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[rickjames]

I love JRoy so much

[Northern monkey]

Would love to see you try it padded up 

Ha ha
I've got too much padding these days

[csnew]

Here we go again, as soon as the spinners come on. 2 decent young spinners to be fair

[cragnasty]

This must be one of the most experienced 'A' teams of all time - India 'A' today has a combined total of 745 ODI's !

[ppccopener]

This must be one of the most experienced 'A' teams of all time - India 'A' today has a combined total of 745 ODI's !

yep! it's a good side

it's spin thou we need to get to grips with in the middle overs. It's pretty much the same as the test matches.

Billings is by all accounts a good player of spin so although it might be hard to get a space for him, England I think want him to play out there in the final 11.

[petehosk]

Billings is by all accounts a good player of spin so although it might be hard to get a space for him, England I think want him to play out there in the final 11.

That's why we need warm up matches - check out players and decide on the balance of the side!
And this is a good test for players as they are a very experienced and talented India A team.
And in their conditions it will be a test. Nice to hear that Roy and Hales got a start. Morgan looked in pretty decent form when I watched him in BBL so had high hopes that he would perform today! Doesn't look like he did!!
Not too bothered about the result, but would really like to see some positives from today?

[ppccopener]

one positive would be Jason Roy . Since he come in he has got runs and he plays a natural game regardless.

I think he is a very brave player and a good find for us. He plays all the shots and has a better basic technique than Hales

[petehosk]

So does anyone think Billings could be a better shout than Hales once Root is back?

[alexhilly1492]

So does anyone think Billings could be a better shout than Hales once Root is back?

Yes

[Seniorplayer]

Yes

[mo_town]

Is sweep the new forward defense?

[ppccopener]

So does anyone think Billings could be a better shout than Hales once Root is back?

Yes

 

[Rob580]

So does anyone think Billings could be a better shout than Hales once Root is back?

Nope.

Don't get why everyone is ragging on Hales. Sure he's a bit of a goober. But why the heck does that matter?

He's what we've always been after, a powerful opening batsman who can average above 40, strike at over 90 & score big hundreds. Not that long ago he scored our highest ever ODI score. Give the guy a break! I do agree they need to find Billings a spot, but in my mind why can't that be a bowling spot, then have 3 'bowlers', Stokes & Ali and then a bit of Root (or Hales' 10mph off breaks!  )

[rickjames]

Billings is a grafter, fair play

[Sam]

Nope.

Don't get why everyone is ragging on Hales. Sure he's a bit of a goober. But why the heck does that matter?

He's what we've always been after, a powerful opening batsman who can average above 40, strike at over 90 & score big hundreds. Not that long ago he scored our highest ever ODI score. Give the guy a break! I do agree they need to find Billings a spot, but in my mind why can't that be a bowling spot, then have 3 'bowlers', Stokes & Ali and then a bit of Root (or Hales' 10mph off breaks!  )

Then we're always going to be wasting someone at 7.