The Cricket Thread 2016

[PaulWinch again]

Hales lucky there. Another one day slash at the ball.

Well yeah, but can't you see why he'd do that in this match situation? I imagine they want to score quickly. He'd be playing pretty selfishly if he was leaving lots.

[Villafirst]

Hales lucky there. Another one day slash at the ball.

Well yeah, but can't you see why he'd do that in this match situation? I imagine they want to score quickly. He'd be playing pretty selfishly if he was leaving lots.

Yes, but he did that at the start of the second innings of the last test and arguably contributed to the defeat.

[PaulWinch again]

Hales lucky there. Another one day slash at the ball.

Well yeah, but can't you see why he'd do that in this match situation? I imagine they want to score quickly. He'd be playing pretty selfishly if he was leaving lots.

Yes, but he did that at the start of the second innings of the last test and arguably contributed to the defeat.

Maybe so, but that's not really relevant to yesterday's dismissal as the situation is completely different. Also he contributed as much to the Lords defeat as any of the batsmen who made stupid errors.

[AVH87]

Vince isn't good enough - as I said,  another Adam Lyth. Bell at 4 or 5 would be my choice.

I’m not sure why Vince was ever picked in the first place to be honest, he hasn’t got any kind of track record in Division 1 of the County Championship. His selection seems to be based on one prolific season in Division 2 against lollipop bowlers. Bell hasn’t been as good as expected this season for Warwicks but is still averaging 40-odd so would be a better choice.

[paul_e]

I'm not really clear on what we're doing here.  I suspected a quick blast for half an hour this morning and then declare but they're still there so I don't really understand what he's planning here.

What they are doing well, I suppose, is taking shots as Yasir's confidence. I can't imagine that 260+ for 1 for the match won't be playing on his mind.

[UK Redsox]

Looks like Cook just wanted to stay out there to get another 100 partnership. If so, that's a bit selfish

[AVH87]

The forecast isn't too bad for today and tomorrow, just the odd shower. We'll win, it's just a matter of when.

[cheltenhamlion]

Of course we will win. But I do not understand for the life of me why we didn't make them follow on. The bowlers hadn't done much work and the opposition just want the game to finish.

[PaulWinch again]

Well done Mo.

[paul_e]

Of course we will win. But I do not understand for the life of me why we didn't make them follow on. The bowlers hadn't done much work and the opposition just want the game to finish.

I don't think it really made much diffference, I don't understand either but I don't think it was a wrong decision given there were 7 sessions (pretty much) left in the game and little chance of losing any significant time.  It's when we don't enforce it with 4 sessions left (which we did quite a bit a few years back) that it's frustrating because then you're just eating away at your own chances of winning.

[peter w]

I think it's a poor decision by Cook to bring Broad back on as it's clearly just to try and let him get a wicket. The turn to seamerf in this series - and against Sri lanka - is Chris Woakes. We should be looking to be ruthless and not giving the ball to along-standing England bowler so that we can wrap it up tonight.

[Whiney MacWhineface]

The only thing I can think of re: not following on, was to take the opportunity to rub their bowlers' noses in it. Which we pretty much did, so hopefully a psychological boost for the next two tests.

[Whiney MacWhineface]

And why does only Chris Woakes seem to have an emergency pack of Benson & Hedgehog strapped between his shoulder blades?

[paul_e]

The only thing I can think of re: not following on, was to take the opportunity to rub their bowlers' noses in it. Which we pretty much did, so hopefully a psychological boost for the next two tests.

Yeah I said that earlier but specifically about Yasir.

All over now anyway, fitting for Woakes to take the catch at least, he didn't get Motm last week because we lost, he won't get it this week because we won with the bat and Root drove that but he's comfortably the best player in this series.


EDIT


Wasn't watching and got that the wrong way round, thought it was broad bowling and woakes catching, oops.

[peter w]

told you