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England 225/5 (72.5 ov) v Sri Lanka at Lords
>>68243670
Shit thread
I don't where that is but I would go.
Fat chicks give mind blowing top.
>>68243670
anime
>>68243670
>ywn plow Gemma Collins with the burning rage of a 1000 suns
why live bros
>>68243685
Just trying to attract some BSAs lad
>>68243694 already got some bites
>Herath is literally unironically the best spinner in the world right now
posting in a gatebrick thread
wanna know what the biggest logical fallacy ever is that commentators make that really pisses me off
like when a catch is dropped but then a wicket falls soon after and they go 'x should be 2 down by now', implying that if the catch had been held then events would have unfolded the same and we know the team would be 2 down
just had to let that off my chest
>>68243718
Absolutely based
@68243724
you
>>68243740
It actually makes me fucking seethe
>if Lyon wasn't umpballed, New Zealand would have won!
Fuck off
>Compton
so how long until Bell is back in the side?
All out for 311 I reckon
>>68243769
i know m8 pretty braindead
>>68243773
T I T S
I
T
S
>>68243773
Never.
They'll probably pick Borthwick or some shit instead.
>>68243773
I'm not going to stoop so low as to look, but I bet Piers is already shilling for a KP return instead
>>68243769
Kek, there was a group of Kiwi coaches in Hong Kong absolutely fucking seething when that happened.
lads
What about [spoiler]morgan[/spoiler]
>>68243826
I did look it up, and he is
>>68243826
yeh hes literally been on damage control all morning saying england missed out on 4 years of the goat
>>68243806
id choose scott borthwick, hes had a fuck ton of runs this summer batting at one of the worst decks for batsmen too
hales has to be careful too, DBD, roy or robson could easily have his spot for the Pakistan series
who /crippling loneliness/ here
>>68243867
I've got my close, 4chan internet pals to keep me company!
someone recommend me a film with ruthless gangsters
>>68243826
I will, and he did
>>68243928
Pulp Fiction
>>68243928
Green Room, dunno if it's had a DVD release yet
>>68243970
>Green Room,
is this libtard shit
>>68243928
boondock saints
This absolute madman
>>68244027
this man needs to grow up
mahela jayawardene is underrated
guys we can apply for the india coaching job at [email protected]
bairstow better get a ton tonight the ginger cunt
With hockey about to end, should I watch this sport?
>>68244330
Please watch our sport BSA
>>68244341
>ranked 13 in the world
badminton is literally the only sport you're good at it
>>68244373
>you're
I'm not from here lad.
The best male singles player is Malaysian though.
This TMS commentator's voice makes me hard and I'm not even gay.
cricket is gay
>mohammad amir will play against england
what message does this send to our youngsters when a man criminally convicted of spot fixing is allowed to continue playing the sport!
Everytime Pakistan come to england there is trouble
>>68244618
Salman butt and asif were more involved, he was just an impressionable young kid in the operation
>>68244618
dude he was like 12 when it happened get over it
test
>>68244639
>>68244632
he was an adult, and considering the drive to push the fundamental values of the game and sport in general, anyone whose gunna cheat at 18 is rotten to the core, you could understand if it was someone in the twilight of their career looking for one last payday but this guy had a 20+ year career ahead of him
>>68244663
>you could understand if it was someone in the twilight of their career looking for one last payday
>>68244663
it's better for the game amir plays again
amir is literally going to take 26 wickets @18 this summer btw
>>68244712
>its better for sport that we allow people who break the rules to continue
Better unban Sharapova then, give those medals back to marion jones, ben Johnson and lance Armstrong and clear the names of sreesanth and hansie -.-
>>68244763
ffs he was just a kid from a small village who made a mistake. The other two guys should've been banned for life but Amir shouldn't.
>>68244763
he did 5 years
surrey vs hampshire not on tv and i cant find a livestream, what the fuck?
>>68244805
they should have all been banned for life (especially asif who also has suspensions for taking performance enhancing drugs), whats most ridiculous is butt was sentenced to 30 months in prison but was released after 6!
how do u think the english team will be voting in the referendum, mostly out i reckon
>>68244763
He did his time, get over it.
Spot fixing is NOT the same thing as match fixing.
>>68244835
i don't think it's being televised at all
>>68244890
so there's no way to watch it? wow that fkin sucks.
