Recent content by Norfolkbhoy

I'm a bit surprised at the faith shown in Roy and Buttler again. Both on really poor runs and probably only saved by Stokes' heroics last time out. Our batting has been consistently weak. As a test team we only have Root with an average above 40. A bit different to the days of Cook, Trott...

Good to see England finish off the job for once. Need to knock 300 or so to put them under huge pressure. Bit of a shame they have found another stubborn number four but I did wince when he took one full in the plums. That is going to hurt in the morning.

Another lame dismissal for both Roy and Buttler. Root missed a straight one which is a concern. So many of our batters got a start and then couldn't kick on like a certain Mr Smith will probably do. Not looking forward to seeing the Aussies get a 150 lead on Sunday afternoon.

On the batting front who comes in. Foakes could replace either keeper but short of begging Cook out of retirement there aren't any obvious new openers ripping up the championship waiting for a call. I am fed up with repeated batting failures caused by poor decision making. I thought Roy's...

Somewhat underwhelming performance from England today. Moeen has been decidedly ordinary both innings and got a traffic cone duck when he batted. I imagine he will get the nod again next match but surely unless he contributes he is going to get dropped. Denly looked way more dangerous...

Bloody Smith we just can't get him can we? Amazing we have got 9 wickets with only two bowlers performing at any level.

All the above being said I fancy our attack to skittles the Aussies out on green tops. An attack of Anderson, Broad, Archer, Woakes and Stokes is pretty handy in those conditions although I'd like to see a left armer in for variety but who would you drop? Harsh on Woakes or career ending for...

Totally agree regarding Moeen. Not cut it with bat or ball recently and such a form player. I cannot recall the last significant contribution he made to a test match. Even in Sri Lanka he was not our best spinner. But who do you play as a spinner Rashid has not made a great impact in red ball...

Brilliant game of cricket played in the right manner. Yes England had the rub of the green but arguably so did NZ winning important tosses to both semi and the final. The point regarding fewer wickets lost is irrelevant. It was the rule at the start of the tournament and the same for both...

Doesn't matter we will probably play both anyway if we win the semi. That said I'd love to see the Kiwis get a shock win over HMP Australia. Must be about time Butter got a score as he has been somewhat underwhelming thus far.

England now need three wins to win. If they turn up and if they pick the right side there is no reason why they can't achieve this. Tough call on selection tomorrow as Durham is supposed to be spin friendly but if Moeem comes in who do you drop? Woakes has been great and a useful bat Plunkett...

Roy back for Vince and Moeem dropped. Good start!

Could've bad news form the Kiwis as they have England n dire need of a win followed by the Aussies so they could conceivably end up behind Aussies, India , England and Pakistan who have two soft games to finish.

That was awful. Bowled poorly with the new ball, pulled t back and then batted like traffic comes. How James "Club18-30 " Vince gets a game is beyond me. Has he even once made a significant positive difference in an International ODI? Moeem is shipping runs with the ball and simply not...

Can someone provide a ray of hope on the current state of politics? How have things got this bad with a stark choice between a proven liar and self serving cock monkey and the 70s throwback whose policies who send the country back decades. And Nigel ****ing Farage the allegedly acceptable face...