just read mccallum is new red ball coach, appointed by 'cricket chief' rob key who appointed captain stokes

now, i get that i must be asleep and never see a paper, but fucking hell, ive missed all this happening

Hopefully they stick with Ben Foakes now going forward  He's by far our best WK  (And it weakens Surrey in the CC) 

Edited February 4, 20242 yr by Piemon

He needs to score runs

Otherwise he will be out

on this game, i really cant see it

Lose by 150, i reckon, but with this lot, who knows

Yon mons 200 won em this game

We need 6 good partnerships of 50. And a flurry from the tail.

Ideally we want 2 centurions.

They have to believe it can be done and I’m sure they will. I wonder if India will have fielders in close to put the pressure on us, or man the boundaries to stop the heavy scoring.

Edited February 5, 20242 yr by Smiley

We have 180 overs so scoring rate isnt an issue

This team breaks records but 400 batting last in India

Really cant see it

Gutted to get up this morning and find us 210-6. Really thought one of the senior batsmen would have put in an innings. The Stokes runout was just stupid, lazy running. We could still believe with him and Foakes at the crease.

6 hours ago, Smiley said:

Gutted to get up this morning and find us 210-6. Really thought one of the senior batsmen would have put in an innings. The Stokes runout was just stupid, lazy running. We could still believe with him and Foakes at the crease.

Really cheesed off with Root and Stokes

 

Off to Abu Dhabi on holiday now. (Them not me) 

not a bad life is it 

On 05/02/2024 at 19:55, Piemon said:

Off to Abu Dhabi on holiday now. (Them not me) 

not a bad life is it 

Warm weather training?

 

Jack Leach is made of glass. Need to move on from him.

 

Imagine being remembered for a 1 not out  

7 hours ago, Piemon said:

Jack Leach is made of glass. Need to move on from him.

 

Imagine being remembered for a 1 not out  

Who’d have imagined that he probably won’t be missed.

Thursday, 04.00

Great start, picked the right team, it seems

4 hours ago, globaldiver said:

Great start, picked the right team, it seems

You might have gone early with that.

170+ so far for the 4th wicket.

37 minutes ago, Traf said:

You might have gone early with that.

170+ so far for the 4th wicket.

It was early; bloody early after a heavy night!

magic fielding that Woody

1 hour ago, Piemon said:

magic fielding that Woody

He's had a good day, but India in control.

2 wickets missed by not reviewing, simpletons 

brilliant stuff from duckett thus far

3 minutes ago, L/H White said:

brilliant stuff from duckett thus far

It is, but he's not yet clawed back what we let them score for the last three wickets.

To let them go from a modest 331-7 to 445 all out was poor with batters 8, 9 and 10 scoring over 100 between them.

Top knock this 

5 minutes ago, superjohnmcginlay said:

Top knock this 

7 an over from an opener in India? 
Incredible stuff.

3 minutes ago, Traf said:

7 an over from an opener in India? 
Incredible stuff.

Outrageous

 

3 minutes ago, Traf said:

7 an over from an opener in India? 
Incredible stuff.

It is! 

I know it's risky stuff from openers but I do like how they both like to get bat to ball, get the scoring rate up early on and try and get the bowlers on the back foot, reclaiming those early overs for the batsmen in theory.

It gets the pair of them in a bit of bother losing wickets in the teens and twenties but it ain't half fun to watch. 

Pope is scoring at 4 an over too and looks pedestrian!

We just need big innings from Root, Bairstow & Stokes.