The Cricket Thread 2016

[Whiney MacWhineface]

Shit fielding (drops, fumbles), shit captaincy (no control over bowlers, no pressure on new batsmen - two runs in the fielding circle where the wicket keeper fields?), horribly shit seam bowling (length, line, pace).

Shit. Shit. Shit.

Now watch Tahir get 5 for.

[PaulWinch again]

It's funny South Africa pick Dale Steyn because he's their best bowler, bit weird that we don't select Broad. There's no a person alive who could convince me that Broad is not a better option than Jordan and Topley.

[Whiney MacWhineface]

Hey, they can bowl shit too!

[Whiney MacWhineface]

A brave attempt so far, but too many wickets. Time for Buttler to be amazing.

[paul_e]

This pair need to keep the target in sight but make a partnership for 4-5 overs, keeping wickets in hand is important right now but we can't afford to get much over 11.5-12 an over.

[taylorsworkrate]

That's an awful innings from Morgan

[paul_e]

yep, Morgan has put in a nothing innings there.  Buttler time, lets hope he can get a lick on now.

[taylorsworkrate]

Difficult to be too harsh on the batsmen in fairness though. The ineptitude of the seamers has made this an almost impossible task.

The squad selection has been proven to be a joke where the bowlers are concerned.

[paul_e]

Difficult to be too harsh on the batsmen in fairness though. The ineptitude of the seamers has made this an almost impossible task.

The squad selection has been proven to be a joke where the bowlers are concerned.

I think the England effort with the bat is showing that this might be a decent pitch to bat on.  It's hard going to keep this up but any T20 which ends with over 400 runs being scored oyu have to look at the pitch as much as the bowlers.

[Chris Jameson]

Well that was an utter utter disgrace. Also knowing how England react to these things I predict we'll be about 50-6.

Paul, don't take this the wrong way but have you ever managed to watch a game of cricket and just enjoy it?!

[taylorsworkrate]

Time for Moeen to finally contribute

[paul_e]

Time for Moeen to finally contribute

A touch harsh given he was probably our best bowler today.

[taylorsworkrate]

Time for Moeen to finally contribute

A touch harsh given he was probably our best bowler today.

With the bat. Hasn't really done anything with it for a while now

[paul_e]

Time for Moeen to finally contribute

A touch harsh given he was probably our best bowler today.

With the bat. Hasn't really done anything with it for a while now

He needs to do something with the bat I agree, but that's not what you said so I'm sticking with the original comment being harsh.

That said Root is the key here, if he's still there at the end I think we win this.

[taylorsworkrate]

Time for Moeen to finally contribute

A touch harsh given he was probably our best bowler today.

With the bat. Hasn't really done anything with it for a while now

He needs to do something with the bat I agree, but that's not what you said so I'm sticking with the original comment being harsh.

That said Root is the key here, if he's still there at the end I think we win this.

Yeah, Moeen's bowling has been reasonable, good today considering the carnage. His batting has been much more hit than miss in all forms for a long time now.