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[domalino]

Livingstone being Livingstone again.

I really don’t think he cuts it and with Ali and 5 seamers also in the side his bowling is not needed.

With Morgan retiring I think Malan has to be in.

Roy, Bairstow, Malan, Root, Stokes, Buttler, Ali

 

[Alan Harper's Tash]

I really don’t think he cuts it and with Ali and 5 seamers also in the side his bowling is not needed.

With Morgan retiring I think Malan has to be in.

Yeah, he’s not got the technique to bat for very long. He could be a finisher of an innings and he improves his bowling.

Bumrah is some bowler though.

 

[MillionMilesAway]

Livingstone being Livingstone again.

Just seen that one - mad thing to do in that situation.

 

[domalino]

Yeah, he’s not got the technique to bat for very long. He could be a finisher of an innings and he improves his bowling.

Bumrah is some bowler though.

He is, but when this England side say they were definitely going to bowl first as well, and you see deliveries like the one that got Root, I think the pitch is helping them a lot.

 

[Alan Harper's Tash]

He is, but when this England side say they were definitely going to bowl first as well, and you see deliveries like the one that got Root, I think the pitch is helping them a lot.

It generally only swings for 10 overs or so.

It might be that the pitch is doing loads and we bowl them out for 50, but I doubt it.

We need at least 2-3 players to defend when we need to defend.

Whilst every ball must go is an exciting philosophy, it was never going to work long term.

 

[Alan Harper's Tash]

Just seen that one - mad thing to do in that situation.

He’s nearly 29 too. He doesn’t seem to have been around long, but he’s pretty much in his peak years now. It’s doubtful his technique will improve dramatically in the future.

 

[domalino]

87 all out is englands lowest ever ODI score.


Would there be anything more English than breaking the world record for highest score and then 2 games later break your own worst record

 

[MillionMilesAway]

It generally only swings for 10 overs or so.

It might be that the pitch is doing loads and we bowl them out for 50, but I doubt it.

We need at least 2-3 players to defend when we need to defend.

Whilst every ball must go is an exciting philosophy, it was never going to work long term.

Are they still using 2 balls? If so, 20 overs is a fair amount of an innings.

 

[lancs blue]

ODI morphing into a T20 before our eyes.

 

[jimharri]

Will we crack the ton?

 

[Don Karleone]

May as well go home lads

 

[Blue Llama]

87 all out is englands lowest ever ODI score.


Would there be anything more English than breaking the world record for highest score and then 2 games later break your own worst record

Not going to make 80

 

[MillionMilesAway]

I once went to the Oval to watch Surrey play Leicester in a 50 over match. Leicester made 49, so England have beaten that score.

Surrey knocked the runs off in 2.3 overs.

 

[Alan Harper's Tash]

Are they still using 2 balls? If so, 20 overs is a fair amount of an innings.

Gives us 30 overs to make hay, rather than our 9th wicket partnership trying to fluke a few runs.

 

[MillionMilesAway]

Gives us 30 overs to make hay, rather than our 9th wicket partnership trying to fluke a few runs.

They're doing a cracking job at lofting the ball into space.

 

[Lovebitesandeveryfing]

What with the T20 games (first two, anyway), and this: just as well England have always been a very strong side in the five-day game, eh.


;-)

 

[melrose40yarder]

This is the way we play mantra has to stop.Sometimes you have to play the conditions and situation.

 

[GaudinoMotors]

Bumrah the Bunger making easy work of our "expansive" approach.

 

[domalino]

This is the way we play mantra has to stop.Sometimes you have to play the conditions and situation.

You’re confusing two different teams with two different coaches and two different captains.

 

[Dr Jacoby]

This is the way we play mantra has to stop.Sometimes you have to play the conditions and situation.

I’m not sure that’s strictly fair. We’ve had a lot of success with this mindset in the limited over forms of the game. It’s a strong Indian attack and the ball was doing quite a bit.