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VegasII

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Crackerjack win for England.

All in all, some good, some bad. We'll see what happens in the next Test. Could be a great series.
 

dondo

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Great performance by the bowlers.
To win a test match with only scoring 467 run is quite amazing.
I hope they are just as good throughout the series because I doubt the batsmen will get any better
 

WorcesterTHFC

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when does the next one start?
Next Thursday at Lord's. This series has 5 Tests in a 42-day period from the start to the scheduled last day at The Oval. Brutal. The schedule must have been designed by the Marquis de Sade Sports Agency.
 
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teok

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Does stokes have to wear those sleeves to cover his tats or some thing?
 

UncleBuck

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I’ve heard of cases adjourned for less than playing for your country, who on earth scheduled the case...
 

JimmyG2

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Engrossing, exciting edge of the seat stuff
until Kohli went
It's often the off field commentary
chat and badinage
that makes test matches so watchable.
This time it was the cricket.

T20 is to proper cricket
as table football is to the real thing.
 

Arnoldtoo

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May 18, 2006
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England squad for second Test
Joe Root (capt), Moeen Ali, James Anderson, Jonny Bairstow (wk), Stuart Broad, Jos Buttler, Alastair Cook, Sam Curran, Keaton Jennings, Ollie Pope, Jamie Porter, Adil Rashid, Chris Woakes.

Good move. Pope in for Malan.
 

Teemu

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Glad Pope is getting a go, he looks like he could be special. We need to be patient and give him a proper run.

I know you get the occasional late blossomer but in general we need to stop picking batsmen in their late twenties/early thirties with a FC career average of 35 on the back of one above-average season (Malan, Westley, Stoneman). Really not sure what any of the above did to suggest they’d be international class batsmen, albeit there’s not exactly a wealth of other options knocking down the door.

For anyone who thinks Hameed should be anywhere near the team, look at his stats for this season, he’s averaging about 7. It’s a shame he seems to have lost the plot after his injury but he’s done nothing at all to warrant a recall. If Jennings fails again next test then surely Rory Burns should get a go, FC average of 45, 1000+ runs for the last few seasons, not flashy but unbelievably consistent.
 

UncleBuck

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I’d seriously look at Roy again, Hales looked well out of touch the other night. Don’t think Jennings done too much wrong at the top but it’s the Malan replacement, personally I’d have given him him Lords being his home ground...
 

Spurs_Bear

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I know you get the occasional late blossomer but in general we need to stop picking batsmen in their late twenties/early thirties with a FC career average of 35 on the back of one above-average season (Malan, Westley, Stoneman). Really not sure what any of the above did to suggest they’d be international class batsmen, albeit there’s not exactly a wealth of other options knocking down the door.

Really good point that, the likes of Trescothick were backed when relatively young and no great FC average, but were young enough to benefit from the supposed elite facilities that the centrally contracted lot have access to.

It's those gems we need to be unearthing.
 

cider spurs

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Reckon Somerset are going to rack up yet another T20 win today against Hampshire.

Hampshire currently 104-7 off 16.5 overs.
 
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