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  • MN5M Online
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    #960

    @rotated said in Other Cricket:

    @mn5 said in Other Cricket:

    @rotated said in Other Cricket:

    @mn5 said in Other Cricket:

    @arhs said in Other Cricket:

    Josh da Silva is a hell of a challenge to get out these days. Real limpet in Windows lower order and an example for teams like NZ

    Settle down. He’s only facing England. I’d still choose Blundell over him

    England A with Archer, Wood, Robinson, Broad and Anderson all out.

    Lame excuse. Still counts as a test match.

    Not an excuse, more giving context to de Silva's innings. Pretty uninspired bowling once the shine went off the new ball.

    Broad and Anderson are self inflicted and many of the injuries arguably are too.

    Plus don’t forget that England are pretty shit no matter who gets selected

    Any test hundred is still a worthy effort though.

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    He is still a very good example of 'lower order commitment' at a time when many test teams fold quickly in the lower order. Who knows, that innings may save a draw for Windies after world record England 9th innings stand tomorrow.

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    @mn5 said in Other Cricket:

    @rotated said in Other Cricket:

    @mn5 said in Other Cricket:

    @rotated said in Other Cricket:

    @mn5 said in Other Cricket:

    @arhs said in Other Cricket:

    Josh da Silva is a hell of a challenge to get out these days. Real limpet in Windows lower order and an example for teams like NZ

    Settle down. He’s only facing England. I’d still choose Blundell over him

    England A with Archer, Wood, Robinson, Broad and Anderson all out.

    Lame excuse. Still counts as a test match.

    Not an excuse, more giving context to de Silva's innings. Pretty uninspired bowling once the shine went off the new ball.

    Broad and Anderson are self inflicted and many of the injuries arguably are too.

    Plus don’t forget that England are pretty shit no matter who gets selected

    Any test hundred is still a worthy effort though.

    England's batting is shit, their bowling is still decent at full or even mid strength as it was in the Ashes.

    A five-for against England in the last few years probably isn't worth a whole lot.

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  • MN5M Online
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    Oh dear England.

    Very hard to see where they go from here….

    I think the root ( pun possibly intended ) of their problems is county cricket being bad preparation for the test stuff.

    Their top order remind me of the dark days of the Black Caps in the 90s and again in the late 2000s

    Can we schedule a five test series against them soon ?

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    Kyle Mayers had ridiculous match figures of

    27-16-31-7

    Reminiscent of Scott Boland (remember him) who over 3 matches against England had

    81.1-31-172-18

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    35 years after Craig McDermott took his maiden ODI five-wicket haul in Lahore, his son, Ben McDermott has hit his first international century in the same city

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    Pakistan just chased down 349 to win with 6 balls to spare against Australia. Ridiculous.

    Would have been a fun game to be at

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  • MN5M Online
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    @donsteppa said in Other Cricket:

    35 years after Craig McDermott took his maiden ODI five-wicket haul in Lahore, his son, Ben McDermott has hit his first international century in the same city

    I love sporting stories like that.

    Always interesting how genes work and he ended up as a keeper/batsman instead of a quick bowler.

    I always wondered what happened to his brother, fairly safe to say he’d have been capped if not for injury. A fine first class record indeed ( brief though )

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    Looks like we could be facing an England team in even more disarray come June

    Apr 15, 2022  /  Cricket

    5 candidates to replace Joe Root as England captain resigns after West Indies loss - The Mirror

    5 candidates to replace Joe Root as England captain resigns after West Indies loss - The Mirror

    Mirror Sport takes a look at five potential candidates to replace Joe Root after he announced his decision to resign as England Test captain

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    @mn5 said in Other Cricket:

    Looks like we could be facing an England team in even more disarray come June

    Apr 15, 2022  /  Cricket

    5 candidates to replace Joe Root as England captain resigns after West Indies loss - The Mirror

    5 candidates to replace Joe Root as England captain resigns after West Indies loss - The Mirror

    Mirror Sport takes a look at five potential candidates to replace Joe Root after he announced his decision to resign as England Test captain

    Yeah, we’re all over the shop at present. That Mirror article suggests some laughable captaincy options but highlights the sad truth that we just don’t have that much choice. I read another article recently about our search for an opening pair and all it came up with was bring back Rory Burns and find some other bloke from somewhere.

