The International Cricket Thread

[paul_e]

Yep, could see a swap of Carse for Atkinson and with how Pope fell off after the first test of the summer (and his club form since) that he's at least going to have to earn that spot. Bethell coming in for him wouldn't be a huge shock for me, England clearly see him as an important player for the future and he probably deserves something after wasting half the summer carrying drinks even before the 2 top drawer ODI performances.

[Tony Daleys Shorts]

Agree, it's a case of when Bethell replaces Pope, not if. I just think first Test of an Ashes series isn't the time to gamble, it wouldn't be a major shock if Baz & Ben think otherwise.

I'm sure and hope that Atkinson will play a significant role in the series, I think it'll be a 'horse for courses' selection at times, as it absolutely should be. With how weak the Aussie batting line up currently looks it would be great to see Archer and Wood get stuck into them in the first Test, if Archer bowls as he did yesterday he's as good as anyone.

[dcdavecollett]

They've more or less tied themselves into picking Pope and Bashir for the start of the series.

I hope Rehan Ahmed gets a squad place; he's had a good season with bat and ball.

[PaulWinch again]

Pope does generally start very well and tail off - it depends on on acting if/when that tail starts.

[TheTimVilla]

The Lions will also be touring so not too far away if we need matchfit cover

I checked for that but couldn't find anything confirming that they're touring this winter other than 1 warm-up against England.

https://www.ecb.co.uk/news/4322011/england-lions-to-tour-australia-during-mens-ashes-202526

I think this is the interesting bit:

The Lions will additionally play two four-day matches against a Cricket Australia XI in Perth and against Australia A in Brisbane at the same time as the first and second Test matches in both cities.

[paul_e]

AHH, that's good then, makes injury cover much simpler.

[manic-road]

Brutal hitting from England, 193-1 off 12 overs.

[PaulWinch again]

Fastest English T20 hundred for Salt.

[paul_e]

incredible batting performance so far, 300 seems well within reach.

[PaulWinch again]

Salt is a very good T20 player

[Somniloquism]

304/2 -
@englandcricket's score of 304/2 in today's match is the highest score in a men's T20I involving two full member nations; in fact, this is the first time a Test-playing nation has scored 300+ runs against another in a single innings in the format. History.

[cdbearsfan]

Awesome batting.

[Villan For Life]

It’s pretty impressive to get your biggest winning margins in both ODI’s and IT20 in the space of a few days. South Africa are no mugs either.

When the red or white ball teams are good, they are very very good. The trouble is that we can also be abject, as seen in the ODI at Headingley.

[tomd2103]

It’s pretty impressive to get your biggest winning margins in both ODI’s and IT20 in the space of a few days. South Africa are no mugs either.

When the red or white ball teams are good, they are very very good. The trouble is that we can also be abject, as seen in the ODI at Headingley.

To score over 300 in a T20 against a strong international side is pretty incredible really.  Didn't seem to be tiny boundaries either. 

[tomd2103]

Must admit that I hadn't really looked at the England squad going over to Ireland for the T20's, but when I saw Bethell was captaining it, I thought it must have been very much a development squad.

Just seen the team and it's not far off thie side that played against South Africa!!  Not sure how they came to that decision about Bethell seeing who is playing in it.