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Re: England Cricket Thread
« Reply #1300 on: July 08, 2020, 11:07:20 AM »
Toss delayed by rain.

Strong rumours of Stuart Broad being dropped. Poor decision if true.

First test of the summer, grey and cloudy and we're thinking of dropping Stuart Broad.

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« Reply #1301 on: July 08, 2020, 11:18:23 AM »
Big problem with Cricket is the constant hanging around. Why can't we have the toss, it's only a light drizzle they would carry on playing on this weather .
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Re: England Cricket Thread
« Reply #1302 on: July 08, 2020, 11:25:06 AM »
Big problem with Cricket is the constant hanging around. Why can't we have the toss, it's only a light drizzle they would carry on playing on this weather .

I can't remember the exact rule around delaying the toss.

But it's done to ensure the team who wins gets the advantage. If they'd of had the toss at 10:30 when it was chucking it down and you opt to bowl first, then when play starts after lunch its 5 degrees warmer and bright sunshine it looks a stupid decision.

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Re: England Cricket Thread
« Reply #1303 on: July 08, 2020, 11:27:48 AM »
I can't remember the exact rule around delaying the toss.

But it's done to ensure the team who wins gets the advantage. If they'd of had the toss at 10:30 when it was chucking it down and you opt to bowl first, then when play starts after lunch its 5 degrees warmer and bright sunshine it looks a stupid decision.

Yes you have to toss in playing conditions.
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« Reply #1304 on: July 08, 2020, 11:47:41 AM »
Yes you have to toss in playing conditions.

I got done for that once  8)
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Re: England Cricket Thread
« Reply #1305 on: July 08, 2020, 01:01:38 PM »
Early lunch taken, but covers still on.

Hopefully it stops drizzling soon.
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Re: England Cricket Thread
« Reply #1306 on: July 08, 2020, 01:30:00 PM »
2pm start.
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Re: England Cricket Thread
« Reply #1307 on: July 08, 2020, 01:31:20 PM »
England have won the toss and chosen to bat.

Broad dropped.

Very poor shout (the selection not the toss)
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Re: England Cricket Thread
« Reply #1308 on: July 08, 2020, 02:00:45 PM »
England have won the toss and chosen to bat.

Broad dropped.

Very poor shout (the selection not the toss)

You know he will get his chance over Anderson in the coming games, there are a lot of tests in quick succession this summer. Personally I would have been tempted to err on the side of caution with Anderson's fitness and played Broad this time round. Still, exciting to see Archer and Wood in the same team as one another.

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Re: England Cricket Thread
« Reply #1309 on: July 08, 2020, 03:17:13 PM »
You know he will get his chance over Anderson in the coming games, there are a lot of tests in quick succession this summer. Personally I would have been tempted to err on the side of caution with Anderson's fitness and played Broad this time round. Still, exciting to see Archer and Wood in the same team as one another.

Problem is Wood is rubbish. Quick but rubbish.

Anderson will play every test if fit imo.
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Re: England Cricket Thread
« Reply #1310 on: July 08, 2020, 03:39:59 PM »
Poor misjudgement from Sibley by the way. Not an ideal start on a pretty flat deck.
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« Reply #1311 on: July 08, 2020, 10:06:50 PM »
Problem is Wood is rubbish. Quick but rubbish.

Anderson will play every test if fit imo.
Very harsh saying Wood's rubbish - his fitness especially with back to back tests has been his biggest issue.
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Re: England Cricket Thread
« Reply #1312 on: July 09, 2020, 01:38:48 PM »
I see the England batting lineup is standing up to the slightest but of scrutiny well...  :-X

Stokes and Buttler have to some how get us to 220.
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« Reply #1313 on: July 09, 2020, 01:49:58 PM »
I see the England batting lineup is standing up to the slightest but of scrutiny well...  :-X

Stokes and Buttler have to some how get us to 220.

The way we're batting it will be a miracle if we get to 2 o'clock
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Re: England Cricket Thread
« Reply #1314 on: July 09, 2020, 02:09:02 PM »
I haven't been following it really but why did we choose to bat in these conditions?
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Re: England Cricket Thread
« Reply #1315 on: July 09, 2020, 02:16:16 PM »
I haven't been following it really but why did we choose to bat in these conditions?

I'm very much in the camp that you can't predict day 2 afternoon conditions at the toss.

No problem with batting first. They need to do a lot better.
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Re: England Cricket Thread
« Reply #1316 on: July 09, 2020, 03:53:02 PM »
Important partnerships from Stokes and Buttler, then Bess and Jimmy. 204 is decent considering what we had at 5 down.

We should get a LOT out of these conditions this eve.
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Re: England Cricket Thread
« Reply #1317 on: July 09, 2020, 04:56:19 PM »
Jofra Archer is one of the worst England number 9 batsmen I have ever seen. Jimmy is better frankly.

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Re: England Cricket Thread
« Reply #1318 on: July 10, 2020, 11:18:18 AM »
Big day today for Archer and particularly Wood. Weather is much better, we need a big performance with the ball.
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Re: England Cricket Thread
« Reply #1319 on: July 10, 2020, 06:47:59 PM »
Personally, I’m pleased to see a West Indes side being more competitive than they have in awhile, it’s only good for cricket
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Re: England Cricket Thread
« Reply #1320 on: July 10, 2020, 07:11:52 PM »
I was hoping that Archer would deliver today, sadly, he posed no threat whatsoever, very disappointing. Poor umpiring, too. Also, I just had to turn the sound off the Sky coverage because of the awful commentators. Nasser Hussain, terrible, why does he have to describe what you’ve just seen? He must like the sound of his own voice. The woman in the commentary box, whoever she was, wasn’t any better; if they have nothing worthwhile to say, they should just keep their mouths shut. I just cannot listen to them.

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Re: England Cricket Thread
« Reply #1321 on: July 12, 2020, 06:08:31 PM »
West Indies first (true) away test win since 2017.....also vs England.

Bit of a gift really, looking through their previous away wins, they arw pretty few and far between (bangladesh, pakistan, 1 vs South Africa in 2007.

Can always rely in English cricket to cheer you uo after watching Wolves, Villa and Leeds win.....
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Re: England Cricket Thread
« Reply #1322 on: July 12, 2020, 07:28:48 PM »
West Indies first (true) away test win since 2017.....also vs England.

Bit of a gift really, looking through their previous away wins, they arw pretty few and far between (bangladesh, pakistan, 1 vs South Africa in 2007.

Can always rely in English cricket to cheer you uo after watching Wolves, Villa and Leeds win.....

Bad decision to bat first in the worst of the condition’s - windies were always on the front foot after our abysmal start.

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Re: England Cricket Thread
« Reply #1323 on: July 12, 2020, 07:35:34 PM »
Had enough chances to win today. Still expecting to win the series.
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Re: England Cricket Thread
« Reply #1324 on: July 16, 2020, 05:49:33 PM »
Laboured progress in today's sessions, but still in there and a 50 -50 match so far.

Disappointed with Jofra, I think he could have had a big impact at Emirates Old Trafford in this test
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