Try listening to what the experts say regarding Woakes.
A pity you are not as nice a man as you think Jimmy Anderson is with your disrespect of Leicestershire young cricketers.
Printable View
I do see the point you are making and you can only beat the team you are playing against. I agree with that. I guess my point is or could be the same with a lot of modern sports....Is it better? The W. Indies are quite abysmal as a test nation today compared to 20 years a go. India is most likely the same...Pakistan is definitely gone backwards as I would suggest is N Zealand.Sri Lanka are ok. Australia are not as powerful as they once were...South Africa are decent but cant really be compared as they were out of international cricket for so long.
That leaves the likes of Bangladesh,Zimbabwe, and if you want Ireland. Test cricket has gone backwards in its development...no question. There are too many versions of the game, which is where the money is. (Here we go again)
G Gooch could carry as could Tendulkar and many more because they had a temperament that suited a game that went on for 5 days. Not so today, as the modern player has not got the skill set. See how many games finished well within the allotted time...The one day hitter saves the day....and I am fine with that....but cricket isn't a better game for that....
I really like that the Ashes thread is so popular and so many contributions on it...
Don’t try to paint me in a certain way because I picked apart what you said about our greatest ever bowler.
Good luck to your nephew but if he’s going to make it into regular first class cricket I doubt he’ll be “bigging up” his “four through the covers” of Jimmy in a first run out after injury stint!
As for Woakes I do listen and I watch with my own two eyes.
Botham,Warne,Ramprakash,Willis,Gower and others ALL pointed out in the last two days that Root obviously has lost trust in him.
He’s absolutely no use abroad as his figures clearly show and his usual Lords heroics were miles off in the last test.
He’s bowled just 22 overs at poor economy with just 2 for 85 in conditions made for him in the first innings and he batted twice like a number 11.
I’d be interested to know which “experts” you were listening to?
Read again post 32 and you will see you have turned a harmless comment regarding the wellbeing of Jimmy Anderson into something miles away from the first intent.
Paint you in a different way? the only one doing that is you.
And as for 'bigging it up' you are talking rubbish as I clearly said Jimmy was 'gentle' in his spell, which point you picked up on.
It seems if it's not about mickd you don't want to know.
At which point I will leave this board with so many self centred wanchors it's really no pleasure.
And you’re happy to have digs at people like me in quotes like this but that’s okay.
In my reply to your “critique” of our greatest ever bowler being put away by your relative and my follow ups I was completely factual.
You still haven’t told us which “experts” were eulogising about Woakes GLM?
As for “disrespecting” Leicestershire’s seconds.....you’re old enough to understand the term “stiffs” so don’t go acting like a Snowflake FFS.
To change the focus of this thread, if you remember GLM I said that I would have a word with my mate who scores for Leicester 2's about your grandson's dismissal v. Lancs. Unfortunately, due to his scoring commitments I haven't seen him for quite a while, in fact he
was the back up scorer for England in the Edgbaston Test.
However, I know a little about your grandson as he plays alongside Sam Bates, the wicket keeper, for Leicester 2's. I played alongside Sam's dad, who himself was an excellent 'keeper and his grandad an excellent bowler. That shows my age! I understand that your grandson now plays for Loughborough Town in the Leicestershire and Rutland Premier League. The club that I played for, Newtown Linford, will gain promotion to the Premier League next season and therefore will be playing Loughborough Town so perhaps we will be able to meet up.
Dubs as with any sport surely you can not compare the old days to now, be it football, cricket, cycling or whatever.
The old game was slow, based on technique, not giving your wicket away, of not losing. I loved it. Watching it was like fishing, slow, relaxing and if the weather was great you could even go to sleep for a bit! Crowds were respectful, the game was beautiful in a sedate and very English way! Oh the sound of leather on ball (not balls that’s just the public school boys)!
Kids nowadays would have hated it.
Yes technique has gone but in its place has come entertainment, noisy crowds, increases in runs per over, less drawn games, fitter athletic fielders, great catches, different formats so you can catch a game after work if you want, even their equivalent of VAR is great.
Yes it is different, better for some but give me Wisden and a deckchair in the sun and no one within 30 yards of me so that I can watch the technique any day.