The International Cricket Thread

[olaftab]

Session 2 and 3 have been the worst Field  sessions for England in this series so far.

[cdbearsfan]

Can't see anything but an England win from here. Aussies look rattled.

[Villafirst]

Woakes has been badly treated. He's had 10 days off and I'm sure he'd have come back refreshed. His batting is also way better than Overton's. Root is a poor captain.

[taylorsworkrate]

Session 2 and 3 have been the worst Field  sessions for England in this series so far.

Worst for a number of years at home. Poor drops, spinnier overstepping and then just going through the motions.

[hilts_coolerking]

Woakes has been badly treated. He's had 10 days off and I'm sure he'd have come back refreshed. His batting is also way better than Overton's. Root is a poor captain.

Nah, dropping him was the right call and Overton did at least as well if not better than the other bowlers.

[taylorsworkrate]

If Woakes was going to be dropped or rested, then he shouldn't have been in the squad. Overton kept trying on fairness, but he just isn't test standard.

[PaulWinch again]

Denly continues the fine example of our openers.

[hilts_coolerking]

Denly continues the fine example of our openers.

It was such a poor decision to shove him up the order.  Drop Roy, pick Sibley was the blindingly obvious choice.

[taylorsworkrate]

Denly and Roy (possibly Buttler too) should have been out the team. The selectors fell into the trap of thinking things were fine after Stokes miracle innings.

Add to that the odd selection of Overton and we probably deserve to be in this position. Need it to bucket down for a couple of days.

[Villafirst]

Have to say that Old Trafford looks a right mess. A real hotch potch of a ground. No symmetry to the stadium.

[Villan For Life]

Have to say that Old Trafford looks a right mess. A real hotch potch of a ground. No symmetry to the stadium.

A bit like all Cricket grounds then, including Edgbaston. Traditional test grounds have had major developments to cash in on ECB ££ but never in an aesthetically pleasing way. Trent Bridge is probably the nicest test ground now after Lords.

As for the test, Woakes deserved to be dropped as he’s woefully out of form. I’d rather have seen Curran play instead but the selectors thought otherwise. I really feel that we will struggle to avoid the follow on in this test and hopefully some lauded Manchester sunshine will make a timely intervention to save us.

[aj2k77]

How many days during the last 5 years can you sum up Englands display as fecking rubbish?

[taylorsworkrate]

How many days during the last 5 years can you sum up Englands display as fecking rubbish?

None at home.

[Villan For Life]

How many days during the last 5 years can you sum up Englands display as fecking rubbish?

It’s rare that we are so poor in the field. There was just no intensity today, the bollocking that Root delivered after the no ball (non) wicket really made no difference.

We could have had them for 300/320 instead we let them amass a lead that we will struggle to get near across two innings.

[PaulWinch again]

How many days during the last 5 years can you sum up Englands display as fecking rubbish?

None at home.

Oh I don’t know. We’ve had some great moments, but we’ve had some shocking days at home as well as away. There needs to be a real re-focus on Test cricket.