The Cricket Thread 2013

[Chris Jameson]

Bairstow, Morgan and Compton haven't cut the mustard when given their chance and its interesting to see who flower goes for.

Blimey, how many chances has Bairstow had?

Fair comment , maybe I should have said havent proven themselves yet at this level.

I'm sure you would welcome him back to Yorkshire in your title chase chris

I'd love him back eastie! He's not played for the last month, I'm sure playing for Yorkshire is better practise than net time. He might not get his place back though!

[olaftab]

Fawad Ahmed = Zola Budd

[Dave Cooper please]

Fawad Ahmed = Zola Budd

Wondered where she went. Does he bowl barefoot?

[PaulWinch again]

Not the best game for Bairstow.

[PaulWinch again]

I hope KP dropping further and further down the order is nothing more than looking at other batsmen.

[Steve R]

It has to be Finn ahead of Bresnan for me.

Bresnan is a steady cricketer, not going to let you down. Finn has the ability to rip through any top order.

Exactly

I'd advocate dropping Broad but I would only have to find another scapegoat.

Rankin did his reputation no harm today.

[PaulWinch again]

Great effort from Swann to knock them over with Onions.

[paul_e]

It has to be Finn ahead of Bresnan for me.

Bresnan is a steady cricketer, not going to let you down. Finn has the ability to rip through any top order.

Exactly

I'd advocate dropping Broad but I would only have to find another scapegoat.

Rankin did his reputation no harm today.

Broad gets a lot more stick than he deserves.  He is inconsistent compared to Jimmy but he's still been in the top 10 in the world fairly consistently for the last 3-4 years.

[PaulWinch again]

Yeah when Broad is firing he can go through teams.

[olaftab]

Fawad Ahmed = Zola Budd

Wondered where she went. Does he bowl barefoot?

Living in South Carolina which is strange as I would have thought she will want to be as far away as possible from Mary Decker!

[PaulWinch again]

I see Compton has made it fairly clear as to what he thinks of the decision to drop him.

[Dave Cooper please]

Great effort from Swann to knock them over with Onions.

Yeah. Just imagine how good he'd have been with a cricket ball.

[eastie]

I see Compton has made it fairly clear as to what he thinks of the decision to drop him.

In actions you mean or has he spoken out.

[Villan For Life]

I see Compton has made it fairly clear as to what he thinks of the decision to drop him.

In actions you mean or has he spoken out.

He's spoken out:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/cricket/23174449

[eastie]

Cant see his words doing him much good with those above , didnt realise he was 30 .

As flower says if there's a problem at 6 it doesn't mean Compton is the next cab off the rank - out of favour indeed.