Even Joe Root doesn’t think he is better than Len Hutton
Sri Lanka vs England 1st Test Galle
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Steak Pie
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Second quickest Englishman to 8,000, will be the quickest to 10,000 and will be our highest run scorer ever. So the bloke that got more runs than anyone else and quicker than anyone else, and you want to hang him on this one minor point. You're being a bit silly.
The Breen Machine
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Root is in the mix for our best ever all formats player, but he's not as good as Pietersen IMO.
It's far too difficult to consider him the best ever in a single format either but he will definitely go down as one of our best ever test and ODI batsmen.
It's far too difficult to consider him the best ever in a single format either but he will definitely go down as one of our best ever test and ODI batsmen.
Steak Pie
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Yorkshireman, so probably does.
Voice of fair play
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Only English fans would dream of finding a way to critcise one of their greatest players, he is been very silly indeed
wayne entwhistle no9
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Not sure if Root is England's greatest ever batsmen but I enjoy watching him bat because he is a wonderful touch player especially in these days of power hitting with huge modern day bats.
When the pundits talk about our lack of spin options they just lump everyone in together, they don’t actually talk about individual records
Take out Leach off field issues with serious illness, that’s a knock to anyone
On the pitch, 34 wickets at 29, run rate 2.85.
In the ashes, 12 wickets at 25
What am I missing? Why isn’t that good enough. He’s a decent spinner and The best we have. They just lump him n Bess together though. They’re still on about nonsense like packing Rashid, why is a left arm spinner averaging 29 early in his career not ok? I don’t get it
Take out Leach off field issues with serious illness, that’s a knock to anyone
On the pitch, 34 wickets at 29, run rate 2.85.
In the ashes, 12 wickets at 25
What am I missing? Why isn’t that good enough. He’s a decent spinner and The best we have. They just lump him n Bess together though. They’re still on about nonsense like packing Rashid, why is a left arm spinner averaging 29 early in his career not ok? I don’t get it
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Salem Street South
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Why won’t he have the captaincy next year?
Can’t see it myself.
This will be 5 years in the job after the Ashes
no way he is staying on after that
Salem Street South
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Its not, he was appointed in Feb 2017, so was captain all that year
by the end of the ashes be 5
17,18,19,20,21
no chance he staying on, already done 2 ashes tours by then
This frustrates me too. From what I’ve seen he’s a cut above Bess and Rashid in red ball. Thankfully we’ll play at least two spinners all winter so I think Leach will have proved himself number 1 by the time the summer comes around.
Find the disrespect for Sri Lanka quite absurd.
Yes, this isn’t their strongest side. But in the last 20 years they have had Murali, Sangakkara, Jayawardene, Jayasuriya, Vaas, Attapatu, Herath, Matthews
they’re not San Marino ffs, they have had some top players.
people forget England in the 80s and early 90s
Yes, this isn’t their strongest side. But in the last 20 years they have had Murali, Sangakkara, Jayawardene, Jayasuriya, Vaas, Attapatu, Herath, Matthews
they’re not San Marino ffs, they have had some top players.
people forget England in the 80s and early 90s
Jack Torrance
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Who takes over? Stokes probably but would worry about his workload maybe Buttler
Buttler barely scrapes a place in the side (his career to date suggests his great summer was a blip away from the mean unfortunately) if Lawrence and Bairstow do well this winter.
I still agree he’s probably third in line but it’s a bad state of affairs.
Salem Street South
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Apologies I was thinking the Ashes finished in 2021 not 2022 for some reason. I’ve lost a year somehow.
5 years, still don’t think he’ll go though. Especially if we have a good result down there.
He’ll only be 31. Strauss, Cook & Vaughan were all at least a couple years older. Plus there’s no obvious successor. They groomed him for the job & have gone on about how it’s ‘Joe’s team now’ for a while, I can’t see that ending as soon as next winter unless he steps down which I don’t see happening either.
Silly Point
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Aggers thought the bat onto ground onto glove incident was out as well, so those on here who were fooled are in good company
The Hesford Diet
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It can't be too long after lunch that the declaration will be made, though I'd like to see Sri Lanka make a fight of it.
The conditions have probably caught the hosts out as well as England. I can't remember Galle looking so cool and damp at this time of year.
Let's see what Sam Curran can do.
The conditions have probably caught the hosts out as well as England. I can't remember Galle looking so cool and damp at this time of year.
Let's see what Sam Curran can do.
amazing
England been batting very aggressively like
Dont see what the rush is personally
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