Just watched Malan and Buttler take 80 off 5 overs v SA with the former making the latter look pedestrian. England white ball cricket is phenomenal. Remember when we used to open ODI with Cook and Trott?
Just watched Malan and Buttler take 80 off 5 overs v SA with the former making the latter look pedestrian. England white ball cricket is phenomenal. Remember when we used to open ODI with Cook and Trott?
I remember Boycott and Brearley opening in the World Cup Final in the 70’s and barely scraping 2 per over.
Roy is starting to look like the weak link.
World Cup is in India next year we'll need another spinner. An in form Moeen Ali would fit the bill nicely.
Can’t remember an England sports team looking so dominant since the rugby side in the early 2000s. Great thing is if 2-3 star batters fail we still have another 2-3 to win the match ..... good to watch too .... can’t see Joe Root getting back in the side with Malan in this form .... agree on the extra spinner for the WC ... would also like Wood back in side too given his pace ....
Is 20-20 really cricket? No subtlety in it. Too much of a slog fest for my liking. Five day test cricket is proper cricket, where tactics and strategy come into play. Also, cricket should be played in whites, with a red ball, not in garish pyjamas. Why the **** do they play loud music at 20-20 ‘matches’, it just isn’t cricket?
It is a different game but sadly red ball cricket around the world is unsustainable without the cash generated from white ball cricket. Nothing in cricket compares with a day at the Test especially at Lords but I get a different buzz from an ODI or T20. Totally disagree about lack of strategy or tactics Eion Morgan's use of both is a massive reason why England are the best.
So like most things in life I say 'vive la difference'
The Yanks want ICC membership by 2030 and want to stage a T20 World Cup! Fanciful? They are ahead of Scotland in the current T20 table.
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Please lads, this is a positive England crikkit thread, so lets not mention Geoff Boycott ever again eh.
Carrying on with the Yorkie subject though, I think Joe Root's loss of form and confidence has been disappointing, and maybe he needs to step aside for now. However, we do still have Jonny Bairstow though.
Totally agree. I think we're a dying breed though.
......and there was me thinking that I was in a minority of one!
You know what they say about minorities of one, don’t you?