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I am assuming lunch must be good.. everyone in a hurry to get back. I do fancy a bit of Jerk chicken for lunch...

Would they have plenty of Regge Regge sauce? Is Regge Regge authentic or another British invention by some guy called Keith??
 
Lord Tyrion said:
Not even close. You would have to drop a long way down the pyramid before any female cricketer, possibly bar a keeper, would get a game in mens cricket. The gap is vast.
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As far as I am aware there are only two female players - Claire Taylor and Arran Brindle - who have made centuries in men's Premier league cricket. Sarah Taylor, as a keeper, is the only one to try to play County seconds.

Not to say that there have not been great female players - I genuinely think had she decided at 16 that she wanted to, Claire Taylor could have reached first class level, and of current players Elysse Perry and Meg Lanning too. But where they have stayed in the women's game, they've just never had the exposure to bowling in the 80s and even 90s, nor to quality spinners getting the ball down at pace rather than floating it there.
 
IanM said:
You have a point about the more recent improvements, off the top of my head, Colin de Grandhomme, Chris Hayle, Rahkeem Cornwall and several Sri Lankans whose names escape me! :whistle:

In the 80s I used to report for pre season still playing football.....those who didn't were puffing a bit. It was only the bowlers who bothered. It is different now.

But don't say the women are not skilled. They are.
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ok you've got me with Rahkeem Cornwall :LOL: fair play (y)

Mudball has summed it up for me. The performance levels of all cricketers can be improved with increased athleticism. An unfit player is not at the top of their game, and this is especially evident in the white ball game where athletic fielding saves runs and impacts results.

If an elite cricketer performing in a world cup is not in peak physical condition, you have to question whether they are serious about being the best.

Anyway, I think I've done this to death now. Time to move on to discussing another England batting collapse...
 
How do you get a player out who has a lot of bowled and lbws in his dismissal record?

Well dont try bowling at the stumps seems to be the WI answer!!! They bowled 1 ball after lunch yesterday to JB that wouldve hit the stumps. Utterly amazing
 
fundy said:
How do you get a player out who has a lot of bowled and lbws in his dismissal record?

Well dont try bowling at the stumps seems to be the WI answer!!! They bowled 1 ball after lunch yesterday to JB that wouldve hit the stumps. Utterly amazing
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Their bowling coach hasn't been the bowling coach for England in the last 5 years has he?
 
Did not catch the match today. Switched it on briefly while at lunch. Really exciting to 311-9 and Bairstow on 140.
The first shot I saw him play ... he got caught!! It was a difficult catch.

Switched off and walked away. Someone tell me the score pl

PPS: Dont tell me that we are missing Broad and Anderson and therefore they are 150-0 or something
 
170 runs in the whole day. Some might call it attritional, others dull.

Woakes so toothless that Foakes was standing up to him. I like Woakes I just don’t think he suited to overseas wickets.
 
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