>>68244867
>they should have all been banned
Not Amir
>>68244835
http://cricfree.sx/sky-sports-2-live-stream-
They may show it on SS2 after theyve finished interviewing the england lot
>>68244902
i know right
>>68244919
they won't
guys the match is over but i'm jsut not ready to say goodbye yet ;(
>>68244889
>did his time
despite the fact his sentences were lenient as fuck, he only ended up serving 3 months in prison instead of 12 and was allowed back into cricket 8 months early in his 5 year sentence
>>68244994
m8 you're just scared of what he's going to do to this S H A K Y english middle order this summer get over it i'm not even a paki desu
>>68245015
>i'm not even a paki desu
>>68245015
I'm not English
>>68244950
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/live/cricket/36455196
Guess its time to break out the wireless while playing some CC2015
>>68244994
It really doesn't matter tbẖ, he learnt his lesson and has obviously matured since.
>Saxon,Mackaybro,Germanbro and Trump Hat Guy will never spend a night on the town Drinking Tequila,snorting coke and fucking hookers
Why live
>Drinking Tequila
that's gross
>>68245029
i'm white british, my town is literally 99.8% white. but amir is elite
>>68245150
I'm pretty white myself, mate.
>>68245126
>not liking tequila
youre not supposed to like it, its just a thing you do, like shaving your legs
>>68245029
>Weeaboo
>Pakistani
pick 1 yaar :^)
>>68245164
i'll stick to korn
>>68245164
Jynn are you really a grill?
Do you want to be the cheerleader on the /Cric/ XI or is that too misogynistic of me?
>>68245160
are paki girls slutty
Post /Cric/ approved original music videos https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Toz4YGyV2II&app=desktop
Jeet Raval called up to test squad
Cucktill on suicide watch
>>68245290
Only the slutty ones
>>68245229
>you
>being new
pick both
>>68244589
delet
>>68244994
Do you really think some cunt who bowled a no-ball is worth costing a prison spot over somebody who actually committed robbery, rape, murder etc?
>>68247555
He literally, unironically and objectively is still in the squad.
FUCK the selectors.
>>68252985
Reminder NZC unironically called Hesson Poo Peeland's greatest ever selector
>>68253058
He's made some questionable calls but he literally is. Miles above any Poo Peelian selector that's for sure.
>>68253162
>Mark Craig for 14 (fourteen) tests
>Guptill for 36 (thirty six) tests
>"""questionable"""
Meanwhile you CANNOT name a SINGLE mistake made by WA's proud Rod Marsh
>>68252985
>LE FUG LE GUPDILL XDXDXD
Kek. Shut your fucking mouth kid. He's literally one of the best batsmen in the world in the only relevant format.
>>68253345
Maxwell at 3
Alex Doolan
Scott Boland
Try harder gateloser
>>68243670
UGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
>>68254169
It was worth giving Maxwell a shot given his pie chucking and the lack of a non-shit number three at the time.
Doolan had played very well against South African bowlers during warm-up games and his Pakistan selection was just a case of throwing shit at the wall and seeing what sticks in response to a terrible tour along with the aforementioned number 3 problem.
Boland is a fine selection for the touring squad. He only played games last year to search for a world T20 squad, which you WOULD know if you weren't a fucking casual.
>>68254814
Scott Boland was a sore back away from a test cap. Neck yourself.
>>68254169
Why would you list Doolan when there have been far worse selections? (Quiney, >XD, Beer etc)? Doolan was bad but atleast he was coming off a decent Shield season so there was some sort of logic to his selection
>>68255660
>Why would you list Doolan when there have been far worse selections?
discard this, didn't read gatetossers post
>muh Rod Marsh
well he is better than Hilbitch and Memeverarity (also WA trash) atleast
>>68255552
Mark Craig is 10x worse than basedBoland
Boland is quite literally at the same level as Henry and some of the other backup NZ bowlers
>>68255856
>aping krazycivilservant
>trying this hard to force the WABA gimmick
The difference is that NZ has next to no spin options as opposed to the bottomless pit of good fast bowlers in Australia. Hesson has made some mistakes but he's also made quality selections that Marsh has never done (Grant Elliott, Mitchell Santner, WT20 team selection etc).
Fucking jackass.
Mustafizz is very great king of the cricket worlad..he is very dauntless
>>68256860
>that Marsh has never done
SEEEEEEEEEEETHING fucking casual detected. Rod Marsh is the best Australian selector in decades, he is a better selector than Pisson and has made some great calls including
>retaining GOATges when every man and his dog wanted his head after the Ashes
>giving Khawaja a call-up despite coming off injury his Shield record being so-so
>picking Burns as the new opener
>picking Zampa over all the other shitters like Boyce, >XD etc
>keeping faith in Best Marsh (the benefits of this decision WILL be revealed soon)
>as opposed to the bottomless pit of good fast bowlers in Australia
You couldn't be any more clueless if you tried. The four-frontline bowlers (Hazlewood, Starc, Pattinson, Cummins) are great but all are extremely injury prone. At literally no point in the last 5 years have more than 2 of them been fit to play Test cricket at the same time.
