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[Bats_Entertainment]

Still when the bails were taken off at the Oval he was the captain that wrenched the urn back after a hundred years of hurt(!!)

Think you need to brush up on your history.

[ppccopener]

Think you need to brush up on your history.

I've sat thru copius series thrashings at the hands of the enemy including one -1994-95 tour- I was actually at the grounds in Sydney and Melbourne(passed out in a toilet and some Aussie girl slapped me back into life in the gents god bless the Australian women)

So a bit of exaggeration but the 80's and 90's were SO PAINFUL it just seemed like hundreds of years until we actually won anything.
 
then of course we had 2005. I don't mind admitting I cried when that South African umpire removed the bails.

did you Bats?  did you have just a little bit of water in the eye?  did you??

 

[Bats_Entertainment]

I've sat thru copius series thrashings at the hands of the enemy including one -1994-95 tour- I was actually at the grounds in Sydney and Melbourne(passed out in a toilet and some Aussie girl slapped me back into life in the gents god bless the Australian women)

So a bit of exaggeration but the 80's and 90's were SO PAINFUL it just seemed like hundreds of years until we actually won anything.
 
then of course we had 2005. I don't mind admitting I cried when that South African umpire removed the bails.

did you Bats?  did you have just a little bit of water in the eye?  did you??

 

2005 was cricket's 1990. It seemed good at the time, but in the long run was actually a bit of a disaster.

[Seniorplayer]

2005 was cricket's 1990. It seemed good at the time, but in the long run was actually a bit of a disaster.

Yes for the Aussies.

[SOULMAN1012]

A few of my thoughts for the SA series

Personally I hope Compton does open and hope he scores well. In the last 3 years he is the only one who in my mind looks worthy of the opening position for Engkand alongside Cook. England's destructive batting is the middle/lower order even done to Broad/wakes/rash id down at 8/9 even lower depending on side selected as Mark Wood is no idiot with the willow. Stats also show he and Cook scored the most runs together and he made 2 good international test centuries and I agree it's not a dynamic free scoring opener we need (we have loads to choose from, from 4 to 10 it's a solid start 80-100 for none at lunch kind of opening pair.

Secondly Bairstow has to keep in SA series he has been mucked about for 3/4 years by England and as amazing as Butler ODI knock was the other day he at present is not suited to Test batting. And as we saw in UAE his keeping is not yet perfected which I accept neither is Bairstow. But Bairstow deserves a full series and Butler to regain is confidence in the Big bash or what ever and then see how he starts the LV season and see how Bairstow fairs when given the series and backing for a whole season.

Our bowling is fine and possibly even on par if not slightly stronger than SA but they hold the upper cards of Amla and AB so our bowlers will have to bring A game

[RightArmLedge]

It would be farcical if Bairstow doesn't keep in SA, he surely has done enough to earn a FULL series to prove himself ?


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[petehosk]

I don't agree that our bowling is quite as good as SA. But it is pretty decent but would be better if we had a swann bowling! I still think Ali is a fair spin option in tests as long as he bowls consistently!
But we are weaker all round that SA  so will really have to bat well, bowl well and STOP DROPPING CATCHES!!! Drop AB and he'll punish us badly!

[Seniorplayer]

Cook and Compton opening have the best chance of  giving  England the start they need instead of 3 out before lunch and SA  inroads into the middle order in the afternoon.

[northernboy1987]

If Compton plays he'll bat at 3 (whether that's the right or wrong spot) the management have already said that Hales will get first chance to open with Cook. Unless they just meant in the warm up games but then Moeen didn't do much in the UAE warm ups and they still stuck with him through the tests, once they've got an idea in their heads they tend to stick with it rightly or wrongly and it seems that Hales opening is this winters new idea.

[Bats_Entertainment]

some Aussie girl slapped me back into life in the gents god bless the Australian women)

What was the Aussie woman doing in the gents?

[northernboy1987]

What was the Aussie woman doing in the gents'?

Yeah @ppccopener what WAS an Aussie Woman doing in the gents?!

You sly dog you

[ppccopener]

I loved Australia, let's just say the parts I were in were a bit rough in the bars.All the women were drinking pints, or what they call scooners(about 3/4 of a pint glass)

there were women in the gents loos which I thought a bit odd but they didn't.

I must of fell over after a day at the MCG in 100 degree heat and nothing to eat in the dav and passed out after downing beer too quick. When I woke up a girl has her legs astride by neck slapping me around the face.

I bought her a pint and said thank you.

 

[northernboy1987]

When I woke up a girl has her legs astride by neck slapping me around the face.

We have to pay good money for that up here!

[Bats_Entertainment]

You see how quickly people get bored of Nick Compton?

[Seniorplayer]

Rather be bored with Compton at the crease than watch Steyn and Co rip out  Englands middle order with the new ball.