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English & Irish Cricket Summer 2018
- Thread starter ArmchairCritic
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Lancashire paying the price for the terrible batting order , your best players should always be playing the most balls in t20
Huge 19th over from Brown
Patrick brown man what a find
Thought this was a ridiculously premature shout when you made it, but jeez this has been impressive.
Don’t get whatsoever, he’s good enough to open in IPL and for England but not good enough to open for Lancashire
Tbf it was just hyperbole but he has been really impressive all season long , no one seems to be able to pick the slower ones
Rawlins will be good to watch if he gets in.
I know, but there have been stranger picks over the years and that sort of performance with the ball will get teams sitting up.
What a performance this is from Sussex
Good recovery from Somerset
Another incredible spell from Brown
158 to win. Definitely gettable, but it’s the hope that kills you.
Should be an entertaining chase.
Archer's weird.
He hits 90mph easily but doesn't really get through his action. You'd probably break him if you started tinkering with him, but genuinely think he could get quicker still.
He hits 90mph easily but doesn't really get through his action. You'd probably break him if you started tinkering with him, but genuinely think he could get quicker still.
Great wicket keeping
Very good catch. That might be the game.
SO CLOSE COME ON
That no ball.Terrific chase from Worcester & a very good knock from Cox.
Imagine giving away that free hit
Great last few overs, real topsy turvy.
Another very good finals day. Enjoyed that.
Archer is very talented but he needs to be hitting the blockhole at that pace.
Chris Jordan is better at scouting quick bowlers than the ECB.
Really happy for them all, you see these lads out around town and on nights out and they’re sound, and it’s great to see them win.
Burns, Denly, Pope, Stone and Leach all in the Sri Lanka test squad. Jennings on his last chance as well. Expect England to get whitewashed.
You seen the state of Sri Lanka? Herath aside, they're so average.
Still beat South Africa handily, a lot is dependant on how England's spinners perform and if Root can perform out of his skin with the bat.
Foakes pleased that he has finally been given a chance, and he has taken it well, still England need to find a #3 as Ali isn’t that guy
pleased that he has finally been given a chance, and he has taken it well, still England need to find a #3 as Ali isn’t that guyCurren gone just 2 short of his 50, 252/7
Sam Curran will be a top order mainstay in some years..
Where’s this Rashid been, smashing it to all parts
Jinxed him.
Jesus, Leach you lucky begger last ball of the day and you do thatMiddle and lower order pull us out the shit again, really impressed with Foakes with great support from Curren and Rashid.
Decent days cricket that.
Decent days cricket that.
Wicket each for England’s 5 bowlers SL 115-5
Pleased for Rashid. Think he gets a bit of a raw deal from Root sometimes although he doesn't help himself with the bad balls.
On a side note - what about Alec Stewart for England's next head coach? An absolute legend as a player (would probably make the all-time best XI as a keeper-batsman) and he's nurtured about half the current squad (Burns, Foakes, Curran x 2, Pope). And he's just won the Championship. Would surely be worth giving him a go.
Also, are we going to create a dedicated thread, given the summer is now over?
On a side note - what about Alec Stewart for England's next head coach? An absolute legend as a player (would probably make the all-time best XI as a keeper-batsman) and he's nurtured about half the current squad (Burns, Foakes, Curran x 2, Pope). And he's just won the Championship. Would surely be worth giving him a go.
Also, are we going to create a dedicated thread, given the summer is now over?
That's his long-term role for sure.
He's still very much in the honeymoon period but I'm not sure he's got enough about his bowling to be effective long-term. Short, slight, no pace... unless he can find a way of moving it the other way, and developing loads of variations with cutters and slower balls, can't say him surviving as a front-line bowler. A better bet would be to bat in the top 6 and bowl a few overs here and there.