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If there was an injury between Tests to Cook, could an option be to bring back Bell as an one-test skip?
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The fact that he uses 'Strauss clone' as an insult, given England's record under Strauss, says it all.
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i seem to remember a series in the WI where strauss's negative decision making as a captain when it came to declarations cost us the series
i dont think cook is a terrible captain but he certainly isn't a good captain, he is quite negative and has a poor record of handling spin bowlers. whilst i wont go as far as the other posters i think he has all the poor qualities strauss had as a captain and not as many of the good ones he has improved over the last couple of years but things like the way he handled getting dropped for the last world cup imo showed his flaws. defending him purely on his record of matches won when we play more test cricket now and he has been captain for as many games as he has is a misleading use of stats. he has been captain of one of our better test teams relative to the strength world wide and the record reflects that as much as his captaincy. Not sure about his handling of spinners, not sure what he can do if they keep on serving buffet balls. Not as easy as captaining Swann. |
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It's not that misleading at all, it's a team he's helped mold, getting rid of some horrible influences. You can't slate people and then just not give them any credit for anything. In the end it's not like he's captaining the great Oz team of decades, or Windies of the 80s. We've about 4 (including him) very good players, the rest have just performed at surprising times, which indicate team spirit. Keeping faith with Woakes when many would have dropped him for instance.
Not sure about his handling of spinners, not sure what he can do if they keep on serving buffet balls. Not as easy as captaining Swann. i didn't say he is captaining a great team, i said he is captaining one of the better england teams we have had when compared to the overall strength of test cricket how do you know whether it was his decision to keep faith in woakes? woakes only got selected because of the injury to stokes, not because cook fought for him. i'll repeat what i said, i dont think he is a terrible captain but he certainly isn't a good one. |
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Can someone justify why on earth we are batting ?
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Can someone justify why on earth we are batting ?
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BiB - when i read that, i read that as "getting rid of anyone who isn't a yes man"
i didn't say he is captaining a great team, i said he is captaining one of the better england teams we have had when compared to the overall strength of test cricket how do you know whether it was his decision to keep faith in woakes? woakes only got selected because of the injury to stokes, not because cook fought for him. i'll repeat what i said, i dont think he is a terrible captain but he certainly isn't a good one. Of course you read it that way. In the end we're performing more as a team now. Bloke that caused most of the fuss is barely able to walk, let alone play Test cricket. BIB, I don't really, but he has an influence so it's a reasonable belief, like we don't know if it wasn't Bayliss that wanted to bat again. In the end he's turning into a very good winning captain, by no means perfect, but who is. Nice start by us. Getting back to the cricket. quite an important innings for Hales to get some runs against this attack. |
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Can someone justify why on earth we are batting ?
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Looks like the conditions should help the swing bowlers
Chance of the weather intervening as well so England may enforce the follow on if the opportunity arises ![]() Quote:
I'm old enough the remember the days of Sunday being a rest day in Tests. Just shows how much cricket has changed over the years.
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Can someone justify why on earth we are batting ?
1. You have to take another 10 wickets so you might as well get on with it. 2. England have 5 front line bowlers ( If you include Ali) They only have to bowl 90 overs in a day max, 3. Cook now has to time a declaration. 4. There is now more chance they could lose the game although I accept that they will not. 5. More chance of getting a draw |
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India nearing a victory after enforcing the follow on as West Indies are struggling at 106/6, still 200+ behind
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Bit of a role reversal going on
Cook 38* off 32 and Hales 23* off 47 |
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Hales out for 24. That little innings didn't do him much good.
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Still not convinced by Hales I'm afraid, but I guess we can't carry on chopping and changing at opener. They do all seem to be much-of-a-muchness, average-wise.
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Straight from the mouth of Paul Farbrace - Nothing to do with protecting the bowlers at all, it was purely to get the runs on the board now rather than have to possibly chase later on. Wanted to bat whilst the pitch was at its best for batting
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Straight from the mouth of Paul Farbrace - Nothing to do with protecting the bowlers at all, it was purely to get the runs on the board now rather than have to possibly chase later on. Wanted to bat whilst the pitch was at its best for batting
Well that makes it an even worse decision in my eyes |
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Well that makes it an even worse decision in my eyes
You don't think Yasir Shah could have been dangerous on a fifth day pitch? It's a perfectly normal decision on a pitch that does go on the last day. Again I wouldn't have done it, but it's really not the outlandish decision people are saying. Lots of media getting mad because there's less likelihood of a day off and a game of golf now, Botham and Warne had probably already booked the tee-time which they'd no doubt bore us with when they were next on air, so every cloud.... |
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You don't think Yasir Shah could have been dangerous on a fifth day pitch?
It's a perfectly normal decision on a pitch that does go on the last day. Again I wouldn't have done it, but it's really not the outlandish decision people are saying. Lots of media getting mad because there's less likelihood of a day off and a game of golf now, Botham and Warne had probably already booked the tee-time which they'd no doubt bore us with when they were next on air, so every cloud.... worrying about having to face yasir shah on a 5th day pitch when your opponents would need to score 500 runs in their second innings to make it an issue is a pretty cautious approach |
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Im not bothered that Cook followed on England will still win anyway and now it is likely to go into a fifth day
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Straight from the mouth of Paul Farbrace - Nothing to do with protecting the bowlers at all, it was purely to get the runs on the board now rather than have to possibly chase later on. Wanted to bat whilst the pitch was at its best for batting
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You don't think Yasir Shah could have been dangerous on a fifth day pitch?
It's a perfectly normal decision on a pitch that does go on the last day. Again I wouldn't have done it, but it's really not the outlandish decision people are saying. Lots of media getting mad because there's less likelihood of a day off and a game of golf now, Botham and Warne had probably already booked the tee-time which they'd no doubt bore us with when they were next on air, so every cloud.... |
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You don't think Yasir Shah could have been dangerous on a fifth day pitch?
It's a perfectly normal decision on a pitch that does go on the last day. Again I wouldn't have done it, but it's really not the outlandish decision people are saying. Lots of media getting mad because there's less likelihood of a day off and a game of golf now, Botham and Warne had probably already booked the tee-time which they'd no doubt bore us with when they were next on air, so every cloud.... With no weather interuptions, Pakistan would have to score at over 3 an over to get to parity by close of play on Day 4 Not sure they are in the form ( or have the ability) to do that I understand the reasons for batting again, I just totally disagree with them |
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We were never gonna get anything other then a comfortable innings win Pakistan might have dug in a bit more but they don't have the patience to frustrate for long
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If we were 'only' 200 ahead, I may agree with you but we were nearly 400 ahead
With no weather interuptions, Pakistan would have to score at over 3 an over to get to parity by close of play on Day 4 Not sure they are in the form ( or have the ability) to do that I understand the reasons for batting again, I just totally disagree with them England winning the match won't prove the decision right or wrong. |
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Sorry for going on one earlier.
Guess at the end of the day we are in a great position. What kinda got me earlier was, as this is a Super Series, with the Tests, ODi and T20, all put together I was worried it could have ended as a Draw. As a draw would have us 6-2 down, at least with a win we would be 4-4 |
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India score 566-8 dec
And won by an innings and 92 runs you need to be ruthless and kick your opponents while there down |
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Who's next-in-line, say in 2 - 3 years? Probably Root - but could he take over now for a couple of Tests if Cook were injured?
*Edit* How many of the current squad have captained their own county (for more than one game)? |
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