England Cricket Thread 2011

[PaulWinch again]

Right KP gone, but 64 is a good knock. There is a good platform here the rest of the middle order has to do a job.

[PaulWinch again]

Now I've been a big critic of Patel, but that is a belting innings and we are in with a shout.

[PaulWinch again]

Dernbach is bowling some dross.

[spangley1812]

I too have had a go @ Patel but he has played well today, batting & bowling.......

All the bowlers are struggling to stop them scoring and they are walking it @ the present moment, Cook needs to step up as captain here and use some imagination......

They are going on and on about "dot ball" on SKY

[spangley1812]

Great catch KP

[spangley1812]

Poor from Kieswetter......his place has to be in question not scoring many runs and dropped 2 catches

[PaulWinch again]

Absolute dross again from Dernbach.

[spangley1812]

Shambles from Kieswetter.........if we lose he has cost us this game

Agreed about Dernbach........get him off

[Dave Cooper please]

Fuck me Dernbach, that's fucked it.

[TheTimVilla]

Can we put to bed this notion that Dernbach is a great death bowler because he's got a slower ball? His last over is absolute crap. Wides, no balls, etc are not acceptable at the death!

[TheTimVilla]

Shambles from Kieswetter.........if we lose he has cost us this game

Agreed about Dernbach........get him off

Disagree about Kieswetter. Yes he made a mistake kicking the stumps, but these bowlers probably couldn't defend 400!

[Colhint]

What a pile of shite. First Cook is no captain, give it to swann. Second get rid of Keiswetter. Bell to open and Bairstow keeps. Third I know he is injured now but Woakes has to replace dernbach

[PaulWinch again]

Dernbach was absolutely abysmal, Botham was fuming you could tell. We have become absolutely obsessed with slower balls. Kieswetter is under serious pressure now.

[Colhint]

Shambles from Kieswetter.........if we lose he has cost us this game

Agreed about Dernbach........get him off

Disagree about Kieswetter. Yes he made a mistake kicking the stumps, but these bowlers probably couldn't defend 400!

 Don't agree. He missed 2 catches and 2 chances of the same stumping

[spangley1812]

What a pile of shite. First Cook is no captain, give it to swann. Second get rid of Keiswetter. Bell to open and Bairstow keeps. Third I know he is injured now but Woakes has to replace dernbach

Agree 100% Cook is a nice guy but no captain let him be the brilliant test batsmen he is