The Cricket Thread 2013

[tricky59]

I was down New Road yesterday and the impression I formed was that Compton fails to manoeuvre the ball around for the 1's and 2's.  I get the feeling this is mainly why the England management is not convinced about him.

[PaulWinch again]

I don't care that he's 34 Napier deserves a shot at our Twenty20 side.

[tomd2103]

I don't care that he's 34 Napier deserves a shot at our Twenty20 side.

Found it strange that he was batting at 9 tonight.

[UK Redsox]

I don't care that he's 34 Napier deserves a shot at our Twenty20 side.

A few years ago, I thought that he was going to become a superstar of the one day game

[Villan For Life]

Napier is very inconsistent. When he's good he's phenomenal. When he's bad he's truly dire.

His 152 in a T20 against Sussex earned him an IPL contract but he's generally been very unlucky with injuries.

If he could find a level of consistency then maybe he'd have been selected. His T20 strike rate is good at just shy of 145 but he averages just 15.35 which is a sure indication of his inconsistency.

[PaulWinch again]

Onions included in 13 man squad.

[eastie]

Onions included in 13 man squad.

Only there to carry the drinks though

[bertlambshank]

Holland vs Ireland.
http://www.icc-cricket.com/

[PGW]

Holland vs Ireland.
http://www.icc-cricket.com/

Ireland won by 88 runs. Thanks for that link.

[Villan For Life]

OK time for Ashes predictions.

I'm going for 3 - 1 to England.

[PaulWinch again]

I reckon that'd be about right, provided we start performing with the bat again. We've been pretty soft for a while and need to start accumulating massive scores again.

[bertlambshank]

2-2 Ashes retained.Batting is a worry.

[eastie]

2-2 Ashes retained.Batting is a worry.

Not a cat in hells chance of the Aussies drawing this series - come now lambshank sober up - England 3-0 , weather saving it  from worse.

[paul_e]

3-0 for me as well, Our bowling attack will be too good for them and there's looks erratic at best.

[taylorsworkrate]

I'll go 4-0 or 4-1. In fairness Pattinson is a fine young bowler and Siddle is much improved. They've no reputable spinner though and their batting line up looks brittle to say the least.