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Match Betting Live 2/1 England 9/4 Draw 5/4 Pakistan |
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But it's your first quote above that I still don't understand, as a general point. I don't understand why anyone would worry about having only 4 specialist batsmen if the all-rounders were good batsmen themselves. I don't see having extra bowling options as spoiling the balance - I see it as a bonus. I don't think anyone complained about balance when Kallis was batting higher up in the order for SA, and so on.
(Just to be 100% clear, I'm not comparing Moeen to Kallis, but making a general point, just as you appear to be doing in that quote.) my position here is that if we were to decide that vince needed to be replaced i do not agree with the principle of picking someone who wouldn't get into the team on their batting alone but try to justify it on the basis of "at least they give us another bowling option" when we really should not need that extra bowling , and that i would prefer to pick someone purely on their batting ability |
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Pakistan 6/4 now a Stan James.......I've a nibble on the basis that england will probably lose 3 or 4 wickets before drawing level......then Pakistan would be odds on.....then you can hedge on England !
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Dont forget the rain ....a draw could still happen
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Umpires are getting jittery as the pakis lead was suddenly under threat. Easy answer take Anderson out for overstepping by one inch !
If that sounds like biased bilious argument then it is. |
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my position here is that if we were to decide that vince needed to be replaced i do not agree with the principle of picking someone who wouldn't get into the team on their batting alone but try to justify it on the basis of "at least they give us another bowling option" when we really should not need that extra bowling , and that i would prefer to pick someone purely on their batting ability
Speaking specifically now, though - Moeen in your opinion isn't good enough as a batsmen, whilst I think that's open to debate. But as I have said already, given the current choices available, I would have no problem whatsoever replacing Vince or Ballance with Moeen and then getting in a front-line spinner. The extra bowling would be a bonus. |
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I absolutely agree with that and don't think I have said anything to the contrary.
Speaking specifically now, though - Moeen in your opinion isn't good enough as a batsmen, whilst I think that's open to debate. But as I have said already, given the current choices available, I would have no problem whatsoever replacing Vince or Ballance with Moeen and then getting in a front-line spinner. The extra bowling would be a bonus. you are not improving the batting side of the team by replacing a batsman with a bowler, what we would be doing is weakening the batting and adding an extra bowler that we shouldn't actually need what i am saying is if we decide that vince needs to be replaced we should look to improve the team not weaken it, bringing in a borthwick or a hildreth might not work but at least its being done for the right reason imo |
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The stats do seem to go against what would seem likely
Opening partnership of 35 off 10 overs with Cook 29 off 24 balls and Hales 5 off 37 balls !! |
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The stats do seem to go against what would seem likely
Opening partnership of 35 off 10 overs with Cook 29 off 24 balls and Hales 5 off 37 balls !! dont know if its just nerves and he plays at deliveries early that he leaves later or not |
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the reason i am against that is i dont think that solves the problem we have
you are not improving the batting side of the team by replacing a batsman with a bowler, what we would be doing is weakening the batting and adding an extra bowler that we shouldn't actually need what i am saying is if we decide that vince needs to be replaced we should look to improve the team not weaken it, bringing in a borthwick or a hildreth might not work but at least its being done for the right reason imo I think your analysis depends on believing that Borthwick (et al) is a solid better bat than Moeen, but Moeen was a top-order batsmen until England bumped him down the order and gave him an 'all-rounder slot'. I don't see this as cut and dried as I think your posts are saying. |
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In the meantime, who's this plodder that England have opening with Cook?
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This just shows our lack of trust in spinners. Pakistan bring on Yasir after 14 overs, we brought on Ali after 50 odd
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This just shows our lack of trust in spinners. Pakistan bring on Yasir after 14 overs, we brought on Ali after 50 odd
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I wish they had Sulla. In my old club cricket days on artificial pitches you needed chalk to mark the batsmans guard out. Something similar could help the bowler get it right.
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I absolutely agree with that and don't think I have said anything to the contrary.
Speaking specifically now, though - Moeen in your opinion isn't good enough as a batsmen, whilst I think that's open to debate. But as I have said already, given the current choices available, I would have no problem whatsoever replacing Vince or Ballance with Moeen and then getting in a front-line spinner. The extra bowling would be a bonus. |
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Mooen has now had 46 test innings. Thanks to his 63 in the first innings, his average is now 30. This does not make him a test batter
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Overall, I do agree with you, but at this moment in time, I wouldn't mind bumping up Moeen in order to bring in Rashid, who is better than a tail-ender with the bat.
I think your analysis depends on believing that Borthwick (et al) is a solid better bat than Moeen, but Moeen was a top-order batsmen until England bumped him down the order and gave him an 'all-rounder slot'. I don't see this as cut and dried as I think your posts are saying. its about whether borthwick is a better batsman than rashid or whether rashid is a better bowler than moeen i repeat what i said earlier, the problem i believe we are trying to solve is how to improve our batting and we dont do that by dropping a batsman and replacing him with a bowler by dropping vince and just moving everyone up a spot and dropping in another bowler at #9 we weaken the batting, or at best dont improve it, and what we gain is another bowler that we shouldn't need. overall we aren't really doing anything to make the TEAM better if we are going to make changes at least try to do something that might make us better not just say "well it cant be any worse" |
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Understood, but I think he's been mucked about a lot in the order, which won't have helped him.
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At 32 behind it is major advantage England now.
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i think thats where we are disagreeing
its about whether borthwick is a better batsman than rashid or whether rashid is a better bowler than moeen i repeat what i said earlier, the problem i believe we are trying to solve is how to improve our batting and we dont do that by dropping a batsman and replacing him with a bowler by dropping vince and just moving everyone up a spot and dropping in another bowler at #9 we weaken the batting, or at best dont improve it, and what we gain is another bowler that we shouldn't need. overall we aren't really doing anything to make the TEAM better if we are going to make changes at least try to do something that might make us better not just say "well it cant be any worse" |
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me and bhav mentioned this during the first test i think, cook quite often scores his first 20 or so runs quickly and then settles down
dont know if its just nerves and he plays at deliveries early that he leaves later or not Hales has nearly caught Cook now (albeit off a lot more deliveries) |
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If Rashid is brought in for Vince and Mo bats at 3 and isn't our front line spinner we don't have that issue because Ali is playing as a batsman
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If Rashid is brought in for Vince and Mo bats at 3 and isn't our front line spinner we don't have that issue because Ali is playing as a batsman
he wouldn't bat at #3 anyway as we wouldn't move root back down put it this way a 5/6/7 of bairstow/moeen/woakes does not inspire me with any confidence whatsoever |
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yes we do, as ali is already in the team and already bats, the personnel change we would be making is dropping a batsman for a bowler to try and improve the batting
he wouldn't bat at #3 anyway as we wouldn't move root back down put it this way a 5/6/7 of bairstow/moeen/woakes does not inspire me with any confidence whatsoever
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After reading you for all these years let's be honest a 5/6/7 of Stewart/Gooch/Botham wouldn't either
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if thats how you feel then there is no point discussing anything with you, welcome to my ignore list
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