The Cricket Thread 2014

[UK Redsox]

[Villan For Life]

5 wickets today all to the short ball.

[PaulWinch again]

Yep diabolical and spineless, this simply cannot continue there has to be a change. Two of our young players in Ali and Root got us into a position where had a good chance and it's be ruined in embarrassing circumstances.

[taylorsworkrate]

It's important that India aren't built up into something they are not here, in order to take attention away from England.

India haven't won a test away in over 3 years. Yet they've embarrassed us in this game

[PaulWinch again]

The ultimate irony is that our bowlers have tried bowling short all summer and it's been proved to be completely the wrong tactic. India have used it today and only against a pathetically flimsy batting line up would it work, and guess who's flimsy enough for that....England.

[taylorsworkrate]

What makes it worse, is that in all honesty, we've has the considerably better conditions throughout this match. We had a very green pitch to bowl on first up, then much flatter conditions to bat on.

[taylorsworkrate]

The ultimate irony is that our bowlers have tried bowling short all summer and it's been proved to be completely the wrong tactic. India have used it today and only against a pathetically flimsy batting line up would it work, and guess who's flimsy enough for that....England.

It must have been a tactic dreamt up by Cook and Moores at lunch, that we were going to go after the short ball.

[UK Redsox]

...and Jadeja runs out Anderson to end the game

[taylorsworkrate]

The crowd really needs to get stuck into Cook in his presentation interview. A message needs to be sent.

[paul_e]

Right team for the next game for me should be something like -

Ali
Robson
Ballance
Bell(just about clings on)
Root
Morgan(Captain)
Buttler
Jordan
Plunkett
Broad(as I don't want to rush Finn back)
Anderson

Cook needs to get away and sort out his game in county cricket, if that means being loaned to a different county to get game time then so be it. Prior is sadly for him done as an international cricketer now, he was excellent but well over the hill. Stokes needs to go back to county cricket and sort his batting out, but he'll come back and will be an excellent player.

I'd swap Root and Bell in the order and I bring in Kerrigan or Woakes for Broad so he can get fit.

[UK Redsox]

The crowd really needs to get stuck into Cook in his presentation interview. A message needs to be sent.

Yep, a resounding chorus of "You Don't Know What You're Doing" from the members enclosure at Lord's would be a sight to behold.

[Villan For Life]

A run out ends an hour of comedy batting.

[Dr Butler]

can't believe it....one wicket lost before lunch......4 hours and two sessions to get the runs...that is a pathetic effort England....

[Chris Jameson]

Are those clamouring for Jos Buttler aware he has said he isn't ready to make the step up to Test cricket yet?

[PaulWinch again]

Right team for the next game for me should be something like -

Ali
Robson
Ballance
Bell(just about clings on)
Root
Morgan(Captain)
Buttler
Jordan
Plunkett
Broad(as I don't want to rush Finn back)
Anderson

Cook needs to get away and sort out his game in county cricket, if that means being loaned to a different county to get game time then so be it. Prior is sadly for him done as an international cricketer now, he was excellent but well over the hill. Stokes needs to go back to county cricket and sort his batting out, but he'll come back and will be an excellent player.

I'd swap Root and Bell in the order and I bring in Kerrigan or Woakes for Broad so he can get fit.

I don't think Kerrigan is ready yet, and I'm not sure Woakes is good enough as a seamer. If I were to replace Broad so he can get fit, it'd probably be someone like Overton for me.