England 2012 Cricket Thread

[PaulWinch again]

Another hundred from KP, great stuff.

[PaulWinch again]

This umpire has given a couple of LBW's that clearly aren't out and have been overturned.

[Dave Cooper please]

KP's back!

[PaulWinch again]

KP has been absolutely outstanding, a brilliant brilliant mature hundred. There ends the debate of whether he should be in the side, absolutely no doubt. Our best batsman in my opinion. Annoying that he got out though.

[paul_e]

Superb from KP again.  At his best he's clearly one of the best in the world, hopefully this series has got him back on top and we'll see his undoubted quality again at all levels.

[PaulWinch again]

Cook is staying on for Twenty20 as well.

[Villan For Life]

KP has been absolutely outstanding, a brilliant brilliant mature hundred. There ends the debate of whether he should be in the side, absolutely no doubt. Our best batsman in my opinion. Annoying that he got out though.

I've never understood the drop KP arguement. He's a match winner. He's ironed out technical flaws and looks back to his best. His stats speak for themselves. A definate selection for me, if he wants it and retains a hunger & desire.

[TheTimVilla]

KP's in form, no doubt about it. Long may it continue. Very candid interview with Athers afterwards as well, where he admitted he still can't pick Ajmal when he attacks.

When Cook was out second ball I expected a collapse, so I'm happy to be proved wrong!

[olaftab]

I am going to give up trying to make sense of this game I love. England thrash Australia in the Test matches and than lose the  1 days 6-1. England get humiliated in the Tests series in UAE and than win  these 4-0.
One explanation is,IMO, that England did not rate Pakistan at Test level and got caught short but  did rate  them in 1 days and prepared properly. That prep was mental rather than physical before they got  to Dubai.

[Dave Cooper please]

England got caught up in an overly defensive mode in the Tests, they feared the spinners too much. Somehow they got over it and worked it out for the ODI's. Cricket is as much in the mind as it is in the talent.

[PaulWinch again]

KP on the move, 12 off 4.

[paul_e]

This KP is the one who is feared through the cricket world, anything short or wide he punishes, fantastic player to watch when he's seeing it like this.

[TheTimVilla]

We need 18 from the last over. How disappointing.

[paul_e]

that's t20 for you, we lost our 2 big hitters just when they were threatening to win the game for us.  Another 8-10balls for KP or Bopara would've seen us win comfortably.

[PaulWinch again]

We bollocksed that up quite badly, Morgan really looks out of sorts at the moment.