The Cricket Thread 2016

[PaulWinch again]

And again the middle order is folding, poor.

[PaulWinch again]

Buttler, Stokes and Ali need to play a lot smarter. At the moment they're far too loose to be the engine room.

[Proposition Joe]

There are fewer things more frustrating than seeing an XI full of dangerous batsmen (down to 10, don't know about Topley), then watching these same batsmen just throw their wickets away in a procession.  This should have been a 300+ score, looking unlikely now to get much north of 250.

[olaftab]

There is still hope with plenty of overs left. 250 will be good.

[PaulWinch again]

This is bloody terrible, how about the players coming in use their brains and realise Hales is there.

[Dave Cooper please]

Just no need for so many of them to get out trying to hit over the top, we had loads of overs left and could have had a bash at the end with four or five wickets in hand. As it is now Hales has got to milk the strike just to get near to using all 50 overs.

[cdbearsfan]

England have totally Villad this series. This game should've been a dead rubber.

[PaulWinch again]

I get really irritated by the 'that's the way I play' excuse. Other than Hales it was a completely brainless display. It's fine for a couple of players to have a dash, but when that isn't working you have to adjust to the situation. The middle order really need to work out how to assess where a game is going and play accordingly.

[Dave Cooper please]

Topley on a hat-trick......

[Dave Cooper please]

......no.

[Villan For Life]

22-3, good stuff from Topley

[PaulWinch again]

Excellent bowling from Topley has us back in the game.

[PaulWinch again]

Lessons learned at the end of the series. Our batting needs to be a lot smarter.

[Dave Cooper please]

Yep, no point batting down to number 10 if eight of them are going to throw their wickets away trying to score at 8 an over all the time.

[tomd2103]

Topley has had a nightmare last couple of overs there.  Dropped a catch off Jordan in the penultimate over, bowled 2 full tosses that went for ten off the first two balls of the last over and then messed up a straightforward run out that cost England the chance of a super over.