England Cricket Thread 2011

[TheTimVilla]

True, but had he have hit out we still had loads of batting to come.

[Villan For Life]

Good result for England and a wonderful innings by Morgan.

I really hope that he makes it as a test player, he offers so much more than Bopara. There's room for them both in the T20/50 over side but not in the test side. Morgan is great to watch, his unorthodoxy can changes games and bowlers struggle to bowl to him.

At test level he is still to be tested by a top attack such as South Africa, if he can survive that examination then he will go on to play some top innings for England in the future.

[The Left Side]

Nice one England, good result that.

[PaulWinch again]

It's good to see a combination of Patel and Trott bowling utter dross is really giving India control.

[TheTimVilla]

22 out of the first 24 balls are dots and we've already lost a wicket. Way to go!

[PaulWinch again]

We are struggling badly.

[TheTimVilla]

Rain stopped play and we need to get to 93 from 20 overs (assuming we don't lose any more wickets), meaning 66 from 12.4 overs....

[TheTimVilla]

We're due the annual Beefy rant about why play matches at Chester Le Street in September.

[TheTimVilla]

Rain stopped play and we need to get to 93 from 20 overs (assuming we don't lose any more wickets), meaning 66 from 12.4 overs....

Whereas cricinfo make the target 164 from 20 overs...

[cheltenhamlion]

Another win. We will beat them every time we play, in all forms of the game, this summer at this rate.

[TheTimVilla]

Even with a middle order of Bopara, Patel, Stokes? We had 7 bowlers last night, not counting Stokes. Cook certainly has options! Not sure why Anderson only bowled three but Dernbach 5.

It was a great chase though, really well played.

[Dave Cooper please]

Not sure why Anderson only bowled three but Dernbach 5.

Because generally Dernbach is the better T20 bowler of the two and this turned into a T23 game! Dernbach has a great array of slower balls and has even been known to bowl leg spinners whilst still running in at the same pace, he is very effective in the shortest form of the game.
I have no problem with taking some workload off our main bowlers either, it's been a hard summer.

[Villan For Life]

Even with a middle order of Bopara, Patel, Stokes? We had 7 bowlers last night, not counting Stokes. Cook certainly has options! Not sure why Anderson only bowled three but Dernbach 5.

It was a great chase though, really well played.

Probably to give him the experience, he's still relatively raw at this level and has the potential to be the best death bowler we've had since Gough.

[TheTimVilla]

Good points but Jimmy went for less in 3 overs than Dernbach did in one! I know that Dernbach has this slower ball and good variation but, with 7 bowlers to choose from, Cook should have continued with Jimmy. I assumed he was taken off to be saved for the end.

[PaulWinch again]

Well done again England, what a contrast with the football team.