Bishop Briggs Posted August 5, 2019 Share Posted August 5, 2019 5 hours ago, Bully Wee Villa said: I wouldn't be amazed if Ali gets taken out and replaced with an extra batsman, leaving Root and Denley as the only spinners for Lords. Replace Ali with Leach. Archer, if fit, replaces Anderson. Drop Bairstow, Buttler keeps wicket. Denly was poor at Edgbaston can be dropped too. Bring in an experienced batsman and Sam Curran. Woakes should move up the order with Buttler dropping down the order. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pandarilla Posted August 5, 2019 Share Posted August 5, 2019 There won't be many changes I reckon. Denly will stay, as will buttler and bairstow. None of them deserve to be punted at this stage, and there's not loads of other options for the batting. Archer or the stone will be in in for Anderson. Possibly a replacement for Ali as well. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madmitch Posted August 6, 2019 Share Posted August 6, 2019 12 hours ago, peasy23 said: And anybody who was looking forward to seeing Brendon McCullum in the Euro T20 can forget it, he's chucked it too after the GT20 in Canada finishes. Shame that, it would have be nice to have had him playing in Scotland. I'm lucky to have seen him in three T20 games. Anyone that thinks cricket is boring hasn't seen Brendon bat. Fantastic career including the fastest century in a test match against the Aussies. Go well Brendon most exciting cricketer to watch ever for me. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muzza81 Posted August 6, 2019 Share Posted August 6, 2019 18 hours ago, peasy23 said: And anybody who was looking forward to seeing Brendon McCullum in the Euro T20 can forget it, he's chucked it too after the GT20 in Canada finishes. Anyone managed to buy tickets for this yet? Still seems to be impossible. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Savage Henry Posted August 6, 2019 Share Posted August 6, 2019 14 hours ago, pandarilla said: There won't be many changes I reckon. Denly will stay, as will buttler and bairstow. None of them deserve to be punted at this stage, and there's not loads of other options for the batting. Archer or the stone will be in in for Anderson. Possibly a replacement for Ali as well. Sam Curran, perhaps, if they think it'll be a non-turning track, but that would require another change for the spinner. Ali makes the balance of the side right. Yes, he's seemingly forgotten how to bat, but he's a beautiful batsman when right. Having him at eight and Bairstow at 7 is ideal, because it allows you to play a genuine number 11 in Anderson and a pretty hit-or-miss Broad at 10 without worrying about having a tail. Those of us of a certain age will recall the likes of Andy Caddick batting at 8, with Alan Mullally, Phil Tufnell, and Ed Giddins behind him. Four number eleven batsmen. Woakes isn't nearly the batsman Ali is, but if you do drop Ali you push Woakes up to 8 and bring in an out and out spinner - Bess, or whoever. I've heard chatter that Woakes might be hurt as well though, which pretty much would force either a completely different balance or keeping Ali. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Tarmo Kink Posted August 6, 2019 Share Posted August 6, 2019 India - Windies 3rd T20I on Sky Main Event right now. Pollard guided the Windies to 146/6 after Narine, Lewis and Hetmyer did their typical early collapses. India 10-1 after 2 now,Dhawan out already. Rahul and Kohli in now. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Tarmo Kink Posted August 6, 2019 Share Posted August 6, 2019 India win by 7 wickets with 5 balls remaining. 65 not out for Rishabh Pant who is an exceptional cricketer for a 21 year old. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Moomintroll Posted August 6, 2019 Share Posted August 6, 2019 I remember when Glen Chapple bowled with a broken leg to win the County Championship Trophy. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Tarmo Kink Posted August 6, 2019 Share Posted August 6, 2019 Can’t believe Steve Smith got best player of the first test. Moeen Ali absolutely robbed IMO.On another note, Jofra taking 6-27 and scoring 108 off 99 in the Sussex 2nds game is good stuff knowing that he lasted the game and was out batting for a lot longer than he normally would. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fuctifano Posted August 6, 2019 Share Posted August 6, 2019 Wooooooooooooooofffffffffffffffff 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Moomintroll Posted August 7, 2019 Share Posted August 7, 2019 I need to salute Stuart Broad much as I have criticised him previously, he appears to be the only English pace bowler that can stay fit for more than a week, Ollie Stone never plays but he has went the same way as Mark Wood. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Tarmo Kink Posted August 7, 2019 Share Posted August 7, 2019 The Aussies 46/1 against Worcs right now with Harris already out. Bancroft and Khawaja batting just now. No Warner, Smith, Lyon, Cummins or Pattinson either. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peasy23 Posted August 7, 2019 Share Posted August 7, 2019 Got in from the football just in time to catch the end of Colin Ackerman setting new record bowling figures for T20, 7-18 from his 4 overs, not surprising it helped the Foxes to a comfortable win over the Bears. First bowler ever to take 7 wickets in a T20 match. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benjamin_Nevis Posted August 8, 2019 Share Posted August 8, 2019 Check the seething top rated comments on HYS for this Glenn McGrath article https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/49242377 This is my favourite "Throughout the years this man has been incredibly nasty. Vicious in the field. The BBC show their anti English Sportsman bias again by givinghim a column. The Aussie crowds more than boo our team. Broad had a terrible onslaught from them. The English in the crowd there are scattered to nullify them. Cmon lads, take a second wind and bounce back. [emoji1022]" HYS has been absolutely fantastic reading since Edgbaston. Particularly enjoyed the various pish about Atherton's cheating being everything from an accident to a conspiracy, to "well that's different". f**k knows what will happen at Lords. There's been some bonkers scoring there over the years 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Tarmo Kink Posted August 8, 2019 Share Posted August 8, 2019 Zimbabwe have been fucked off (again) so that guarantees that at least one associate team will make the Super 12s at next years World T20. Scotland would be favourites for that spot on current form and are arguably ahead of Ireland (and Zimbabwe) in the T20 format anyway. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Tarmo Kink Posted August 8, 2019 Share Posted August 8, 2019 Reduced 34-over ODI between India and the Windies on Sky right now. Chris Gayle delaying his retirement to score 9 runs to beat Brian Lara’s record, only to score 4 off 31 balls, is very amusing. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Tarmo Kink Posted August 8, 2019 Share Posted August 8, 2019 Hashim Amla retires from all international cricket 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaggyness Posted August 9, 2019 Share Posted August 9, 2019 As widely suspected Ali dropped from squad for 2nd test with leach replacing him 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peasy23 Posted August 9, 2019 Share Posted August 9, 2019 As widely suspected Ali dropped from squad for 2nd test with leach replacing himSuspect Curran will be 12th man again so it will be 2 straight swaps in the bowling department. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Tarmo Kink Posted August 9, 2019 Share Posted August 9, 2019 Curran unlucky to miss out again despite being an annoying little p***k (again) in the recent Blast game. Suspect we won’t see him in unless Buttler gets dropped or there’s another bowling injury. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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