The International Cricket Thread 2018

[UK Redsox]

The two slowest ODI 50s since the 2015 World Cup are now by Ben Stokes and MS Dhoni

That's two very unlikely people to be top of that list

[PaulWinch again]

We are suddenly looking rather poor.

[paul_e]

We are suddenly looking rather poor.

Poor against good quality spin, there's nothing new about that.

[PaulWinch again]

No, but it is new getting rolled like that in home conditions.

[paul_e]

No, but it is new getting rolled like that in home conditions.

Not sure about that, we seem to completely implode at least once per summer. Aside from that I think Hales having to drop out early really hurt us, it was his home ground where he regularly gets massive runs and we'd clearly been setup around him being in the side.

[Chris Smith]

No, but it is new getting rolled like that in home conditions.

I don’t think this was normal home conditions given how dry it has been.

[UK Redsox]

No, but it is new getting rolled like that in home conditions.

Not sure about that, we seem to completely implode at least once per summer. Aside from that I think Hales having to drop out early really hurt us, it was his home ground where he regularly gets massive runs and we'd clearly been setup around him being in the side.

5 Live said yesterday that Hales would have been dropped even if he wasn't injured

[paul_e]

No, but it is new getting rolled like that in home conditions.

Not sure about that, we seem to completely implode at least once per summer. Aside from that I think Hales having to drop out early really hurt us, it was his home ground where he regularly gets massive runs and we'd clearly been setup around him being in the side.

5 Live said yesterday that Hales would have been dropped even if he wasn't injured

If that's right then it's a stupid decision

[Whiney MacWhineface]

I suspect a) they’re trying to get Root time in the middle ready for the Tests, given they won’t let him play for Yorks and b) setting up wickets to prepare our batsmen for next year, when the ICB decide what the wickets will be like and getting them prepared for the Indian spinners.

[PaulWinch again]

Great stuff from Root and Willey to hopefully drag us up to a reasonable total.

[UK Redsox]

Not sure what MS is playing at here. He’s not even trying to chase the runs

[PaulWinch again]

That was very odd.

[paul_e]

Rashid has just got Kohli with an absolutely brilliant delivery, pitches outside leg and takes the top of off, completely unplayable, Kohli's face when he hears the clatter of the stumps is a picture.

[paul_e]

Replay of that wicket is up now - here

[Villan For Life]

What a beautiful ball. Rashid is a wonderful white ball player and his game has improved by concentrating solely on the shorter formats. I hope that he will return to red ball cricket because he would be an ideal choice in test matches.