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if it was my call today i would be looking to bowl as close to 80 overs today as possible so if we need it there is a new ball available first thing tomorrow morning when my bowlers are fresh
so that means batting around 18 overs this morning with there being 98 overs in the day to make up time |
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#4377 |
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I am saying your post is an over reaction. I have actually said I would have put them in too so i am not going against any commentator. Please read my post
Also which points would you like me to respond to ? To summarise. I am not saying what he did was what i would have done, i am merely saying he doesnt deserve the comments on here The decision not to enforce the follow on was absurd IMO, for the reasons I've already given. Your opinion that 'absurd' is an over-reaction is also fine, but if you don't back that up, I am left wondering how to respond properly and not just challenging you to a handbags at dawn duel.
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#4378 |
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Bold declaration inside the first hour.
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Bold declaration inside the first hour.
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Bold declaration inside the first hour.
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And yet again despite giving Root the time at the crease, he failed to make a century batting third.
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And yet again despite giving Root the time at the crease, he failed to make a century batting third.
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And yet again despite giving Root the time at the crease, he failed to make a century batting third.
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Oh gosh... I have read your post. Why do people feel the need to say that? If you don't understand/like/agree with the point I'm making, it doesn't mean I haven't read your post. I don't feel much inclined to repeat my other posts, as all the points you could have responded to are in there already.
The decision not to enforce the follow on was absurd IMO, for the reasons I've already given. Your opinion that 'absurd' is an over-reaction is also fine, but if you don't back that up, I am left wondering how to respond properly and not just challenging you to a handbags at dawn duel. ![]() ![]() The reason i asked if you had read my post was because you said i had gone against every captain etc but i hadnt because i actually said i would have done that too. My beef is with the over reaction to it. It's happened so lets leave it and move on but some people on here, and social media, are making out that Cook has cost us the world when he hasn't lost us a thing. |
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Bold declaration inside the first hour.
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#4386 |
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I dont have a handbag. I have a man bag if i am allowed to use that
![]() The reason i asked if you had read my post was because you said i had gone against every captain etc but i hadnt because i actually said i would have done that too. My beef is with the over reaction to it. It's happened so lets leave it and move on but some people on here, and social media, are making out that Cook has cost us the world when he hasn't lost us a thing. ![]() ![]() ![]() Thanks for a nice reply - I'm glad that this didn't blow over into 'politics thread' style personal arguments. Probably my fault for not being clearer, but I didn't say that you'd gone against every captain, but rather all the commentators, and that wasn't about the follow-on itself, but that they were also saying it was the wrong decision in 'robust' terms, as I was. I do agree that chances are Cook hasn't cost us a thing, but I also agree with Vic Marks' evaluation on that point, which I mentioned earlier. Thanks again.
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England Lions going well against Sri Lanka A. 300/1 - 151 for Ben Duckett and 116 for Daniel Bell-Drummond
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Sometimes it's prudent to change the subject
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Satchels it is, then!
![]() ![]() ![]() Thanks for a nice reply - I'm glad that this didn't blow over into 'politics thread' style personal arguments. Probably my fault for not being clearer, but I didn't say that you'd gone against every captain, but rather all the commentators, and that wasn't about the follow-on itself, but that they were also saying it was the wrong decision in 'robust' terms, as I was. I do agree that chances are Cook hasn't cost us a thing, but I also agree with Vic Marks' evaluation on that point, which I mentioned earlier. Thanks again. ![]() ![]()
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No worries Makeba. We are both sort of singing from the same hymn sheet, just in different keys
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What chances do people here give of England being the number 1 ranked test side by the next ashes series? (i.e. November 2017)
If they win this series, win/draw against India, surely they must be on target? One wonders though how long Jimmy has got left even if they get there, he'll be 35 next year. Still performing brilliantly though. |
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Stokesy's calf has gone will probably miss the rest of the series if it's a tear
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Anderson apparently is struggling too.
England victory suddenly not looking so nailed on as did at lunch. |
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What chances do people here give of England being the number 1 ranked test side by the next ashes series? (i.e. November 2017)
If they win this series, win/draw against India, surely they must be on target? One wonders though how long Jimmy has got left even if they get there, he'll be 35 next year. Still performing brilliantly though. |
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England Lions going well against Sri Lanka A. 300/1 - 151 for Ben Duckett and 116 for Daniel Bell-Drummond
edit : lions finish on 425-1 with duckett making 220* and bell-drummond 171* |
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been a few big scores by the lions this summer , malan and billings made big 100s in the last couple of weeks as well
Thought it would be a close series since pakistan/sri lanka picked a really strong squad so too thrash both teams says a lot in the talent England got in the white game. Think England lions needs to organise more first class games in england and concentrate more on that format since that probably the format where england are struggling to find cricketers at the moment. . |
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Stokesy's calf has gone will probably miss the rest of the series if it's a tear
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Anderson apparently is struggling too.
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#4398 |
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big gamble by younus to try and put pressure on ali with england nursing a couple of injuries goes very wrong
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So moving onto the next test. Any ideas about our squad for the Brum one. Vince and Ballance can continue on with their mediocre batting in my sympathetic and benificent view.
I'd then select Ball and Finn and see which has the strongest case for getting into the attack. |
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So moving onto the next test. Any ideas about our squad for the Brum one. Vince and Ballance can continue on with their mediocre batting in my sympathetic and benificent view.
I'd then select Ball and Finn and see which has the strongest case for getting into the attack. |
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