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Alan Harper's Tash said:
Expected big defeat. 4-1 is better than 5-0, but we’re miles behind India and a fair way behind the Aussies.

Not sure it’s going to get any better any time soon.
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It won't whilst we continue to play idiotic cricket.

Other than highlights, I've barely watched any of this series, we were never winning a series there with this team.
 
Time to decide where Pope bats. He’s not a natural 3, so either Root goes back up the order or Pope drops to 5. Time also to consider the futures of Anderson and Bairstow. England now have 4 relatively benign series before hosting India in summer 2025 and then traveling to Australia in the winter after. I’d like to think they’d grasp the nettle and make tough choices, but history suggests otherwise.
 
Gabriel said:
Time to decide where Pope bats. He’s not a natural 3, so either Root goes back up the order or Pope drops to 5. Time also to consider the futures of Anderson and Bairstow. England now have 4 relatively benign series before hosting India in summer 2025 and then traveling to Australia in the winter after. I’d like to think they’d grasp the nettle and make tough choices, but history suggests otherwise.
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Who would you look to, if you were in charge?
 
Alan Harper's Tash said:
Who would you look to, if you were in charge?
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I’m not entirely sure. I don’t think England have particularly poor players, but I do think they need to become more ruthless with underachieving players (nobody is undroppable) and start building squads for the future as opposed to just the next game. I think they’ve become too adept at listening to their own media spin and have started believing their own positivity, but Test Cricket is in dire straits and needs competitive series between Australia/England/India, so if the player is unlikely to be playing in either of those series, toddle pip.
 
Gabriel said:
Time to decide where Pope bats. He’s not a natural 3, so either Root goes back up the order or Pope drops to 5. Time also to consider the futures of Anderson and Bairstow. England now have 4 relatively benign series before hosting India in summer 2025 and then traveling to Australia in the winter after. I’d like to think they’d grasp the nettle and make tough choices, but history suggests otherwise.
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3 is a problem position.
I agree with you. Root is 4, but so is Pope for me. We need to find another opener or genuine 3.
I haven't a clue who, though.
Do we put Stokes at 3 (wasted there I know) Root 4, Pope 5 and Brook 6.
Then we can play Foakes without any problem - not that there should be as he's the best gloveman in the country.
Then 3 seamers and a spinner or 4th seamer (plus Stokes) if conditions dictate, with Root the spin option.
The bowling attack should be Wood, Anderson and Woakes (in England) with Robinson and Atkinson as alternatives.
 
Just switched over to the IPL. Seems aindia has discovered the whistle.

50k+ of them blowing them when anything happens. Sounds a bit like a house/car alarm going off.
 
waspish said:
There is so much cricket Now I never watch the ipl anymore just England and Lancashire now
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T20 World Cup
T20 Blast
Hundred

For me this year.

The Test series' look like they should be easy wins for England and I don't really follow ODIs outside of the World Cup.
 
Just watching the IPL at the moment. Just wondering what's the story with the gold foil on a lot of the franchises' kits. It looks dreadful. I thought some of the kits that teams in the "hundred" wear were fugly, but some of those IPL kits trump them.
 
Time to put away the linament and reach for the sunscreen instead. The 2024 County Championship starts tomorrow with champions Surrey back up in Lancashire and looking to win a third consecutive championship, Alec Stewart’s last. Surrey welcome Roach back and Lancashire enjoy the services of Lyon, though not for the entire season, which is a disappointment.

Going to see more games played with the kookaburra ball and 8 points again for a draw, rather than last year’s 5. Best of luck and summer well.
 
Gabriel said:
Time to put away the linament and reach for the sunscreen instead. The 2024 County Championship starts tomorrow with champions Surrey back up in Lancashire and looking to win a third consecutive championship, Alec Stewart’s last. Surrey welcome Roach back and Lancashire enjoy the services of Lyon, though not for the entire season, which is a disappointment.

Going to see more games played with the kookaburra ball and 8 points again for a draw, rather than last year’s 5. Best of luck and summer well.
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Can I be the first to congratulate Surrey on their title win and commiserations to Hampshire, who finished second.

I reckon Lancs would have had a decent shot at the title had it not been for the weather and Lyon going home in July.
 
Alan Harper's Tash said:
Can I be the first to congratulate Surrey on their title win and commiserations to Hampshire, who finished second.

I reckon Lancs would have had a decent shot at the title had it not been for the weather and Lyon going home in July.
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Haven’t changed the side too much so that should stand Surrey in good stead, but there’s precious little action anywhere this morning.
 
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