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Post by pierredelafranchesca on Jul 1, 2021 19:07:24 GMT
Could have chased 400 here I reckon
Edit - these 2 playing for their averages rather than trying to entertain the crowd though is a bit shit, it's been a dull game as it's basically been no competition whatsoever
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Post by Balladeer on Jul 1, 2021 19:20:46 GMT
Edit - these 2 playing for their averages rather than trying to entertain the crowd though is a bit shit, it's been a dull game as it's basically been no competition whatsoever About to say this. I don't like Morgan any more - he's always seemed a bit clinical and sterile, but now he's been lying about taking the piss out of Indian fans as well.
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Post by pierredelafranchesca on Jul 1, 2021 19:43:09 GMT
Edit - these 2 playing for their averages rather than trying to entertain the crowd though is a bit shit, it's been a dull game as it's basically been no competition whatsoever About to say this. I don't like Morgan any more - he's always seemed a bit clinical and sterile, but now he's been lying about taking the piss out of Indian fans as well. Clinical is the word, like with todays decision at the toss - could've given the crowd some great entertainment batting first and putting on a mammoth score, but no, all about the result, or some recent team selections, there's been a reluctance to try new players over the past 18 months or so, be interested to see if Garton gets a bowl in the last game or if they just 'focus on winning' again, which let's face it is a bloody given against this SL side
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Post by soulcircus on Jul 2, 2021 9:04:12 GMT
I guess as there are Super League points available there aren't any dead rubbers any more, so the result matters more than entertainment. Learning from Southgate...
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Post by Balladeer on Jul 2, 2021 11:37:52 GMT
Like England's not going to qualify for whatever against Sri Feckin' Lanka.
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Post by Balladeer on Jul 3, 2021 19:27:22 GMT
Good to see Fidel Edwards taking wickets in international cricket again.
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Post by nemouk on Jul 4, 2021 9:52:31 GMT
Series won, weather around, SL demoralised... Don't play Garton, Banton or any other fringe players. England ODI team is the Borg, utterly without mercy or creativity.
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Post by waughandpeace on Jul 4, 2021 11:23:28 GMT
Senior players prioritising their averages over the chance to give some likely 2023 World Cup players a shot, disappointing. Waste of time for Banton to come as cover! And needlessly harmed a few teams' t20 prospects
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Post by Balladeer on Jul 4, 2021 11:52:15 GMT
Chose to bowl again too. Almost understandable given the weather, but still disappointing.
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Post by nemouk on Jul 4, 2021 12:15:26 GMT
And obviously a good opportunity for Tom Curran to nail down his place in the team for the next two years.
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Post by nemouk on Jul 4, 2021 15:40:06 GMT
Well perhaps it didn't matter which batter we'd picked...
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Post by waughandpeace on Jul 4, 2021 17:39:01 GMT
Picking Moeen twice in the ODs to not bowl at all is odd too...
I'm glad we went through all that though, I wasn't sure Woakes, Wood, Willey, Currans and Rashid were good enough to play Sri Lanka so it's good to sextuple check.
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Post by pierredelafranchesca on Jul 4, 2021 18:16:21 GMT
That was the worst series of ODI cricket i've ever taken notice of, totally one sided and the approach and attitude of the England camp frankly poor.
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Post by pierredelafranchesca on Jul 6, 2021 8:19:39 GMT
Well........not going to be a closed shop vs Pakistan is it!!!!
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Post by nemouk on Jul 6, 2021 8:25:40 GMT
Can't wait for the backlash when they still don't include Hales in the new squad.
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