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

[BlueAnorak]

Rubbish batting for the most part. You can understand it from the Kwis who are not used to the conditions yet (no where near enough pre test games these days) but not from England. Trying to force runs on a pitch like that that is crazy.
Yes to win a test match you need to score at 3.5+ runs an over against good teams but forcing runs risking your wicket is bonkers.

 

[waspish]

Parkinson added to the test squad for Fridays test let’s hope they pick him and we finally see Leach gone.

 

[Cricket Blue]

Who knows on Leach. They say 10 days to recover from concussion and he’ll be on about day 8. It didn’t look that serious when it happened.

Whether he plays it not doesn’t resolve our big tail. Not sure how we can change that unless we don’t play a spinner or swap a fast bowler, which seem unlikely.

Parkinson looked ok, without being very threatening. Is that because of the pitch? Guess we find out if he’s picked again.

He needs more variation in pace for me. He seemed quite

The problem with the bowling is injuries and the inability to keep our fast bowlers fit.

Archer, Wood, Woakes, Curran, Stone, Mahmood etc are all out with back or arm problems from bowling.

Most countries would suffer if 6 of their better bowlers weren’t available.

I don’t think Crawley will be a long term player for England. He can’t not attempt the drive outside off stump.

We saw it yesterday in the over before lunch. Lees had just gone and he was tempted repeatedly and couldn’t resist.

There is a school of thought that a lot of the bowler injuries are from bowlers not bowling enough and are over molly cuddled.

 

[Corky]

There is a school of thought that a lot of the bowler injuries are from bowlers not bowling enough and are over molly cuddled.

Not stress fracture of the spine. Anderson, Tom Smith, Saqib.

Bears 98-5 from 8 didn't make sense, realised it was rain affected 8 over slog. Notts 1-1, should be a good half hour watch.

 

[waspish]

There is a school of thought that a lot of the bowler injuries are from bowlers not bowling enough and are over molly cuddled.

Agree to strengthen your body in the area you want the best way is to bowl

 

[Alan Harper's Tash]

Agree to strengthen your body in the area you want the best way is to bowl

I doubt we do much differently to other nations though. Sports’ science is universal.

 

[Gabriel]

Think there’s just far too much similarity in the English seam attack. That’s fine when the conditions/ball are in their favour, but it means there’s a lot of sameness when things aren’t favourable. There’s no blistering pace or bounce and nobody who is a maybe a little bit slower but still capable of consistently getting swing. Not sure they’ll bother changing as long as they’re winning, but, looking down the line, a more varied attack might be better.

In terms of spin, quite like the flight and dip that Parkinson generates, but he needs to demonstrate that he can put six balls in the same spot. As it stands, the batsman knows he’ll get a gift if he’s patient.

 

[ancoats]

The problem with the bowling is injuries and the inability to keep our fast bowlers fit.

Archer, Wood, Woakes, Curran, Stone, Mahmood etc are all out with back or arm problems from bowling.

Most countries would suffer if 6 of their better bowlers weren’t available.

I don’t think Crawley will be a long term player for England. He can’t not attempt the drive outside off stump.

We saw it yesterday in the over before lunch. Lees had just gone and he was tempted repeatedly and couldn’t resist.

The injuries have been a nightmare for the England fast bowlers, maybe we are doing something wrong within the coaching side, it could be over working or just bad coaching or just plain bad luck

 

[waspish]

Think there’s just far too much similarity in the English seam attack. That’s fine when the conditions/ball are in their favour, but it means there’s a lot of sameness when things aren’t favourable. There’s no blistering pace or bounce and nobody who is a maybe a little bit slower but still capable of consistently getting swing. Not sure they’ll bother changing as long as they’re winning, but, looking down the line, a more varied attack might be better.

In terms of spin, quite like the flight and dip that Parkinson generates, but he needs to demonstrate that he can put six balls in the same spot. As it stands, the batsman knows he’ll get a gift if he’s patient.

Well he should be told like in the short game get me a wicket don’t matter if you get smashed

 

[Gabriel]

Well he should be told like in the short game get me a wicket don’t matter if you get smashed

Perhaps, but we both know that the conditions in Test matches don’t always allow for such an offensive approach. There will be times when Stokes throws him the ball with the command to tie down and end. Currently, however, neither Leach nor Parkinson appear capable of bowling large numbers of maiden overs. With England’s bowling attack containing two ‘mature’ bowlers and a captain with a history of niggling injuries, it’s vital that the spinner can be trusted to tie down an end and not offer a four ball every over.