die hard doonhamer Posted December 23, 2019 Share Posted December 23, 2019 47 minutes ago, Tynierose said: On BBC. I picked my 11 without a great deal of debate. Order might change right enough. No Trott as an option who may have made 3 instead of Belly I had Woakes instead of Tremlett, but there's not much in it. Trott/Bell and Prior/Bairstow were the other points of debate for me. Sitting and working it out really highlighted to me how light the pace options have been beyond Anderson and Broad for the last decade, there is no-one that really stands out as the definitive third seamer. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Savage Henry Posted December 23, 2019 Share Posted December 23, 2019 I had Woakes instead of Tremlett, but there's not much in it. Trott/Bell and Prior/Bairstow were the other points of debate for me. Sitting and working it out really highlighted to me how light the pace options have been beyond Anderson and Broad for the last decade, there is no-one that really stands out as the definitive third seamer.It should have been Wood, had he been able to stay fit. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bully Wee Villa Posted December 23, 2019 Share Posted December 23, 2019 Woakes has an average of 27 and offers plenty with the bat. He's clearly ahead of Tremlett. What I found dispiriting was the lack of decent openers. Cook, obviously, then... well I had to pick Strauss but he retired in 2012. Hopefully the 2020s will see an improvement at the top of the order. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Tarmo Kink Posted December 23, 2019 Share Posted December 23, 2019 KP the only deserving one 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
die hard doonhamer Posted December 23, 2019 Share Posted December 23, 2019 14 minutes ago, Bully Wee Villa said: Woakes has an average of 27 and offers plenty with the bat. He's clearly ahead of Tremlett. What I found dispiriting was the lack of decent openers. Cook, obviously, then... well I had to pick Strauss but he retired in 2012. Hopefully the 2020s will see an improvement at the top of the order. Yep, the only one worthy of being in that conversation is Burns, and it's really early days for him. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peasy23 Posted December 24, 2019 Share Posted December 24, 2019 Ben Stokes could miss the first test after his Dad was admitted to hospital where he remains critically ill.https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/amp/cricket/50900919?__twitter_impression=true 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Savage Henry Posted December 24, 2019 Share Posted December 24, 2019 Ben Stokes could miss the first test after his Dad was admitted to hospital where he remains critically ill.https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/amp/cricket/50900919?__twitter_impression=trueHorrible situation to be in. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peasy23 Posted December 24, 2019 Share Posted December 24, 2019 Horrible situation to be in. Aye, dreadful stuff. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peasy23 Posted December 26, 2019 Share Posted December 26, 2019 England's line up. BurnsSibleyDenlyRootStokesBairstowButtlerCurranArcherAndersonBroad Stokes's Dad in a stable condition, Bairstow in for Pope who is ill, while Leach still hasn't fully recovered from illness but would probably have missed out as England would have gone for 5 seamers anyway. Anderson chucks down a loosener first ball, and Elgar feathers it down the leg side through to the keeper. 0/1. There was a slight delay at the start after a photographer tripped over something when he was getting set up and had to be stretchered away, don't know if that affected Elgar's concentration, but it was a shocker of a shot. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Savage Henry Posted December 26, 2019 Share Posted December 26, 2019 Talksport. Sigh. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peasy23 Posted December 26, 2019 Share Posted December 26, 2019 Second wicket for England as Markham clips Curran to Bairstow at midwicket. 32-2. Having won the toss and decided to bowl England need at least another wicket before lunch. SA obviously worried as Faf du Plessis has moved himself up the order 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peasy23 Posted December 26, 2019 Share Posted December 26, 2019 79-3 for the Saffers at lunch. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Savage Henry Posted December 26, 2019 Share Posted December 26, 2019 Nice Bob Willis tribute on at the moment. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arthur Orton Posted December 26, 2019 Share Posted December 26, 2019 (edited) The little fella takes another wicket. Big half hour ahead with Faf and the fantastically named, dangerous, dashing, Quinny De Kock at crease. 97-4 Edited December 26, 2019 by Tynierose 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Tarmo Kink Posted December 26, 2019 Share Posted December 26, 2019 Elgar, Markram and van der Dussen are all very dangerous so impressive to take them out early. I like the look of Hamza, he played well in his Test in India. The two best batsmen in right now though. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Savage Henry Posted December 26, 2019 Share Posted December 26, 2019 Archer is bowling himself out the team here. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peasy23 Posted December 26, 2019 Share Posted December 26, 2019 Archer is bowling himself out the team here. Aye, he's not been great. Very inconsistent on both line and length. Good fight back by the Saffers to be fair, De Kock and Pretorius putting some pressure back onto the bowlers. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaggyness Posted December 26, 2019 Share Posted December 26, 2019 De kock played well but you still feel had this been a top level bowling attack then SA should have been all out around the 200 mark. Having said that England's fielding in general has been extremely good, stopping runs, holding on to catches. Both been done excellently. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peasy23 Posted December 26, 2019 Share Posted December 26, 2019 An absolute shocker of a wasted review by England on a ball by Curran that was going well down leg side. He gets his reward soon after though for another decent spell, Pretorius edging one to Root who takes his 3rd catch of the day. Not much batting left in this SA line up, a lot resting on de Kock now.Stokes has been off the field for quite a while, apparently dehydrated. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peasy23 Posted December 26, 2019 Share Posted December 26, 2019 As nice as this looks, I can only picture the pool scene in Caddyshack when I see stuff like this in sports stadia. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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