The International Cricket Thread 2018

[Villan For Life]

Seven down.

[tomd2103]

168-6......pathetic showing again.

Yep, Cook aside, yet another poor batting performance in the first test of a series.  The BBC site is showing the wickets as they fall and to be fair, the deliveries that bowled Cook and Bairstow in particular were beauties.

[paul_e]

168-6......pathetic showing again.

Yep, Cook aside, yet another poor batting performance in the first test of a series.  The BBC site is showing the wickets as they fall and to be fair, the deliveries that bowled Cook and Bairstow in particular were beauties.

They were but the general 'looseness' of the shots is typical of England in recent years. This is why the runs Woakes gets are important though.

[Villan For Life]

Unless Jimmy and co are in form from the first ball then we are in for a long test match and an even longer test match summer.

Nine down now.

[Villan For Life]

Losing 5 wickets for 16 runs is unacceptable at this level. Why are we unable to bat for a sustained period of time? We are only ever a wicket away from a collapse and it seems to have been like that for several years now.

[Villafirst]

Too many one day shots played. No application. Annoying that Woakes was overlooked. He's rescued England a few times previously with some dogged batting.

[PaulWinch again]

Good to see we’ve learnt absolutely nothing from recent failings and strengthening the batting line up has worked well so far.

[Villan For Life]

I was disappointed with the lengths that our bowlers bowled. At Lords you need to bowl a fuller length and let the slope do the work for you. This is exactly what Pakistan did yet we seem incapable of doing the same thing in our own conditions.

I think that the evidence is now clear. Too much emphasis has been placed on white ball Cricket by Strauss and Bayliss to the detriment of red ball Cricket. Time to redress the balance.

[PaulWinch again]

One positive and something that speaks to the issue. The only batsman to succeed in the England team was Cook, a true red ball player. He batted appropriately for the game he was playing, Test cricket.

[cheltenhamlion]

Who the hell is Dom Bess?

[Villan For Life]

Who the hell is Dom Bess?

A spinner from Somerset who got the call because Jack Leach is injured. He’s only played a handful of games and has impressed the selectors on Lions tours and when playing for the MCC against the champion county.

[tomd2103]

We'll have to see how this summer goes, but some serious questions have to be asked of the coaching team now.  There might be increasing calls for Trevor Bayliss to relinquish the role of coach of the test team and concentrate on preparing for the World Cup next year.

[Lsvilla]

We'll have to see how this summer goes, but some serious questions have to be asked of the coaching team now.  There might be increasing calls for Trevor Bayliss to relinquish the role of coach of the test team and concentrate on preparing for the World Cup next year.

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I think this should happen anyway - time for Farbrace to step up in test cricket

[tomd2103]

Decentish start with the ball this morning, but it looks like Pakistan will have a decent first innings lead.

[Villan For Life]

We are dropping far too many catches and missing ones where the close catchers don’t even move.