Beyond them the bowling is fairly mediocre. Jackson Bird played in Australia's most recent Test and he isnt better than any of Poo Peelands bowlers. Chadd Sayers was unironically in the squad.
Mark Craig playing Test cricket was a disgrace. Even if NZ had no other options (clearly they do, Santner and Sodhi are objectively better), you may aswell just pick an extra batsman or seamer because that idiot is a waste of oxygen. He is a club cricketer masquerading in a Test cap.
What's worse is that Hesson picked him over, and over and over again. And then AGAIN. Rod Marsh learns from his mistakes, Hesson clearly does not.
>>68259804
>getting this wound up
Imagine being such a loser that you feel compelled to defend every single person from your state.
Imagine actually spending your spare time as a student watching domestic boreblock games rather than making friends and getting laid.
Imagine being gatecuck.
>>68252985
You're an idiot. He's going to 5, where he should be.
>>68259804
You want to know how I can tell the only time you've ever seen Craig bowl is in matches against Australia?
ALL CONSPIRACY ABOHANI HARD CORE BCB OBSTRUCTING MUSTAFIZ THAT HE CAN NOT PLAY FOR MOHAMEDAN SPORTING CLUB .AS THEY HAVE TAKEN SHAHADAT FORCEFULLY FROM MOHAMEDAN SPORTING TENT AND SAME THEY HAVE TAKEN FORCEFULLY PRIMEBANK COACH NOT GIVING ANY NOTIFICATIONS TO PRIMEBANK TO SPOIL PRIMEBANK TEAM. NOW PLAYING WITH MUSTAFIZ THAT HE CAN NOT PLAY FOR MOHAMEDAN SPORTING CLUB .WHAT A GAME THEY WILL SPOIL THE DEVELOPMENT OF CRICKET IN BANGLADESH.
>>68260105
hi daniel
>>68260175
@ Md Aliakber Hossain AFTER fitness WHERE he WILL go. There are many ICC Rules. HE CAN ONLY GO AFTER GETTING CLEARENCE CERTIFICATE FROM HIS HOME CLUB MOHAMEDAN SPORTING CLUB THAT IS THE CLEAR ICC RULES NO WAY TO BYPASS IT.SO IT IS MOHAMEDAN SPORTING TO DECIDE WHETHER HE WILL GO OR NOT .
I'm from the future lads and Mendis is a GOAT
tired af
>>68259804
>there are """pundits""" that still don't rate marsh
>>68260287
me too
>>68260287
I had the best sleep I've had in years tbqh
>>68260301
he is LITERALLY the new Kallis
>>68260328
>>68260316
>>68260287
i got woken up by tradies at 6am
fuck tradies
Bought a new coat today lads
le meme arrows
>>68261081
>46 likes
Daniel on popular and influential watch.
>>68261076
I spent $330 on a second hand jacket then got an email an hour later saying that because of demand they're restocking them for $390
Really fucked up tbqh lads
This is the problem with Mitchell Marsh. His bowling isn't quite good enough to be a specialist bowler, and his batting isn't good enough to be a specialist batsman. You've already got Faulkner and Hastings who are better bowling allrounders, a third bowling allrounder in Marsh is unnecessary.
And in Tests, the top 6 batsmen have to justify their spot in the side on their batting alone. Marsh does not do that.
>>68261140
>Marsh is a bowling allrounder
>Faulkner and Hastings are better bowlers
PLEASE tell me this is from reddit
>>68261048
.
>>68261132
>$330
>second hand
Jesus lad why? You can get top quality brand new jackets for $200 if you time it right.
>>68261183
Fuck off krazykrejza we're not going to give (You)s to your stupid sport.
>>68261169
What's wrong with that? Faulkner and Hastings are literally specialist bowlers and better wicket-taking options.
Marsh is a holding bowler with a tailender's technique. You might as well have Peter Siddle bat at 6.
>>68261184
You LITERALLY cannot Daniel.
A $200 jacket is the upper end of low tier anywhere outside of Poo Peeland.
>>68261206
Faulkner and Hastings are literally worse bowlers and worse batsmen, especially post-world cup Faulkner.
Reminder Mitch Marsh singlehandedly won the second PP ODI, where he out-batted and out-bowled Hastings.
>>68261213
Alright. Sucks to live in your shitty country then lmao
Disappointed for root yesterday lads but he'll bounce back.
Come on you England BASES COOKIE
Might go to a Surrey t20 game next month.
It's either that or a Lord's tour.
