The Cricket Thread 2014

[PaulWinch again]

I like Moeen but to drop Tredwell seems very harsh when he's bowled well. I just hope Moeen can add some impetus to our batting.

[PaulWinch again]

Taylor also deserves a shot in the side, he can play the situation really well.

[Villan For Life]

I like Moeen but to drop Tredwell seems very harsh when he's bowled well. I just hope Moeen can add some impetus to our batting.

I read the changes somewhat differently. Ballance is in for Bell who is injured. Moeen Ali replaces Stokes and Gurney replaces Treadwell. Treadwell is unlucky to be dropped but with one eye on the future they need to give Gurney more match time.

[aj2k77]

I'm not a fan of Joe Root at 5 in the one day team.

[PaulWinch again]

Awful start this time, I've got plenty of time for Hales but Cook really is on borrowed time in this ODI team. We just are so behind the curve and allow teams to bowl at us rather than putting the bowlers under pressure.

[PaulWinch again]

I'm starting to think us getting a thumping in this ODI series might be the best thing for us. The selectors need to bite the bullet and move England towards how ODIs are played these days. Get our young hitters in the side and play with freedom.

[DaveD]

Awful start this time, I've got plenty of time for Hales but Cook really is on borrowed time in this ODI team. We just are so behind the curve and allow teams to bowl at us rather than putting the bowlers under pressure.

I'm starting to think us getting a thumping in this ODI series might be the best thing for us. The selectors need to bite the bullet and move England towards how ODIs are played these days. Get our young hitters in the side and play with freedom.

Oooh, that's weird, it's like you've been recording me in the pub. Said both of those things almost verbatim...

[PaulWinch again]

The strangest thing is that I could completely understand our continued cautious tactics if we'd be successful using them in the past. However we haven't, we've never won a 50 over trophy of any note. So you'd have thought it would be fairly obvious that caution doesn't work and we need to be a lot more proactive. It's staggering that English cricket seems to willfully ignore our constant failures in this format.

[PaulWinch again]

Main batsmen fail again, lets just hope Moeen and Jos can save us.

[PaulWinch again]

Nice to see Moeen understands that you have to be proactive and the spinners need to go.

[Dr Butler]

sounds like Buttler got a bad decision...

[PaulWinch again]

Yeah sounds like it. However whatever happens the England management and team need to look at how Moeen has played. This is how you play a one day innings, controlled aggression. He's attacked the bowlers to try and wrestle the initiative back. He'll probably be dropped for being too cavalier now.

[Dr Butler]

206 ao....not nearly enough..

[PaulWinch again]

Nope other than Moeen it's another pretty pathetic batting display. Moeen showed how you should play an ODI innings.

As an aside he'll probably get a hat trick now but I don't think Gurney is an international player. His bowling is ok, but his batting and fielding are both atrocious.

[PaulWinch again]

At least India are giving us a lesson as to how to play ODIs.