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[ppccopener]

Credit to SL they have some high class players but we are miles behind in the obe day game. I dont expect us to win but i do expect us to at least compeat-we were absolutley thrashed
What i cannot wotk out is ballance is well out of form-any clubbie can see that-why not try hales at 3 for todays game?
And our bowling is cannon fodder
At least with treadwell there is someone different-he is a thinking cricketer and underrated..

[csnew]

Sangakarra is in some form at the moment.

All the talk before the World Cup was Anderson will make it swing but he hasn't moved it off the straight.

Not sure what Morgan was doing batting at a strike rate of 57. Not going to get a big score with a SR like that.

A few teams seem to be playing with 9 or 10 players this World Cup: South Africa with bahardein, West Indies with Carter and England with broad, ballance and Anderson.
It's time Anderson retires from odi cricket, he's shown his disinterest in odi cricket in the past.

Sean Williams looks like a decent player, he's impressed this World Cup. Akmal drops him ...anyone seen worse keeping gloves than what Akmal's bright pink ones

[smilley792]

I like akmals gloves.


Remember england look after the good old boys, wouldn't be suprised if Anderson said yo the management "I'd like one more world cup" I'd they said sish granted!

Broad, he's a Mong, he's a tad up himself, he'll not believe he's out if firm, insist he plays and insist he opens.
He probably threw a hissy fit regarding woakes and the new ball, and it's why he's back opening.

Jordan and tredwell in for broad and Anderson, hales for ballance.
I doubt it'll help us much, but atleast Itll move us away from the "stuck in 1991" mentality we currently have

[fros23]

Could Alex Hales come into the team at 6?  England have a problem at number 3, since Sep 2013 our number 3 has averaged 22.93!  The next worse of the top 8 teams is Pakistan with 36.22.  We have the solution as James Taylor averages 45 in his games at number 3 so why was he moved?  Taylor should be moved back to 3 where he is most effective and was doing a great job so the new batsman will have to come in at 6.  Hales at 6 or Hales opening and Ali down to 6 or Bopara back in at 6?

[Gerry SA]

dreadful umpiring during Zim's innings. Irfan bowled 5/6 front foot no balls yet they where never called...

what's the point off the tv replay umpire if he can't see these match defining errors?

[csnew]

Add to the that all the wides not given.

Zim should have won that, some stupid shots played when they weren't chasing much.

[Gerry SA]

It' all good and well saying drop Anderson/Broad etc, but is someone Jordan gonna offer much more? Jordan gets slapped around at 7/8 RPO....

[joeljonno]

It' all good and well saying drop Anderson/Broad etc, but is someone Jordan gonna offer much more? Jordan gets slapped around at 7/8 RPO....

I know what you mean but sometimes a change is a good refresh, even if the player who is coming in isn't any better.

Jordan might pitch it up a bit more and could hit a few blows with the bat.

Just sometimes a bit of difference might just a be refreshing.


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[mad_abt_cricket]

My feeling is that for some of the English players, the only yard stick to do well is in Ashes. Giving so much importance to one bilateral series is baffling in my honest opinion.
They just don't look to have the same intensity in any other series/ tournaments.
Case in point Anderson he looks not enough motivated for the kind of bowler he is.
Only bright spots in this team are Root and Ali who seem to give full their potential.

[InternalTraining]

Finally a win for PAK. Misbah again saves the batting with a bowler, Wahab Riaz, chipping in with a 50 to put a defendable score on the board.

Why don't Misbah and Harris open the batting for PAK? In the last 3 #CWC15 matches, they have played as openers after openers got out cheaply.

Time to bench Shehzad and Jamshed. Bring Sarfaraz in the team.

[InternalTraining]

What a knock by Root! Love watching him bat.

[Gerry SA]

Finally a win for PAK. Misbah again saves the batting with a bowler, Wahab Riaz, chipping in with a 50 to put a defendable score on the board.

Why don't Misbah and Harris open the batting for PAK? In the last 3 #CWC15 matches, they have played as openers after openers got out cheaply.

Time to bench Shehzad and Jamshed. Bring Sarfaraz in the team.

Only people saving Pakistan where the inept umpires. Up to 8 front foot no balls not called(and they where huge no balls) and countless wides.

[WalkingWicket37]

Could Alex Hales come into the team at 6?  England have a problem at number 3, since Sep 2013 our number 3 has averaged 22.93!  The next worse of the top 8 teams is Pakistan with 36.22.  We have the solution as James Taylor averages 45 in his games at number 3 so why was he moved?  Taylor should be moved back to 3 where he is most effective and was doing a great job so the new batsman will have to come in at 6.  Hales at 6 or Hales opening and Ali down to 6 or Bopara back in at 6?

It doesn't take a genius, Taylor to 3, Balance (if he must play) to 5 where he bats for Yorkshire and Morgan down to 6 as a finisher. Why can't the ECB see this?

[golders]

Kp on the verdict shortly

[jamesisapayne]

It doesn't take a genius, Taylor to 3, Balance (if he must play) to 5 where he bats for Yorkshire and Morgan down to 6 as a finisher. Why can't the ECB see this?

Morgan shouldn't even be in the team let alone the captain in my opinion.

He Irish and should be playing for Ireland. Glad Ed Joyce saw sense and went back.