>India have 13 (THIRTEEN) home tests this year
Ashwin on 300 wickets watch
>>68261477
Lords would probably be more interesting lad
is there a white Zimbabwean accent lads?
>>68261532
Yeah, I'll probably do that but I really wanted to see a proper t20 game.
I wanted to watch based Pakistan play in Lords but the tickets are insanely expensive.
>>68261548
>I wanted to watch based Pakistan play in Lords but the tickets are insanely expensive.
Only for poor cunts.
>>68261541
Just South African tbqh, though I think white Nambians have a slightly different accent because of the lack of afrikaans
>>68261541
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VC2xh8hufq8
What BBL team do you support /cric/?
>>68261563
t. Giles Clarke
>>68261581
>luckswing
>>68261581
Literally none of them. Anyone that claims """alliegence""" to a five year old meme team is an autist, especially ones with divides as arbitrary as the Sydney and Melbourne ones
apparently there's a Western Australian, South Australian and Victorian accent lads
>>68261597
>>68261607
>stop liking what I don't like
>>68261631
Back to the Fox News Facebook page lad
>>68261563
>spending 60 pounds for day 1 Lords tickets
>poor cunts
It's not worth it lad
I'll just go for the tour and maybe a Surrey game.
>>68261645
>60 pounds
Fuck me. Test tickets here are a quarter of that now. I feel bad for the poor bastards who bought tickets for this test series.
>>68261642
>muh secret club
>>68261657
I remember reading something about the London market being so inelastic that they can literally charge whatever they feel like and still sell tickets.
>>68261607
This
Same with IPL, but worse because half the teams vanish every two years and have pretty much no players born in the city they're representing
>>68261206
see >>68261241
Gatecunt is right, Marsh is a better bowler than both Fuckner and Hastings and is 5x the batsman that they are.
If there is one thing he knows about it is Australian domestic cricket. You cannot argue this.
Now quietly crawl back into your hobbit hovel.
>>68261571
Can Germans understand Dutch?
>>68261607
Sydney isn't arbitrary, you have the Eastern Subs team and the Western Subs team. Same as AFL and Soccer basically.
I wonder how long it will be until there are genuine "fans" of BBL teams in the same way there are for the football clubs. There's already plenty of kids who walk around wearing BBL jerseys in the summer.
>>68261657
Even the t20 game tickets are 25 pounds.
>>68261681
Not to mention the constant roster shuffling. The CPL, BBL and NatWest team model of tying them to the first class sides is the best.
I'm still amazed at how Indians can consider themselves a lifelong Pune fan or some shit.
>>68261657
>>68261698
>My SCG membership costs like $250 a year, I barely even go anymore.
JUST
I literally only keep it because it was a 15(fifteen) year waiting list to get on and I just don't want to lose it.
It would be far more cost effective if I cared about bogan jump, but alas
>>68261726
>got put on the MCG waiting list when I was born
>family moves out of Melbourne
>18 years later get offered a membership
>Mum declines without telling me
JUST
>paying more than $15 for a day of test cricket
lmoa
>>68261726
>15(fifteen) year waiting list
That's fucking insane.
>tfw will never live in a cricket country.
At least you have the chance to see live games.
>>68261744
>That's fucking insane.
Lad the Melbourne one's like double that
Voting Libs this year lads
>>68261750
I don't really go to sporting events so I wouldn't know tbẖ.
I've been Jersey and Nigeria play at least.
>>68261796
>Nigeria
Speaking of them, they've "disbanded" their team because they did so shit in the latest meme comp
>RESOLUTIONS BY THE FEDERATION
>That the Nigeria National Male Team (YELLOW GREENS) has been disbanded with immediate effect and the National Team Coach Mr Uthe Ogbimi has also been relieved of his duties.
>That the Federation is undertaking a rebuilding process of the National team where young players from under 19 with passion to wear the national colors will be introduced to the some existing players with experience who still have much to offer the country.
I dunno about you guys but watching the brief highlights that were posted of FB, these teams don't look bad. They're easily middle-tier club cricket, and miles better than even the best women cricketers. Not sure why but I expected them to all have retarded actions and be awkward and uncoached as fuck but they're all pretty orthodox. I'd be keen to see them play more.
>>68261704
CPL isn't like that, its privately owned which is already fucking it up
The Trinidad team is called "Trinbago Knight Riders" or something fucking retarded because the IPL team with the same name owns it.
But yeah BBL and NatWest teams are owned by the states and counties, respectively, so that degeneracy doesn't exist (yet).
>>68261739
>>Mum declines without telling me
I'd be SEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEETHING
>>68261744
Yeah it's a prestigious old mans club, also had to pay ~$1,500 to get in when I was offered membership.
