The International Cricket Thread

[paul_e]

superb bowling performance from Archer and Tongue, when we get it right there's a lot of talent there.

[PaulWinch again]

Dishing out another drubbing to India here.

[cdbearsfan]

Will be five straight defeats for the bigots, not counting one no result. Lovely stuff.

[Meanwood Villa]

I take back what I said about not caring about T20Is, this series has been mega lolz

[Richard]

For context though this has to be one of the worst Indian teams to come over here. I assume they are missing a lot of their starting line up?

[Gareth]

McCullum sacked as test coach - keeps one day

Key the incompetent yes man keeps his gig and probably gets a pay rise.

Suits make a mess as usual

[Meanwood Villa]

Key does seem to be Teflon

[Gareth]

Key does seem to be Teflon

Must keep himself fully lubed up in case any of the suits enter the room

[PaulWinch again]

Be interesting to see the direction I go. I suspect it’ll be a more disciplinarian type.

[Beard82]

Shocked that Key hasn't gone - i read somewhere that he was negotiating his exit - but clearly not.

Feels a bit of a mess - 3 home tests before the ashes and feels like it might end up being a bit of a baptism of fire for coach and some of the players.

[Steve67]

Who will be in the running?

[olaftab]

Shocked that Key hasn't gone - i read somewhere that he was negotiating his exit - but clearly not.

Feels a bit of a mess - 3 home tests before the ashes and feels like it might end up being a bit of a baptism of fire for coach and some of the players.

Richard Gould should go as well. That man has reduced England Test cricket to a trivial sideshow. 

[PaulWinch again]

I’m not sure sacking everyone is the smartest idea. It’s not been great of late, obviously, but it doesn’t take that much to turn it around.

[tomd2103]

I’m not sure sacking everyone is the smartest idea. It’s not been great of late, obviously, but it doesn’t take that much to turn it around.

Take the point Paul, but Key should have gone after the Ashes.  The farcical New Zealand series only confirmed that really.  After spending the last few years firmly defending the approach of McCullum and Stokes, is he now going to have a complete change and appoint someone with a completely different approach?

[Gareth]

I’m not sure sacking everyone is the smartest idea. It’s not been great of late, obviously, but it doesn’t take that much to turn it around.

I’d have to disagree there Paul, he was in charge when performances and standards of behaviour have massively fallen away….it doesn’t take rocket science to see they’ve let the two shall we say ‘non-establishment’ ones take the hit and the pompous blazer keeps his job.  He should be nowhere near the appointment of the new test coach or captain