The Cricket Thread

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Need to see Aaron given his chance now! We've won the series, so why not?! I hate seeing him at the water boy when he has so much potential.

Well....the boy cleans up the tail by bowling out. Did he look fast?

[LDN Blue 7,903]

Well....the boy cleans up the tail by bowling out. Did he look fast?

It was brilliant!! His line and length was brilliant, the tail had no answer. It's about time we had someone who could clean them up.

He needs more exposure though, but brilliant bowling from him. Happy to see him finally get his chance

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India is my only positive today.

Kholi, Raina & Dhoni. Legends.

[Madmax 9,219]

India is my only positive today.

Kholi, Raina & Dhoni. Legends.

Atleast India is doing alright, ey?

[Ollie 4,400]

Turned off after we lost our 4th wicket, i suppose India needed to regain some pride after their equally shocking tour here but there should be no excuse for our shambolic batting. KP, 3 50's in 2 years, 0 100's in 3 years and always plays.... wish he'd fuck off tbh.

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Atleast India is doing alright, ey?

Indeed

Turned off after we lost our 4th wicket, i suppose India needed to regain some pride after their equally shocking tour here but there should be no excuse for our shambolic batting. KP, 3 50's in 2 years, 0 100's in 3 years and always plays.... wish he'd fuck off tbh.

I wish we'd had a more competitive series this summer to be honest. A demolishing of both sides is fun, but it would've better had it been tighter. Ah well..

[Ollie 4,400]

the tight match was the world cup match, then it's been one sided tours. Maybe we're over confident and think we can be great everywhere but our one day team has never really been quite right nor had the right balance, we've never known our best team or best order. We're still quite a long way short in the 50 over game

[Madmax 9,219]

Dhoni destroying England again, 21 runs off the penultimate over!

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Dhoni destroying England again, 21 runs off the penultimate over!

you've certainly got your revenge in the one days ,,,how do you reckon the tests will go??

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you've certainly got your revenge in the one days ,,,how do you reckon the tests will go??

No tests in this series, just 2 T20 games to come.......Patel bowling last over instead of Bresnan, nice one Alaistair....

[Madmax 9,219]

No tests in this series, just 2 T20 games to come.......Patel bowling last over instead of Bresnan, nice one Alaistair....

Just 1 T20.

Cook strikes me as too timid to be captain, in all honesty. Doesn't have that willingness to take risky but potentially rewarding decisions. Maybe because it's early in his tenure, we'll wait and see. Fine player nevertheless, I was at the ground on his Test debut here (he got a century) and I've been a fan ever since.

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you've certainly got your revenge in the one days ,,,how do you reckon the tests will go??

I wish you had played tests here.

Tests>> onedays>> t20

[LDN Blue 7,903]

What a turn around.

5 wickets in around 5overs.. Completely changed the landscape of this game. Credit to our spin fest.

[steve5221 91]

The fact is this England one day squad was not good enough and the selectors completely messed up.

Kieswetter is not good enough with bat or gloves - Davies should have been taken if they wanted a keeper/opener, Prior could have batted at 6 or 7 and was bang in form.

We never took 10 wickets in any game and that is the only way you are going to beat India in India, they will always outscore any team if they bat 50 overs.

Patel, Bopara and Dernbach never looked threatening with the ball and for all Patel's heart, he is still totally unfit and leaks as many runs with the ball as he makes with the bat. Not sure why they persist with Bopara and Dernbach needs to learn that 5 slower bowls per over down the leg side makes him a leg spinner who can't turn it!!!!!

Feel sorry for Finn who is the only threatening bowler, Bres can take wickets but only as a support.....

Bell should have played from the start, best player of spin we have(although he failed today) and the criticism of Trott is unjust...

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