Sloop John B Posted January 18, 2016 Share Posted January 18, 2016 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fuctifano Posted January 19, 2016 Share Posted January 19, 2016 That was the last series before Duncan Fletcher came in and one of his things was that everyone should be able to bat. At Test level this is generally standard now, you get very few absolute joke #11s, even Finn and Anderson for England both have a 50 to their name. Think the kiwi Martin was the last one I can think of. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scorge Posted January 19, 2016 Share Posted January 19, 2016 Fuctifano, on 19 Jan 2016 - 08:23, said:Think the kiwi Martin was the last one I can think of. https://youtu.be/4_NsFh-Z4aE 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fuctifano Posted January 19, 2016 Share Posted January 19, 2016 Watched that review, a decent bit of entertainment, there were some absolutely terrible batting performances from both sides but the Kiwis normally found Cairns or Vettori to smash 50 and get them out of it, England couldn't quite do that. Read ducking under Cairns' slower ball and getting bowled is well remembered but I'd forgotten about Parore leaving one off Caddick that hit 3/4 of the way up middle. Also well summed up was England's pre-Fletcher selection policy Team for the first Test Butcher, Stewart, Hussain, Thorpe, Ramprakash, Habib (debut), Read (debut), Caddick, Tudor, Mullally, Tufnell 2nd Test- Headley in for the injured Tudor 3rd test- Hussain injured, Butcher takes over captain, Atherton in. Habib binned, Hick in. 35 year old Such in for Mullally Atherton, Butcher, Stewart, Thorpe, Hick, Ramprakash, Read, Caddick, Headley, Such, Tufnell 4th test was full on England 1990s cricket selection mania- 2 of the selection panel (Gooch and Gower) removed, and as such... Butcher dropped despite being captain last match. Hick dropped because he was Hick after one match where he only got one innings. Read dropped and Stewart takes the gloves. Maddy and Giddins in for debuts, Irani brought in after 3 years, with Mullally back in for Headley Atherton, Maddy, Hussain, Thorpe, Stewart, Ramprakash, Irani, Caddick, Mullally, Tufnell, Giddins I think that typical shambles quite endeared me to English cricket in the 1990s, if they were the more well drilled team of today, though still not world beaters by any stretch, I think I'd have adopted my typical attitude to English sports teams of hoping they'd get pumped. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sloop John B Posted January 19, 2016 Share Posted January 19, 2016 Watched that review, a decent bit of entertainment, there were some absolutely terrible batting performances from both sides but the Kiwis normally found Cairns or Vettori to smash 50 and get them out of it, England couldn't quite do that. Read ducking under Cairns' slower ball and getting bowled is well remembered but I'd forgotten about Parore leaving one off Caddick that hit 3/4 of the way up middle. Also well summed up was England's pre-Fletcher selection policy Team for the first Test Butcher, Stewart, Hussain, Thorpe, Ramprakash, Habib (debut), Read (debut), Caddick, Tudor, Mullally, Tufnell 2nd Test- Headley in for the injured Tudor 3rd test- Hussain injured, Butcher takes over captain, Atherton in. Habib binned, Hick in. 35 year old Such in for Mullally Atherton, Butcher, Stewart, Thorpe, Hick, Ramprakash, Read, Caddick, Headley, Such, Tufnell 4th test was full on England 1990s cricket selection mania- 2 of the selection panel (Gooch and Gower) removed, and as such... Butcher dropped despite being captain last match. Hick dropped because he was Hick after one match where he only got one innings. Read dropped and Stewart takes the gloves. Maddy and Giddins in for debuts, Irani brought in after 3 years, with Mullally back in for Headley Atherton, Maddy, Hussain, Thorpe, Stewart, Ramprakash, Irani, Caddick, Mullally, Tufnell, Giddins I think that typical shambles quite endeared me to English cricket in the 1990s, if they were the more well drilled team of today, though still not world beaters by any stretch, I think I'd have adopted my typical attitude to English sports teams of hoping they'd get pumped. Compare to now when Alistair Cook is going to have to go on a Chris Martinesque bad run to get dropped. When you watch the classic games/players on Sky. The standard is at times rank rotten, amazing how quickly the standard has gone up everywhere. The coaches comments post game were brilliant. 'visiting teams are more up for playing at Lords than we are' Complaining about the media pressure when they wasted no time dropping someone if they had a poor game is superbly awful leadership. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scorge Posted January 19, 2016 Share Posted January 19, 2016 Aye, it's an enlightening watch, especially for the younger 'uns who didn't see it first hand. Highlight for me is Cairns belting Tufnell all over the Oval. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eednud Posted January 20, 2016 Share Posted January 20, 2016 South Australia's bowler Chadd Sayers only uncapped player selected in Australian squad for next month's tour of NZ. http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-01-20/australia-names-chadd-sayers-for-two-test-tour-of-new-zealand/7100948 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swarley Posted January 20, 2016 Share Posted January 20, 2016 Absolute collapse from India here. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eednud Posted January 20, 2016 Share Posted January 20, 2016 309/3, 308/8, 295/6 batting first then tonight 323 and India still haven't won a game. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmothecat Posted January 22, 2016 Share Posted January 22, 2016 Good start for South Africa. 106-1. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peasy23 Posted January 22, 2016 Share Posted January 22, 2016 England playing like a team that has the series wrapped up, another stunning catch from Taylor at short leg. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjw Posted January 22, 2016 Share Posted January 22, 2016 Going to be punished here for the missed chances. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peasy23 Posted January 22, 2016 Share Posted January 22, 2016 Going to be punished here for the missed chances. Yep, after all the talk of of trying to depose SA as number one Test side they are in danger of handing them a cheap win. Bowling hasn't been great either, Woakes was too short far too often this morning. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
booitsme7 Posted January 22, 2016 Share Posted January 22, 2016 Century for Amla and you would expect Stephen Cook (89*) to get to his as well. 221-1 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wulliemc Posted January 22, 2016 Share Posted January 22, 2016 Another cook with a century on debut 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peasy23 Posted January 22, 2016 Share Posted January 22, 2016 Another cook with a century on debut The 100th player to score a ton on his Test debut. #factoid :-) 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmothecat Posted January 22, 2016 Share Posted January 22, 2016 Cook has now scored more in this innings than his English namesake has in the entire series. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peasy23 Posted January 22, 2016 Share Posted January 22, 2016 Some turn around, SA slump to 273-5. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
booitsme7 Posted January 22, 2016 Share Posted January 22, 2016 SA end day 1 on 329-5. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peasy23 Posted January 22, 2016 Share Posted January 22, 2016 Good recovery from SA after losing those 4 wickets for less than 40 runs. England bowled very poorly in the morning, dropped a couple of chances but the line and length was far too inconsistent. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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