The International Cricket Thread

[LeeB]

At best we’ll be 50-3.

I'm going for 50-4 Paul, and that's me being optimistic.

[PaulWinch again]

Woakes has not bowled particularly well these first two games. Let’s be honest it’s his batting keeping him in the side.

[PaulWinch again]

We have a real problem, one of many I grant you, with always letting the opposition tail batter us around.

[Proposition Joe]

We have a real problem, one of many I grant you, with always letting the opposition tail batter us around.

Often because we set funky fields and bowl short rather than line and length at them

[UK Redsox]

....and there's the first one

[PaulWinch again]

Fine effort again Burns.

[Nev]

For fucks sake, if I was the England management I'd be encouraging the players to do as much mixing and socialising as possible.

[Risso]

Well done Burns, that's great batting again.

[PaulWinch again]

And look extra pace causing some carry in the pitch, who would have thought it. Pity we don’t have any bowlers who can bowl 90 mph plus, oh yeah we’re resting him.

[UK Redsox]

There's the second

You didn't have to be Nostrafeckingdamaus to see this happening

[PaulWinch again]

And another soft dismissal. It would be good if England had looked at what Australia did and tried to emulate it. But no, again we’re floundering.

[PaulWinch again]

The good news is if we want drop Burns we can bring in Crawley who’s averaging 12 this year.

[Risso]

That's quite the opening pair we've got there.

[UK Redsox]

Players off

[LeeB]

That's quite the opening pair we've got there.

It's like we actively recruit the least imposing, intimidating batsmen we can find. The cricketing equivalent of sending Charles Hawtrey and Kennith Williams as your opening pair.