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A little chilly for that Mark, and most of us a bit tired this morning.
Certainly an enthralling day of test cricket.
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Certainly an enthralling day of test cricket.
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Tim Paine (the current Australian captain, for those of you who haven't heard of him) has turned out to be not a great pundit.
"Paine said Virat Kohli’s India will win ‘comfortably’ if they play ‘anywhere near their best’ against New Zealand in the WTC final,"
"Paine said Virat Kohli’s India will win ‘comfortably’ if they play ‘anywhere near their best’ against New Zealand in the WTC final,"
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Was he not correct in his punditry then Kevin? Did they play somewhere near their best?
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I think they possibly did play to their abilities. The opposition bowling was just too good for them. Obviously not ideal conditions for an Indian team, but Paine did know where the game was being played when he made his prediction.
What are your thoughts on India v England?
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I’d be surprised to say the least if they troubled England.
Their fast bowling attack is not especially suited to English conditions and think that will play into the hands of an otherwise pretty fragile England batting line up. They have pace, but not the ability to swing the ball, as they are all pretty much hit the pitch bowlers. Assuming either or both of Broad and Anderson play and the weather stays something like it‘s been for the past few months the Indian’s inexperience batting in swinging conditions will count heavily against them. Expect plenty of slip catches and some big names returning some pretty low scores.
The only wild cards for me are Ashwin who may prey on the English inability to play any sort of spin, how Pant continues to develop and from the English perspective the possible return of Stokes who is comfortably England’s best player and who changes the balance of the team positively.
Their fast bowling attack is not especially suited to English conditions and think that will play into the hands of an otherwise pretty fragile England batting line up. They have pace, but not the ability to swing the ball, as they are all pretty much hit the pitch bowlers. Assuming either or both of Broad and Anderson play and the weather stays something like it‘s been for the past few months the Indian’s inexperience batting in swinging conditions will count heavily against them. Expect plenty of slip catches and some big names returning some pretty low scores.
The only wild cards for me are Ashwin who may prey on the English inability to play any sort of spin, how Pant continues to develop and from the English perspective the possible return of Stokes who is comfortably England’s best player and who changes the balance of the team positively.
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Any reason Tammy Beaumont can’t open for the men? Just saying!
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Based on current form it certainly looks like the England 2nd 11 would easily beat the Australian 2nd 11.
Interesting to se if the England ODI 2nd XI would beat the England ODI 1st XI!
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If England needs a proper white ball match there is a full team of NZ white ball players plying their trade in the UK at the moment. Allen, Conway, Williamson, Phillips, Mitchell, De Grandhomme, Neesham, Jamieson, Sodhi, Fergusson and Milne. All doing pretty well, other than Williamson who appears to be injured.
That's a pretty good line up to be able to pull out of domestic teams. Fills every batting position as well. Amazing when you think hardly any of them get a go in the IPL, whereas they love paying big money for obscure and out of form Aussies.
It is a worry though how many countries seem to be pretty weak at the moment.
And further to Jasper's comment, Australia in their heyday when they used to have an annual ODI tri series once went with two Aussie teams and one visiting team. When the two Aussie teams made the final they cunningly removed some players from the B team for dubious reasons, notably Paul Reiffel, to save any chance of embarrassment.
That's a pretty good line up to be able to pull out of domestic teams. Fills every batting position as well. Amazing when you think hardly any of them get a go in the IPL, whereas they love paying big money for obscure and out of form Aussies.
It is a worry though how many countries seem to be pretty weak at the moment.
And further to Jasper's comment, Australia in their heyday when they used to have an annual ODI tri series once went with two Aussie teams and one visiting team. When the two Aussie teams made the final they cunningly removed some players from the B team for dubious reasons, notably Paul Reiffel, to save any chance of embarrassment.
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Any team containing JM Vince has to be in with a good chance.
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Surely it would be a promoters dream to try and fit in a game between the original team and the replacements if opportunity presents.
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40 years. Lest we ever forget.
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40 years. Lest we ever forget.
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The 1981 Ashes win at Headingley, inspired by an Ian Botham innings 40 years ago today, reverberated through the decades
There was a very good article in the Sunday Times on the anniversary of the series with a good piece on Brearley plus the contributions of the squad to the series win. The most unsung hero of Headingley was perhaps the late Graeme Dilley. We will remember them!
Sadder news though is the passing of the wonderful sage of Longparish, John Woodcock. Probably the last man alive whose grandfather was born before the battle of Waterloo
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John Woodcock: the reason why the word ‘doyen’ was created.
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Gosh. We’ve got a family friend (99) whose grandfather fought in the Crimean War, so born late 1830s at a guess. Quite a stretch to get back another almost another twenty years.
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C’mon you Popchips: why the Hundred is so hard to digest | Matthew Engel
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I'm afraid the 100 does absolutely nothing for me. Hard to see what it adds to the game and why it was necessary. I just hope to hell it doesn't spread outside the UK.C’mon you Popchips: why the Hundred is so hard to digest | Matthew Engel
The cricket season was already a shambles with three different forms of the game. Now there are four
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Well I’m taking my grandson 8 to the 100 matches at lord’s tomorrow. Great for the kids
Well the good news is that Hampshire look to be easing past a modest Worcestershire total in the esteemed Royal London One Day Cup. Meanwhile, at Trent Bridge.....
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I'm struggling to see why Lawrence is in the squad and also Sibley. I'd like to see Haseeb Hameed get a call up. With Middlesex not performing too well as of late, and England not looking far from fantastic today it really has been a painful few months of cricket.
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The combined England selector/coach role is going well.
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Perhaps he should be water boy as well?
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I've been at Trent Bridge today and I think the sheer novelty of being of being at a test match plus the charms of Trent Bridge Ale from the Trent Bridge Inn have me in a far better mood than might otherwise be the case.
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Oh well, at least England is doing well at the 100, and you aren't being slaughtered by Bangladesh every couple of days.