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Post by nemouk on Aug 21, 2019 15:27:48 GMT
I'm very bored at work today, so I've been playing alphabetty teams. Can anyone beat this B-team using players who share the same letter of either first or last name but not a mix of both?
Nick Browne Daniel Bell-Drummond (Rory Burns preferable, but I kinda avoided England players) Scott Borthwick Gary Ballance Tom Banton (wk) George Bartlett (Jos Buttler preferable) Dom Bess Keith Barker Henry Brookes (Stuart Broad) Jack Brooks Jake Ball
12th man James Bracey
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Post by Balladeer on Aug 21, 2019 15:48:41 GMT
Can’t you have something like half the England team using Js? Roy Root Denly Buttler Bairstow Leach Archer. Add Anderson when fit, Ball maybe, and Hildreth? and that’s not bad. Bit light on actual openers though.
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Post by nemouk on Aug 22, 2019 7:54:41 GMT
Yeah maybe surnames only is a better idea, those J first names are a bit much.
S names seem to all be openers.
Dom Sibley Mark Stoneman Ben Slater Nick Selman Ben Stokes Phil Salt John Simpson (wk) Darren Stevens Peter Siddle (overseas) Ben Sanderson Oli Stone
12th man: Tom Smith
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Post by Balladeer on Aug 25, 2019 20:27:05 GMT
Ashes Stokes blah blah blah, but Somerset have signed Murali Vijay for the last three CC matches. Not only is this a great signing, it leaves Nemo the prospect of trying to create a V XI.
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Post by nemouk on Nov 18, 2019 21:03:51 GMT
For fuck's fucking fuckity fuckarsing sakes you absolutely resolutely awful bastards.
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Post by Balladeer on Nov 19, 2019 6:58:05 GMT
Regardless of the possibilities of uneven bounce or not, this is not a good look.
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Post by nemouk on Nov 19, 2019 9:36:44 GMT
Ugh. Quite apart from the fact that the regulation says excessive bounce and they seem to have done us for turn, which is a totally different thing, it's the weird honing in on spin that gets me. If a pitch is flat as a pancake and it's 800 v 700 nobody bats the slightest eyelid. If it's green and seaming and Luis Reece or Neil Dexter takes 7-14 nobody minds, but woe betide a pitch spin. If you treated things in all three directions equally I wouldn't really mind this, but we don't.
It was October and had been raining solidly for three weeks, including for most of the game itself. You're not going to get a good pitch in those circumstances I'm afraid.
Clearly the groundsman needs to be hauled over hot coles... except that he's done such a bad job Hampshire have poached him. Rather odd.
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Post by pierredelafranchesca on Nov 19, 2019 9:51:36 GMT
Time for a return to the showerofbastards autocorrect.
Winds me up no end, as you say Nemo 1500 runs for 17 wickets over 4 days is absolutely fine! Kyle Abbott taking 17 for none in a 2 day win, no problemo chaps. But some excessive spin again and its a massive points deduction. I appreciate that Somerset had been warned this would happen but it will not stop me being pissed off about it. I mean, ffs, the ECB have changed the decision at the toss to try and encourage pitches that will turn, so we can develop spinners to prop up what was a gaping hole in the England team, Somerset rock up and contribute Bess and Leach to the set up and get kicked for it.
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Post by aneesh on Nov 26, 2019 22:51:37 GMT
Hello lads and lassies! Such a long time has elapsed since my last post, Marvel has released two movies in the meanwhile. Anyway, I hope you guys are doing well.
Not doing well are Joe Denly and Jos Buttler, both have called for batsmen friendly surfaces in the champo. As fixtures of 2020 season were announced, I don't see their wishes getting fulfilled.
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Post by Balladeer on Nov 27, 2019 8:28:16 GMT
Blimey, been a while! Welcome back. Re. those requests I see their point from an England perspective. I’m also not worried. Green seamers are never going to leave the CC so long as counties want to win.
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Post by aneesh on Nov 27, 2019 10:10:40 GMT
Lancs were castigated in 2016 - the season that helped develop Hameed - for playing on roads. Not long ago, certain grounds were designated as bounties for batsmen, Taunton, Lord's, Oval and Rose Bowl for instance. Forcing games to happen on periods of expected disruption has made groundsmen to work up pitches that produced results in 2 days. Again, the blame should sit mightily on suits.
Another possible benefit from a possible balancing act is that we might actually develop a couple of skilled spinners along the way. If expecting Harmer to qualify for England is the resolution selectors are seeking, it surely is a time to set things right.
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Post by Balladeer on Nov 27, 2019 10:12:38 GMT
If the ECB were hoping for that then punishing Taunton for its last-game pitch really doesn’t look good.
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Post by aneesh on Nov 27, 2019 11:03:16 GMT
ECB are quite well-known to shoot their own feet repeatedly, so it doesn't surprise me. Imagine the sheer agony it would have caused if Somerset had won the game and then had this thing. A real kick in the gut. Having said that, pitches in Chelmsford and Cheltenham were fantastic and had a bit for everyone. Those are the sort of surfaces that aid in test match cricket for sure.
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Post by pierredelafranchesca on Nov 28, 2019 12:08:21 GMT
The absolute nerve of Buttler to call for better county pitches. The mofo has played how many county games in the last 5 years?
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Post by aneesh on Nov 28, 2019 12:24:35 GMT
Since you ask:
2019 - 0 games 2018 - 1 game (62 runs in 2 innings) 2017 - 4 games (103 runs in 6 innings) 2016 - 1 game (42 runs in 2 innings) 2015 - 0 games
So based on his recent form, he has played 6 games in which he has contributed to 207 runs.
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