The Cricket Thread 2013

[PaulWinch again]

Hmm Root in, not very flexible. He can play shots, but Morgan would be a better option now.

[john e]

Trott gone, now it's time to speed up.

Aussies won't be happy about that

[PaulWinch again]

Our biggest problem is that we lack flexibility and don't seem aggressive enough.

[PGW]

With a new ball being used at either end the days of the pinch hitter opening the batting are now over and you need a more circumspect approach in early overs and Trott at 3 suits the England establishment perfectly. Todays score may not reach 300 but you can bet your life that it will not be far away.
Trotts SR ended up at 77 by end of his innings and would have improved had he stayed there.
Root has to get his game together right away but we know he is well capable.

[john e]

We have 15 overs left and we could do with doubling the score,
 good pitch perfect weather we won't do it where as other teams wil

[PaulWinch again]

With a new ball being used at either end the days of the pinch hitter opening the batting are now over and you need a more circumspect approach in early overs and Trott at 3 suits the England establishment perfectly. Todays score may not reach 300 but you can bet your life that it will not be far away.
Trotts SR ended up at 77 by end of his innings and would have improved had he stayed there.
Root has to get his game together right away but we know he is well capable.

But that's exactly the point, he got out and he used up a lot of balls for his runs. Trott's place can only be justified if he gets a big score and catches up.

[PaulWinch again]

We really really need to go now.

[PGW]

Lets face it he aint gonna get 80 or 90 every innings, he has played to his average today and got 43. Trotts run rate will always be under scrutiny by the general public such as you and i, my feet are firmly entrenched in the' in the team' camp. KP is not available so we have to get on with it.

[PaulWinch again]

Bell gone, well played but now we need to move.

[PaulWinch again]

Joe Root out. See this is the problem, we were too stodgy and there's too much pressure on those coming in.

[PGW]

We just cant bat in Batting powerplays - 2 wkts gone in it already!!

[PaulWinch again]

Slow run rate through the middle results in a lot of pressure on those coming in at the end, terrible tactically. We may get out of  it, but we've made a mess of this.

[PaulWinch again]

Our game plan looks badly flawed and outdated.

[john e]

If you can't get 300 runs when you win the toss and bat first on a perfect pitch in perfect weather with wickets in hand then there is something wrong with your tactics and team selection, 
it's as simple as that

[PaulWinch again]

This is a massive ten overs now, we need to go at over 10 an over.