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Story about the reviews from Swann there. When the openers were bowling he used to try and discourage close reviews to ensure the reviews were still in place when he bowled! Don't know if I'm amused or a bit disgusted!
It’s a real shame some of my favourite cricketers have gone in to the media.

Id prefer to remember them for how they played the game, not their horrendous banter.

People like Swann, Vaughan, even Shane Warne.
 
Top 3 in this Team are nowhere near good enough for this level. 3/4 down before we get to 100 most games.

Sibley and Crawley are young and talented but inexperienced and should improve. The lack of a quality senior player up there is concerning. It's a shame Sibley neither of them had a chance to play with Cook.
 
Top 3 in this Team are nowhere near good enough for this level. 3/4 down before we get to 100 most games.
That hasn't been the case though under silverwood though. Just crap against spin.

We've also played a different top 3 in every series under him. In this series we've played about 4.

Burns and Sibley had the most ton partnerships I believe since Strauss and Cook.

Need to get a settled top 3 for starters and hope they can play in Australia if they do well again in England
 
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I thought Pope batted well, used his feet really well, had a plan and was a bit unlucky. He has been a bit all over the place prior to this innings but I think he is receiving harsh criticism for today.
 
I thought Pope batted well, used his feet really well, had a plan and was a bit unlucky. He has been a bit all over the place prior to this innings but I think he is receiving harsh criticism for today.

Totally agree. Cannot understand the criticism of the lad for using his feet to smother, or attempt to smother, the spin.
 
I thought Pope batted well, used his feet really well, had a plan and was a bit unlucky. He has been a bit all over the place prior to this innings but I think he is receiving harsh criticism for today.
He used his feet pretty poorly.

I don't think he got to the pitch once cleanly. Ended up playing a lot on the back foot.

He stayed in though so it's an improvement
 
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