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Cos were too scared to take any risks. Rather just play the same shite. Cook,root and bell should be nowhere near the short form of the game.
 
I work less than 30 minutes from the Oval and there is a nasty black cloud hovering, I can see this being an interrupted game.

That top 3 is poor as well, Hales should be in the instead of Carberry and Vince for Bell.
 
Whats the f***ing point in having morgan,bopara,buttler at 5/6/7

Every other cunting nation goes out and bats from the off, were still playing the same one day cricket that people played 10 years ago ffs.
 
mackembhoy said:
Whats the f***ing point in having morgan,bopara,buttler at 5/6/7

Every other cunting nation goes out and bats from the off, were still playing the same one day cricket that people played 10 years ago ffs.
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20 years ago even, Sri Lanka started the trend in 1996 and we decided to counter it by opening with Phil Defreitas. I barely recall us at any point over the years, experimenting with a hitter at the top of the order other than Luke Wright. Trescothick was a great opening batsman in ODI's but other than that we have always opened with the likes of Strauss, Cook, Bell, Prior.
 
mackembhoy said:
Not if we ever want to win the world cup he isn't.

He's only there to keep a more consistent captain.
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he has played innings where he has gone better than a run a ball you cant just have sloggers in your side

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20 years ago even, Sri Lanka started the trend in 1996 and we decided to counter it by opening with Phil Defreitas. I barely recall us at any point over the years, experimenting with a hitter at the top of the order other than Luke Wright. Trescothick was a great opening batsman in ODI's but other than that we have always opened with the likes of Strauss, Cook, Bell, Prior.
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priors nowt like the other 2 mentioned
 
The Breen Machine said:
20 years ago even, Sri Lanka started the trend in 1996 and we decided to counter it by opening with Phil Defreitas. I barely recall us at any point over the years, experimenting with a hitter at the top of the order other than Luke Wright. Trescothick was a great opening batsman in ODI's but other than that we have always opened with the likes of Strauss, Cook, Bell, Prior.
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I'm 21 so my cricket viewing only goes back as far 2002, but I've been saying we've needed a replacement for trescothick in all forms since he pulled out of the england set up.

Instead we've gone for test players with a mindset of scoring with a SR of 50
 
Eng team: Cook, Bell, Ballance, Root, Morgan, Bopara, Buttler, Jordan, Tredwell, Anderson, Gurney.
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chopsfc007 said:
he has played innings where he has gone better than a run a ball you cant just have sloggers in your side


priors nowt like the other 2 mentioned
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I'm perfectly aware of it. But our top 5 is constantly just players who stay in without taking the rate beyond 5/6 an over in the first 40 overs.
 
mackembhoy said:
I'd probably still have cook in and I'm not the man with the answers.

But the likes of hale,lumb etc are better options than bell,root,ballance
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Are they?

Played 3 odi's between them?

You have to get the balance between players who can play proper cricket shots (Bell) and those who give a tap (Hales/Lumb)
 
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