The International Cricket Thread

[paul_e]

Dream debut so far for Gleeson.

[cdbearsfan]

Yep. Hoping he gets a five-fer.

[paul_e]

Feel for Willey there, 4 runs added to his name by fucking dreadful fielding.

[paul_e]

aside from that I'm not sure what I think about the balance of this team, if you accept that, in t20, Ali Curran and Livingstone are genuine all-rounders we've picked 7 bowlers. I hope we don't end up short with the bat because you could easily replace one of Jordan, Willey or Parkinson without really losing much. I guess it depends how much you want to see from Livingstone but, for me, his sheer amount of variations makes him really effective in this format.

[paul_e]

That's a fucking brilliant run out by Buttler.

[paul_e]

Fucking hell Roy, don't play at that as your first ball.

[Villafirst]

At the moment this England T20 team looks poor. Could do with Stokes, Bairstow and Root batting!

[PaulWinch again]

Pretty dreadful display.

[paul_e]

aside from that I'm not sure what I think about the balance of this team, if you accept that, in t20, Ali Curran and Livingstone are genuine all-rounders we've picked 7 bowlers. I hope we don't end up short with the bat because you could easily replace one of Jordan, Willey or Parkinson without really losing much. I guess it depends how much you want to see from Livingstone but, for me, his sheer amount of variations makes him really effective in this format.

Going back to this we definitely seemed a batsman light, specifically someone to sit and stabilise the innings. On form I think I'd have liked to see Sam Hain in there to do that job.

[PaulWinch again]

As an aside Richard Gleeson is a great story - and great figures today, your first 3 international wickets, Rohit, Virat, and Pant. Pretty bloody good!

[cdbearsfan]

Yeah, shame his achievements were overshadowed by England's shoddy batting display.  Still, it's a pretty cool story, playing for England for the first time in your mid-thirties having struggled to even get a county job for years. Fair play to him.

[UK Redsox]

Sri Lanka gave the Aussies a right hammering in the Test, winning by an innings and 39 runs

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/scorecard/ECKO53771

[cdbearsfan]

Is that the last test? If not, I can see matches being postponed.

[manic-road]

Not a great start from England, 6-2 with Roy and Root getting ducks.

[manic-road]

Gets worse Stokes goes for nought off the first ball he faced.