I tend to agree. What Brearley lacked in ability he more than made up for with his man management skills. I’m still not sure who the best candidate is, though!
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I tend to agree. What Brearley lacked in ability he more than made up for with his man management skills. I’m still not sure who the best candidate is, though!
phillarrow
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I don't know enough about county cricket to suggest anyone, but what a sad state of affairs if there's no obvious candidates out there from all those first class counties.
I do wonder if we'll look back on this period and see it as the beginning of the end of test cricket? I know people have said that for a long time, but it does appear that the standard of long-game cricketers is just getting worse and worse nowadays.
fundy
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sadly think we are well past the beginning
the 2 names ive seen mentioned from outside the current test team are Vince and Billings - neither strike me as red ball tactical genius material lol
fundy
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So it turns out red ball reset means having no coach, no captain and no idea
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sadly think we are well past the beginning
the 2 names ive seen mentioned from outside the current test team are Vince and Billings - neither strike me as red ball tactical genius material lol
Vince , Billings and Burns are three obvious choices
Think Stokes would actually buck the trend in regards the best player ( all rounder ) being the captain
Think Abell is going to a great captain for us but we have had a shocking start
They need to sort out the coach etc situation first
fundy
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if theyre the obvious ones bring on the left field ones imho
fwiw i expect Bairstow may be offered it on the basis of being about the only other player they refuse to leave out lately
RichA
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They'll do it as per village cricket. If nobody else wants it, give it to the wicket keeper.
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fundy
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so were down to a shortlist of Bairstow, Billings, Buttler and Foakes. Oh and maybe Bracey and Pope lol
just got to pick a keeper...........
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Not a bad ball
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Judging by the clamour to get him in the team
fundy
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Judging by the clamour to get him in the team
Big difference between wanting the best keeper to get the chance he'd earned (rather than them picking white ball cricketers on their 3rd and 4th chances ahead of him each time) and thinking he was going to be the saviour lol
Thats Stokes role
fundy
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well that was a bit nervy at Taunton lol, 4/4 then 60/8 chasing 84 and got em 9 down
3offTheTee
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Hope things change Match figures so far 6 for 88 from 53 overs. That is a tidy bowling spell for a leggy. However Crompton the last time I looked had scored 20 from 120+ balls.
HomerJSimpson
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Dominant bowling performance from Surrey. Pope made a great century and so far all seems good at the Kia Oval.
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well that was a bit nervy at Taunton lol, 4/4 then 60/8 chasing 84 and got em 9 down
Sorry but the season hasn’t started yet - this is just warm ups ? - at least the bowlers have woken up - just need the batsmen next
He did exactly what you want from a spinner , held down an end and also got the break through with some big wickets
They clearly don’t trust Leach so Parkinson needs to be given a chance and good run at it
Blue in Munich
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Stokes appointed as England captain. At least that should prevent him being bowled into the ground…
Beezerk
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Bold move given the issues he’s had over the last few years.
Hope it works out and doesn’t ruin him as both a cricketer and a person.
Hope it works out and doesn’t ruin him as both a cricketer and a person.
This with knobs on. I'm hugely surprised, not from a talent point of view, but from his physical and mental wellbeing. Let's hope the captaincy does not become too great a weight and the management are able to support him succesfully.
Have the bubbles ended now? That alone must be a huge weight lifted off all international players if they have. They were a heck of a burden.