Honestly though its worth it. Moore Park is a world-class facility. The old stands, Members & Ladies (which you always see on TV), are fucking awful but the new Bradman stand is fucking top-notch, those are the members areas. It also includes Allianz Stadium which is where they play Rugby and I always go to a few Tards games. Allianz is probably the 2nd best rectangular ground in the country after Suncorp.
>>68261750
yeah but the MCG is shit from a spectators pov
>>68261796
Sounds like a dire existence tbqh.
There's nothing quite like watching a test game with a large Australian, English, South African or Caribbean crowd. Indians are alright too, but Sri Lankans and the muslim nations are no fun allowed
>>68261830
attending cricket games is 100% about atmosphere. I unironically enjoy Indian crowds. The CWC semi with a 90% Indian crowd was a great experience
Mahela Jayawardene, the former Sri Lanka captain who sits on the ICC cricket committee, has confirmed that a recommendation has been made to reduce the margin of umpire's call on the Decision Review System (DRS) which would lead to more batsmen being given out lbw.
Speaking to ESPNcricinfo after the first day's play of the third Test at Lord's, Jayawardene, who attended the latest meeting last week after being appointed to the ICC cricket committee in May, revealed that the proposal is to reduce the margin by half. If the change is approved, only 25% of the ball would need to be hitting the stumps in order to overturn an on-field not out decision, instead of the current 50%.
>>68261822
based Daniel
how are Ghana and Uganda doing?
>>68261843
The problem with Indians is that they can be far too passionate about winning and will leave in sit in silence if things aren't going well. Conversely, English fans are at their best when they're getting belted, which is part of the reason I like them so much.
>>68261847
FINALLY
I think 10% would be optimal, but I'll take anything over this 50% bullshit
>>68261822
Associates aren't all that bad but coaching is usually the main barrier. I know a guy who went from Malaysia's domestic comp to Sydney first grade and he's doing fine.
>>68261823
Sounds fun tbẖ
>>68261830
Yeah, I probably won't get to watch a proper match anytime soon. I booked tickets for a Windies vs India game in that one tour where they left early.
Slugkush's posting quality has accelerated at a far higher rate than his running lads
>>68261886
Might be cheapish to fly over for the next Caribbean tour when you're in Canada tbqh
>>68261895
>accelerated at a far higher rate than his running lads
Delete this please
>>68261922
Possibly, I might not have the time then though.
>>68261726
>hey guys check out this humble bragging haha
Latham
Raval
Williamson
Taylor
Guptill
Watling
Santner
Sodhi
Henry
Southee
Wagner
>>68261997
look at this permamad virgin
might fly over to South Africa if they do end up hosting a 2018 meme cup lads
I'll just hide in Cape Town the whole time
>>68262020
>u mad bro? i showed him
>>68262029
why bother? there's one here in 2020 anyway?
if you just want to travel to Seth Efrica and watch some cricket at the same time, go during a real cricket tour
>India sending the literal Indian A side to play Zimbabwe
>Poo Peeland are unironically pulling out the big guns against the same team
>be me, nigger
>Indian friend invites me to play some cricket with the Indian student union
>Slinga Malinga lookin ass nigga bowls me some dumb ass fuck balls and I just pelt sixes
>Bowl all the Indian niggas out for golden ducks
Nice "sport" you've got here
>>68262037
seething >we don't get any GOAT20 cups with our babby grounds tbqh
people would unironically show up to the associates games as well
if the GOAT20 cup is after the BBL the attendance figures would take a hammering
>>68262043
I remember this post
>>68262043
>be me, nigger
>slinga malinga
>golden dicks
'no'
>>68262040
gotta pad those stats lad
>>68262051
I think timezones work against >you because they've played these things in shitholes like Bangladesh and Sri Lanka. When India come to Australia they always lobby the fuck out of CA to have maximum number of games in Poorth.
>>68262051
>if the GOAT20 cup is after the BBL the attendance figures would take a hammering
Poo Peeland will LITERALLY be in the BBL by then
>>68262058
We niggas are the only ones who play cricket in the US
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compton_Cricket_Club
>>68262051
Nah, crowds were still strong for the India T20 games. The hardcore cricket autists that avoid the Big Bash show up for internationals alongside the women and children.
>>68262067
Didn't the BCCI refuse to play at the WACA in 2014 because they knew they'd be exposed?
>>68262090
>WACA road
>exposing anyone
kek
India would love to play a test at Perth for those broadcasting shekels. Last time they won a test in Australia was at Perth as well.
The WACA didn't get a test because it's a shithole and no one wants to watch cricket sitting under 40 degree heat with no shelter.
>>68262106
It wasn't a complete road back then.
