Ashes 2015 - Australia tour of England July/September 2015

[cooks1st100]

it's how many you get, not how you get em. Ballance will outscore Bell over this series.

I'm going to hold you to that bud. I sincerely doubt it and I'm in no way a fan of Bell. Fancy a little Vcash bet?

 

[blockerdave]

I'm going to hold you to that bud. I sincerely doubt it and I'm in no way a fan of Bell. Fancy a little Vcash bet?

go on then... I've a lot of it and never used any of it!

 

[cooks1st100]

go on then... I've a lot of it and never used any of it!

LOL, I just won a load on England winning. I never even realised that I had Vcash until a couple of months ago. Shall we say 100000?

It's funny that they are currently level pegging on 61 runs!!

 

[blockerdave]

100k? I only have 39780... happy to wager it all.

 

[cooks1st100]

100k? I only have 39780... happy to wager it all.

We'll say 30k then. Wouldn't want to take you to the cleaners!

 

[blockerdave]

Deal.

 

[themusketeer]

Watto's new gear.

 

[used2bcool]

Classic.

Only thing I'd say is that I want Alastair Cook to go back to batting the way he was. It seems to me he's gotten caught up in this idea of aggressive cricket to the extent where he's been pushing and searching for runs, and that's just not his style. Let the aggression flow through your captaincy and field settings, but why switch up the batting style that has fetched you 9k Test runs? Go back to nurdling, Cook. It suits you and your team's interests a lot better.

 

[Markkkkk]

Classic.

Only thing I'd say is that I want Alastair Cook to go back to batting the way he was. It seems to me he's gotten caught up in this idea of aggressive cricket to the extent where he's been pushing and searching for runs, and that's just not his style. Let the aggression flow through your captaincy and field settings, but why switch up the batting style that has fetched you 9k Test runs? Go back to nurdling, Cook. It suits you and your team's interests a lot better.

Im happy with it. The sooner he and Bell get dropped and Vince comes in the sooner I'll be going for England...

 

[bigred]

Im happy with it. The sooner he and Bell get dropped and Vince comes in the sooner I'll be going for England...

That's ridiculous. The reason the Aussies had such a bad test was that they played in such a carefree style.

We need a nice blend. Bell will be fine. He's the kind of player that gets in form and then goes on a purple patch.

I don't always enjoy Ballance's and Cook's style, but it's very effective.

 

[MUFC1987]

Add to that, that I imagine Vince is a long way down the pecking order too.

What was the weather like in Cardiff today, anyway?

 

[IceAgeComing]

Wet, I believe

 

[MUFC1987]

Good to know.

I hear the same squad has been named for the next Test. Seems a bit pointless carting Rashid around the whole country, but apart from that, it's no complaints from me.

 

[Aislabie]

I'd quite like to see England drop Bell and bring in Rashid because I reckon it would bring more balance to the side. Everyone keeps going on about how beautifully Bell played, and how he's back in form, but basically every scoring shot he played was at a catchable height mere feet from a fielder. Saying all of that, I'd still love to hit 60 in a Test match.

As for Australia, it just looks a few months too late for this squad. Clarke's game looks shot, probably because his back is; Watson is the new Ashley Giles; Haddin looks like he had breezeblocks transplanted where his feet used to be; Johnson looks well down on pace (although he batted beautifully). Although at least one, probably more of those players must pick up their game simply by law of averages, the fact remains that this Australian side has crossed the line from being "experienced" to being old.

My personal selections for the second Test (irrespective of actual likely selections):
Cook , Lyth, Ballance, Root, Stokes, Ali, Buttler, Rashid, Wood, Broad, Anderson
Warner, Rogers, S. Marsh, Smith, Clarke , M. Marsh, Nevill, Johnson, Hazlewood, Siddle, Lyon

 

[bigred]

Good to know.

I hear the same squad has been named for the next Test. Seems a bit pointless carting Rashid around the whole country, but apart from that, it's no complaints from me.

I'd personally prefer Plunkett as bowling cover to Finn but that's probably a 50/50 call.

Also, why do England never take batting cover to a test match? They'd only have to be there for the morning of the match. If someone goes down in the warm up at lord's, then presumably one of the middlesex boys would have to step in. If we got seam and spin bowling cover the it would just make sense to cover all areas. Bairstow would be perfect as he could replace anyone from 1-6 and Buttler.