The Cricket Thread 2016

[PaulWinch again]

Fucking woeful. 6 months to prepare and look at this shambles. Moores has to go.

[Dave Cooper please]

Nearly all over now, and just like our football team at World Cups it will be a blessing because we have stunk the place out, we're no better than those Associate sides that they want to get rid of in future WCs.
Awful, need to rip it up and start again (great tune).

[PaulWinch again]

Thing is we all saw it earlier, how do the players not? They just ambled along at the top and sure enough now we're buried. It's yet another fucking pathetic effort at the World Cup. Just what has to happen for English cricket to realise that how we approach ODIs is completely wrong.
Incidentally I bet Cook's sitting at home a relieved man.

[paul_e]

The worst thing about this is we can put decent players in this England squad but, just like the Lambert era Villa without a complete change in philosophy we're always going to be this tame, negative side that fails on the big stage every time.

Moores was the wrong choice at the time (he'd already failed with England and then gone away and done very little in the county game before getting the job back) and now it's clear that he's not going to change the direction this team is heading.

[olaftab]

13 overs to get 103 with 4 in hand my money is on England.

[PaulWinch again]

England won't win this, but even if they do it doesn't change the fact that Moores and the entire philosophy is wrong. Ali, Taylor, Buttler, Morgan(in theory) and Root are all fully capable ODI players who are being stifled. I think you can only have one of Broad, Woakes and Anderson and I'd go for Woakes. Jordan has had his threat coached out of him for the most part.

[paul_e]

13 overs to get 103 with 4 in hand my money is on England.

Dunno, it's all on Buttler really, we need to hope for Woakes to rotate the strike and Jordan has the ability to flash some but tha't not reliable in either case, it's really not fair on Buttler that he's again been asked to come in and be the only player in the top 7 who really attacks and wins the game for us.

[Villan For Life]

England won't win this, but even if they do it doesn't change the fact that Moores and the entire philosophy is wrong. Ali, Taylor, Buttler, Morgan(in theory) and Root are all fully capable ODI players who are being stifled. I think you can only have one of Broad, Woakes and Anderson and I'd go for Woakes. Jordan has had his threat coached out of him for the most part.

It's as though Moores is the Lambert of Cricket, dour and uninspiring. He's always struck me as someone who is too afraid of failure and this is rubbing off on the players.

[paul_e]

Woakes has done a good job supporting Buttler here.  Exactly what we needed from him, he's rotated the strike well and run well.

As for Buttler, for me, he's right up there with Maxwell, De Villiers and Dhoni as a mid-order powerhouse who can take the game away from teams very quickly.

[Chris Jameson]

Moores was the wrong choice at the time (he'd already failed with England and then gone away and done very little in the county game before getting the job back)

Apart from leading Lancashire to their first title win in 77 years, I'm not a fan but credit where it's due.

[peter w]

Moores was the wrong choice at the time (he'd already failed with England and then gone away and done very little in the county game before getting the job back)

Apart from leading Lancashire to their first title win in 77 years, I'm not a fan but credit where it's due.

True. But if our inexperienced attack could have taken 6 wickets at hampshire then he wouldn't have. They weren't the best team that year. I have no problem with Yorkshire winning it last year because they were the best. But, i guess its nitpicking.

[paul_e]

Moores was the wrong choice at the time (he'd already failed with England and then gone away and done very little in the county game before getting the job back)

Apart from leading Lancashire to their first title win in 77 years, I'm not a fan but credit where it's due.

and then relegating them the next season.

[Villan For Life]

Over to you then Mr Woakes.

[paul_e]

Woakes has done a good job supporting Buttler here.  Exactly what we needed from him, he's rotated the strike well and run well.

As for Buttler, for me, he's right up there with Maxwell, De Villiers and Dhoni as a mid-order powerhouse who can take the game away from teams very quickly.

feck, jinxed him, sorry all.

Jordan needs to slog a few here.

[paul_e]

third umpire has got that wrong for me, I don't think you can say the shoulder of the bat is definitely not down there, the reverse angle casts enough doubt for me.