somewhere earlier
fundy
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ENG Test squad J Root (Yor,capt) J Bairstow (Yor) Z Crawley (Ken) M Fisher (Yor) B Foakes (Sur) D Lawrence (Ess) J Leach (Som) A Lees (Dur) S Mahmood (Lan) C Overton (Som) M Parkinson (Lan) O Pope (Sur) O Robinson (Sus) B Stokes (Dur) C Woakes (War) M Wood (Dur)
Out go: Anderson, Broad, Bess, Billings, Burns, Buttler, Hameed & Malan
Out go: Anderson, Broad, Bess, Billings, Burns, Buttler, Hameed & Malan
Piece
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I know that Broad and Anderson are near end of their careers but a bit harsh to be left out IMHO. Anderson particularly was still doing the business.
fundy
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Anderson can be very aggrieved unless he agreed to being rested for me, that said if theyre playing on the typical recent WI slow low tracks he probably wont mind having a rest
sunshine
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They are still England's two best bowlers
I'd like to see Joe Root left out on the basis of "looking at some exciting new potential and give some added responsibility to other players who have featured previously". But leaving out our best batter would be crazy.
Piece
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Interesting and unusual statement by Cummins on Langer. I like to know more about why he thought Langer's regime was too intense.
Junior
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Anderson can be very aggrieved unless he agreed to being rested for me, that said if theyre playing on the typical recent WI slow low tracks he probably wont mind having a rest
Worder if they are rested or dropped?. Anderson bowled superbly in Oz (avg 23) with the ball. Broad bowled well also. Seems a very injury prone attack with Robinson being bowled into the ground and Wood / Stokes. Woakes at 32 isnt exactly giving youth a chance.
Looks to me like the bowlers are being made the scapegoats again. I also think Malan is unlucky too. Played well against arguably the best attack in the world away from home (again), got some great deliveries and deserves a go against a poorer team.
Grizzly
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Woakes inclusion is mystifying - he has never been anything like a test match bowler outside of the UK, and he is not injury free or young himself. I could just about stomach our two best bowlers being shelved if he had been too!
fundy
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So the ECB have spent the last few years encouraging cricket clubs to buy cameras to film club cricket (used in pathways for county selection for trials etc). Now theyve enough of them theyve introduced an annual license fee of £500 a club despite promising it would be free with all but no warning
See theyve kept it quiet Joe Clarke is an injury reserve for the WIndies tour too
Good to see Harrison and his cronies earning their bonuses sigh
See theyve kept it quiet Joe Clarke is an injury reserve for the WIndies tour too
Good to see Harrison and his cronies earning their bonuses sigh
Fade and Die
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Anderson can be very aggrieved unless he agreed to being rested for me, that said if theyre playing on the typical recent WI slow low tracks he probably wont mind having a rest
Some commentator on the radio reckons Anderson and Broad were dropped at Joe Roots behest. Reckons they undermine him on the pitch and in the dressing room and Joe wants to have more control.
fundy
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Id happily have a decent bet thats an utter pile of ..............
Root be looking round for Anderson to throw the ball to several times on his last tour as captain
Fade and Die
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Id happily have a decent bet thats an utter pile of ..............
Root be looking round for Anderson to throw the ball to several times on his last tour as captain
Strauss is denying it but he does think dropping them will help England develop…
https://www.independent.co.uk/sport...-james-anderson-west-indies-b2011566.html?amp
it will obviously turn out to be a very bad decision (whoever made it) but it’s par for the course with English cricket these days.
HomerJSimpson
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When we struggle to bowl another ordinary test team out twice regularly they will be desperate to get Anderson and Broad back on board.
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I thought Clarke was defacto banned from playing International cricket for England after what happened
fundy
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clearly thats been dropped minus the fanfare!
Mudball
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Good to see payday for Mark Wood.. a well deserved million dollars for 5-6 weeks of work.
good if you can get it..
good if you can get it..
fundy
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Same as every year, some utter joke prices paid, some very good players ignored, one things for sure not a Pakistan player in sight, all part of the circus