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  • MN5M Online
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    #970

    @catogrande said in Other Cricket:

    @mn5 said in Other Cricket:

    Looks like we could be facing an England team in even more disarray come June

    Apr 15, 2022  /  Cricket

    5 candidates to replace Joe Root as England captain resigns after West Indies loss - The Mirror

    5 candidates to replace Joe Root as England captain resigns after West Indies loss - The Mirror

    Mirror Sport takes a look at five potential candidates to replace Joe Root after he announced his decision to resign as England Test captain

    Yeah, we’re all over the shop at present. That Mirror article suggests some laughable captaincy options but highlights the sad truth that we just don’t have that much choice. I read another article recently about our search for an opening pair and all it came up with was bring back Rory Burns and find some other bloke from somewhere.

    Burns being mentioned is the kind of nightmare scenario akin to Lee Germon being drafted in as a specialist captain for the BCs in the 90s.

    But still, we have shown vulnerability and horrible inconsistency at home of late let alone over in English conditions. Plus there are a few English match winners provided they bring the old boys back to speahead the bowling. It will be a compelling series.

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    @mn5

    Burns has been the best of an awful bunch. It’s not just the openers either. I think from memory he was the second highest England scorer in the Ashes? What does that tell you? We have no reliable batsmen save for Root. We have a few crash bang wallop merchants that have a fantastic highlight reel and Stokes when he’s fit and available.

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  • MN5M Online
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    @catogrande said in Other Cricket:

    @mn5

    Burns has been the best of an awful bunch. It’s not just the openers either. I think from memory he was the second highest England scorer in the Ashes? What does that tell you? We have no reliable batsmen save for Root. We have a few crash bang wallop merchants that have a fantastic highlight reel and Stokes when he’s fit and available.

    Bairstow is pretty handy.

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    @mn5 said in Other Cricket:

    @catogrande said in Other Cricket:

    @mn5

    Burns has been the best of an awful bunch. It’s not just the openers either. I think from memory he was the second highest England scorer in the Ashes? What does that tell you? We have no reliable batsmen save for Root. We have a few crash bang wallop merchants that have a fantastic highlight reel and Stokes when he’s fit and available.

    Bairstow is pretty handy.

    Previously I’d have put him in the crash, bang, wallop bunch, but then, after a fairly long run of poor form he seems to have rediscovered himself. Though how much we can take from those first two tests in WI I don’t know.

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  • MN5M Online
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    @catogrande said in Other Cricket:

    @mn5 said in Other Cricket:

    @catogrande said in Other Cricket:

    @mn5

    Burns has been the best of an awful bunch. It’s not just the openers either. I think from memory he was the second highest England scorer in the Ashes? What does that tell you? We have no reliable batsmen save for Root. We have a few crash bang wallop merchants that have a fantastic highlight reel and Stokes when he’s fit and available.

    Bairstow is pretty handy.

    Previously I’d have put him in the crash, bang, wallop bunch, but then, after a fairly long run of poor form he seems to have rediscovered himself. Though how much we can take from those first two tests in WI I don’t know.

    Well this time last year I’d have backed the BCs to win this comfortably. This year I’m not so sure. Not so much England improving, they’re not…..more a case of us showing vulnerability and lack of depth when things aren’t going well. Big pressure on KW coming back and firing again both as a batsman and captain. The team is all at sea without him.

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    https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/ben-stokes-named-england-mens-test-captain-1312611

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    @Duluth

    Hobson’s choice really, but not sure that it’s a good idea. Batting, bowling, slip fielder, team talisman AND captain? Add in his stress problems and I do worry.

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  • MN5M Online
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    #977

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    A nice little chart proving two things we already know ( % of innings that are test hundreds )

    a ) Bradman is the best by an absolutely ridiculous margin

    b ) our boy Kane is an all time great of the game, some huge names below him on that list.

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    #978

    Wasn't sure where to put this, would have fitted perfectly on Awesome Stuff, Stupid Stuff and here ... edit: I think it's better without sound ...

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    #979

    @booboo That just summed up my cricket career in 28 seconds. A masterpiece of beautiful failure.

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