Ashes down under

[BlockD]

Don't doubt that BlockD but will we have won the Holy Grail of the 50 over world cup and be 'enjoying' a city based T20 competition that no one wants?

Certainly the latter.

No to both TT,I will certainly not be supporting or taking any interest in a team based in Leeds

[tomytony]

No to both TT,I will certainly not be supporting or taking any interest in a team based in Leeds

Think you're right.

Trying to create a tournament based on plastic fans wearing garish merchandise shouting for players no one recognises will not work

[rodcurrie]

Think you're right.

Trying to create a tournament based on plastic fans wearing garish merchandise shouting for players no one recognises will not work

Plastic fans,reminds me of someone on BLADESmad.Have a nice evenin BLADESfolk. UTCB

[redalwaysablade]

You can't compliment any element of that success that has a Yorkshire connection, have you not had the circular that forbids any such comments.

The top brass will be bitterly disappointed, that what The Ashes team was bereft of, was a bit of aggressive pace bowling,available it has to be stressed ,Seen by most casual observers but not by the ITK'ers so to speak. How Root was expected to deliver is more of a damning indicment of the Selectors and top brass than anything else, heads should roll and now, can someone offer any reasoning of why their isn't an interim Leader of English Cricket, given the current incumbent is quite rightly attending to personal matters ? Or is it just not important enough to have a rudderless ship in arguably the most important of times for English Cricket...Yours angry and disillusioned of Yorkshire.....

[BlockD]

You can't compliment any element of that success that has a Yorkshire connection, have you not had the circular that forbids any such comments.

The top brass will be bitterly disappointed, that what The Ashes team was bereft of, was a bit of aggressive pace bowling,available it has to be stressed ,Seen by most casual observers but not by the ITK'ers so to speak. How Root was expected to deliver is more of a damning indicment of the Selectors and top brass than anything else, heads should roll and now, can someone offer any reasoning of why their isn't an interim Leader of English Cricket, given the current incumbent is quite rightly attending to personal matters ? Or is it just not important enough to have a rudderless ship in arguably the most important of times for English Cricket...Yours angry and disillusioned of Yorkshire.....

Very well said,agree with every word

[tomytony]

You can't compliment any element of that success that has a Yorkshire connection, have you not had the circular that forbids any such comments.

The top brass will be bitterly disappointed, that what The Ashes team was bereft of, was a bit of aggressive pace bowling,available it has to be stressed ,Seen by most casual observers but not by the ITK'ers so to speak. How Root was expected to deliver is more of a damning indicment of the Selectors and top brass than anything else, heads should roll and now, can someone offer any reasoning of why their isn't an interim Leader of English Cricket, given the current incumbent is quite rightly attending to personal matters ? Or is it just not important enough to have a rudderless ship in arguably the most important of times for English Cricket...Yours angry and disillusioned of Yorkshire.....

Also RAB, the current coach, Bayliss, who does not even WATCH 1st class cricket, leaves at the end of the 2019 Ashes so has a free 18 month ride. Get rid now, give Farbrace the job, coached Yorks/looked after England whilst they scoured the world to see who wanted the biggest contract.

Strauss, regardless of current situation,which he is riightly absent because of, is the driver of trying to win the WC 50 over comp in 2019 in England. He sees that as his legacy( if it comes off).

To me winning the ODI W Cup rather than contesting the Ashes is like concentrating on the Johnstone's Paint Trophy instead of the Premier League but, hey, international 50 over stuff attracts the crowds- and the money- hence the ECB being in favour.

As fow the hand that Joe was dealt, well why did Cook relinquish the captaincy? He saw the writing on the wall. When Anderson and, to a lesser extent,Broad pack up then we struggle for any sort of seam attack but what plaaans do we have to solvee that?

Not playing 4 day cricket in July & August does not help us develop pacemen, spinners or batsmen who can construct a long innings but, in their wisdom, the ECB play T20, 50 over stuff and want to introduce some sort of IPL like T20 in 2020.

Of you think the FA are bad then just look at English cricket's gover ning body.

PS Mark Wood was injured for the Ashes- saved for the ODI's though!

[rodcurrie]

Ben Stokes has been charged with Affray.UTCB

[BlockD]

Ben Stokes has been charged with Affray.UTCB

Get him on next plane to Australia after he's appeared in court

[rodcurrie]

Get him on next plane to Australia after he's appeared in court

I don't understand why it's taken all this time to charge him,can you explain Rumpole of BLADESmad.UTCB

[bulmer1889]

Get him on next plane to Australia after he's appeared in court

I thought we'd stopped deporting criminals to oz years ago