England 2012 Cricket Thread

[Dave Cooper please]

It was a quite phenomenal innings, some of the shots he played were astonishing.

[Villan For Life]

It was a quite phenomenal innings, some of the shots he played were astonishing.

78 in boundaries off 15 balls, meant that he scored 25 0ff 49 balls. Piss poor really (winky thing)

[spangley1812]

Nick Compton making an early claim to be included in the test squad v Windies.............

[taylorsworkrate]

Who bats alongside Prior at 6/7 is still very much up for grabs.

Highly unlikely we'll need 5 bowlers in early season English conditions.

Hopefully Morgan can find some form as he has the ability to be a match winner for years to come.

[Dave Cooper please]

James Taylor has got a ton for the England Lions.
Should Bell worried? Morgan definitely will be.
Taylor can bowl a bit as well.

[cdbearsfan]

Part of me hopes Bell plays well enough to ensure he gets in the England team, part of me thinks sod it, they'll beat the Windies anyway, let him help the Bears win the title!

[Villan For Life]

Bairstow in the squad for the 1st test which starts on Wednesday.

http://www.espncricinfo.com/england-v-west-indies-2012/content/current/story/564669.html

[Whiney MacWhineface]

After the thing with his Dad, I'm pleased for Bairstow. Maybe a bit soon for debut though? I hope they play Finn - the bad side of my character would like to see him bounce a few 90 mph balls around their ears in pure revenge.

[PaulWinch again]

That's interesting, looking at the squad he's definitely going to play. I'm glad to see him get a chance, it's a little harsh on Taylor though.

[Villan For Life]

That's interesting, looking at the squad he's definitely going to play. I'm glad to see him get a chance, it's a little harsh on Taylor though.

if you base the selection around the performance of Taylor and Bairstow in the T20's that they've each played then you have to say that Taylor hasn't yet seized his opportunity whereas Bairstow has. Taylor's innings for the Lions yesterday won't have done his cause any harm at all though.

I like the look of Bairstow, he's a fighter.

[Villan For Life]

Great win over the Windies by the Lions by 10 wickets. 197/0 with Joe Root 115 off 143 balls. He's one to watch too, a future opener in the test side.

[bertlambshank]

Woakes back for the Bears today.

[Villan For Life]

First test starts today. Weather permitting, I expect England to comfortably win the series.

[Dr Butler]

First test starts today. Weather permitting, I expect England to comfortably win the series.

England should win, the summer starts here for me !

come on the Villa, Bears and England

[PaulWinch again]

Bowling first which is good, I would have gone with Finn over Bresnan. However overall I'm happy with the team, and we should have too much for the Windies(who are a much improving side).