| Cricket 13:47 - Jan 23 with 26628 views | toboboly |
Possible phenomenal year kicking off today with the first test v Windies
I have tickets for the world cup and the ashes, cannot wait! |  |
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| Cricket on 20:54 - Jul 26 with 1748 views | thame_hoops |
I was lucky enough to be at the oval today (courtesy of Middlesex) nice to see live sport but very odd with all the social distancing . Hoping it’s not the only game I can go to this season, anyone else go? |  | | |
| Cricket on 20:57 - Jul 26 with 1727 views | The_Beast1976 |
| Cricket on 20:54 - Jul 26 by thame_hoops |
I was lucky enough to be at the oval today (courtesy of Middlesex) nice to see live sport but very odd with all the social distancing . Hoping it’s not the only game I can go to this season, anyone else go? |
I'm going tomorrow |  | | |
| Cricket on 23:02 - Jul 26 with 1634 views | thame_hoops |
Hope the weather stays ok mate | | | |
| Cricket on 03:49 - Jul 27 with 1581 views | timcocking |
Broad has totally made a fool of the selection committee.
England Cricket has had incompetent selection for my entire life. If it's possible to make a bad decision, they'll make it. |  | | |
| Cricket on 10:24 - Jul 27 with 1526 views | toboboly |
| Cricket on 03:49 - Jul 27 by timcocking |
Broad has totally made a fool of the selection committee.
England Cricket has had incompetent selection for my entire life. If it's possible to make a bad decision, they'll make it. |
Quite right, winning the 2010 T20, multiple Ashes series in the last 15 years, beating India in India and the 2019 World Cup were all terrible decisions.
They got it wrong with Broad, but you could understand the thought process behind the decision. | |
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| Cricket on 10:53 - Jul 27 with 1514 views | thame_hoops |
| Cricket on 10:24 - Jul 27 by toboboly |
Quite right, winning the 2010 T20, multiple Ashes series in the last 15 years, beating India in India and the 2019 World Cup were all terrible decisions.
They got it wrong with Broad, but you could understand the thought process behind the decision. |
this series was more about resting/rotating seeing as people hadn't played in a long time, broad seemed to take it personally. great player and his mrs is FIT | | | |
| Cricket on 11:11 - Jul 27 with 1488 views | danehoop |
| Cricket on 03:49 - Jul 27 by timcocking |
Broad has totally made a fool of the selection committee.
England Cricket has had incompetent selection for my entire life. If it's possible to make a bad decision, they'll make it. |
Interesting how you can view that both ways. The selectors have the slight advantage over us of seeing all of the squad over an extensive period of time, looking in great detail at performances and trying to consider the right playing balance for each game. Not sure that they got it too far wrong in the first test, but some key players didn't perform.
Bringing Broad in for the second test didn't prove the selectors wrong or suddenly make them poor, arguably it proves them very good in that they had a fully motivated player on their hands who is bowling possibly faster than he has for two years. Perhaps having that sat out that game has worked wonders for a player who needed a bit more motivation to perform.
Remember they also have to plan for a new bowling attack for the inevitable period in the next 12 -18 months when the Broad/Anderson partnership will end. The first test gave them a chance to see what that potentially looked like. This series has offered a great opportunity for them to look at the options available and look to get the balance of the team right. I think the bigger talking point is the decision to select Wokes ahead of Curran in this test. Curran's left arm medium fast seam would have perhaps offered something different from another right arm medium fast seam bowler, without necessarily weakening the batting line up. That probably gives a good hint that they see Wokes as one of the most likely to step into (presumably) Anderson's shows. |  |
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| Cricket on 10:57 - Jul 28 with 1416 views | ElHoop |
Broady does tend to get written off every now and then and sooner or later the 'writing offers' will be correct but for now he's still playing like one of our greatest ever bowlers. His 500th wicket will surely fall this morning and well done when it does. A true legend.
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| Cricket on 11:04 - Jul 28 with 1402 views | stowmarketrange |
It seems strange to me that a whole day’s play was lost yesterday but they don’t start at 10.30 to try to make up for lost time.They day a total of 98 overs are to be bowled today,but does an extra 8 overs really make up for a whole day’s play? |  | | |
| Cricket on 12:27 - Jul 28 with 1353 views | toboboly |
| Cricket on 11:04 - Jul 28 by stowmarketrange |
It seems strange to me that a whole day’s play was lost yesterday but they don’t start at 10.30 to try to make up for lost time.They day a total of 98 overs are to be bowled today,but does an extra 8 overs really make up for a whole day’s play? |
No, crickets biggest problem is their recalcitrance over timings/weather delays.
On another note, Dan Norcross. How can he keep getting commentary gigs with TMS. He is fcking awful. | |
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| Cricket on 13:14 - Jul 28 with 1323 views | TheChef |
| Cricket on 12:27 - Jul 28 by toboboly |
No, crickets biggest problem is their recalcitrance over timings/weather delays.
On another note, Dan Norcross. How can he keep getting commentary gigs with TMS. He is fcking awful. |
TMS is not very good these days - bit too matey and 'bantzy-y, don't know if they think that is how they will attract a younger audience?
I really liked the recent TalkSport commentary, hope they get another gig soon. |  |
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| Cricket on 13:27 - Jul 28 with 1302 views | timcocking |
Congratulations Stuart Broad, it's a terrific effort.
Go back a while, i considered him a liability at times, bowling short to little purpose all the bloody time, but he's just kept on improving. | | | |
| Cricket on 17:53 - Jul 29 with 1237 views | lightwaterhoop |
A big thanks to the West Indies for coming over in these times. | | | |
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