Curtains Posted May 21, 2015 Share Posted May 21, 2015 England 25-3 Cook out caught behind for 16 attempting hook after Ballance just out caught in slips Captain Irresponsible again . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddie Posted May 21, 2015 Share Posted May 21, 2015 We're so much better without Pietersen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curtains Posted May 21, 2015 Author Share Posted May 21, 2015 We're so much better without Pietersen.Lol Cook hooking to a short ball in a Test Match after Ballance had just gone is ridiculous .KP must be laughing at that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curtains Posted May 21, 2015 Author Share Posted May 21, 2015 30-4 Bell clean bowled. Im not even surprised any more Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Teale Posted May 21, 2015 Share Posted May 21, 2015 KP never plays silly shots and gets out. We just aren't very good and KP wouldn't all of a sudden make us into a decent side Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curtains Posted May 21, 2015 Author Share Posted May 21, 2015 KP never plays silly shots and gets out. We just aren't very good and KP wouldn't all of a sudden make us into a decent sideKP did play irresponsible shots yes and rightly was criticized for it. Cook should know better as England Captain particularly after a loss of a crucial wicket. KP also played some fantastic cricket for England but that's all forgotten in the bigger picture of his indiscipline . Strauss has ended KPs England career so it's all irrelevant now . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curtains Posted May 21, 2015 Author Share Posted May 21, 2015 England 48-4. Root 15 and Stokes 7 doing ok at the moment Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddie Posted May 21, 2015 Share Posted May 21, 2015 Root and Stokes have done what no England players have done in the last 12 months - taken the attack to the opposition and put on 50-odd at better than a run a ball. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyinLiverpool Posted May 21, 2015 Share Posted May 21, 2015 We're so much better without Pietersen.Great team spirit, apparently. Which is far more important than scoring runs. This lot couldn't run an effing bath. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curtains Posted May 21, 2015 Author Share Posted May 21, 2015 England 98-4Root 36 and Stokes 34 going really well at almost 7 runs an over. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curtains Posted May 21, 2015 Author Share Posted May 21, 2015 Lunch England 113-4 Root 49 no Stokes 36 no Good fightback Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anag Ram Posted May 21, 2015 Share Posted May 21, 2015 Always best to analyse the true situation in the game.New Zealand bowled well in helpful conditions. England allowed them to by batting so negatively. Now that Root and Stokes have taken it to them, batting looks easier and doubt creeps into the bowlers over line and length.Great cricket so far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curtains Posted May 21, 2015 Author Share Posted May 21, 2015 Stokes out for 92 leaving ball to spinner191-5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddie Posted May 21, 2015 Share Posted May 21, 2015 Root went for 98, looking to slap a wide one to bring up his ton.Latest with 4 overs to go today is 344-6 with I hate you Buttler on 65 and Moeen Ali on 41. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyinLiverpool Posted May 21, 2015 Share Posted May 21, 2015 Nice fight back. Why is Moeen at 8? That low, you might as well pick a proper spinner. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddie Posted May 21, 2015 Share Posted May 21, 2015 Nice fight back. Why is Moeen at 8? That low, you might as well pick a proper spinner. The basic inherent negativity of Strauss and Cook. Seven batsmen, a batting part-time spinner and three seamers is not the way to win a lot of test matches, but equally it's not the way to lose a lot either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DEL Posted May 21, 2015 Share Posted May 21, 2015 Great turnaround for England hopefully more again tomorrow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anag Ram Posted May 21, 2015 Share Posted May 21, 2015 The basic inherent negativity of Strauss and Cook. Seven batsmen, a batting part-time spinner and three seamers is not the way to win a lot of test matches, but equally it's not the way to lose a lot either.I think Ali at 8 makes sense at the moment. There is no stand-out spinner in the country at present and so we should pick the one who can bat.I applaud the selection of Lyth and Wood and I hope both in time prove a success. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddie Posted May 21, 2015 Share Posted May 21, 2015 I think Ali at 8 makes sense at the moment. There is no stand-out spinner in the country at present and so we should pick the one who can bat.I applaud the selection of Lyth and Wood and I hope both in time prove a success.I saw Wood in his only previous international appearance (in Dublin) - he looked very sharp.Moeen Ali has 2 first class wickets this season - a total equalled by the much-vaunted Adam Riley of Kent and Monty Panesar, so as far as spin bowling is concerned, I agree. We are in a desert. That's why I would be inclined to pick a fourth seamer (Bresnan or Finn) and give Root a few overs - especially in May after a wet spring.If we are building up to the Ashes, I still think that four seamers is the only way we will be able to compete - to a certain extent the Aussies are in a similar boat, although Nathan Lyon is better than anything we have. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ovis aries Posted May 21, 2015 Share Posted May 21, 2015 Folk are cracking on about the Kiwi bowlers but some of their bowling was rubbish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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