comment by junction8 (U1074)
posted 9 minutes ago
comment by Amanda Hugginkiss (U11574)
posted 2 seconds ago
So sick of seeing him in the XI
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overton

comment by Amanda Hugginkiss (U11574)
posted 27 minutes ago
Ugh. You look at our lineup and you can't help thinking we'd do well to scrape a win against teams like Sri Lanka or West Indies at the minute. We're as weak as I can remember in my whole time watching cricket (since 2005). Craig Overton is never going to be the answer until he discovers a way to magic up an extra 7-8mph of consistent pace. I'd have much preferred Mahmood.

And the batting... Well. Malan is probably the best next cab off the rank but I do wonder if Sam Hain will ever get a look in. Shame we can't accurately judge anyone's red ball form since no-one has played it in months
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It's amazing and a shame that Craig is about 10 mph slower than his twin brother although it does mean he stays fit.

Hain is an unbelievably good white ball cricketer. His List A average is like 60, I don't know why he didn't get a look in for that Pakistan series. I think his FC record stacks up similar to most of our batsmen in the country somewhere in the 30s. More of a 4/5 type as well but I'm surprised he's not featured for England in any format as yet.

sorry been living under a rock, is Sibley injured?

Yes Jimmy

haseeb has look chit so far

UNBELIEVEABLE JEFF

Jimmy doimg some business here😩😩😩😩

comment by Phenom (U20037)
posted 21 seconds ago
sorry been living under a rock, is Sibley injured?
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Dropped for Malan. Hameed promoted to open. Crawley was also released from the squad as both have been taken out of the firing line that is batting in England's test team.

I had a meeting for 15 mins between the wickets. I've seen 7 balls this morning and 2 wickets

comment by Emile Death Rowe (TCM) (U8959)
posted 39 seconds ago
comment by Amanda Hugginkiss (U11574)
posted 27 minutes ago
Ugh. You look at our lineup and you can't help thinking we'd do well to scrape a win against teams like Sri Lanka or West Indies at the minute. We're as weak as I can remember in my whole time watching cricket (since 2005). Craig Overton is never going to be the answer until he discovers a way to magic up an extra 7-8mph of consistent pace. I'd have much preferred Mahmood.

And the batting... Well. Malan is probably the best next cab off the rank but I do wonder if Sam Hain will ever get a look in. Shame we can't accurately judge anyone's red ball form since no-one has played it in months
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It's amazing and a shame that Craig is about 10 mph slower than his twin brother although it does mean he stays fit.

Hain is an unbelievably good white ball cricketer. His List A average is like 60, I don't know why he didn't get a look in for that Pakistan series. I think his FC record stacks up similar to most of our batsmen in the country somewhere in the 30s. More of a 4/5 type as well but I'm surprised he's not featured for England in any format as yet.
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Exactly. It makes no sense considering I'm fairly sure Craig is actually slightly taller than Jamie too.

Hain has the best List A average of all time I think? At this point we've tried calling up the best white ball players in the hope that they'll make the transition to tests, and we've also tried the best County players in the hopes that they'll step up. Neither has worked, so I think the selectors are now basically just going by trial and error until something clicks

Neo strikes

comment by Emile Death Rowe (TCM) (U8959)
posted 31 seconds ago
comment by Phenom (U20037)
posted 21 seconds ago
sorry been living under a rock, is Sibley injured?
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Dropped for Malan. Hameed promoted to open. Crawley was also released from the squad as both have been taken out of the firing line that is batting in England's test team.
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the constant juggling of selection is the main problem.

comment by Phenom (U20037)
posted 22 seconds ago
comment by Emile Death Rowe (TCM) (U8959)
posted 31 seconds ago
comment by Phenom (U20037)
posted 21 seconds ago
sorry been living under a rock, is Sibley injured?
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Dropped for Malan. Hameed promoted to open. Crawley was also released from the squad as both have been taken out of the firing line that is batting in England's test team.
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the constant juggling of selection is the main problem.
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Sibley has had a fair run and has been progressively getting worse. With the Ashes coming up, I can understand why he got the chop as you fear for him in Australia.

Perhaps keeping Crawley in the side to open with Burns might have been a good idea as he could be a good option opening there but he was averaging like 10 this year and that's not sustainable to stay in the side.

Need a wicket.

comment by Emile Death Rowe (TCM) (U8959)
posted 1 minute ago
comment by Phenom (U20037)
posted 22 seconds ago
comment by Emile Death Rowe (TCM) (U8959)
posted 31 seconds ago
comment by Phenom (U20037)
posted 21 seconds ago
sorry been living under a rock, is Sibley injured?
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Dropped for Malan. Hameed promoted to open. Crawley was also released from the squad as both have been taken out of the firing line that is batting in England's test team.
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the constant juggling of selection is the main problem.
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Sibley has had a fair run and has been progressively getting worse. With the Ashes coming up, I can understand why he got the chop as you fear for him in Australia.

Perhaps keeping Crawley in the side to open with Burns might have been a good idea as he could be a good option opening there but he was averaging like 10 this year and that's not sustainable to stay in the side.
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Maybe Crawley will come back in. I can't say I'm optimistic about Hameed, unfortunately - but all the best to him.

comment by Blue Heaven (U20912)
posted 35 seconds ago
comment by Emile Death Rowe (TCM) (U8959)
posted 1 minute ago
comment by Phenom (U20037)
posted 22 seconds ago
comment by Emile Death Rowe (TCM) (U8959)
posted 31 seconds ago
comment by Phenom (U20037)
posted 21 seconds ago
sorry been living under a rock, is Sibley injured?
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Dropped for Malan. Hameed promoted to open. Crawley was also released from the squad as both have been taken out of the firing line that is batting in England's test team.
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the constant juggling of selection is the main problem.
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Sibley has had a fair run and has been progressively getting worse. With the Ashes coming up, I can understand why he got the chop as you fear for him in Australia.

Perhaps keeping Crawley in the side to open with Burns might have been a good idea as he could be a good option opening there but he was averaging like 10 this year and that's not sustainable to stay in the side.
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Maybe Crawley will come back in. I can't say I'm optimistic about Hameed, unfortunately - but all the best to him.
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I think the biggest issue is that Hameed himself isn't optimistic about Hameed either

comment by Amanda Hugginkiss (U11574)
posted 34 minutes ago
So sick of seeing him in the XI
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Curran into the attack now

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Need at least one more this morning. The threat level will drop sharply when the ball ages and if Rohit and Kohli are set they could definitely make us pay later on.

Virat doing a cracking Crawley impersonation this series.

Jimmy getting his revenge now. What a machine.

comment by GTWI4T- some people deserve to get trolled (U6008)
posted 3 minutes ago
comment by Bennyville (U8058)
posted 14 seconds ago
Curran into the attack now
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Yay
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Decent first over to be fair. Needs to keep it going though.

Gona be a tough test this one

comment by Amanda Hugginkiss (U11574)
posted 2 minutes ago
Need at least one more this morning. The threat level will drop sharply when the ball ages and if Rohit and Kohli are set they could definitely make us pay later on.
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Move over Neo