The International Cricket Thread

[taylorsworkrate]

Couldn't have asked for a better batting day, and this is the shit they produce?

If Crawley, Sibley, Pope etc aren't upgrades on this then they themselves should be fucking embarrassed.

[hilts_coolerking]

Re our openers, we looked like we'd found one in Haseeb Hameed but his after that he couldn't buy a run and I just read that he's been released by Lancashire.  What a shame.

[TonyD]

Root’s last game.   

[PaulWinch again]

Useless and gutless.

[hilts_coolerking]

One thing I've noticed in the modern game is that you don't seem to get quite as many good cricket brains as you used to.  People like Atherton, Hussain, Brearley and maybe even Vaughn, who can dissect what's going on in the field and be ahead of the play or to know how to deal with situations as they arise.  Going back further there were people like Ray Illingworth and Tony Greig.  I'm certain this is as a result of the marginalisation of county cricket, as so many of England's problems are.

[TonyD]

We haven’t lost a wicket for while.   Oh it’s lunch.

[Jon Crofts]

You watch us be all out for under 100.

[TonyD]

90.

[ADVILLAFAN]

So is the pitch a nightmare to bat on, or are we just playing terribly? Can't watch it as I'm at work.

[PaulWinch again]

It’s a fucking disgraceful and a characteristically loose display. Do they actually talk about how to bat.

[Risso]

I've said it before, but there really is no team in world sport like the England cricket team for chucking it away so dramatically. The fact that we can't find an even remotely competent top 4 would be like the England football team not being able to put out a back four defence.  Shambles, absolute pathetic shambles.

[Risso]

The Stokes dismissal doesn't get any better with repeat viewings.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/av/cricket/49449465

[hilts_coolerking]

So is the pitch a nightmare to bat on, or are we just playing terribly? Can't watch it as I'm at work.

Playing terribly against some disciplined bowling and fielding.  Some of the shot selection beggars belief.

[taylorsworkrate]

So is the pitch a nightmare to bat on, or are we just playing terribly? Can't watch it as I'm at work.

Been a little seam, as you would expect with a new ball, but all in all, very good batting conditions.

[taylorsworkrate]

First ball after lunch!!!!!!!!