The International Cricket Thread 2018

[TheTimVilla]

I didn't watch it live but wonder if we can't get out of ODI biff & bash mode and knuckle down to 5 day cricket.

[JD]

Try being at work like I was earlier, being surrounded by Kiwi's . Absolutely embarrassing.

I'm supposed to be going to the test match next week here in Christchurch, not sure I want to unless there is a big improvement in the second innings.   

[TheTimVilla]

Or big changes in the line up?

[PaulWinch again]

Try being at work like I was earlier, being surrounded by Kiwi's . Absolutely embarrassing.

I'm supposed to be going to the test match next week here in Christchurch, not sure I want to unless there is a big improvement in the second innings.   

Well if you've got day 1 tickets you might get a full day's play...

[taylorsworkrate]

Anderson said the other day that he thought we weren't too far away in Australia, and that the 4-0 score wasn't a true reflection. Well, despite Jimmy being one of the only players who has contributed anything like this winter, he is severely deluded and we at present a poor team and an absolute embarrassment away from home.

I think the away form over the last couple of years is easily bad enough for Bayliss to go

[Villa Lew]

Preparation for this series has been poor, but no excuse for such a shocking display.

On the NZ front, not a bad day for Kane Williamson, puts England in, makes a brilliant one handed catch to dismiss Broad and now on the brink of yet another ton.

[taylorsworkrate]

Need to make some sort of statement for the next match. Too many have been getting away with failure for too long. Livingstone, Foakes, Wood, Leach all need to come into the team.

[tomd2103]

Preparation for this series has been poor, but no excuse for such a shocking display.

On the NZ front, not a bad day for Kane Williamson, puts England in, makes a brilliant one handed catch to dismiss Broad and now on the brink of yet another ton.

It's ridiculous to be playing another test series so soon after the Ashes and the ECB's need to cram as many fixtures in as possible to raise revenue has a genuine impact on the playing side.  We have been in a downward spiral in test match cricket for a while now, but today is the absolute nadir.  We are notorious for starting series slowly, yet it keeps happening.  Too many players in the set up only ever seem to perform well when they are responding to criticism and for all the great work Bayliss has done with the ODI teams, the test side has regressed under him.   

[paul_e]

I agree with the earlier post that it's probably time we looked at moving Bayliss on but that alone isn't going to solve the issue.  We struggle away from home because far too few of our players experience first class cricket outside the UK, until a program is put in place to address that we'll consistently struggle on tour.

[Chris Jameson]

Once they get a load more pointless crash, bang, wallop matches going in the summer we'll be back on the right track where the long form game is concerned.

[Damo70]

I got married in Australia in 1999. I'm pretty sure my visit coincided with the start of this current tour of Australia and New Zealand. Ben Stokes must wish he had served some time for his offence by now. He would have been out of nick quicker than this tour has lasted.

[Richard E]

I got married in Australia in 1999. I'm pretty sure my visit coincided with the start of this current tour of Australia and New Zealand. Ben Stokes must wish he had served some time for his offence by now. He would have been out of nick quicker than this tour has lasted.

Australia hadn’t been discovered by Europeans when this tour started.

[PaulWinch again]

There are a couple of issues for me. The preparation for the series was an utter waste of time and is an ongoing issue. Cricket administrators need to sort it or Test cricket will die. It’s naive and you might make money short-term, but long-term all formats of the game will fall apart without a stronger 5 day format.

On England, I’m not for dropping people after a bad game, but at the minute it feels like there is too little pressure on positions. The bowling attack is also too samey and needs more variety.

[OzVilla]

Our batsmen arn't good enough technically and don't score enough runs, our spinner doesn't spin the ball or have any mystery, our bowling is over reliant on two 30 something bowlers and lacks variety, our allrounder has a habit of missing tours due to his indiscipline which is all making our one world class batsmans, who is also the Captain, form collapse.

Other than that we're looking pretty good.

[JD]

One of the papers over here are having a field day with the demise of English Cricket & Rugby. Of course (it's all tongue in cheek) they are blaming the common denominator - Aussie coaches.