The England Cricket Thread

Sankari · 6 Jan 2018 at 06:09

LOL, Moeen Ali bowls a full over to Mitchell Marsh.

Marsh hits two 6s and a 4 off it.

Participant · 6 Jan 2018 at 07:44

Such a spineless bowling attack. Military medium swing bowling just won't cut it here. We need some shock and awe bowlers. Surely we can breed genuine quicks? Why aren't we producing fast bowlers? Every young bowler wants to be fast.

We suck.

Sankari · 6 Jan 2018 at 09:41

Looks like Smith's strategy is to bat as long as possible tomorrow and aim to win by an innings. If our remaining batsmen can keep England in the field for most of the day, that could definitely happen.

Sankari · 7 Jan 2018 at 04:05

Sure enough, Smith cheekily declares on 649.

Not sure it gives us enough of a lead, but there's plenty of time to find out.

Cook scores his usual 10, and proptly gets out.

2 for 25.

Sankari · 7 Jan 2018 at 05:07

Farewell to Vince. 3 for 43.

Sankari · 7 Jan 2018 at 06:09

4 for 68, oh my goodness!

:eek:

Participant · 7 Jan 2018 at 07:19

Another capitulation. Pathetic.

Sankari · 7 Jan 2018 at 07:48

4 for 93 at Stumps, thanks to Root. I reckon he'll made us work hard tomorrow.

Sankari · 7 Jan 2018 at 23:10

Root has been hospitalised with severe dehydration.

There's a chance he will not resume batting today.

BaZ87 · 7 Jan 2018 at 23:27

The only English cricketer that hasn't hasn't drunk enough!

Sankari · 8 Jan 2018 at 00:26

Root will play, but he still needs time to recover. Ali has stepped in.

4 for 115.

Sankari · 8 Jan 2018 at 04:34

England all out for 180, Australia wins by an innings and 123 runs.

4-0 is not a whitewash, but I'll take it.

Locky · 8 Jan 2018 at 07:10

Pretty much a whitewash

hondo · 8 Jan 2018 at 12:22

Australia have got what England hasn't, a strong desire to win.

robfosters · 14 Jan 2018 at 11:26

Our ODI team is different gravy to the test side. Jason Roy 180 :eek:

hondo · 14 Jan 2018 at 13:19

robfosters said:
Our ODI team is different gravy to the test side. Jason Roy 180

I've had to check that out for myself on Google news, what a magnificent innings :eek:

Having said that, I'll bet his England average is pretty darn poor.

Yas786 · 14 Jan 2018 at 21:03

robfosters said:
Our ODI team is different gravy to the test side. Jason Roy 180

True but they haven’t managed to win a major trophy for some time now.

It’s funny how when either side loses the ashes series, they run rampant in the ODI series lol. Not that it matters as the ashes are the series you want to win.

BaZ87 · 17 Jan 2018 at 11:46

So the ECB have decided that having suspended Stokes from representing England while a potential charge was pending, he's now free to represent England having actually been charged :confused:

Can somebody explain the logic to this please.

cheesyboy · 17 Jan 2018 at 12:16

Affray is about as minor as it gets. They were probably more concerned with the possibility of assault, or ABH. Or just felt the uncertainty was disruptive.

BaZ87 · 17 Jan 2018 at 16:12

Seems bonkers to me. You ban him when he's not been charged and let him play when he has been. I suspect they didn't think the process would take as long as it has and they thought everything would be done and dusted in a couple of months. Instead they faced the prospect of preventing him from playing for the best part of a year which would appear harsh on somebody that's yet to be found guilty of anything.