The International Cricket Thread

[PaulWinch again]

Fucking shambles. Bairstow has been a disaster of a selection, one useful innings with the bat and nothing else and just dreadful with the gloves. We’ll lose this game in the next hour if we’re not careful.

[taylorsworkrate]

Fucking shambles. Bairstow has been a disaster of a selection, one useful innings with the bat and nothing else and just dreadful with the gloves. We’ll lose this game in the next hour if we’re not careful.

The game has gone Paul.

[ChicagoLion]

Fucking shambles. Bairstow has been a disaster of a selection, one useful innings with the bat and nothing else and just dreadful with the gloves. We’ll lose this game in the next hour if we’re not careful.

Look at the difference in wicket keeping, Bairstow nowhere near good enough at this level.

[PaulWinch again]

Yeah I don’t know if it’s his injury or something else, but his level is miles off AND he’s doing terribly with the bat. The selection is killing us.

[paul_e]

Form is killing us, Bairstow has none, Jimmy has none and Root lost his after the first innings at Edgbaston. That's 3 core players who have been awful. Add to that Robinson has been down on pace and we've lost Leach and Pope and this series has turned into a complete mess for us.

No Bazball to blame in this match either because we've played a much more traditional game and still gifted cheap wickets and struggled to build partnerships.

[taylorsworkrate]

You could argue that Root got himself out of form with his ludicrous running down the pitch to Lyon in the 2nd innings at Edgbaston and needlessly going after the short ball every single shot in the 1st innings at Lords. Bairstow also looked in good form in both his innings at Edgbaston before getting himself out twice in very poor ways.

[Paul.S]

You could argue that Root got himself out of form with his ludicrous running down the pitch to Lyon in the 2nd innings at Edgbaston and needlessly going after the short ball every single shot in the 1st innings at Lords. Bairstow also looked in good form in both his innings at Edgbaston before getting himself out twice in very poor ways.

Root is a top class batsman but I think he’s tried to adapt to a style that’s just not him. He can play his shots but is definitely not an all out attacking batsman. He’s confused himself.

[aev]

You could argue that Root got himself out of form with his ludicrous running down the pitch to Lyon in the 2nd innings at Edgbaston and needlessly going after the short ball every single shot in the 1st innings at Lords. Bairstow also looked in good form in both his innings at Edgbaston before getting himself out twice in very poor ways.

Root is a top class batsman but I think he’s tried to adapt to a style that’s just not him. He can play his shots but is definitely not an all out attacking batsman. He’s confused himself.

Agree - he is a nightmare to bowl at not because he crashes boundaries but because he scores quickly by rotating the strike. He is great at relieving pressure that bowlers try and put on.

[aev]

Shot of the match so far.

[taylorsworkrate]

One of the former Aussie players (can't recall which) I think got it spot on when he said that what England have been playing in this series is not "bazball" but actually "casball". They've been way too casual in everything they do.

I think that's about right

[TonyD]

Bairstow’s swipe was pure farce.

[taylorsworkrate]

Bairstow’s swipe was pure farce.

The ball was poor and there to be attacked, but Bairstow couldn't be bothered to move his feet or try to hit it in an appropriate area for the line of the ball. He just threw the bat at it as if he were a no 11 having a slog and a giggle

[paul_e]

One of the former Aussie players (can't recall which) I think got it spot on when he said that what England have been playing in this series is not "bazball" but actually "casball". They've been way too casual in everything they do.

I think that's about right

Yep, I agree, we've just been sloppy, that's been my point all along.

[Monty]

Top 4 got good deliveries, but Bairstow and Moeen have gone carelessly. Very much exactly what they - and we - did not need.

[taylorsworkrate]

One of the former Aussie players (can't recall which) I think got it spot on when he said that what England have been playing in this series is not "bazball" but actually "casball". They've been way too casual in everything they do.

I think that's about right

Yep, I agree, we've just been sloppy, that's been my point all along.

It goes beyond sloppy though. There's almost been a "who gives a shit" attitude to a lot of our cricket in this series. Moeen Ali just doing that illustrates the point