The Cricket Thread 2014

[PaulWinch again]

I think my team would be -

Hales
Ali
Taylor
Ballance
Root
Buttler
Bopara
Woakes
Broad
Finn
Anderson

I know that's seam heavy, but Tredwell got taken apart in Aus and I think our best chance is to bowl teams out with aggression.

[PaulWinch again]

Cook's gone apparently. I'm very surprised, but it's the right decision and I hope it helps sort his Test career now.

[Colhint]

yup now bring Bell back, not only is he a good batsman but Morgan will want some experience around him

[Villan For Life]

yup now bring Bell back, not only is he a good batsman but Morgan will want some experience around him

Sorry no. Let Bell concentrate on tests. I'd rather see a one day team full of the likes of Taylor, Hales, Ballance & Buttler. Bell is class but he does not dominate games. The Traditional English play it safe mentality then hope to score heavily at the death will not win us trophies.

[PaulWinch again]

I think the right decision has been made, but I think the timing and the way they went about it is cruel. It should have been made earlier and they shouldn't have put Cook through what he went through. I imagine it's going to be difficult for him to trust them now.

[PaulWinch again]

The England World Cup squad is a lot stronger with Ballance, Broad and Anderson coming in for Cook, Stokes and Gurney. I really hope Stokes sorts his game out, because I think potentially he's a top player, but Gurney was never international class.

[paul_e]

Yeah I agree with all of those comments above, Cook shouldn't have gone to SL but to take him and keep him as captain for that makes you think they've 'knee-jerked' a little after his position became the only talking point.