******Cricket Thread******

[blue12]

Shambolic batting again

 

[Wretched Vengeance]

We're a shambles.

 

[andyhinch]

Five down. New Zealand on top all of a sudden.

Make that 6, follow on anyone ?

 

[BLUEMATT23]

What are we playing at?
Clueless!!

 

[Dr Jacoby]

Our prospects in the Ashes don’t look great at the moment.

Even with the likes of Stokes, Archer, Buttler and Woakes to possibly return, our batting looks terribly frail and we lack a top quality spinner.

We should really give either Virdi or Parkinson an opportunity.

 

[Gray]

Lawrence and Bracey - who the hell are they?

 

[ancoats]

Our prospects in the Ashes don’t look great at the moment.

Even with the likes of Stokes, Archer, Buttler and Woakes to possibly return, our batting looks terribly frail and we lack a top quality spinner.

We should really give either Virdi or Parkinson an opportunity.

this was the argument last year and should have been addressed then
anderson should not in any plans for the ashes and a spinner should be bedded in the team and settled

we have not got any chance in the winter ashes and it will be 5.0 and over before christmas
then all the pundits will batter the team and ECB and it will be the same in 4 year time

 

[Alan Harper's Tash]

How much cricket has Jos Buttler played over the past couple of years? He seems to be constantly rested!

 

[dadnlad]

get ready for " the pitch has died " as soon as new Zealand bat

 

[GaudinoMotors]

What a surprise. The first batting collapse if the summer.

 

[waspish]

Burns be lucky to reach his ton!

 

[Alan Harper's Tash]

Burns be lucky to reach his ton!

At the rate he’s going, we’ll need to be batting until lunch tomorrow for that to happen.

 

[GaudinoMotors]

Making Geoffrey Boycott look like Viv Richards.

 

[Alan Harper's Tash]

Making Geoffrey Boycott look like Viv Richards.

To be fair, at least he’s shown resistance. We need to bat for about another 125 overs in this match.

 

[Dr Jacoby]

I don’t see Burns as a test quality batsman but he’s done well here.

 

[Alan Harper's Tash]

I don’t see Burns as a test quality batsman but he’s done well here.

What about Sibley, Crawley, Lawrence etc

We‘re seriously short of batting quality.

 

[dadnlad]

I don’t see Burns as a test quality batsman but he’s done well here.

doesn't say much for rest of them

 

[Dr Jacoby]

What about Sibley, Crawley, Lawrence etc

We‘re seriously short of batting quality.

I’d say the same about Sibley. Crawley and Lawrence have ability but might not be ready for test cricket yet.

Alistair Cook would still contribute more than Burns, Sibley and Crawley.

 

[Dr Jacoby]

Pope should be contributing more too.

Sibley, Burns, Crawley and Pope all average under 35.

 

[GaudinoMotors]

Thick