The International Cricket Thread

[Steve67]

I think Foakes is excellent, I’d want him playing in India.

Buttler always looks a bit stiff behind the wickets, ooh er missus.  Foakes is just a better wicketkeeper.

Good afternoon and evening sesh from England, hope we bat for an hour in the morning and have a right good go at them. 

[hilts_coolerking]

Stokes really is a freak of nature.  He can do anything.  Right, let's throw everything at them - five slips, short leg, the lot.

[hilts_coolerking]

No short leg in, but first wicket down.  Campbell feathers one behind, after England review.

[PaulWinch again]

Are they now allowed 3 unsuccessful reviews?

[hilts_coolerking]

For Woakes, there's just the three slips, no short leg, no leg slip.  Fuck me, Windies aren't going for the win here.

[hilts_coolerking]

Are they now allowed 3 unsuccessful reviews?

They are for now because home umpires are being used.

[hilts_coolerking]

Two down now.  Brathwaite gone, big wicket.  If we could winkle out one more before lunch that would be a pretty much perfect morning session.

[hilts_coolerking]

And there it is.  The commentators keep wanking on about how talented Shai Hope is but his Test record is woeful.  One great test against England, and in his 31 other tests, next to fuck all.

[paul_e]

And there it is.  The commentators keep wanking on about how talented Shai Hope is but his Test record is woeful.  One great test against England, and in his 31 other tests, next to fuck all.

He's an exceptional white ball player who looks like he should be a fantastic red ball player but who just doesn't get the game time in red ball cricket. In the commentary yesterday they were talking about Hope's last first class match and it's nearly 3 1/2 years ago because he's been playing white ball or test matches.

It's the same situation Buttler has suffered with for the last few years.

[PaulWinch again]

Are they now allowed 3 unsuccessful reviews?

They are for now because home umpires are being used.

Ah ok cheers.

[taylorsworkrate]

Are they now allowed 3 unsuccessful reviews?

They are for now because home umpires are being used.

They are, but the reviews don't reset after 80 overs like they used to.

[hilts_coolerking]

He's an exceptional white ball player who looks like he should be a fantastic red ball player but who just doesn't get the game time in red ball cricket. In the commentary yesterday they were talking about Hope's last first class match and it's nearly 3 1/2 years ago because he's been playing white ball or test matches.

They just put this question to Holding during lunch and, for what it's worth, he didn't subscribe to that view.

[paul_e]

He's an exceptional white ball player who looks like he should be a fantastic red ball player but who just doesn't get the game time in red ball cricket. In the commentary yesterday they were talking about Hope's last first class match and it's nearly 3 1/2 years ago because he's been playing white ball or test matches.

They just put this question to Holding during lunch and, for what it's worth, he didn't subscribe to that view.

He might be right but I do think it makes it harder to find form and there are too many white ball matches for the top players.

[hilts_coolerking]

He might be right but I do think it makes it harder to find form and there are too many white ball matches for the top players.

There's a good piece about Hope on cricinfo that was written a few days ago.  Apparently, of all top 4 batsmen in test cricket since 2018 Hope has the worst average - 18.69 - and one 50 from 24 innings.  I know the Windies don't have great options in their top order but that's a shocking stat. 

https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id/29467679/why-shai-hope-headingley-opus-not-sustain-much-longer

[UK Redsox]

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