The England Cricket Thread

robfosters · 25 May 2015 at 18:07

fantastic start for England this summer. Winning from an abysmal start. hopefully this puts the belief back and we can forget about the Pietersen debacle once and for all.

Stokes is awesome too. Magnificent all rounder.

BRIGGBOY81 · 25 May 2015 at 19:30

yeah absolutely. And well done to new zealand as that was one of the most gripping test there has been for awhile.

rickjames · 25 May 2015 at 20:22

Had a wonderful day out at Lords for £20. What a place to watch cricket.

robfosters · 25 May 2015 at 22:04

rickjames said:
Had a wonderful day out at Lords for £20. What a place to watch cricket.

£20 is an absolute bargain to watch todays play. Thrilling stuff.

Also, Moeen Ali's winning catch was an absolute belter!

Jimbeam3678 · 25 May 2015 at 22:24

robfosters said:
Stokes is awesome too. Magnificent all rounder.

He is when he is running hot, far too inconsistent at the moment to get really excited about.

Although as you said he has been outstanding this test

robfosters · 9 Jun 2015 at 21:53

Today was utterly awesome!

Totally destroyed NZ's bowling attack. The records just tumbled. Over 400 runs in 50 overs is beyond immense!

tom_nieto · 9 Jun 2015 at 23:03

That's probably the best England one day performance I've ever seen. Positive attitude with a good team absolutely crushed New Zealand.

rickjames · 10 Jun 2015 at 11:47

Want to go Friday, wish it wasn't £60...

Locky · 12 Jun 2015 at 16:36

England getting battered all over the park, at the rate NZ will smash England's own record lol.

robfosters · 17 Jun 2015 at 21:27

Root and Morgan are just a delight to watch at times. Returned the battering with interest tonight.

All setting up for a final decider!

Dave · 17 Jun 2015 at 22:42

Been a very refreshing series - didn't mind the losses as at least the attitude was right. Hales/Roy could be a great partnership, they are very entertaining to watch and it's good that we have two openers that attack from the start.

rickjames · 20 Jun 2015 at 23:34

Top order made a true mess of things today but bloody hell what a finish, didn't think we had any chance at 45-5

It's fair to say that the ODI side has won back a lot of fans with this series, all five have been thoroughly enjoyable.

So, onto our next opponents...

robfosters · 21 Jun 2015 at 01:25

rickjames said:
Top order made a true mess of things today but bloody hell what a finish, didn't think we had any chance at 45-5

It's fair to say that the ODI side has won back a lot of fans with this series, all five have been thoroughly enjoyable.

So, onto our next opponents...

Top order went at it like the required run rate was 10+. A run a ball with a few boundaries would have won it, but the top order just went ridiculously reckless.

rickjames · 23 Jun 2015 at 17:38

Praying tonight is THE JASON ROY SHOW

Pighardia · 26 Jun 2015 at 16:45

Getting really psyched up for the Ashes now. Spent the last hour watching highlights of some of my favourite England innings of recent times

Monkeymatt · 26 Jun 2015 at 18:53

robfosters said:
Today was utterly awesome!

Totally destroyed NZ's bowling attack. The records just tumbled. Over 400 runs in 50 overs is beyond immense!

robfosters said:
Top order went at it like the required run rate was 10+. A run a ball with a few boundaries would have won it, but the top order just went ridiculously reckless.

It's very easy to play a match winning knock from your armchair.. Our top order is made up of players capable of scoring 8+ an over and they do that by taking risks. When it works you can end up demolishing teams as they did in the first test, when it doesn't pay off you can easily end up being 5 down with very few runs on the board.

Ultimately if we had the likes of Cook, Bell etc. we would have chased that down far more comfortably but we sacrificed their risk free batting for the opportunity to make massive totals. And that is one very un-English sacrifice that we should never take for granted.

As much as I like Jason Roy, I can't wait to see our ODI team with Hales and Ali opening the batting. Think we'd finally have a really good chance at a world cup then.

rickjames · 1 Jul 2015 at 15:58

One week away. Rashid selected as well for the first test.

Pighardia · 1 Jul 2015 at 17:19

Was hoping beyond hope that they may let bygones be bygones and select KP

Alibaba99 · 1 Jul 2015 at 20:45

Any particular reason why?

Pighardia · 1 Jul 2015 at 21:10

Because if I had to give you my top 10 favourite innings of the last ten years, KP would have at least half of them.
Because, whilst I am a big fan of Ian Bell, he can't score a run to save his life at the moment. If he fails in the first test, his place must be up for grabs surely?(tbh though, Bell rarely lets England down in big series, so I am not expecting it!)
Because he is one of the best batmsen in the world on his day.

He has somewhat tarnished his reputation to say the least with antics and questionable comments over the last few years, but I am choosing not to let that ruin the great memories I have of him destroying some of the best bowlers in the world(the spell against Steyn was just incredible. Never forget it!), at crucial times over the years

A full-strength team would have him in it imo.