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[ppccopener]

Just liked my own post

England !!!

[ppccopener]

Fielders are allowed to catch it you can't pitch leg hit off every week.

Packed offside field Woakes bowled to what the captain set. That what we needed to do. If it goes over cover for six well what can you do 

Great game thou wasn't it?

[Seniorplayer]

Yes roll on Thursdays first T20.

[i12breakfree]

Kedar jadhav is the find for India this tour. He is 31, little late but hope he stays specially with rahane , dhawan out of form. Great game again and well played woakes and Stokes.

[smilley792]

So we lost two one in India, but some very interesting stats and records got near.


Jason roys 220 runs was the second highest ever by an Englishman in a 3 games series.

Ben stokes two fifties(33 and 34balls) were the fastest two fifties ever by an Englishman against india(did someone on here claim hear never done anything in an odi?)



Interest stat is chris woakes SR at 165, a guy accused of batting for his average and not for the team.

On woakes



Top wicket taker, good average, good SR and decent economy in terms of this series.

Definately #dropwoakes

[six and out]

Slightly off topic but i wonder what price you would get now for Woakes as top wicket taker in the Champions Trophy.

[Number4]

Don't get too excited over 3 matches

[alexhilly1492]

Woakes will always be one of those guys that becomes a worse player when he's in the side, he gets an awful lot of stick on here which personally I think is undeserved, he's had. A fairly decent series stats wise but when you e watched it's not always appears to been he best, I think even with an average woakes England will be a better side that one without woakes in it, anyway onto the t20s

I think hear will be similar to the Odis but I can see England winning 2-1 I think the shorter format takes home conditions out of the equation somewhat and following the w/c last year we should be confident in this format!

[edge]

Slightly off topic but i wonder what price you would get now for Woakes as top wicket taker in the Champions Trophy.

Not a bad shout that, you'd think Starc would be the heavy favourite though.

Good to see Jake Ball seems to be consistently taking wickets, can see him doing very well in home conditions too.

[ppccopener]

agree Alex, he's not a world beater, just a decent player and we will need him when jimmy retires, he's quick as well. didn't used to be but he is now.

I don't like stats, people interpret them different ways depending on your agenda(not yours anyones agenda)

it took bottle to bowl that last over.

[ppccopener]

Not a bad shout that, you'd think Starc would be the heavy favourite though.

Good to see Jake Ball seems to be consistently taking wickets, can see him doing very well in home conditions too.

penultimate over from Ball was superb, he has pace and height

[Seniorplayer]

Problem with stats is they can be misleading.
England win one match In India and certain players  are written about as if they are heroes                                                     

[smilley792]

Jadeja and Ashwin rested from the t20's despite being in the squad original,  mishra and rasool called up.


There any news on willey's injury? Can't find anything on the usual sources?

[Seniorplayer]

penultimate over from Ball was superb, he has pace and height

Without a doubt it made England favourites going into the last over  if Billings had dropped that last over catch it would have  left India wanting 2 runs from 2 balls.

[petehosk]

All 3 ODIs could have gone either way. The prrformance of 1 or 2 players made the difference.
Its nice that both teams looked so evenly matched on all the ODI  games as it makes for better viewing.
It was just a shame that England didn't seem up for fighting in the Test matches in the same way.

Win, lose or draw it should be a competitively fought T20 series. Or at least i hope it will be. 🤐