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Re: ENG vs IND series
« Reply #1230 on: February 25, 2021, 02:38:26 PM »
My team for the 4th Test -

Sibley
Crawley
Bairstow
Root
Stokes
Pope
Foakes
Lawrence
Bracey
Bess/Virdi/Parkinson
Leach

If the pitch is going to be like the last 2 then there is no need for a seamer apart from Stokes and the more batting the better!
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Re: ENG vs IND series
« Reply #1231 on: February 25, 2021, 02:39:58 PM »
Quote from: Manormanic on February 25, 2021, 02:10:52 PM
I reckon when they come over here, we should have tests at Bristol, Canterbury and Scarbados, water the pitches the night before and field an attack of Anderson, Darren Stevens, Ben Coad and Jamie Porter.  See how they like it! :)

Sorry, but that's not a better seam attack than Anderson, Broad, Archer and Stokes on any pitch.
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Re: ENG vs IND series
« Reply #1232 on: February 25, 2021, 02:44:18 PM »
Quote from: six and out on February 25, 2021, 02:38:26 PM
My team for the 4th Test -

Sibley
Crawley
Bairstow
Root
Stokes
Pope
Foakes
Lawrence
Bracey
Bess/Virdi/Parkinson
Leach

If the pitch is going to be like the last 2 then there is no need for a seamer apart from Stokes and the more batting the better!
2-1 is India in the WTC final isn’t it? The cynic in me doesn’t think they’ll produce another results lottery wicket.

Might well be the sort of deck where a 9 bowlers and 2 batters strategy is more appropriate!
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Re: ENG vs IND series
« Reply #1233 on: February 25, 2021, 02:46:49 PM »
Quote from: Bats_Entertainment on February 25, 2021, 02:39:58 PM
Sorry, but that's not a better seam attack than Anderson, Broad, Archer and Stokes on any pitch.

Thank God you corrected his absolutely serious selection plan 🤣
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Re: ENG vs IND series
« Reply #1234 on: February 25, 2021, 02:51:25 PM »
Quote from: Kulli on February 25, 2021, 02:44:18 PM
2-1 is India in the WTC final isn’t it? The cynic in me doesn’t think they’ll produce another results lottery wicket.

Not sure, I think a 2-2 draw gives it the Aussies though
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Re: ENG vs IND series
« Reply #1235 on: February 25, 2021, 02:52:22 PM »
Quote from: Kulli on February 25, 2021, 02:44:18 PM
2-1 is India in the WTC final isn’t it? The cynic in me doesn’t think they’ll produce another results lottery wicket.

Yep you could well be right. It would be very very ballsy for the BCCI to do it, but I suppose they don't answer to anyone though do they
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Re: ENG vs IND series
« Reply #1236 on: February 25, 2021, 02:52:29 PM »
Quote from: Jimbo on February 25, 2021, 02:46:49 PM
Thank God you corrected his absolutely serious selection plan 🤣

So stop blaming the pitch and suggesting that we've got an equivalent card we could 'retaliate' with?
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Re: ENG vs IND series
« Reply #1237 on: February 25, 2021, 02:57:39 PM »
Surprised moeen hasn’t been blamed yet  ;)

Hope there’s a green top for the WTC at lords please as retaliation :D
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Re: ENG vs IND series
« Reply #1238 on: February 25, 2021, 03:01:58 PM »
Its not the pitch, its that damn pink ball which has caused all this damage because of it skidding off the surface. It will be a completely different story next test when it will turn but not skids so much.
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Re: ENG vs IND series
« Reply #1239 on: February 25, 2021, 03:02:58 PM »
Quote from: csnew on February 25, 2021, 02:57:39 PM
Surprised moeen hasn’t been blamed yet  ;)

Hope there’s a green top for the WTC at lords please as retaliation :D

I wouldn't blame Moeen. But rhe amount of T20 cricket is definitely a factor.  So the cintroversy over his rest period isn't totally unrelated?

Joe Root did better with the ball than Moeen ever would have done, so he wasn't missed.
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Re: ENG vs IND series
« Reply #1240 on: February 25, 2021, 03:10:33 PM »
Quote from: Bats_Entertainment on February 25, 2021, 02:52:29 PM
So stop blaming the pitch and suggesting that we've got an equivalent card we could 'retaliate' with?

Almost everybody has acknowledged that the pitch didn't excessively favour India, but if you think that was a good quality pitch you're deluded.

Looking forward to NZ rolling India for under 100 on a green seamer in the WTC, Boult with the 8fer.
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Re: ENG vs IND series
« Reply #1241 on: February 25, 2021, 03:46:53 PM »
Quote from: Jimbo on February 25, 2021, 03:10:33 PM
Almost everybody has acknowledged that the pitch didn't excessively favour India, but if you think that was a good quality pitch you're deluded.

Looking forward to NZ rolling India for under 100 on a green seamer in the WTC, Boult with the 8fer.

...and that will be deemed as a 'challenging pitch', LoL! Not sure who thought it was a good idea to host the final in England, honestly! Surely, it should been a home and away scenario to be fair to the top 2 teams to decide the winner.
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Re: ENG vs IND series
« Reply #1242 on: February 25, 2021, 03:53:59 PM »
This made me chuckle

"110 million spent on the stadium. 50 cents on the pitch." Simon Hughes
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Re: ENG vs IND series
« Reply #1243 on: February 25, 2021, 03:54:49 PM »
Quote from: mo_town on February 25, 2021, 03:46:53 PM
...and that will be deemed as a 'challenging pitch', LoL! Not sure who thought it was a good idea to host the final in England, honestly! Surely, it should been a home and away scenario to be fair to the top 2 teams to decide the winner.

Not sure why a one-off game was selected as the best way to decide the top test side in the world either to be honest. I like the idea of a league giving wider context to otherwise meaningless Tests but the 'final' just feels like a marketing gimmick.
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Re: ENG vs IND series
« Reply #1244 on: February 25, 2021, 05:52:28 PM »
Quote from: six and out on February 25, 2021, 02:38:26 PM
My team for the 4th Test -

Sibley
Crawley
Bairstow
Root
Stokes
Pope
Foakes
Lawrence
Bracey
Bess/Virdi/Parkinson
Leach

If the pitch is going to be like the last 2 then there is no need for a seamer apart from Stokes and the more batting the better!

Bairstow... lol.. really.. still persisting in the belief he's a test batter?!?!? No wonder this side are poor
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