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Samson gets two scores over 50 and was voted more important than Buttler and Smith:lol:.

Haven't seen enough of him tbh, but Rajistan look threadbare without Stokes in the middle order.
Dwayne Bravo looks like he runs through tar when bowling.
 
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you reckon someone like Andre Russel could be a test all rounder if he put the time aside to do it?

guess the ptoblem is he has hardly ever played first class cricket
 
The Rat said:
you reckon someone like Andre Russel could be a test all rounder if he put the time aside to do it?

guess the ptoblem is he has hardly ever played first class cricket
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Maybe, same with Pollard. But there's been plenty of one day specialists who were never able to adapt, we'll never know due to how inept the WI board have been over the last 10 years or so.

I think Russell has had back issues too so he wouldn't cope with the workload demanded of a test match on the bowling front.
 
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After the openers do CSK just put names in a hat to see who comes out next?

Dhoni with another classic so far, 6 off 9 requiring 12 an over.
 
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Maybe, same with Pollard. But there's been plenty of one day specialists who were never able to adapt, we'll never know due to how inept the WI board have been over the last 10 years or so.

I think Russell has had back issues too so he wouldn't cope with the workload demanded of a test match on the bowling front.
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He can bowl 90mph

I reckon batting the question but at 6 or 7
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Sam Curran has outperformed his brother this tournament
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Aye I don’t rate Tom Curran as a bowler

S Curran is a brilliant 6 hitter

He just needs to polish his batting, the ability to get 2s off good balls and when to pick his moments etc

Needs to swing the ball more straight up willey a better bowler right now
Painful fo watch Dhoni for last 4 or 5 years
Not sure I trust this tournament sometimes


Need 15 an over

Bloke comes in and does a forward defence first 2 balls
 
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Then told everyone that was the first and only warning he's giving, even tagged his coach, Ponting, in the tweet after Ponting has apparently told him not to do it :lol:
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It’s very amusing the back and forth between those two I have to say. In any other setting, perhaps even any other cricketing setting, it would be highly risky. Wouldn’t be taunting my bantering my boss over his instructions put it that way!
 
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Then told everyone that was the first and only warning he's giving, even tagged his coach, Ponting, in the tweet after Ponting has apparently told him not to do it :lol:
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I don't know why batsmen need a warning not to cheat in the shortest form of the game. It's one thing in the middle of a test match meandering along when a run here or there makes no odds, but when every single is vital you'd think it wouldn't need saying. The only reason he didn't do it was it was his mate apparently.
 
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I don't know why batsmen need a warning not to cheat in the shortest form of the game. It's one thing in the middle of a test match meandering along when a run here or there makes no odds, but when every single is vital you'd think it wouldn't need saying. The only reason he didn't do it was it was his mate apparently.
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I don't mind a bowler doing it at any time to be honest, they know the rules, they're gaining an advantage. But I don't agree with the way he got Buttler, dummying the delivery then waiting for him to step out isn't on.
 
Some on here just don’t appreciate how good bairstow is in the short form

his stats in ODI cricket as an opener are unparalleled, best we have ever had by some distance

gets in every side in the world, special special talent
 
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