The Cricket Thread 2013

[PaulWinch again]

Excellent captaincy from Morgan as well keeping the front line bowler going at one end.

[PaulWinch again]

This is Finn at his best, nipping it back. He's not a swing bowler and he shouldn't be trying to swing it.

[PaulWinch again]

The problem we have now is that if we don't bowl them out quick. We'll have pretty much used up Rankin and Finn and we're going to have a lot of overs from Tredwell, Bopara and Root which isn't ideal. We're definitely a seamer light.

[taylorsworkrate]

You'd take chasing below 230 any day of the week. However, because of the lack of bowlers, Australia were allowed to rebuild in the middle against the part timers.

Another seamer on this pitch and Australia could have been restricted to 175

[PaulWinch again]

Did well to haul it back there, Stokes looks a very good player to me. Although I still think we were a seamer light.

[taylorsworkrate]

Stokes has a hell of a lot of potential, and will turn into a quality limited overs all rounder.

He isn't good enough to be a mainline bowler at the moment though

[PaulWinch again]

Shocking from Trott, he really is struggling at the moment. He used to put a high price on his wicket and now he's giving it away.

[PaulWinch again]

Hattrick Root gone. All rubbish shots, terrible.

[PaulWinch again]

3 Test players and 3 awful shots.

[taylorsworkrate]

Shocking from Trott, he really is struggling at the moment. He used to put a high price on his wicket and now he's giving it away.

Amazingly he still has the reputation from the pundits as a bat for a fortnight sort of guy. He hasn't been reliable for 2 years

[PaulWinch again]

Shocking from Trott, he really is struggling at the moment. He used to put a high price on his wicket and now he's giving it away.

Amazingly he still has the reputation from the pundits as a bat for a fortnight sort of guy. He hasn't been reliable for 2 years

Yep no player should be immovable.

[PaulWinch again]

Carberry gone at the key time, but he played hell.

[PaulWinch again]

At the moment the positives from this series are Buttler starting to get runs, Morgan getting runs, Stokes and Rankin. But I think the selection has been completely wrong and we look pretty poor overall.

[eastie]

Would be nice to see a win here after watching that shocking villa display this afternoon.

[taylorsworkrate]

Doing our best to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory here.