venger
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Sam Curran would have made sense.
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HomerJSimpson
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Great win in the Hundred for the Invincibles to retain the trophy
Neilds
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Good start for England in the first test against Sri Lanka. Not sure why the Sri Lankans decided to bat first in overcast conditions.
HomerJSimpson
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Thought the bottom order did well after the top end let them down with some poor shots. I hope England can get a decent chunk of batting given the weather and move the game on
Arthur Wedge
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Guess the selectors struggled to get to Taunton
Grizzly
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On this occasion I am minded to agree with you - I had James Rew down as an almost certain pick for the 50 over squad and wondered if Kasey Aldridge might also get a look in.
Arthur Wedge
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Both those - plus Banton , Smeed and Lammonby to also have some involvement
Grizzly
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Hmmmm, less sure there - the batting places are hotly contested even with Bairstow's omission, who would you have left out to create the space?
Arthur Wedge
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Would have have Smeed and Lammonby instead of Bethell and Mousley
But I don’t expect either to get any call now
Grizzly
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I get precious enough with the selection of Yorkshire lads to understand, but I don't think those are like for like calls!
HomerJSimpson
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Glad to see England starting to move on and bring in the next generation
Grizzly
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I am too, but I think there is a danger of throwing the baby out with the bathwater in some of this. I understand the desire to blood Smith - I don't think he will keep wicket long term, but as a batsman he is definitely quality, and Foakes can come again - and the perception that Anderson had to go sometime soon. I'm a bit more surprised at Bairstow suddenly become persona non grata - I would have thought he was still one of if not the top opener in the 50 over game, and someone you'd at least want to consider for the Ashes in 18 months time given he's the only batsman to score hundreds in the last two series in Australia.
HomerJSimpson
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Agree Bairstow seems a very strange one
Grizzly
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According to Luke Wright today, the door is open to him. I'd be interested on his definition of "open"...
Neilds
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Bairstow signed a 2 year central contract in October last year so the door must still be open (at least a little bit)
The Honours Board at Lords
5 wickets in an innings - Gus Atkinson, tick
10 wickets in a match - Gus Atkinson, tick
100 in a match - Gus Atkinson, tick
I think Gus might enjoy taking his family on the tour of Lords
. Easy game this..........
The only other players to do this are:
Gubby Allen (England), Keith Miller (Australia), Stuart Broad (England), Chris Woakes (England) and Ian Botham (England)
All of the above stats lifted from the BBC sport website
5 wickets in an innings - Gus Atkinson, tick
10 wickets in a match - Gus Atkinson, tick
100 in a match - Gus Atkinson, tick
I think Gus might enjoy taking his family on the tour of Lords
. Easy game this..........The only other players to do this are:
Gubby Allen (England), Keith Miller (Australia), Stuart Broad (England), Chris Woakes (England) and Ian Botham (England)
All of the above stats lifted from the BBC sport website
Arthur Wedge
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Interest decision
HomerJSimpson
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I like it up to a point. It has been good for test cricket to make it much faster paced but I am concerned McCullums influence with drip back to the test playing style and there is a fine line between playing a reckless one day type shot in a test match and losing a wicket (and momentum) and still playing circumspect cricket and taking into account the conditions and the bowling
Grizzly
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I think England have done a god job of developing the Stokes/McCullum blueprint - they will still have periods of playing that hyper aggressive no fear cricket, but I suspect going forward that on more challenging pitches they will look to be positive where they can rather than as a pre-requisite.
So McCullum taking on the white ball sides...makes sense, as long as he doesn't try to do too much. There would be no harm having a 2iC who could take the smaller series - what McCullum needs to do is bring a more joined up selection between the formats and more direction to selection.
So McCullum taking on the white ball sides...makes sense, as long as he doesn't try to do too much. There would be no harm having a 2iC who could take the smaller series - what McCullum needs to do is bring a more joined up selection between the formats and more direction to selection.
HomerJSimpson
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Good win for Surrey in the blast last night with several key players out
