West Indies Tour of England - July 2020

[wasteyouryouth]

 

[Dutch]

Although Botham was clearly the better bowler

I wouldn't speak in terms of better or worse as Stokes still has a good chunk of years of his career to play and they are used differently. Stokes worth as a bowler is not in the amount of wickets he takes at what price but he has the knack of doing things, making things possible, enabling others to do their thing, getting something out of a situation that others can't.

Nice article here: from Jan 2020 mind.

https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id/28483448/botham-flintoff-stokes-england-greatest-allrounder

 

[Dutch]

I would take Stokes above the other two in my team anytime just for the very qualities he possesses above his fielding, bowling and batting. Don't get me wrong; Botham was a very very skilled bowler in his own right and was more of a front-line bowler than perhaps Stokes and Flintoff are/were and he had a lot more guile than perhaps Flintoff and Stokes but I would still want Stokes

 

[wasteyouryouth]

I would take Stokes above the other two in my team anytime just for the very qualities he possesses above his fielding, bowling and batting. Don't get me wrong; Botham was a very very skilled bowler in his own right and was more of a front-line bowler than perhaps Stokes and Flintoff are/were and he had a lot more guile than perhaps Flintoff and Stokes but I would still want Stokes

If you're picking an ideal England XI you'd have Stokes at 5, Botham at 6, Flintoff at 7 and Buttler at 8.

Spoiler: Spoiler

 

[Aislabie]

You're going to restart the age-old tradition of too many from one country here.

Not much you can really do about that when one country happens to be producing the best players

 

[Dutch]

If you're picking an ideal England XI you'd have Stokes at 5, Botham at 6, Flintoff at 7 and Buttler at 8.

Spoiler: Spoiler

Keaton at 1, 2 and 3 the rest is Buttler all the way down!

 

[wasteyouryouth]

Keaton at 1, 2 and 3 the rest is Buttler all the way down!

Hold on, there needs to be a place for multi-format specialist All Rounder Joe Denly.

 

[Dutch]

Hold on, there needs to be a place for multi-format specialist All Rounder Joe Denly.

Drinks and massage and Keaton Jennings Bottom Lip Support Officer

 

[Dutch]

So who will England give a place to in the quicks: Anderson, Broad, Archer? Woods? Curran? Woakes? Who gets in who misses out?

 

[asprin]

So who will England give a place to in the quicks: Anderson, Broad, Archer? Woods? Curran? Woakes? Who gets in who misses out?

I would put my money on Archer coming in for Woakes and Anderson for Curran.

 

[Adam78]

The friendship and rivalry of Viv Richards and Ian Botham will be commemorated in a new series trophy when England next face West Indies in Test cricket, after the ECB and CWI agreed that the Wisden Trophy will be retired at the end of this week's third Test.

England, West Indies to compete for Richards-Botham Trophy as Wisden closes the book | ESPNcricinfo.com

 

[wasteyouryouth]

Seems to be a few calls fir Broad, Woakes and Archer.

So who will England give a place to in the quicks: Anderson, Broad, Archer? Woods? Curran? Woakes? Who gets in who misses out?

I'd go Woakes, Broad and Archer.

 

[Dutch]

I would go Woakes Broad Anderson but I think Archer will come in instead of Anderson indeed.

 

[wasteyouryouth]

One of England's bright young stars fielding yesterday.

 

[Dutch]

[DOUBLEPOST=1595580413][/DOUBLEPOST]He deserves his own gallery thread of amazing catches and fielding!