The Cricket Thread 2016

[PaulWinch again]

Really really harsh on Taylor to miss out. The England hierachy just don't seem to like him. Happy to see Roy, Billings and Rashid get a go though.

[tomd2103]

Really really harsh on Taylor to miss out. The England hierachy just don't seem to like him. Happy to see Roy, Billings and Rashid get a go though.

Agree on Taylor and about the inclusion of the other three in particular.  I would have thought the inclusion of Billings would mean Buttler would relinquish the gloves and play solely as a batsman, but that doesn't seem to be the case.  They have got to stick with this group and approach even if things don't go well today.   

[Villan For Life]

Really really harsh on Taylor to miss out. The England hierachy just don't seem to like him. Happy to see Roy, Billings and Rashid get a go though.

I switched on TMS to hear them discussing a player with a side strain missing out. That's either Taylor, Wood or Willey so a 1 in 3 chance that he's injured.

[tomd2103]

Really really harsh on Taylor to miss out. The England hierachy just don't seem to like him. Happy to see Roy, Billings and Rashid get a go though.

I switched on TMS to hear them discussing a player with a side strain missing out. That's either Taylor, Wood or Willey so a 1 in 3 chance that he's injured.

Dominic Cork was speaking on Talksport this morning and said he expected Taylor to miss out, so probably not him.  Guessing it was Wood, with Plunkett coming in. 

[Villan For Life]

Jason Roy out to his first ball in international cricket......full and wide sliced to point.

Happy new limited overs era.

[PaulWinch again]

Bit annoying that Roy is out. But they can't just discard him for a failure these players need to be given a chance. I do think Taylor is treated awfully though. Willey should play, because that left arm angle is a real plus.

[PaulWinch again]

Bloody hell the knives are out for Roy already. Give the guy a chance. One failure doesn't make a bad player.

[PaulWinch again]

Pity Hales is gone, but we are playing the right way on a good pitch. This series is about learning how to play the ODI game properly.

[tomd2103]

Bloody hell the knives are out for Roy already. Give the guy a chance. One failure doesn't make a bad player.

Totally agree Paul and that is part of the problem.  That kind of attitude creates the environment of fear that has held us back for so long now.  If any new player coming in fears failing as they know they will get hammered, they won't play their natural game. 

[taylorsworkrate]

Joe Root looks in absolutely glorious touch

[PaulWinch again]

They need to play an aggressive game, especially on a pitch like this. It didn't come off for Roy and Hales started well, but we need to persevere.

[Chris Jameson]

Bloody hell the knives are out for Roy already. Give the guy a chance. One failure doesn't make a bad player.

Totally agree Paul and that is part of the problem.  That kind of attitude creates the environment of fear that has held us back for so long now.  If any new player coming in fears failing as they know they will get hammered, they won't play their natural game. 

They'd best avoid reading a lot of this thread in that case!

[PaulWinch again]

Excellent from Root and Morgan.

[paul_e]

I'm not sure why they put Roy as opener, I don't watch much county cricket bu what I've seen of him he's always come in lower down but as I've said before, I'd be looking to try Buttler at the top anyway.  Nice to see Root makin gthe most of his good form and pushing the score along.  As I've said on here before, if you bat like this in the first 20 overs you see the fielding team start to make mistakes and miss chances because they're switched to a more defensive mindset and they're thinking about the chase to come rather than trying to get wickets.  It's still very early in this game but seeing us already well over 100% strike rate shows that they're starting to think about it.

[PaulWinch again]

Morgan is thriving from playing up the order. I've always thought he should bat 4. We're playing well here.