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

Status
Not open for further replies.
And today goes to show why you have neutral umpires in test cricket nowadays.
The Indian cricket board should be embarrassed with what has gone on in these last 2 tests..
 
The ECB have openly prioritised white ball cricket for 2021, the shit should really hit the fan if there's no success in that area. A test series against India should be second only to the Ashes not treated as some sort of prelim to the one-dayers and T20.

the thing with test cricket is you build a team over 2 years playing and planning on everything from india to the west indies. but the ECB have not bothered since 2015 with test cricket because of the money in ODI and 20/20

its simple the ODi world cup in england 2018 was the main reason why england had to make the final and win it
so much money and time spent building a squad. if england failed and had a poor world cup the shit would have hit the fans. but not for a lucky win in the final on scoring more 4s and 6s than new zealand. questions would have been asked and the media would have been all over the ECB
 
Pitch is flat fcuk all happening for our swing bowlers! Root and his staff fell for this it a day night game the balls going to swing! Yep i fell for it too

but it should not have been a gamble ? root did not need to play both Bairstow and Foakes or even broad or anderson
with archer and stokes in the team. you go a extra spinner in bess over foakes and make bairstow take the gloves
on first look this morning the team was wrong with 3 fast or swing bowlers. even if it did move around with the pink ball anderson and broad would have been enough without archer at one end

this is why i question root as captain ? at home on pitches in england anybody can be captain of england its simple pick swing bowlers and anderson or broad will do the rest. its just give them the ball and see you later

but overseas root is a sitting duck ? because everybody thinks the sun shines out of his bum with a good english summer under his belt. forget winning in sri lanka ? again easy pickings with them in a mess themselves and probably a 10th of what england get to spend on cricket over there

look the ashes as not even 6 months away and england are not in any sort of shape to win over there. the only chance is they are not looking to good. but when england rock up you can bet they are up for it and 5.0 is on the cards
 
the thing with test cricket is you build a team over 2 years playing and planning on everything from india to the west indies. but the ECB have not bothered since 2015 with test cricket because of the money in ODI and 20/20

its simple the ODi world cup in england 2018 was the main reason why england had to make the final and win it
so much money and time spent building a squad. if england failed and had a poor world cup the shit would have hit the fans. but not for a lucky win in the final on scoring more 4s and 6s than new zealand. questions would have been asked and the media would have been all over the ECB
England had just won 6 straight away tests, won most series they’ve played and twatted India on a flat pitch. They are simply losing to a better team in their perfect test conditions.
The England test squad is in a better place than it’s been for years, let’s not get irrational about this. There are 17 test matches this year with a World Cup and countless other short format tournaments. With lockdowns and quarantines the ECB are doing the best they can whilst remaining competitive.
 
Status
Not open for further replies.

Don't have an account? Register now and see fewer ads!

SIGN UP
Back
Top
  AdBlock Detected
Bluemoon relies on advertising to pay our hosting fees. Please support the site by disabling your ad blocking software to help keep the forum sustainable. Thanks.