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What a f***ing bell end you are.
I'd say the best is yet to come: Durham promotion, but you are seemingly above such parochial matters.
Ashes was disappointing from an England perspective due to some really poor selections but a good series for the neutral and some good individual performances.
Absolutely essential we bring the right coach in.
I would separate short and long format jobs and treat them as completely separate set-ups.
What a f***ing bell end you are.
I'd say the best is yet to come: Durham promotion, but you are seemingly above such parochial matters.
Ashes was disappointing from an England perspective due to some really poor selections but a good series for the neutral and some good individual performances.
Absolutely essential we bring the right coach in.
I would separate short and long format jobs and treat them as completely separate set-ups.
Haven't seen a ball bowled .. apart from some Ch 5 summary progs.
So can't comment really except to say .....
so often board goes way over the top both positively and negatively. Ali and Bairstow got the thick end of a lot of bile, unfairly. They are both very good Test quality players and have shown it in the past. A drop in form happens. IIRC Stokes had one post Bristol, now he doesn't. They will come back if they're allowed (and have the desire).
Don't allow this drawn series to obscure the fact that he team has the same problems at the end of the series as it did before, namely top order batsmen and too many choices for the middle order. On the other hand Burns looks like he's nailed down a place for a while and much respect to Denly, I don't know if he has enough quality but he seems to have a good Test match attitude. Much respect to him again.
As for the bowling, it seems like we're on the verge of a changing of the guard so I'll be looking at Curran and Overton and watching how they do and there's a change of someone to emerge from the Counties. Obviously Anderson, Broad are there atm for as long as they're able and willing. There's Archer and Wood, the latter with a fitness question mark.
For the spin options I'd be happy with Ali and Leach - I think both are better than they are given credit for on here, especially if Ali can bring a batting option - he's well capable of that.
But of course the main problems are outside the team and in cricket generally. I don't think there's any doubt our problems with filling top order batsmen roles are due to the fact it's a difficult specialisation combined with the County Championship setup and at the end of the day only the ECB and England Cricket can do something about that, or not. I have read murmurings the ECB will be changing its focus away from 50 over to supporting the Tests better so all is not lost.
Ha'way Durham!
Agree on most points but wouldn't have said Stokes' innings was the best of all-time. It's a worthy second to Lara's 153 against Australia in 98/99 IMO.
It's right up there, but Lara's was pretty chanceless against the best side in the world, and Stokes had a couple of huge slices of luck.
You are joking? He kept it alive with some slow batting to start with, formed an outstanding partnership with butler and then for the last wicket with 78 still needed he smashed Australia all over the ground while doing an unbelievable job of limiting the exposure of Leach on strike.Agree on most points but wouldn't have said Stokes' innings was the best of all-time. It's a worthy second to Lara's 153 against Australia in 98/99 IMO.
It's right up there, but Lara's was pretty chanceless against the best side in the world, and Stokes had a couple of huge slices of luck.
Brilliant summer of cricket. I have got to admit Iam getting to the stage where I have got a bit if cricket fatigue and iam a cricket badger.
I think the next few summers might feel a bit dull while this summer is still fresh in the memory.
You are joking? He kept it alive with some slow batting to start with, formed an outstanding partnership with butler and then for the last wicket with 78 still needed he smashed Australia all over the ground while doing an unbelievable job of limiting the exposure of Leach on strike.
Truly outstanding innings.
Like I said, it's the second best for me. Lara took them from 248/8 to chasing down 311 against Warne, McGrath, Gillespie and MacGill at their peak and barely gave a chance. His number's 9-11 were Perry, Ambrose & Walsh - even Leach has a higher test best than them all.
It's a close call granted, and Stokes was probably a more spectacular innings, but for me Lara's was perfect.
It won’t ever live up to this summer again, a once in a lifetime. Two glorious days for me that I will take it the grave.
I paid way over the odds for a ticket to CLS for the NZ game but it was worth every penny. Then to be at the Headingley Test at the start of ‘that’ innings on the Saturday.
The greatest summer of cricket I’ve ever experienced.