Reminder >your bowlers were literally frothing at the mouth to get the opportunity to play there last year.
>>68262106
>The WACA didn't get a test because it's a shithole and no one wants to watch cricket sitting under 40 degree heat with no shelter.
This is a truthbomb and it WILL trigger gatebrick.
>>68262106
KEK.
India getting steamrolled in three days at Perth was LITERALLY one of the reasons for the pitch being flattened out
>>68262174
He is LITERALLY correct though. The WACA being shit is completely independent of the pitch and IS the reason the WACA didn't get a Test in '14. The fact they'd rather play infront of nobody in Brisbane says everything.
The WACA pitch is also shit now. Sydney's pitch has been restored, Poorth's has not.
>>68262019
Why dropping Boult over Southee? Southee's been the shitter one
Also I don't really think we need 2 spinners. I know Harare is pretty slow but it'd unironically be better just to treat it as an SA warm up game and try out all our quicks.
>>68262214
It's mostly due to venue size more than anything.
The pitch is shit now because after all the short tests held there CA told them to flatten it out. It hasn't fully recovered since they've still been using new clay and shit, and they've only recently changed over to the old stuff again.
The Gabba is literally the WORST stadium in Australia
>>68262283
based on what?
>>68262283
There's are shitholes in both Darwin and Cairns that hosted Bangladesh once and manage to be even worse
>Cow tattoo
Was at the deli today for lunch (turkey baguette) and I literally saw the doppelganger for Dale Steyn. The memories lads, the memories came flooding back, I didn't see a man before me but a failure, a handsome fucking failure. I felt like just snatching the food out of his hands just to get his reaction. I can't wait for South Africa to tour here again
>>68262300
what's there to do in darwin or cairns?
>>68262225
Southee's better on slow surfaces.
Boult is basically DUDE INSWING LMAO and that's about it.
>>68262300
They aren't really "stadiums" though.
>>68262225
Also it's stupid to treat Zimbabwe as a tryout for South Africa when we have a tour of India and Bongladesh coming up. Sure, if the bowlers are all different then play 4 quicks but they all literally bowl the same shit. Play 4 of them and you're basically playing with a bowling machine.
>>68262504
thats funny, because the last time I saw Boult play he was more DUDE 125KPH "CHIN MUSIC" LMAO
>>68262661
(You)
mfw da bear wins da centuryb owl
What happened to Faulkner lads?
I quite like Woakes actually. He gets a lot of shit for getting picked ahead of other people but he seems like a nice bloke who just hasn't been given enough shots to prove himself.
>>68263412
his FC batting average is 37 and bowling average is 25, he's clearly shown he deserves chances. he bowled well enough in the last test to get in the team ahead of finn now imo unless finn does really well this test and woakes goes to shit again. he probably balances the team well enough for >us to use moeen at 7 as well if we need to, someone with a first class average of 37 at 8 is pretty good
>>68263412
He made a good case for himself last game tbqh
>>68263457
And regardless of what actually happens, it's another nail in the Mark Wood coffin
>>68263554
I was thinking this but Finn's been a little bit off-colour. I originally thought Finn had killed Wood's chances of regaining an immediate spot but he hasn't done too well recently. Really depends on how Wood returns in terms of his pace.
I'm not really sure Woakes is better than Wood as a pure bowler though, and it's not as if England need any more batting.
>>68263554
he's ridiculously injury prone, he made his first class debut 5 years ago and he's only played 30 first class games, so he's averaging 5 a year. he's never going to be able to complete a full english test summer without damaging himself in some way
>>68263386
One trick pony and teams figured out how to neutralise his one trick
He needs to learn another trick or he will stay shit. I quite like him, think he could come again. Should play as a bowler alone in England for the 2019 CWC. Easy to forget he was still the 2nd best bowler after Hastings over the summer in boreDI's.
>>68263457
jack of all trades, master of nothing, exactly like Faulkner who I was just discussing
>>68263615
Wood looks like someone who is going to have a gorillion lower limb soft tissue injuries
t. someone who has had a gorillion lower limb soft tissue injuries
Wouldn't plan my future around him
>>68263615
With the state of cuckfield and compton, they do need the tail length tbqh.
Once the post-manlet middle order is sorted, you'd be right though.
Alright England XI vs Pakistan assuming Stokes is fit again
Cook
Hales
Root
Borthwick
Bairstow
Cuckfield, but could replace him too if we're being harsh
Stokes
Ali
Broad
Finn
Anderson
I'm not a fan of sticking Mo at 8 but someone's got to go there, and Stokes has been demonstrably shit there in the past.
Cook
Hales
Vince(?)
