The Official Cricket Thread

[YorkshireRed]

My fault for predicting an England win. Congratulations to the West Indies. Really good watch today. 

[Jairzinho]

Probably makes for a better series. 

 

Be interesting to see the team selection for the second test. 

[YorkshireRed]

 

10 minutes ago, Jairzinho said:

Probably makes for a better series. 

 

Be interesting to see the team selection for the second test. 

Root (assuming he’s available) and maybe Broad for Wood. I guess any bowling change might depend on the conditions and whether Anderson is healthy enough for back to back Tests. 

[Guest Pistonbroke]

Interesting Test match, both sides showing that they have problems with the bat, the Windies just have a better bowling attack than England, not a great decision to bat first weither, played into their strengths from the off. 

[Captain Howdy]

I agree, the West Indies were the better side in a good test.

[Jairzinho]

Denly dropped.

 

Wood and Anderson rested.

[Mudface]

6 minutes ago, Jairzinho said:

Denly dropped.

 

Wood and Anderson rested.

Thank God.

[Jairzinho]

12 minutes ago, Mudface said:

Thank God.

Replaced by Keaton Jennings.

[Mudface]

Just now, Jairzinho said:

Replaced by Keaton Jennings.

[Jairzinho]

Full 13 man squad - 

 

Joe Root (Yorkshire) captain, Jofra Archer (Sussex), Dominic Bess (Somerset), Stuart Broad (Nottinghamshire), Rory Burns (Surrey) Jos Buttler (Lancashire), Zak Crawley (Kent), Sam Curran (Surrey), Ollie Pope (Surrey), Ollie Robinson (Sussex), Dom Sibley (Warwickshire), Ben Stokes (Durham), Chris Woakes (Warwickshire).

 

I'd leave out Buttler and Robinson.

 

Burns

Sibley

Root

Crawley

Stokes

Pope

Woakes 

Bess

Curran

Archer

Broad

 

 

 

 

[sir roger]

10 minutes ago, Mudface said:

Ha ha , but in reality he isnt in the 13 , Sam Curran and Ollie Robinson ( Dont know much about him ) are , so presumably Root in at 4 , Crawley moving up one , Broad and one of Woakes/Curran/Robinson in place of Jimmy and Wood

 

I think they have to look at Foakes if Buttler is as woeful as he has been

[Mudface]

7 minutes ago, sir roger said:

Ha ha , but in reality he isnt in the 13 , Sam Curran and Ollie Robinson ( Dont know much about him ) are , so presumably Root in at 4 , Crawley moving up one , Broad and one of Woakes/Curran/Robinson in place of Jimmy and Wood

 

I think they have to look at Foakes if Buttler is as woeful as he has been

Yeah, just messing. I liked Foakes, didn't get why he was dropped.

 

Edit- ah, it was because that blert Bairstow came back.

[sir roger]

Me neither , I like Jos but he has had a hundred chances and Foakes has been treated very shoddily.

 

[alles ist gut]

14 hours ago, Jairzinho said:

Full 13 man squad - 

 

Joe Root (Yorkshire) captain, Jofra Archer (Sussex), Dominic Bess (Somerset), Stuart Broad (Nottinghamshire), Rory Burns (Surrey) Jos Buttler (Lancashire), Zak Crawley (Kent), Sam Curran (Surrey), Ollie Pope (Surrey), Ollie Robinson (Sussex), Dom Sibley (Warwickshire), Ben Stokes (Durham), Chris Woakes (Warwickshire).

 

I'd leave out Buttler and Robinson.

 

Burns

Sibley

Root

Crawley

Stokes

Pope

Woakes 

Bess

Curran

Archer

Broad

 

 

 

 

Is it supposed to be the sort of pitch where we need six bowlers?

[Rico1304]

Archer out for breaking isolation. Dickhead. 

[Jairzinho]

37 minutes ago, alles ist gut said:

Is it supposed to be the sort of pitch where we need six bowlers?

No idea, but the only other "batsman" in the 13 is Buttler and, er, thanks but no thanks.

[Rico1304]

In other cricket news 5 years ago I batted for 27 overs, scoring 5 runs (4 of which were an edge through slips) to save a draw. 

[Captain Howdy]

Not a great squad when you go through it is it?

[Bjornebye]

 

 

 

 

 

[Captain Howdy]

15 hours ago, sir roger said:

Me neither , I like Jos but he has had a hundred chances and Foakes has been treated very shoddily.

 

Butler is not and never will be a test cricketer 

[Jarvinja Ilnow]

Archer out for breaches of isolation protocols. Apparently he went home to Brighton, twice, between the two tests.

[Guest Pistonbroke]

17 hours ago, sir roger said:

Me neither , I like Jos but he has had a hundred chances and Foakes has been treated very shoddily.

 

 

Yeah, Foakes was dumped quicker than one of Johnsons partners. 

1 hour ago, Captain Howdy said:

Butler is not and never will be a test cricketer 

 

He's not even a great wicketkeeper. He's just one of those names they seem desperate not to drop, one of the boys in that inner circle. 

13 minutes ago, Jarvinja Ilnow said:

Archer out for breaches of isolation protocols. Apparently he went home to Brighton, twice, between the two tests.

 

Foolish thing to do, he'll have to take it on the chin and come back fighting to regain his place. 

[Guest Pistonbroke]

Play to start at 12:30 BST. Alastair Cook just took a look at the pitch (albeit from a distance) and says it looks like a road and won't be seamer friendly. 

[sir roger]

Strange dismissal for Burns , played all around and was miles away from a ball that didn't do much from the spinner..

[Jairzinho]

Desperate review that.