The Cricket Thread 2014

[taylorsworkrate]

That'll be Taylor dropped now for one failure.

Wouldn't surprise me in the slightest.

[taylorsworkrate]

Pitch really turning. Next to no chance of winning this game

[PaulWinch again]

Ali out but nothing you can do about those.

[taylorsworkrate]

How on earth did we allow SL to get close to 300 on this pitch?

[PaulWinch again]

Playing to our normal formula.

[Colhint]

Thing is, Cooks not even a good captain, certainly not in ODI, in fact I would say he was poor

[PaulWinch again]

Hmmm the only time Morgan did anything was when Cook didn't play.

[Villafirst]

Cook has to go as one day captain. Why is Ian Bell not playing? Our best batsman - is he injured? Cook out!

[PaulWinch again]

I like Bell as a Test player, but he has consistently failed as an ODI player. I think the batting line up is right apart from Cook should be replaced by Hales.

[spangley1812]

Bell shouldn't be on the ODI team like Cook he should concentrate on Test Cricket and getting the Ashes back for us

Interesting interview with Moores after the game saying Cooks position as captain will be reviewed at the end of the series, well that should only end with one decision but I am not convinced that Moores and Downton have the "balls" to sack him...........

[PaulWinch again]

It's getting quite embarrassing now that everything has to be shuffled around to accomodate Cook.

[aj2k77]

Does anyone know why Ballance doesn't get a look in?

Averages 51 at nearly a run a ball.....

[PaulWinch again]

Oh dear Moeen and Hales fail.

[Colhint]

I like Bell as a Test player, but he has consistently failed as an ODI player. I think the batting line up is right apart from Cook should be replaced by Hales.

I don't think he has failed as a ODI player, he is only about 130 runs off becoming Englands highest ever ODI scorer with an average strike rate on par with Dilshan, just below KP and if you think he has had to play in 4 or 5 different batting positions. I'd say that is amongst the best England has produced

[pooligan]

I don't think Bell has failed at ODI at all.All to often,like in this series,he has been made the scrapegoat. How someone like Morgan with his record in the last year or so can be in the side and Bell is not is beyond me