Root
Bairstow (wk)
Stokes
Ali
Woakes
Broad
Finn
Anderson
For the Pakistan series desu
>>68263718
>Hales
stopped reading right there
>>68263659
>he was still the 2nd best bowler after Hastings over the summer in boreDI's.
He was pretty average mate, you can only say that since he was bowling ball alongside Boland and Richardson, guys who are hardly on the top of the list for pyjama bowling
>>68263727
>5 pacers
Not really sure that's necessary, you'd be better off plucking some super green upcoming batsman and sticking him at 7 for no reason other than to get him some test experience. Dan Lawrence?
>>68263730
Not even gonna dignify this with a response
How about
Cook
Hales
Root
Borthwick
Bairstow
Stokes
Ali
Buttler (w)
Broad
Finn
Anderson
for memes
>>68263718
>>68263727
>Bairstow keeping
Can we PLEASE end this meme
Give Jos the nod, move Hales to three and either replace Compton or open with him again, although I'm only saying that last bit because I like the bloke
I'll do one since you are all clueless
Cook
Literally anyone but Fales. I don't know anything about Engish domestic cricket so I'll pick an Australian: Robson
Root
Bitchstow
Bell
Buttler (wk)
Strokes
Allah
Bread
Finn
Blanderson
>>68263659
woakes is a bit quicker than fuckner tho, which is why their willing to persist with him. he's moved the ball slightly later this year in the first game game supposedly rather than just from the arm and that means he's going to get a lot more wickets in tests than he has done. I think he could end up at 7 batting wise as well for england, he's a lot tighter technically than moeen and doesn't give his wicket away unlike ali does sometimes with his airy drives
>>68263801
>>68263807
>LE FUG LE ALEX FAILS XDXDXDXDDX
He is LITERALLY averaging 50 this series. I know you hate him with a raging passion but there is NO fucking way you can drop a guy who isn't really doing anything wrong. He's done better than both Root and Cook.
>>68263832
Whoops didn't mean to quote both
>>68263801
I kinda agree but is it really worth a full spot? They could use the surplus batsman to their advantage and just use Buttler as a specialist keeper, like I said here >>68263799
>it's an england's unnecessarily stacked tail bail out their top order episode
>>68263807
>ian bell back in the team
kek
they have two options with what they want to do selection wise now, as the selectors are generally conserative, like a long batting line up and tend to give batters two series before getting rid
>a:
Cook
Hales
Root
Borthwick
Vince
Bairstow
Stokes
Ali
Woakes/Finn
Broad
Anderson
>b:
Cook
Hales
Borthwick
Root
Bairstow
Stokes
Ali
Woakes
Broad
Finn
Anderson
they seem obsessed with keeping root at 4 even though your best batter should be at 3, blooding borthwick at 3 seems dumb when you can stick him at 4 rather than exposing him to the new ball in the first couple of overs potentially in his first test rather than a man averaging 50 and ranked #2 in batting in world cricket. for me stokes, woakes and ali in some order are good enough to bat 6,7,8 even if stokes is a bit shit or bust and goes long periods without a score, you've got to get him in the team somehow. also the lower you put stokes down the order the more and more he seem so implode so you've kinda got to put him higher
>Woakes' test average is now higher than Compton
>>68263817
pace isn't that relevant in England otherwise Bitchwide wouldn't have been complete trash like he was
Fuckner is, ironically, as good a bowler in English conditions as Hoakes. Fuckner averages like 23-24 in FC cricket because Tasmania were rolling out rank green seamers for a few years and he basically mastered bowling on those along with Jackson Bird. But Fuckner isn't even considered for Test selection because he lacks any outstanding skill that would make him a threat at Test level (be it pace, height/bounce, control over swing/seam). Woakes falls into the same category imo.
Woakes is quickish in the low 140's the last time I saw him but the ball coming out of the hand doesn't do much.
That all said, I'd pick Woakes ahead of Blanderson in Australia in a heartbeat
>>68263863
it's been like this for ages now, used to be even more fun when broad as an actual batter and swann used to come in and have a biff, guaranteed 100 runs in no time at all with non-shit prior at one end and one of those two at the other
>>68263850
It is when Bairstow ruins big wickets like ABDV and Mathews regularly and you're batting down to 8/9 anyway.
Bairstow is a good batsman and I'd much rather see him focus on that then be dragged down by a shared focus on keeping. I've said this before, but I still feel like Buttler will make it in test cricket, and I don't think the team is calling out for him to do it just yet anyway with the batting depth they have
>batviz
What is this sick new meme
Is this the new version of Caltex Techron Power Rating™?
>>68263953
Yeah. I would say it's worth keeping Bairstow on if it was any other team, but the fact that England HAVE to play an accomplished batsman at 8 pretty much no matter what means they could put Buttler there, no pressure if he fails.
