Cricket

[47er]

Crawley out for 5 this time? Surely he needs a big rest.

[jim mk2]

Crawley is a walking wicket. Time to go, one good innings in 10 isn’t good enough. Stokes injured again too. 

[wilsdenrover]

13 hours ago, jim mk2 said:

Crawley is a walking wicket. Time to go, one good innings in 10 isn’t good enough. Stokes injured again too. 

One good innings in 10 would be a vast improvement for him.

[jim mk2]

England capitulated pretty quickly as expected. They must have had more important things on their mind. What time were they teeing off in the afternoon? 

[Mattyblue]

Crawley 54 Tests, average scraping over 30, but will he be playing next summer and in the Ashes? Probably. It’s harder to get out this side than in it (Pope’s not much better).

[47er]

1 hour ago, Mattyblue said:

Crawley 54 Tests, average scraping over 30, but will he be playing next summer and in the Ashes? Probably. It’s harder to get out this side than in it (Pope’s not much better).

Aussies will have him for breakfast.

[onlyonejackwalker]

23 hours ago, 47er said:

Aussies will have him for breakfast.

In 2024 we won 9 and lost 8. Our fourth heaviest loss in history in the last test in New Zealand. This shit or bust strategy is a tad one dimensional for me.

Re Crawley. Against New Zealand, Crawley has played 11 matches, 21 innings, high score of 43, runs 219 with an average of 10.42. How is that going under the radar from selectors?

In my opinion he is being badly handled. This is a talented shotmaker, but a bit brain dead with little cricketing intelligence, who obviously should be batting at 5 or 6.

If he's going to open he should seek advice from Gooch. Play a lot straighter, especially when driving, miss nothing on the leg side and only hook, pull and cut when well set. All this caught at cover, mid off and mid wicket crap needs to stop immediately.

If he fails at 5 or 6 ditch him. But having given him 53 tests we are almost forced into trying to rescue him.

Ironically, he may get a game against Australia averaging 43.06. But that's because he made 189 in one innings. In the other 14 he's at 32, similar to.his 53 match test record.

The openers set the scene and its depressing seeing Root walking out at 4 in the first ten overs. Might as well make him open. At least he'll be able to prepare mentally and avoid rushing to pad up.

[jim mk2]

Pope is the same. One good innings in 10. And they're talking about restoring him to No 3. Same technical problems that get exposed by the best bowlers. England look as fragile as ever, just as likely to lose badly as win easily. Bazball mentality. It's not Test cricket to my mind. 

[wilsdenrover]

The venue for the Champions Trophy final is contingent on whether or not India reach that stage.

What an absolute farce.

 

[Mattyblue]

Par for the course for the India Cricket Council (ICC).

[Norbert Rassragr]

Hope they don't get that far. Kholi has just been fined in Australia for barging into a young Aussie making his debut. He can almost be as obnoxious and entitled as Indian cricket fans online.

[wilsdenrover]

I see India were allowed to manipulate the rules today.

Quelle surprise 

 

Edited January 31 by wilsdenrover

[Darrenbot]

Not going well for any of the England teams atm,Men lose to India,the Women are useless in their Ashes and the Lions team lose by an inning to Aussie A team

[den]

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just a couple of miles from my house
 

 

[Mattyblue]

Look nice in Lucknow colours

[K-Hod]

Not doing badly at all here, I don’t think!

Big up Ben Duckett, very good knock today. 150 from 134!

[Gav]

13 minutes ago, K-Hod said:

Not doing badly at all here, I don’t think!

Big up Ben Duckett, very good knock today. 150 from 134!

Jinx 🤣

Batters paradise this track, need a few more. 

[wilsdenrover]

We’re shit.

[jim mk2]

Well played England 👍 never underestimate the ability of the national cricket team to be absolutely pathetic. 

[Gav]

54 minutes ago, jim mk2 said:

Well played England 👍 never underestimate the ability of the national cricket team to be absolutely pathetic. 

Jim loves a good bashing of the national sides, he pretends to hate our country too. But what makes it unique, is every time he calls the death knell, we usually go on to bigger and better things.

Ashes incoming, you heard it here first. 

[wilsdenrover]

We’re still shit.

[jim mk2]

Abysmal, awful, depressing, but hey we're going to win the Ashes

Not

[chaddyrovers]

Players aren't used to playing 50 over competitions anymore and we don't even have our own 50 over competition anymore. So what do you expect and the hundred is more important than our own T20 competition 

I would Brook captain of the 50 overs and t20 now. 

[jim mk2]

55 minutes ago, chaddyrovers said:

Players aren't used to playing 50 over competitions anymore and we don't even have our own 50 over competition anymore. So what do you expect and the hundred is more important than our own T20 competition 

I would Brook captain of the 50 overs and t20 now. 

 

Good players can play in any format as other countries do and I would expect England to be competitive in all forms of the game and, above all, not be such an embarrassment. England were rubbish, they let us down badly and made us a laughing stock. 

As always, like Rovers, you defend the indefensible.

[chaddyrovers]

4 hours ago, jim mk2 said:

 

Good players can play in any format as other countries do and I would expect England to be competitive in all forms of the game and, above all, not be such an embarrassment. England were rubbish, they let us down badly and made us a laughing stock. 

As always, like Rovers, you defend the indefensible.

As always, Jimmy boy you think you know better than us. Total bollocks..

The ECB focus on Test cricket and hundred not our T20 or one day cricket..our cricket suffers. T20 competition should be played June, July and August..

Test cricket, international 50 overs and T20 Should be played from Late May to end of August. 

Instead the Hundred take the priority instead in August. Utter bollocks. 

Our cricketers don't play enough one day cricket and our team performances suffers.