The International Cricket Thread

[Gareth]

I’m going for 5 wickets down before England achieve parity….

[Meanwood Villa]

Need to not let them off the hook like they did to us

That didn't happen then

[Meanwood Villa]

I’m going for 5 wickets down before England achieve parity….

Based on how the game has gone so far that will give a decent platform for the lower order maestros to do their thing.

[Villafirst]

Why not turn the batting order upside down? The top order is dire  and has been for years. Lower order to the rescue, again!

[Risso]

Why not turn the batting order upside down? The top order is dire  and has been for years. Lower order to the rescue, again!

Yep. We should just pick ten specialist bowlers. They wouldn't do any worse than the recognised top order and we'd have loads of bowling options.

[Gareth]

I thought I was being an optimist…innings defeat quite possible…..pathetic, weak & inept batting

[Steve67]

If we lose this test match and therefore the series, i expect Root to go as Captain and for there to be big changes.  The Windes are one of the worst sides in the world and we look worse than them.  I know we have players to come back in but the side out there should be good enough to have won this series.

[PaulWinch again]

Dismal stuff.

[PaulWinch again]

Really poor Jonny, you let the keeper get in your head.

[PaulWinch again]

And a run out - awful.

Pitch offers anything and England fall apart.

[Beard82]

Really poor - thought Lee and Hairston started to look settled but silly by bairstow  and downhill from there

[Villafirst]

Too much temptation to play one day shots. What was Foakes playing at? Ludicrous to get run out like that given the current position. Sack these 'batsmen' off, sorry batters to be PC!

[PaulWinch again]

Needs to be a complete new broom - new managing director, new coach, and new captain. They need to properly tear up and start again.

[Gareth]

It starts at top, Harrison has to go as he has presided over the nonsense of putting all the eggs in the Hundred basket & ignoring the needs of the test team - then the coaching staff have to be overhauled, preferably with a staff that aren’t wanting to be pals with the players, Root has to lose the captaincy, great batsman & should concentrate on smashing out the batting records, Stokes v definitely should not be next in the job….when you look how badly England bat you can pick a captain to captain ie Brearley back in the day…maybe a Billings might come in & get a go as skipper.

Pathetic winter….

[PaulWinch again]

The Test team has been declining for a long time. Root is a brilliant player, but he’s not a good captain. You can get away with being a sub par captain if you’ve got the right coach, but England haven’t had that.
This now needs to be a blank sheet of paper. Mentality is one of the things they have to address.