The Cricket Thread 2014

[PaulWinch again]

Rough start this Ali's bowling is sitting up on this pitch at the moment.

[PaulWinch again]

Not a particularly good start here.

[PaulWinch again]

We look complacent here, that's as bad an over as I've seen Jordan bowl.

[PaulWinch again]

Super over from Broad, he's become our best bowler in all formats.

[PaulWinch again]

Bopara's bowling is just showing how crazy it is that we haven't bowled him in every game. What we have lacked in this tournament is the ability to take wickets.

[paul_e]

Bopara isn't a wicket taker though, he got one today because their slogger tried to hit him out of the park and it dropped short, they're useful wickets and his reduced pace will always bring a chance of catches in the deep but he's in, and should bowl 3-4 overs every time, because he bowls a steady line and length that is difficult to score big from.  Tredwell offers the same and it's the same thing that Bresnan brought to the test team.

[aj2k77]

Strangling the life out of them.

If we can find 2 bowlers somewhere (Not sure about Jordan just yet) then this is the makings of a good t20 team.

[PaulWinch again]

Jordan really impresses me and he'll be very good.

[PaulWinch again]

Bopara isn't a wicket taker though, he got one today because their slogger tried to hit him out of the park and it dropped short, they're useful wickets and his reduced pace will always bring a chance of catches in the deep but he's in, and should bowl 3-4 overs every time, because he bowls a steady line and length that is difficult to score big from.  Tredwell offers the same and it's the same thing that Bresnan brought to the test team.

Oh I completely agree, I wasn't really referring to Bopara on the wicket taking front more England as a team.

[PaulWinch again]

Won't matter here but Buttler needs to cut out this bad errors with his glove work.

[aj2k77]

Anyone convinced by Buttler behind the stumps? lol

[paul_e]

Strangling the life out of them.

If we can find 2 bowlers somewhere (Not sure about Jordan just yet) then this is the makings of a good t20 team.

I completely disagree on Jordan, he's the most exciting bowler we've had come through for years, I suspect he'll be in the test team by the winter, good with the bat, quick, bowls a good line and is an exceptional fielder.  Him, Overton and Stokes will be a key part of the england squad for the next 7-8 years in my opinion.

Won't matter here but Buttler needs to cut out this bad errors with his glove work.

I agree, the frustrating thing is that his keeping is usually excellent (he's a far better keeper than Prior was at that age) but he ruins it with errors like this one.

[PaulWinch again]

Yeah Overton and Jordan look excellent.

[PaulWinch again]

Hmm not a good start here.

[paul_e]

Anyone convinced by Buttler behind the stumps? lol

As directly below your question, he's a better keeper than Prior was at 23 under-pinned by the fact that's he's got great reflexes and agility, there was one in the SA game that he got a glove to, stopping a 4, which was genuinely exceptional fielding.  Very few keepers (in any sport) are technically ready for international level competition until 25-26 so you have to expect mistakes from them.