The International Cricket Thread

[LeeB]

It's because they're savages with no sense of fair play or sporting honour.

But seriously, I think we'd be the same, but unfortunately the Aussies travel a bit better than us so the odd test aside, we rarely give them a shellacking over here in the way they do to us over there.

No, it's the first bit that's right. I've met one.

[Rory]

It's because they're savages with no sense of fair play or sporting honour.

But seriously, I think we'd be the same, but unfortunately the Aussies travel a bit better than us so the odd test aside, we rarely give them a shellacking over here in the way they do to us over there.

No, it's the first bit that's right. I've met one.

You daft racist 😉

[tony scott]

Well blow me down we’ve made it to the dinner break without losing a wicket if we can do it to next break we’ll have two centurions 🤞

[PaulWinch again]

So much for that! The thing is again Malan and Root have done a job there. It’s the rest of the team killing us, Pope out straight away.

Buttler owes us a double century - I don’t want to see a pointless counter attacking 30.

[PaulWinch again]

It’s disappointing that neither Root or Malan got big scores. But 50 + each time they go out is a good contribution. It’s everyone else delivering literally fuck all that’s killing us.

[PaulWinch again]

But it’s a long standing problem - unless Root gets a massive hundred we just won’t get even a par score.

[manic-road]

Shocking shot and match from Buttler.

[PaulWinch again]

Right drop Buttler, waste of time.

[stubbsyandy]

We can make all the excuses we like about lack of preparation etc but we just aren’t good enough

[Lsvilla]

Woeful from Buttler. Looked like a walking wicket throughout. Given previous comments he’s made you have to question his appetite to be in this fight.

[tony scott]

It’s not like the Aussies are this wonder team, every time we engineer an opening we freeze.  Playing balls we could leave is just inexplicable.

[Villafirst]

Poor shot selection by too many batsmen. Just when we get into a decent position 4 wickets clatter for 19 runs gifting the momentum back to the Aussies. Stokes is carrying a knee problem. A good cameo by Woakes.

[simboy]

The whole England team is unbalanced and undercooked.

For 18 months the selectors have gone with Sibley and another to open, usually Crawley or Burns, plumping for Burns in the end.

Sibley gets criticised as he’s not scoring quick (enough or at all). He gets dropped. He’s offered a place on the A tour but refused. I can’t blame him as he lost his central contract and has been treated poorly. 

Burns is out of nick. He needs cricket to be effective so the stats say. His runs last year come following decent county scores.

We pick Buttler as a keeper batsman. He’s not a test keeper. He’s cost us 80 odd in the second test. He keeps on costing us runs. Pick your best keeper. At least have him in the squad! Surely that must be Ben Foakes. He can bat a little.

It is a time for a change of the old guard. Mahmood must be a bit hacked off after a good summer in the test team.

Why isn’t Wood playing in this test? Why didn’t Broad play in the first test?  It all looks pre-planned. All well and good if we had won the first test. We didn’t.

… and pick a spinner. I am not impressed with Leach, never have been. But at least he offers us something different. We have nothing to lose by letting Parkinson play. He’s different. He’s playing on Aussie pitches. If not play Bess.

It’s all just terribly familiar and awfully depressing.

[PaulWinch again]

Buttler has been picked on potential for what he might deliver in Test cricket for so long and has very rarely delivered. It’s time to move onto Foakes who is far and away the best keeper - who knew taking catches might be important - and he can bat too.

But there needs to be a complete structural overhaul because our Test cricket has been embarrassing for too long.

[manic-road]

Buttler has been picked on potential for what he might deliver in Test cricket for so long and has very rarely delivered. It’s time to move onto Foakes who is far and away the best keeper - who knew taking catches might be important - and he can bat too.

But there needs to be a complete structural overhaul because our Test cricket has been embarrassing for too long.

Totally agree about Foakes, England need a specialist keeper which is a specialist position. Buttler has over 50 tests to his name and only two centuries.