The Cricket Thread 2013

[adrenachrome]

Martyn Moxon when he returned to Yorkshire from Durham set about sorting the Academy out, think Jason Gillespie has been very encouraging when it comes to giving players their debuts in the first team at a young age. Maybe it's with Moxon being a batsman but they do seem to have an awful lot of promising batsmen coming through, Lees in particular looks a great prospect.

 

I heard Boycott waxing profusely elegant about Lees: reckons he has it all.

[Chris Jameson]

In this game Fisher (15!), Rhodes and Shaw are all bowling seam (and very well too).

Fisher has already played in the first team, they had to get permission from his school to play him! Only saw Lees for the first time the other day but he looked excellent, stands very tall and straight at the crease, having spoken to others who have seen they seem to have the same opinion of Boycott.

[Whiney MacWhineface]

Well he scored 33 against the Aussies today (Ballance n.o. 44)

[Chris Jameson]

Hadn't realised Plunkett was playing as well.

[tomd2103]

tremlett is the obvious choice, Australian pitches tend  to suit 'bang it in' bowlers so him and Broad will be important when we get down there.

Not sure how it is playing this season, but The Oval has always been renowned as a quick and bouncy pitch.  Would suit Tremlett if it is like that.

[taylorsworkrate]

Well he scored 33 against the Aussies today (Ballance n.o. 44)

Ballance appears to me to be the best prospect of all these young players coming through, even Root.

They should definitely give Ballance a proper go in the ODI's

[taylorsworkrate]

I think Tremlett will come in at the Oval.

Personally I'd bring Finn back as he's done pretty well at Middlesex since being dropped and the Oval will suit him. There's also a lot less pressure now the series is in the bag, and Finn is going to be a hugely important player for England over the next 7 to 8 years.

[peter w]

Useless Yorkshire bastard. Only two more to go.

Tedious.

It was a joke. However, it least it stopped you blathering on about how great Yorkshire players are whenever they're criticised. Now, that is tedious.

[Chris Jameson]

You need to work on your material in that case, have a word with Titus.

[paul_e]

T20 Finals day at Edgbaston on Saturday.  I'll be there but can only name two teams involved without looking it up (Essex and Northants I think), have no idea who's favourite and probably won't know more than a dozen players in total.

What I do know is that I was there a couple of years ago and it was fantastic (albeit wet - very, very wet).  Both semi-finals were ties and went to bowl offs.  Oh and I spent 12 hours drinking and could barely see by the time the final finished!

Anyone else going on Saturday?  Any predictions?

Hampshire and Surrey the other 2 teams.
I have a sneaky feeling for Northants.

Good call!

[cdbearsfan]

If Warwickshire can't win it I'm glad to see another Midlands side has. Well done, Northants.

[Whiney MacWhineface]

I see Woakes and Kerrigan have been called up by England for The Oval test squad. Can't see Woakes playing, but a confidence boost for him. Thought he looked a bit dazed by the treatment he got in the short games.

[KevinGage]

Don't think Woakes would be good enough (yet) to get in the side as a bowler.     But with Bairstow's lack of runs, he'd be a decent option coming in at 7, with Prior moving up to 6.

I think they'll stick with Bairstow, mind.  Give him at least one more match to try and look convincing, seeing as the pressure is off, to all intents and purposes. 

[peter w]

Sadly they'll stick with Bairstow. But we won't want to be making more than 1 or 2 changes and with Bresnan being out that leaves less room for changes. I'd drop Anderson,well 'rest', for Tremlett and then go like for like with a replacement for Bresnan. Not sure what Kerrigan does but I wouldn't mind betting that Woakes will be very close to a call up as a 4th seamer who can bat.

[PaulWinch again]

I'm amazed that Woakes has been called up, he's never an International seamer at the moment. I think Finn and Tremlett might play.