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Roy rodgered. 
The England Cricket Thread
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Love ya, Roy.
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Oh god
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Root rubbish.
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Just play a one day innings. Need Hales back.
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Oh wow. I bet we can't keep this up.
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Have they really not got anyone vaguely competent with the bat that they can replace Roy with?
So now Root once again is in effectively as an opener, because Roy still hasn't learned that you leave wide balls alone early on in a test innings. And immediately gets out because, like Roy, he isn't an opening batsman. It was a good ball, which won't matter at all because everyone will simply say...
...rather than focus on the actual problem of not having openers who can stick around for any length of time.
Yikes, and as I type this Denly has nearly been trapped lbw. Good review.
So now Root once again is in effectively as an opener, because Roy still hasn't learned that you leave wide balls alone early on in a test innings. And immediately gets out because, like Roy, he isn't an opening batsman. It was a good ball, which won't matter at all because everyone will simply say...
Root rubbish.
...rather than focus on the actual problem of not having openers who can stick around for any length of time.
Yikes, and as I type this Denly has nearly been trapped lbw. Good review.
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Jeebus, that was missing the stumps by a mile!
What is up with the rubbish umpiring lately?
What is up with the rubbish umpiring lately?
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I dont understand the difference between test batting and ODI batting. When England regularly smash 300 in one dayers but get 150 in test matches.......why not play the same....
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Ball moves more, pitches are generally more interesting, no fielding restrictions so you can't launch it to the boundary aerially, bowlers generally bowl a proper line and length to get you out driving rather than just bowling yorkers/bouncers/wide of off stump to restrict runs.
Edit: Also, time - there's not much point in a test in smashing 300 in half a day. It gives the other side plenty of time to dig in and outscore you at any rate they fancy, which is theoretically lower risk. A big part of Test batting is going at an appropriate rate for a 5 day match.
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Fielding restrictions in ODI's are designed to allow high scores.
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aha. Thats all makes sense then. ta. 
Absolutely embarrassing. I’m genuinely embarrassed for them
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Be fine, 150 each from Stokes and Buttler......
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Burns battered.
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England, knowing the top-order lacks pedigree, sticking to their tactic of introducing the middle order as soon as possible. Tried and tested.
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The ashes slipping away.
Not yet, we need 150 this innings to put ourselves in the game. This is an awful start but it's by no means over.