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Offline Villan For Life

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Re: The Cricket Thread 2015
« Reply #135 on: February 14, 2015, 07:19:56 AM »
FFS when will we learn to bowl at the death? Far too many runs conceded off the last 10 overs.

An unusual hat trick from Finn in the last over but we threw it away with some aŵful bowling.

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Re: The Cricket Thread 2015
« Reply #136 on: February 14, 2015, 07:25:22 AM »
Our death bowling is fucking atrocious.

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Re: The Cricket Thread 2015
« Reply #137 on: February 14, 2015, 07:25:49 AM »
Extremely shit death bowling by England really. Good batting obviously but back of a length stuff is pretty much the easiest to hit on Australia pitches.

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Re: The Cricket Thread 2015
« Reply #138 on: February 14, 2015, 07:30:39 AM »
We really need to look at the last 10 overs because it simply isn't good enough.

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Re: The Cricket Thread 2015
« Reply #139 on: February 14, 2015, 07:41:08 AM »
Well assuming we lose this NZ is going to be a very tough second game.

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Re: The Cricket Thread 2015
« Reply #140 on: February 14, 2015, 08:11:44 AM »
Bad choice Moeen. So Taylor has been doing very well at 3 and for the first World Cup game we drop him down to 6, good decision.

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Re: The Cricket Thread 2015
« Reply #141 on: February 14, 2015, 08:24:19 AM »
It is a good call.

Get a proper no3 in there in Ballance and play Taylor at 6 for  Bopara.  No problem with that.


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Re: The Cricket Thread 2015
« Reply #142 on: February 14, 2015, 08:35:51 AM »
Doesn't look like a good call to me. Ballance had had hardly any cricket and Taylor was doing well at 3. Now we're really staring down the barrel.

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Re: The Cricket Thread 2015
« Reply #143 on: February 14, 2015, 08:38:00 AM »
Rather have Taylor down the order than Bopara.

Ballance plays every time at 3, he's more than earned that right.

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Re: The Cricket Thread 2015
« Reply #144 on: February 14, 2015, 08:50:11 AM »
Bell gone. This could be a big, big defeat coming up.

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Re: The Cricket Thread 2015
« Reply #145 on: February 14, 2015, 08:51:34 AM »
He hasn't earned that right in ODIs and he's completely undercooked. We're in for an absolute hammering here.

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Re: The Cricket Thread 2015
« Reply #146 on: February 14, 2015, 08:52:11 AM »
2 in 2.....

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Re: The Cricket Thread 2015
« Reply #147 on: February 14, 2015, 08:52:36 AM »
Root gone, fucking pathetic.

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Re: The Cricket Thread 2015
« Reply #148 on: February 14, 2015, 08:53:44 AM »
Getting bowled out by Mitchell Marsh is unforgivable.

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Re: The Cricket Thread 2015
« Reply #149 on: February 14, 2015, 08:55:26 AM »
Well Ballance averages over 50 in first class cricket and 60 in Tests. When Taylor is in that league come back to me.

Ballance is the long term no3 and that's where he should bat when he plays IMO. The selectors seem to feel the same.

Anyway, let's see what Sachin Taylor can do.




 


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