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

[jimharri]

Both are in the bigger squad of players so it is possible. Flakes has Test experience already so perhaps Bracey could get a chance.

That could cause a ripple or two!

 

[Gabriel]

That could cause a ripple or two!

Duly amended. :-)

 

[TheRemainsOfTheDave]

Ireland are 28-5 in the 1st ODI.

 

[PannickAtTheDisco]

Ireland are 28-5 in the 1st ODI.

good odds.

 

[ell]

Jason Roy top scorer at 3/1. Looking like a shootout between him and JB

 

[jimharri]

Jason Roy top scorer at 3/1. Looking like a shootout between him and JB

Well; not Bairstow, anyway!

 

[crooky]

We’ve got half a game on here!

4 wickets left with 70 runs to go.

England are guilty of what I do on Brian Lara for the PlayStation. Bowl them out for a middling total around 200. Smash a load of runs with the better opening batsmen but then go through a massive batting collapse and lose the match despite having 20+ overs to bat...

Hopefully they’ll keep their heads.

 

[Ban-jani]

We’ve got half a game on here!

4 wickets left with 70 runs to go.

England are guilty of what I do on Brian Lara for the PlayStation. Bowl them out for a middling total around 200. Smash a load of runs with the better opening batsmen but then go through a massive batting collapse and lose the match despite having 20+ overs to bat...

Hopefully they’ll keep their heads.

Poor from England, just get through this and win and have a rethink.

Too many average players here.

Thankfully we seem to be concentrating on the test team.

 

[BLUEMATT23]

They can't lose this surely.

 

[discopop]

Poor from England, just get through this and win and have a rethink.

Too many average players here.

Thankfully we seem to be concentrating on the test team.

Don’t forget we are a good 3 or 4 down due to Stokes, Root, Archer, Buttler and Woakes being involved with the test squad

 

[Lovebitesandeveryfing]

Forgive me if this sounds like a naive question, but can anyone explain why the test team and the one-day team bear no relation to each other? It wasn’t always the case, that I’m sure of. When was that policy adopted? And why?
Genuinely curious.

 

[Wretched Vengeance]

Willey and Billings seeing England home. Bairstow with a good knock.

 

[Ban-jani]

Forgive me if this sounds like a naive question, but can anyone explain why the test team and the one-day team bear no relation to each other? It wasn’t always the case, that I’m sure of. When was that policy adopted? And why?
Genuinely curious.

It is a bit odd, as you say it never used to be like this. Maybe it’s a case of the game evolving and players being even more specialist scoring against certain run rates.

Ive never thought Bairstow adapted well to the red ball and yet he’s class with batting against the white.

 

[Wretched Vengeance]

Willey is impressive with both bat and ball. Is he just as capable against a better standard of team. No disrespect to Ireland meant.

 

[wattle]

Forgive me if this sounds like a naive question, but can anyone explain why the test team and the one-day team bear no relation to each other? It wasn’t always the case, that I’m sure of. When was that policy adopted? And why?
Genuinely curious.

The test team were not involved because they are in a separate COVID bio bubble. So because of the close timings of the test and one day matches there could be no cross over of players between the two squads

 

[Bluemoon dan]

Forgive me if this sounds like a naive question, but can anyone explain why the test team and the one-day team bear no relation to each other? It wasn’t always the case, that I’m sure of. When was that policy adopted? And why?
Genuinely curious.

On this occasion its to do with the current situation and the players being in the 'bubbles'. The players who played in the Test series were in a bubble together so that meant it was either the exact same team for the one dayers or a totally new one (thus forming a separate bubble).
In more general terms its been happening gradually over many years and it basically boils down to horses for courses. Some players are more suited to the shorter form.

 

[crooky]

Willey is impressive with both bat and ball. Is he just as capable against a better standard of team. No disrespect to Ireland meant.

Hopefully. It's a shame he never got a chance in the World Cup team but I understand why. He must have possibly the best overall performance I've ever seen in a cricket match.

2013 T20 Finals Day - Final - Northants vs Surrey

In just this one game Willey..

Opened the batting.
Scored the fastest 50 of the whole competition.
Opened the bowling.
Took the first wicket.
Ran someone out with a direct hit from the boundary rope.
And to top all of that took a hat trick in what would be the last three balls of the game game to win the T20 Cup!



Hopefully he'll show half those skills for England in next years T20 World Cup.

 

[Ban-jani]

Willey is impressive with both bat and ball. Is he just as capable against a better standard of team. No disrespect to Ireland meant.

My boss is a Yorkshireman and obsessed with cricket, he’s convinced Willey deserved to go to the World Cup but does concede that of course we won so you can’t complain about the squad.

 

[Lovebitesandeveryfing]

Cheers for those answers. I can’t help wondering, though, how someone like Morgan would fare in the longer format game.

 

[Ban-jani]

Cheers for those answers. I can’t help wondering, though, how someone like Morgan would fare in the longer format game.

It’s where you put him and I don’t think he has put himself forward for it.

He’s refined his game to captain the One Day side and he’s a world champion.

This is maybe the future?