>>68263947
I seethed every time Broad and the Muslim were at the crease in the ashes, since >we'd take ages to break the partnership
>>68263997
it's so annoying to watch a 8 or lower get runs I can only imagine having to field for 2+ sessions while an 8 scores big against you must feel like
>>68264076
>>68263997
runs from the tail have literally decided the last three Ashes series
2013: Bread (Nottingham)
2013/14: Haddin & Johnson (brisbane)
2015: Muslim & Bread
Why is TMS so fucking comfy
>>68264076
>Get Smith's wicket and proceed to rip through Australia's lower order in no time
>Ashton Agar scores 98 against you
I can't imagine the frustration
>>68264108
>2015: Muslim & Bread
Uh, that's a funny way of spelling "Australia's shithouse batting"
>>68264136
Cricket on the radio is GOAT and TMS is a top-tier broadcast. ABC is just as good.
I hope for the sake of the game every country has cricket radio as good as TMS and Grandstand
>ywn diversify your portfolio because you had too many derivatives in the technology sector and you don't want your long term future to be held in the whim of random economics with david gower
>>68264138
they got agar stumped on 5 as well and for some reason the 3rd umpire didnt give it out, it was clearly out I was fuming all day
>>68264145
>innings victory in one game
>Smith with a double century in another
:^)
>>68264138
>tfw everyone has forgotten about the true hero of that partnership
;_;
>>68263659
>/cric/ was unironically calling Faulkner the best allrounder in the world and a GOAT finisher 2 years ago
Kek.
>>68264175
You said "decided"
The ashes was decided with >60, m8. It was literally in the balance at the start of it, and 100% England's at the end.
>tfw Hughes was about to get summers of statpadding against India, New Zealand and Test Wendies
>tfw he would have been averaging 70 by now
JUST
>>68264199
he was, in pyjama. He is still the 2nd best allrounder in ODi cricket, after MMarsh
>>68263863
It actually makes me seethe Tbh
Fair play to them that they have the depth and resources to assemble such a team but you can't even enjoy a classic England collapse these days thanks to some chipper cunt like Bairstow or Moeen bailing them out
>>68264208
Hughes was Guptill-tier. This is an objective fact.
ONE meme test before the world figured him out does NOT make him a potential GOAT.
Cook
Warner
Kohli
Roof
Bairstow
Chandimal
Woakes
Amir
Yasir
Mustafizur Rahman
Hazlewood
>>68264206
And it wouldn't have been decided by >60 if it weren't for Cardiff
>>68264236
He was doing very well in first class when he was BTFOd
>>68263615
Wood will literally never play more than 3 tests in a row so Woakes and Finn will always be around.
England are just going to have to be wise about when they pick Wood. At this rate they might be best off keeping him as an Australia/SA specialist, with Woakes doing duty in home tests, Sri Lanka and New Zealand.
Next Ashes will be GOAT if England can find another bowler to help Bread and a decent spinner. If not it will be 5-0 again
>>68264236
Honestly, the quality of your bait is in the gutter. This is just a lazy and half assed effort.
Not often you see guys padding up to left arm spinners. Not often you see guys padding up at all anymore actually. I'm unironically feeling a Bairstow double here too lads, what think we?
>>68264238
Trump Hat Guy is that you?
how do we fix sri lankan cricket?
>>68264255
dont unironically respond to him. Khawaja had a Test average of like 30 back then and Smith had an average of like 23 (literally). We all know what would have happened if he had a run in the side against that garbage Australia faced over the summer
>>68264206
Reminder Kikeal Cuck literally cost them the Ashes by batting first at Edgbaston.
If he'd sent England in and had them at 90/5 it would have quickly scared them off the possibility of preparing a paddock at Trent Bridge. But he fell for the classic >LE BAT LE FIRST AGGRESSION XDXDXD meme and ruined his team's series and his own career in the process.
The Ashes loss and Phil Hughes' death were singlehandedly his own fault. Hughes was sick the day of his death and only played out of desperation. Hughes would have been selected anyways had Clarke not been such an edgy gloryhunting faggot.
>>68264260
It's not bait, it's the truth. For someone who played so much county cricket, averaging 32 after 26 tests is laughable.
>>68264285
>what is sample size
Shut the fuck up before I break your fingers and feed them to you. Khawaja and Smith had played less tests combined than Pooghes.
Try harder next time Zerobenis.
>>68264285
>Khawaja
What even happened there?
I had him pinned as a shield trundler, then he's suddenly scoring runs for fun in Australia A and across the three international formats.
England could beat any test team on earth. FACT.
