The Cricket Thread 2014

[PaulWinch again]

Getting frustrating now.

[PaulWinch again]

They're going to get their 400 now.

[PaulWinch again]

So much good work is being undone here.

[Villafirst]

Just shows that its avery good batting wicket......

[tomd2103]

So much good work is being undone here.

Not to jump on the bandwagon, but how many times has this happened under Cook's captaincy?  Senior bowlers have to take some of the blame too.   

[PaulWinch again]

This is drifting quite badly.

[UK Redsox]

With a previous high score of 11, Shami brings up his 50 by hitting Anderson back over his head for six

[Villan For Life]

457 all out including a 10th wicket stand of 111.

Pathetic.

[Ads]

And Cook fails. Again.

[Chris Jameson]

Just seen my brother on his return from Trent Bridge, he had a great time and was made to feel really welcome by all. The lemon and ginger cake baked my other half was a massive hit but the Roy of the Rovers comic my son provided went down a storm and the team spent some considerable time reading and ribbing Boycott about it. Tony said he had a really great long chat with Boycott, once he learned our dad was a very good friend of an ex team mate of his he really opened up.

The best thing was the exposure Sporting Memories got and Tuffers and Aggers in particular were really keen to learn more and very enthusiastic and complimentary about the work, Aggers asked Tony to make sure he told Bill's Story. It's been a bloody brilliant last few days for SMN, all that's needed now is some decent funding to get more projects on the go.

[PaulWinch again]

The thing is we're consistently having opposition lower orders putting us to the sword, which suggests it isn't a coincidence. Cook's failure is a big concern, this can't go on.

[paul_e]

We have no idea how to finish teams off, it's pretty embarrassing to see teams setting 10wicket records against us regularly.  This is where we really need to look at the bowling unit, there's clearly a problem there.  I'd have stuck with Jordan because I think he's capable of filling this gap.

Cook needs to be left out. I haven't seen today's wicket but from the sound of it it was adelivery that a player with their eye in sees away pretty easily, if they persist with him much longer it's going to get to the point of no return where he'll need to be genuinely dropped instead of given a month at his county to get some runs.  It's all well and good him saying he wants to sort it and that he doesn't feel out of touch but 25 innings since his last century and an average of about 20 in that time shows there's a well established problem now.


It's odd that I saw he'd gifted his wicket and I wasn't remotely concerned, I just thought it meant we had 2 proper batsmen at the crease.

[PaulWinch again]

Cook needs to sort it and fast, because a year + of bad form is beyond a poor run and anyone else would have been dropped.

[Villan For Life]

Cook needs to sort it and fast, because a year + of bad form is beyond a poor run and anyone else would have been dropped.

He needs time away from the team to fix his batting problems. He's picked up more bad habits whilst trying to fix other things in his technique. He's overcompensating and his technique as a whole is shot.

[tomd2103]

The thing is we're consistently having opposition lower orders putting us to the sword, which suggests it isn't a coincidence. Cook's failure is a big concern, this can't go on.

Exactly.  For me it shows a lack of imagination from the captain and the bowlers.  In that situation, Broad and Anderson lose their heads and their body language become like that of a spoilt child.  Although it happened when Swann was in the team as well, the lack of decent spinner is a problem.