The Cricket Thread 2016

[PaulWinch again]

Good to see England close a series ruthlessly.

[tomd2103]

Just watching the T20 now.  Such a shame Mills has had such injury problems as bowlers with his pace don't come around very often in English cricket.  The fact he is a left armer as well makes it even more of a loss.

[Villafirst]

Woakes left out of the T20 match against Sri Lanka? A joke on current form. Jordan getting hammered.

[PaulWinch again]

Jordan has been an excellent death bowler late for England of late so I get why he plays. I'm not sure Woakes is dropped, as opposed to them looking at players. It's really exciting to see Mills and whilst it's a real shame that his back can't stand up to First Class cricket I'm hoping he could potentially get up the ODI game at some point.

[Villafirst]

Woakes is a better all rounder than Jordan. End of.

[tomd2103]

Rashid and Dawson bowling very well here. 

[paul_e]

Woakes is a better all rounder than Jordan. End of.

Yes he is, but in this format Jordan has a good record and would almost certainly be in even if Woakes was.  I suspect Woakes has been rested so they can take a look at Mills, which is fair enough, he has a huge amount of potential, just a shame he's limited to T20.  In much the same way Ali has been rested to allow Dawson in (which has worked).

[paul_e]

Rashid and Dawson bowling very well here. 

Worked really well as a partnership, the pressure from Rashid meant SL felt they had to chase runs against Dawson which kept the wickets ticking.

I like Mills, he's raw but the pace and line is there, I'd keep him around the team, could be a huge asset.

[PaulWinch again]

Mills can be excellent. I'm coming round to Daggers on commentary and I like Zaltzman as the stats man.

[PaulWinch again]

After the criticism of Jordan, that's why he's playing.

[taylorsworkrate]

I wasn't a fan of Jordan, but he convinced me at the T20 WC

His death bowling has really developed and is excellent in this form of the game

[UK Redsox]

140 looks well short.

This could be over quickly if Jos and Roy get going.

[UK Redsox]

Mills can be excellent. I'm coming round to Daggers on commentary and I like Zaltzman as the stats man.

Daggers talks sense but I find his voice very annoying.

Andy Z. knows his cricket so should be interesting to listen to.

[paul_e]

As I say on Jordan, his form in T20 means he's firmly established in the side.  I'm really glad that we've had the confidence to give 2 debuts in this game, both showed a lot of promise.

Add Woakes, Willey and Mo and we have 8 very good T20 bowlers now.

[Chris Jameson]

Grumble, grumble, pointless quick cricket match, grumble, grumble, taking five Yorkshire players, grumble, grumble, proper cricket at Scarborough, grumble, grumble.