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[Buzz]

Does his face not fit?
Has he slept with the skippers mrs?
does he hit the ball too hard/far
does his batting make the Skipper look bad?

answers below please.

[ProCricketer1982]

Because the ECB are not really cricket minded.. they are city businessmen and career managers. They don't care a jot about the future of the game.

His style is risky and England are risk averse.

[smilley792]

Because they are stuck in the past.


That's the politest reply I could put,  i deleted a few.

[ManHOOS]

Does his face not fit?
Has he slept with the skippers mrs?
does he hit the ball too hard/far
does his batting make the Skipper look bad?

answers below please.

lol After Flintof Peterson Butler he is the attacking batsman that i d love to watch toniking bowlers brutaly in England team, lol

[jwebber86]

it just a ridiculous situation especially after the good season he has had.

im guessing he has probably upset somebody somewhere

[tushar sehgal]

Because, if he is picked, Eng VS WI matches will never finish due to bad weather, Gayle Storm and Hale (Hail) Storm

[wayward_hayward]

Because we aren't allowed to attack early doors

[WalkingWicket37]

He's outspoken and has a sleeve tattoo!
They seem to prefer yes men who look like choir boys, so it's probably that his face doesn't fit...

[ppccopener]

Actually I can refute most of the above we played Denham cc this year where alex started-his dad still plays there-and I got chatting with them and he's a lovely bloke who still goes on their golf days when he can and presents some awards for the colts!!!
But of course the bottom line is hales should be in before Cook
You pick the captain from those available(the Aussie way)

[tushar sehgal]

Here is what I think they should have done....

Cook will play in the ODI's & WC, like it or not, as he is the captain/stubborn. So the problem is who to pick? Moeen or Hales? they should have left cook out of the first warm-up game and let both Hales and Moeen play, then who ever did better would have played the 2nd warm-up game with cook as the other opener etc etc...

[iand123]

Tbf it's only a warm up game but it does sound like that's their strategy for the SL series. Saw an interesting stay on Twitter, the last time Ali opened for England it was with limb who out scored Ali in all 3 games but hasn't played for England since.

[Cowcorner]

The ECB suffers from the same condition that afflicts other long standing institutions - the entrenched old guard hold sway and make decisions that whilst politically/financially savvy are detrimental to the core ethos and aim of the business at hand. In this case the aim is to win.

[ppccopener]

Cook as much as I admire him(I may be in a minority) is a square peg in a round hole in one day cricket
I've nearly totally lost faith in the ECB
If they have any intention at all of looking after one of our best players they should of left him at home and got someone else to skipper-thats looking after his long term interests(tests) and given the place to a more suited player-hales.
The ECB are clueless.
The media will be straight onto Cook if he does not get big runs straight away

[Alvaro]

I really don't care any more. It's like backing a Weston donkey in the Melbourne Cup. A waste of time and effort.

[Kez]

Because in ODI cricket since the introduction of the latest set of playing conditions. the main focus is wickets in hand for the final 10 overs.

Example batting plan for a OD game.
After 10- 50/1  (5s)
@ 35 overs - 190/3 (5.5s)
@ 40 overs - 220/4 (6s)
@ 50 overs - 280/  (6s)

= a score of 280! And note thats only going at 6s in the last 15 overs!

Now i know that is all well and good on paper but that is the method being adopted by sides. Big partnership early at a steady rate with accumulation then a late onslaught using the T20 hitters late in the order.

As for the bowling sides they see the extra fielders being bought up in the powerplay as their chance to get wickets as the pressure is on the batter to find the gaps.