The Cricket Thread 2016

[ACVilla]

I am starting to believe that KP is correct. There is a clique/disease in England's dressing room and I hang it firmly at the door of Broad and Anderson. They are far to secure in their position in the team and I imagine hold far too much power. With that must come much intimidation.

Id stick with Morgan as captain but clear out the dead wood.

[ACVilla]

And I'm still yet to see a reasonable explanation as to what Finn did to warrant a place back in this side.

[PaulWinch again]

Finn needs to sort his pace badly.

[steffo]

Anderson is 33 this year and if he wants to continue playing test cricket, either test matches or ODi's will have to go.

Moores is hit and miss. As manager he probably want's to overrule his captain on selection, even though the captain is there on the pitch making all the decisions. Who's team is this Morgan or Moores?

It will be interesting to see if there is any fallout when Test Match cricket returns between Cook & Moores.

[ACVilla]

Finn needs to sort his pace badly.

Which he should have done in County Cricket.

Broad, Anderson, Woakes, Finn. Has there ever been a more one paced attack in international cricket.

[paul_e]

Finn needs to sort his pace badly.

Which he should have done in County Cricket.

Broad, Anderson, Woakes, Finn. Has there ever been a more one paced attack in international cricket.

it's the unwillingness to alter their pace that worries me, it's why I liked us experimenting with Dernbach, for all the pies he throws he's unpredictable enough to offer something.

For me Broad and Finn need to go of those 4, Finn to spend 3-4months at his county finding his pace and finding variations.  Broad just needs to go, he's been over-coached to the point of no return, he has something to offer in tests but in ODI and T20 he's a liability.  I'd bring in another spinner, Tredwell for now, and then we need to find a genuine quick, someone with 5-6mph more than anything we have now, I hoped Jordan could become that but again they seem to be coaching him to be a swing bowler rather than focusing on improving his pace and accuracy.

[JD]

The pitch was never going to be suitable for playing four seamers, who frankly don't have a lot of difference about them, so why didn't England pick a further spinner?
Broad annoys me as he is full of giving 'verbals' to both his own team and the opposition, but his batting and bowling has been atrocious for quite a while now. He needs to be dropped.

The whole set up seems to stink and the sooner they get rid of the more senior players and start from scratch, the better. 

[adrenachrome]

Well done Pakistan! Brilliant bowling performance.

[pooligan]

Agreed JD, Broad or rent a mouth as i have heard him called should be dropped on his present  form. As for his verbals ,they should not come as a surprise, his father was the same ,i always remember the incident when harshly given out he smashed his bat on to the stumps .Like father like son as the saying goes

[Villan For Life]

Ireland v Zimbabwe is bubbling along nicely. It should be a cracking finish.

[Villan For Life]

19 off the penultimate over means Zimbabwe need 7 off 6 balls.

[Broughty-Villian]

brilliant well done Ireland. what a finish

[Villan For Life]

Ireland took 2 wickets in 3 balls to win by 5 runs.

A really entertaining game. 660 runs, 18 wickets, batsmen with tons on both sides, batsmen out in the 90's on both sides. Fabulous stuff.

Some the games between the so called lesser nations have been wonderful. Certainly a lot better than watching England plod along like a drunk trying to remember where they live.

[Villan For Life]

The Australia - Sri Lanka game is nicely poised. SL need 130 off 74 with 6 wickets in hand.

[tomd2103]

The pitch was never going to be suitable for playing four seamers, who frankly don't have a lot of difference about them, so why didn't England pick a further spinner?
Broad annoys me as he is full of giving 'verbals' to both his own team and the opposition, but his batting and bowling has been atrocious for quite a while now. He needs to be dropped.

The whole set up seems to stink and the sooner they get rid of the more senior players and start from scratch, the better.

One of the problems is that they don't play enough domestic limited overs cricket. For the established internationals, all their limited overs cricket is played at international level giving them no real opportunity to experiment.