The Cricket Thread 2013

[PaulWinch again]

I wouldn't give up on Woakes or Meaker yet, they're still young.

[rutski]

amazing how 2 games ago we beat the best one day team in the world and a couple of indifferent performances we are shit! you just cannot change opinions like that and retain credibility!

[PaulWinch again]

I really don't see how Jimmy Anderson and Matt Prior are not in that side.

[Chris Smith]

amazing how 2 games ago we beat the best one day team in the world and a couple of indifferent performances we are shit! you just cannot change opinions like that and retain credibility!

The win the other day was the oddity. The most charitable thing you can say is we're inconsistent in limited over cricket. However, Giles is new in the job and I just hope he can find the right balance in the side between bat and ball, and the  stability in selection that has seen the test side flourish.

[bertlambshank]

I really don't see how Jimmy Anderson and Matt Prior are not in that side.

Resting.

[PGW]

You cant really say that Matty Prior resting as he has been playing in the 'Big Bash' in Australia.

[PaulWinch again]

Prior is never in the ODI side.

[paul_e]

No idea if that score is competitive or not but it sounds like the seamers were getting a lot of help out of the pitch so hopefully Finn can rip into them early on.

Why didn't rot come in at 4, he's a confident cricketer with a great range of shots, instead we wasted 16 balls for 4 runs with Morgan and Patel.

Sounds like the Cook dismissal is a real stinker.

[paul_e]

Gambhir gone to an iffy one.

Whatever happens from here the ICC need to force the issue with DRS in India, there have been too many things in this tour that shouldn't have happened, refusing the use the technology available is stupid.

[PaulWinch again]

Another dreadful spell from Dernbach, I do wonder how he gets in the team.

[PaulWinch again]

Finn's knee hitting the stumps costs us a wicket. It is absolutely nuts that this hasn't been coached out of him.

[bertlambshank]

Well done on Chris woakes making the test squad.

[PaulWinch again]

Yep and Bresnan's elbow injury recurs again. I think he's done.

[Villan For Life]

Yep and Bresnan's elbow injury recurs again. I think he's done.

He'll be back after further surgery/rest.

[PaulWinch again]

Yep and Bresnan's elbow injury recurs again. I think he's done.

He'll be back after further surgery/rest.

I think the elbow has taken a yard of pace off him. He might return, but I don't think he's good enough at International level now.