Ashes-2023 England VS Australia 16 June-31 July

[wasteyouryouth]

You can see why Crawley is persisted with, but how long will Stokes and Baz tolerate the inconsistency?

They said they don't expect him to be consistent, so many players over the years who would love that attitude from their captain and coach.

 

[Bevab]

They said they don't expect him to be consistent, so many players over the years who would love that attitude from their captain and coach.

I can only imagine how much of a legend Kambli would have been under this setup.

 

[wasteyouryouth]

Not missing Scott Boland

 

[Ahmad94]

They said they don't expect him to be consistent, so many players over the years who would love that attitude from their captain and coach.

But let's be honest, they can afford to do that with the quality and the results they have produced for 18 months. If bazz-ball wasn't working out, or they had a much better option waiting in the ranks (often the case for Indian cricket with Yashasvi Jaiswal, Abhimanyu Easwaran etc. waiting in the ranks) they wouldn't be able to persist with the likes of Crawley.

 

[wasteyouryouth]

But let's be honest, they can afford to do that with the quality and the results they have produced for 18 months. If bazz-ball wasn't working out, or they had a much better option waiting in the ranks (often the case for Indian cricket with Yashasvi Jaiswal, Abhimanyu Easwaran etc. waiting in the ranks) they wouldn't be able to persist with the likes of Crawley.

I think there would have been more scrutiny if they weren't winning. There are players scoring runs but those who are doing best are in the middle order after they've dropped Foakes, 3-7 looks pretty settled. Jennings is in the runs but they preferred giving Duckett the openers spot to picking him in Pakistan.

 

[Bevab]

Lyon‘s injury could be massive, not just for this game but for the rest of the series. Murphy’s got good potential but he’ll be under the pump once a few blokes start hitting against him.

 

[wasteyouryouth]

Lyon‘s injury could be massive, not just for this game but for the rest of the series. Murphy’s got good potential but he’ll be under the pump once a few blokes start hitting against him.

What happened, I was mowing the lawn?

 

[Bevab]

What happened, I was mowing the lawn?

Pulled a muscle while fielding.

 

[wasteyouryouth]

Pulled a muscle while fielding.

Cursed by all the talk of 100 games in a row

 

[Umair7]

Lyon‘s injury could be massive, not just for this game but for the rest of the series. Murphy’s got good potential but he’ll be under the pump once a few blokes start hitting against him.

Believe in Harry!

 

[wasteyouryouth]

Duckett's number since he came back into the side are amazing: 15 innings, 63 average at 92.85 strike rate.

Maybe, one day, Shubman Gill might be as good as Zak.

 

[Bevab]

Duckett's number since he came back into the side are amazing: 15 innings, 63 average at 92.85 strike rate.

You’d say those were world class numbers for an opener in ODIs.

Except he’s gone and done it in tests. What a madman.

 

[Dutch]

England just walking into it...why?

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All for aggressive but this is just taking candy from a child

 

[wasteyouryouth]

You’d say those were world class numbers for an opener in ODIs.

Except he’s gone and done it in tests. What a madman.

He's got a better strike rate in tests, in the last 12 months, than 21 of the 27 ODI openers to play 10 innings in that time.

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England just walking into it...why?

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All for aggressive but this is just taking candy from a child

You know Stokes is gonna get out just like the rest

 

[Ed Smith]

There has to be a better plan than just try to hit everything when they're bolwing short. It's clearly not working