I was one. It was bizarre and seeing him in tears doesn’t make him selfish it just shows he cares. Out of interest where do you get this selfish thing from? I don’t think it will be a view shared by another single person in the population of the world. I’m genuinely curious.
Fantastic. Enjoy the Joe Root posters on your bedroom wall.
Don't agree with that, and Vince has been tried and ailed. It's more about character anyway as everyone is playing in the joke competition so there's not much form to go on, and there's no way Livingstone gives it away like some of them.
He’s quite literally the only player we have who can be captain. The only who player nailed on to start is a 39 year old.
He played a terrible shot early on and got lucky Kohli dropped a sitter. Not blaming him but you can see he hasn’t played much red ball cricket
The batting is rotten and yes that is a massive problem. The 'tactics' before lunch were utterly shocking and that's his fault, as he admitted after the match.
That was on Indian oitches. So what. How often do we play on that type of pitch. He deserves a chance over here.
I would reply but I'm transfixed by Victoria Coren-Mitchell's chest on Only Connect. I wonder if she can bat.
I was quite happy with Joe Denly, averaging 30, but his face didn't seem to fit and he wasn't one for the future. They dropped him for Crawley, he did ok, averages 30 as well, but his recent form is awful and they've now dropped Crawley for Hameed who never looked for a minute like a test player all game. Crawley is a classy batsman with a fine technique and will have his time. Reminds me of a young Atherton.
But that doesn't make him a good captain, just the least worst. There is an argument for taking the captaincy away from him but that's not the way it's done in cricket. It oftens happens that when a team is doing really poorly, the captain's form suffers. I hope we aren't headed down that road. It must be tough to execute both well.
I was quite happy with Joe Denly, averaging 30, but his face didn't seem to fit and he wasn't one for the future. They dropped him for Crawley, he did ok, averages 30 as well, but his recent form is awful and they've now dropped Crawley for Hameed who never looked for a minute like a test player all game. Crawley is a classy batsman with a fine technique and will have his time. Reminds me of a young Atherton.
I don't think they'll give up on this series, so I don't expect many changes, but if they get thumped again in the third test maybe they'll throw in a few googlies. At some point quite soon they need to blood some younger players, blend with the handful of decent reliable pros they have, and stick the fuck with them. Pope should return from injury next week, I'd probably put Malan in there. I would put Crawley back fairly soon despite his test form, after a few innings for Kent. I'd keep Burns but not Sibley - but there isn't an obvious opener to replace him with anywhere. Abell at Somerset or Carlson at Glamorgan are in form, maybe Libby of Worcs as well, and might be worth chucking in but are not openers. Dare I say.... Jennings?!
Bedingham is qualified for England, isn't he... he's slagged off Cricket South Africa so much they'd never cap him now, surely??
It’s a difficult one. There are in form county openers from earlier in the season such as Libby, Lees, Abell etc but none of them with the weight of runs that the likes of Burns, Sibley, Rocky and Jennings had when they were selected. I would have no confidence in a newbie getting a run. I would maybe go back to Malan with Hameed opening. He has earned his place and deserves more than one test.I was quite happy with Joe Denly, averaging 30, but his face didn't seem to fit and he wasn't one for the future. They dropped him for Crawley, he did ok, averages 30 as well, but his recent form is awful and they've now dropped Crawley for Hameed who never looked for a minute like a test player all game. Crawley is a classy batsman with a fine technique and will have his time. Reminds me of a young Atherton.
I don't think they'll give up on this series, so I don't expect many changes, but if they get thumped again in the third test maybe they'll throw in a few googlies. At some point quite soon they need to blood some younger players, blend with the handful of decent reliable pros they have, and stick the fuck with them. Pope should return from injury next week, I'd probably put Malan in there. I would put Crawley back fairly soon despite his test form, after a few innings for Kent. I'd keep Burns but not Sibley - but there isn't an obvious opener to replace him with anywhere. Abell at Somerset or Carlson at Glamorgan are in form, maybe Libby of Worcs as well, and might be worth chucking in but are not openers. Dare I say.... Jennings?!
Bedingham is qualified for England, isn't he... he's slagged off Cricket South Africa so much they'd never cap him now, surely??
It all has the feeling of re-arranging the deckchairs on the Titanic. Maybe they answer is that we're just not good enough.
I think you could be on to something there mate!!
True we do have to pick a side though
