The Cricket Thread 2016

[PaulWinch again]

Moeen gets lots of criticism, but he is absolutely vital to England. He is and should be one of the first names on the team sheet.

[Ron Manager]

I have just finished reading  Slipless in Settle by Harry Pearson. It is about cricket leagues oop north and is very very entertaining and informative.

Get a copy it will be well worth the effort and time.

[Chris Jameson]

I have just finished reading  Slipless in Settle by Harry Pearson. It is about cricket leagues oop north and is very very entertaining and informative.

Get a copy it will be well worth the effort and time.

It is a good read, there are some great books on cricket.
If you enjoyed Slipless in Settle you'll enjoy:

Rain Stopped Play by Harry Thompson
Fatty Batter and The Last Flanneled Fool by Michael Simkins
Rain Men by Marcus Berkmann
Fibber In The Heat by Miles Jupp

[Ron Manager]

I have just finished reading  Slipless in Settle by Harry Pearson. It is about cricket leagues oop north and is very very entertaining and informative.

Get a copy it will be well worth the effort and time.

It is a good read, there are some great books on cricket.
If you enjoyed Slipless in Settle you'll enjoy:

Rain Stopped Play by Harry Thompson
Fatty Batter and The Last Flanneled Fool by Michael Simkins
Rain Men by Marcus Berkmann
Fibber In The Heat by Miles Jupp

The two Simkins books are brilliant especially the former.

[PGW]

Well i haven't made the same error as yesterday, i woke up fine and listened to first 30 minutes including Ali & Stokes shots but then got up
to watch downstairs.
The Moeen shot was to say the least sloppy. We've now lost Bairstow and we have sent in Ansari, not sure whether i'd have sent Woakes in
first....i suppose got to go in some time but at 115/6 not sure.

[KevinGage]

The Villa man dragging England back into it.  From where they were after the Root dismissal, a deficit of 20 seemed like the Holy Grail. If this pair hang around, an unlikely lead might even be on.

[tomd2103]

The Villa man dragging England back into it.  From where they were after the Root dismissal, a deficit of 20 seemed like the Holy Grail. If this pair hang around, an unlikely lead might even be on.

I've said it before on here, but our 6-11 options with the bat are probably as good as there is around at the moment.  Top five is still a huge problem though and I heard someone on Talksport sayong yesterday that we have been at least 3 down for 75 or less on 30 occasions in the last few series.

[KevinGage]

England lead. 

Woakes hasn't put a foot wrong all morning and then bangs a full toss straight at the fielder - only for Sabbir to be given a no ball. Incredible.

That blemish apart, it's as good an innings as you'll see on this kind of surface.

[PaulWinch again]

Woakes and Rashid have dragged us back into this really well, but our batting looks really flimsy.

[KevinGage]

The Villa man dragging England back into it.  From where they were after the Root dismissal, a deficit of 20 seemed like the Holy Grail. If this pair hang around, an unlikely lead might even be on.

I've said it before on here, but our 6-11 options with the bat are probably as good as there is around at the moment.  Top five is still a huge problem though and I heard someone on Talksport sayong yesterday that we have been at least 3 down for 75 or less on 30 occasions in the last few series.

They might strike gold with opening batsman lucky dip eventually. A competent, organised opener alongside Cook would make a huge difference to this side. Ideally you want someone capable of getting big runs and setting the tempo. But at the moment, someone who can come in and simply hang around for ten overs would be invaluable. Take the shine off the new ball and make it easier for those coming in at 3 and 4. At the moment, Root, Ballance or whoever are consistently coming in far too early.

Would be harsh to judge Duckett purely on what he's had to contend with so far on these kind of pitches, but I wonder if they'll be tempted to go with Hameed in India.

There are easier places to debut, but from memory, Cook and Owais Shah debuted out there in 2006. If you're good enough. you're good enough.

 

[Villan For Life]

New ball has done for Woakes. He batted patiently and the 99 run partnership with Rashid will have a huge bearing on the outcome of the test.

[KevinGage]

With Woakes and Rashid as settled as you can possibly be on that pitch, it would have been nice to see them each get 50 and push the lead past 40 to really demoralise Bangladesh. Would give Moheen or whoever a cushion going into the second innings. But the pair went above and beyond.

Rashid deserves credit, he looked all over the shop when he first came in.  Not that he was the only batsman who could say that. But he toughed it out. Woakes barely looked in trouble at any stage. Very smart cricketer, seems to suss the conditions and game situation out very quickly.

[PaulWinch again]

Really poor start with the ball.

[PaulWinch again]

No control again.

[PaulWinch again]

Ansari strikes, needed that.