The Cricket Thread 2013

[PaulWinch again]

It sounds like we've been pretty ropey here.

[PGW]

269-7 50 overs
Only 2 bowlers come out with any credit Rankin(4-46) and Tredwell (2-33) should have played 2 spinners. Easy in hindsight to say that but there was too much pressure on the likes of Bopara and Wright.
Bowling figures were:
Finn        10   1    44   0
Rankin      9   1    46   4
Bopara     7   0     41  1
Stokes     10  0    51   0
Tredwell   10 0     35   2
Wright       3  0    21   0
Carberry    1  0    12   0

[paul_e]

We were definitely a bowler short here, Stokes did ok with his 10 but he should have been the 5th bowler, with Ravi or Wright as an option.  I guess they want to see if they could trust him to bowl economically as an all-rounder, if you're going to experiment agianst Ireland is probably better than against the aussies.

[PGW]

England 12-1  4 overs
Carberry LBW Johnson 10
Wright 1 (7)
Taylor 1 (4)

[PGW]

England 25-2
Wright B Murtagh 5    (20)- Chopped on
Taylor 8
Ballance in

[paul_e]

England 25-2
Wright B Murtagh 5    (20)- Chopped on
Taylor 8
Ballance in

And out again

[PGW]

England 25-3
Ballance Ct Wilson b Murtagh 0 (2)
Taylor still 8
Morgan in

Dear oh dear.....i wonder what those who have clamoured for Ballance's inclusion will say now. Bad shot....didnt know whether to play it or not.

[PaulWinch again]

This is embarrassing, to be honest this has been a shambolic performance from start to finish.

[PGW]

48-4 14.5 Overs
Taylor b Murtagh 25 (42)
Morgan 6 (12)
Bopara in
Murtagh 3 - 22  8 overs

[PaulWinch again]

This is embarrassing, to be honest this has been a shambolic performance from start to finish.

I should qualify 'finish' being at the time I posted!

[Dave Cooper please]

This is embarrassing, to be honest this has been a shambolic performance from start to finish.

Meh. We've sent the reserves out for a glorified friendly, I'm not that bothered about this. It was a good chance for some of the new and fringe lads to stake a claim which by and large they have failed to do so they can't whinge too much when they are left out of future squads.

[PGW]

This is embarrassing, to be honest this has been a shambolic performance from start to finish.

Meh. We've sent the reserves out for a glorified friendly, I'm not that bothered about this. It was a good chance for some of the new and fringe lads to stake a claim which by and large they have failed to do so they can't whinge too much when they are left out of future squads.

The way Morgan and Bopara are going we may win this yet....will be difficult but a possibility.

[paul_e]

This is embarrassing, to be honest this has been a shambolic performance from start to finish.

Meh. We've sent the reserves out for a glorified friendly, I'm not that bothered about this. It was a good chance for some of the new and fringe lads to stake a claim which by and large they have failed to do so they can't whinge too much when they are left out of future squads.

Rankin deserves a game or 2 against australia, 4 wickets on debut is pretty handy, he was the only seamer who did anything today.

[Villan For Life]

A ton for Morgan against his home country.

[PGW]

History was made today when a reciprocal wicket some time ago in an ODI Ed Joyce got Rankin out whilst having a bowl for England and Rankin batting for Ireland today the opposite has happened Rankin got Joyce but countries reversed!!!