Topic: England v Sri lanka (Read 45377 times)

Manormanic · « **Reply #375 on:** January 23, 2021, 10:17:26 AM »

Anyone else notice how loud that NO from Joe was?

SD · « **Reply #376 on:** January 23, 2021, 10:35:47 AM »

Quote from: billyb on January 23, 2021, 09:10:43 AM

Would you take Ali and Rashid over Leach and Bess?

Pretty worrying even if there isn't much turn.
Leach 0-119
Bess 0-76.

Those figures will kill us in India...

Absolutely. Rashid should have been much better handled by England. I would have played Ali here in the place of Curran. He needs overs to be available for selection in India

csnew · « **Reply #377 on:** January 23, 2021, 10:41:28 AM »

What�s the point of having these yellow and red cards if umpires don�t use them. Bowler knew what he was doing there

t2ylo · « **Reply #378 on:** January 23, 2021, 11:04:43 AM »

Surely YJB should just open?

Might at least protect Crawley at 3.

rickjames · « **Reply #379 on:** January 23, 2021, 11:07:24 AM »

Well in doubt, sweep the thing

six and out · « **Reply #380 on:** January 23, 2021, 11:08:56 AM »

Quote from: t2ylo on January 23, 2021, 11:04:43 AM

Surely YJB should just open?

Might at least protect Crawley at 3.

No Bairstow for the 1st 2 tests (at least) in India so its going to be Sibley, Burns and Crawley in some form of order. Which is very worrying.

ppccopener · « **Reply #381 on:** January 23, 2021, 11:13:33 AM »

Not Bairstow's biggest fan but this is 3 innings he has played responsibly and well. Both him and Root are playing spin superbly

SD · « **Reply #382 on:** January 23, 2021, 11:16:20 AM »

Quote from: SouthpawMark on January 23, 2021, 10:06:44 AM

Can�t think of many English batters who have been worse at playing spin than Sibley.

He struggled last summer against part time spin in English conditions so this winter was always looking a challenge. He neither looks to have any idea what his scoring options are or how he will survive

It does beg the question whether teams should approach batting line ups in the way they do bowling line ups and pick for the conditions. If Keaton Jennings was a bowler with an equivalent record in Asia, he would have been on this tour

Rez · « **Reply #383 on:** January 23, 2021, 11:38:26 AM »

Quote from: SD on January 23, 2021, 11:16:20 AM

He struggled last summer against part time spin in English conditions so this winter was always looking a challenge. He neither looks to have any idea what his scoring options are or how he will survive

It does beg the question whether teams should approach batting line ups in the way they do bowling line ups and pick for the conditions. If Keaton Jennings was a bowler with an equivalent record in Asia, he would have been on this tour

I seem to remember that was given as the main reason for his inclusion last time around to Sri Lanka (Jennings) and his abilities against spin. Don't really rate him that highly but surely if the logic is sound for one tour, why not the next??

rickjames · « **Reply #384 on:** January 23, 2021, 11:40:06 AM »

Root is so good

Manormanic · « **Reply #385 on:** January 23, 2021, 11:50:21 AM »

Quote from: SD on January 23, 2021, 11:16:20 AM

He struggled last summer against part time spin in English conditions so this winter was always looking a challenge. He neither looks to have any idea what his scoring options are or how he will survive

It does beg the question whether teams should approach batting line ups in the way they do bowling line ups and pick for the conditions. If Keaton Jennings was a bowler with an equivalent record in Asia, he would have been on this tour

There is good sense to this - especially for England who play so much cricket. You might go Burns, Sibley, Crawley, Root, Pope, Stokes at home or in NZ, then in Australia you'd go to Sibley, Crawley, Bairstow, Root, Malan, Stokes and on the sub continent Jennings, Bairstow, Lawrence, Root, Stokes, Pope

Jimbo · « **Reply #386 on:** January 23, 2021, 11:58:17 AM »

I wouldn't be dropping Lawrence for Australia given his last England Lions tour!

beaver5 · « **Reply #387 on:** January 23, 2021, 12:52:05 PM »

If they aren't going to bring anyone else in, then I'd drop Sibley and open with Foakes in India. He'd do a far better job.

Manormanic · « **Reply #388 on:** January 23, 2021, 12:53:40 PM »

Quote from: beaver5 on January 23, 2021, 12:52:05 PM

If they aren't going to bring anyone else in, then I'd drop Sibley and open with Foakes in India. He'd do a far better job.

I bet James Bracey is bringing Silvers a LOT of cups of tea right now....

Jimbo · « **Reply #389 on:** January 23, 2021, 01:10:07 PM »

Quote from: Manormanic on January 23, 2021, 12:53:40 PM

I bet James Bracey is bringing Silvers a LOT of cups of tea right now....

Is Bracey known to be strong against spin? Heard bits about how promising he is but not much detail.

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