The Cricket Thread 2014

[bertlambshank]

I will be bloody sick of one day cricket by the time the world cup comes along.

[PaulWinch again]

Me too, Roy's another player who should have been in with a shout. I do think we're kind of putting Cook in as he's Test captain, I don't think he's one of the best ODI players.

[Villan For Life]

I'm surprised at Bopara's omission. He's the best finisher we've got.

[PaulWinch again]

It's very weird in that he hasn't really been replaced, and was in good form. I do think we should be looking at the young guys like Hales, Taylor, Roy and Vince.

[Chris Jameson]

I will be bloody sick of one day cricket by the time the world cup comes along.

I feel a bit guilty as for my birthday I was bought tickets for the one dayer at Headingley and to be honest I've no interest in it whatsoever. I'd sooner watch a day of county cricket.

[Villan For Life]

I will be bloody sick of one day cricket by the time the world cup comes along.

Me too. It's wrong that the last test of the summer finishes in mid-August and the next one is next April.

It's not that long ago that tests were scheduled in September. The 2005 Ashes finished on 12 September. I really don't like the way that one day cricket is eroding the traditional end to the English summer.

[tomd2103]

I will be bloody sick of one day cricket by the time the world cup comes along.

Me too. It's wrong that the last test of the summer finishes in mid-August and the next one is next April.

It's not that long ago that tests were scheduled in September. The 2005 Ashes finished on 12 September. I really don't like the way that one day cricket is eroding the traditional end to the English summer.

I think it's because of the World Cup.  I think we're playing Pakistan in the UAE next September / October.

[tomd2103]

I'm surprised at Bopara's omission. He's the best finisher we've got.

Yeah I was surprised at that as well, as I thought he was pretty much set in that number six position and offers a different bowling option.  I wonder if Moeen is going to bat there?

[tomd2103]

Me too, Roy's another player who should have been in with a shout. I do think we're kind of putting Cook in as he's Test captain, I don't think he's one of the best ODI players.

Agree, I also don't think he should be in the ODI team let alone captaining it.  He's going to play as he's the captain, but I just think he doesn't provide the dynamism required at the top of the order.  For a few years now we've gone with players who go steadily along and don't really score at a fast rate in the first 30 overs.  You would have thought the number of games that kind of thinking has cost us would have surely resulted in a change in tactics.   

[PaulWinch again]

I do like ODI's, but cricket is all about Tests for me and it's disappointing not to have a winter tour.

[tomd2103]

I do like ODI's, but cricket is all about Tests for me and it's disappointing not to have a winter tour.

We've got 18 tests in the space of 10 months after the World Cup so plenty there for you to enjoy PW!!

[PaulWinch again]

Yeah true although that's probably the other end of the scale!

[paul_e]

I do like ODI's, but cricket is all about Tests for me and it's disappointing not to have a winter tour.

We've got 18 tests in the space of 10 months after the World Cup so plenty there for you to enjoy PW!!

Which sums up how appalling the scheduling for international cricket is right now, 9 months without a test and then 18 in the next 10 months, that's just silly.

[PaulWinch again]

I'll be curious to see how we go in the ODIs, but I really think we need to abandon our old conservative style. If I was picking the side it would be something like -

Hales
Vince
Taylor
Root
Morgan(C)
Buttler
Bopara
Ali
Jordan
Broad(if fit)
Finn

It would give us options and plenty of power. If Stokes could find some form I'd probably have him in for Bopara depending on the pitch.

[PaulWinch again]

If we're not going to pick him I'd rather they didn't have Finn in the squad. This is just going to start chipping away at the confidence he's built up again.