The International Cricket Thread

[PaulWinch again]

Seems strange hope he’s ok.

[manic-road]

Hope he makes a full recovery, and that he doesn't rush back to early.

[Nev]

Cue some ill thought out and ignorant social media shit from National ****** Morgan. Or maybe not given Stokes is a white man....

[Villan For Life]

Seems strange hope he’s ok.

I don’t think it seems strange, he has spent most of the last year living in a bio-secure bubble during which time he lost his father. I’m not surprised he needs time away from the limelight.

It’s also a coincidence that this announcement comes in the same week that England players have voiced doubts about playing through the winter without a break and enforced time away from their families. Stokes plays in all three formats too.

[UK Redsox]

Calling up Craig Overton to replace Stokes shows the lack of Test standard seam bowling all-rounders available.

There's really only Stokes, Woakes and Curran. A much as we all like Woakes, there's a big drop off from Stokes to him, batting-wise.

[PaulWinch again]

No spin again. We keep making the same mistakes.

[Nev]

Is this lining up for the anthems something new? I don't recall it happening before. Or is it linked in with the "show of unity" thing they've just done?

[PaulWinch again]

Another fine start by our openers. I predict Crawley gets less than 10.

[paul_e]

Another fine start by our openers. I predict Crawley gets less than 10.

make a new prediction, Go bigger.

[UK Redsox]

Hopefully Haseeb Hameed will get a couple of games this series

[PaulWinch again]

Glad he’s proved me wrong thus far.

[UK Redsox]

Glad he’s proved me wrong thus far.

Who? The bloke who got caught behind a few minutes after your post ?

[paul_e]

Glad he’s proved me wrong thus far.

Who? The bloke who got caught behind a few minutes after your post ?

Yes but he scored more than 10 and PWA didn't put another target so, in a way, it's his fault.

[paul_e]

The last thing we needed today was a shitty England batting collapse.

[UK Redsox]

Root gone.... India will be batting tonight