The Cricket Thread 2014

[PaulWinch again]

I've already seen enough to think Gurney and Woakes probably aren't good enough to be an opening bowler pair.

[Dave Cooper please]

This might get very horrible unless we can get a couple of quick wickets.

[PaulWinch again]

Stokes' bowling has gone backwards.

[paul_e]

Stokes' bowling has gone backwards.

fixed

[paul_e]

On the actual game, I didn't see the first 10 overs but since then it's been typically negative by Cook, trying to keep the score down rather than trying to take wickets, breaking this partnership and then getting another 1-2 cheap wickets will do a lot more to keep the final score down than playing safe.

[PGW]

94-0 18 overs
Perrera 50

With regard some of the comments in regard to the bowling today i think that it is a little unfair, so far the players have not played any meaningful
cricket due to the weather in fact only 4 players,batsmen, have spent any time in the middle.Practise in the nets doesn't compare to match time cricket.
Perhaps a little of the blame for the start today should be laid at the skippers door putting SL into bat.

107-0 20.1

[PaulWinch again]

Bowlers starting an international game for England should be better than this regardless of whether they haven't had much game time. The pace attack here is pitiful.

[PaulWinch again]

Rather like the rugby team, the selection is all over the place. Gurney is just rubbish.

[paul_e]

Gift of a wicket, now lets get another couple off our own efforts and see if we can get them worried.

[PGW]

Gift of a wicket, now lets get another couple off our own efforts and see if we can get them worried.

Moeen Ali listening to you. A good wicket to get that one....Sangakarra always a threat.

[paul_e]

Good lad Mooen, belter of a delivery, quite an odd wicket, seemed to take the commentators by surprise.

[PaulWinch again]

Ali is our shining light at the moment. Now Cook this is the time to attack.

[paul_e]

complete waste of a review as well, How can Dilshan let him go for that, if it was clearly piched outside then fair enough but it didn't look far away (and obviously wasn't, but what I meant is it's not one you'd think you had a good chance with).

[paul_e]

Can't be gifting wides just when we're getting a foothold, I get that they don't want to give Dilshan anything on the offside but don't angle in at the stumps and then seam in, that's just stacking the extras column for them.

[PGW]

Can't be gifting wides just when we're getting a foothold, I get that they don't want to give Dilshan anything on the offside but don't angle in at the stumps and then seam in, that's just stacking the extras column for them.

Yes indeed s woeful over from Gurney that one