England 2012 Cricket Thread

[rutski]

last night was a first for me, my 11 yeard old went with his mate and dad and this is the first time i have waited up for him to come home, got in at 11.45 and was a very tired boy. Even more tired this morning trudging off to school!

[olaftab]

The first Six of Buttler's epic over was probably the sweetest struck ball I've ever seen.

Funny you should say that because  in that over the way he just stood there and dispatched the ball over the boundary I thought of Viv Richards.

[PaulWinch again]

Twenty20 starts today and the squad for India will be announced. I have a feeling Morgan will be in the Test squad.

[Villan For Life]

Twenty20 starts today and the squad for India will be announced. I have a feeling Morgan will be in the Test squad.

He is and as are Compton and Root. Bopara not picked and I am surprised that Taylor has been omitted.

The KP saga is unresolved and I would have thought that the longer that it drags on the less likely he is to be selected ever again.

[PaulWinch again]

I am surprised that Taylor has been left out, seems very harsh.

[PaulWinch again]

Oh dear KP has released a statement.

[Dr Butler]

Oh dear KP has released a statement.

oh dear, peanuts going up 10p ?

[bertlambshank]

Oh dear KP has released a statement.

oh dear, peanuts going up 10p ?

Do they still make beef Disco's?

[PaulWinch again]

Odd warm up game that we won today, but promising that we've got two wins from our warm up games.

[paul_e]

Odd warm up game that we won today, but promising that we've got two wins from our warm up games.

I have a feeling Jade Dernbach will soon be recognised as the number 1 bowler in t20, his slow delivery is immense, as soon as people are trying to score from every delivery he becomes close to unplayable, reasonably full, reasonably straight but changes speed by 10-15mph without any warning signs.

[PaulWinch again]

Afghanistan's bowling looks pretty bloody handy.

[paul_e]

t20 bowling is very different to test and odi.

When the batsman can afford to be patient and pick off the bad balls predictable line and length is ideal, in t20 being a little more erratic is a big advantage, which suits the non test playing nations well as their bowlers tend not to have the same line and length habits.  The really good thing is that purely by chance it reduces the gap between the top and bottom sides which will encourage the smaller nations to play at that level and hopefully lead them towards playing at a higher level in all forms.

[PaulWinch again]

They look like a legitimate threat, I hope we haven't underestimated them.

[PaulWinch again]

Cook sounds like he wants Pietersen back.

[tomd2103]

Cook sounds like he wants Pietersen back.

Wonder if Andy Flower feels the same though?