This is really poor, we keep making bad decisions when we’re in control.
Good job from Willey at the end.
Maybe so, but I think England need to be careful. They’ll win this but they’ve looked a bit complacent in last couple of games. There’s a balance to be struck between being reasonably assured of your place and by it becoming a closed shop. The continued inclusion of Billings in and around the squad is indicative of the latter.
Quote from: PaulWinch again on June 13, 2018, 07:56:15 PMGood job from Willey at the end.Agreed, really grown-up performance from him in a potentially tricky situation.Quote from: PaulWinch again on June 13, 2018, 07:46:15 PMMaybe so, but I think England need to be careful. They’ll win this but they’ve looked a bit complacent in last couple of games. There’s a balance to be struck between being reasonably assured of your place and by it becoming a closed shop. The continued inclusion of Billings in and around the squad is indicative of the latter.I agree on this, which is why I still think Hain and Archer (so long as they stop being silly) should come into the mix.
For the second game running Ali hasn’t stuck around with the tail to see us home. He always seemed to bat well with the tail in tests, why can’t he do it in ODI’s? It cost us against Scotland thankfully Willey saw us home tonight.I do wonder if this squad is affected by the number one ranking, they seem to have taken their collective eye off the ball.
Quote from: Villan For Life on June 13, 2018, 08:16:11 PMFor the second game running Ali hasn’t stuck around with the tail to see us home. He always seemed to bat well with the tail in tests, why can’t he do it in ODI’s? It cost us against Scotland thankfully Willey saw us home tonight.I do wonder if this squad is affected by the number one ranking, they seem to have taken their collective eye off the ball.It just seems that the team philosophy in limited over games is to keep playing shots and trust your teammates. It has to be said that it works most of the time.
Quote from: Chris Smith on June 14, 2018, 12:23:40 PMQuote from: Villan For Life on June 13, 2018, 08:16:11 PMFor the second game running Ali hasn’t stuck around with the tail to see us home. He always seemed to bat well with the tail in tests, why can’t he do it in ODI’s? It cost us against Scotland thankfully Willey saw us home tonight.I do wonder if this squad is affected by the number one ranking, they seem to have taken their collective eye off the ball.It just seems that the team philosophy in limited over games is to keep playing shots and trust your teammates. It has to be said that it works most of the time.Yep and I'm ok with it, when it goes wrong it looks bad (like the scotland game) but that mentality has driven us to the top spot in this format so it's clearly working for us.