NZ are such a good team. I really enjoy the series between these teams. Not loads between them, game played in the right spirit and both teams hard as nails
Off Topic Cricket Thread
- Thread starter LD19SAFC
- Start date
-
Please bear with us on the new site integration and fixing any known bugs over the coming days. If you can not log in please try resetting your password and check your spam box. If you have tried these steps and are still struggling email [email protected] with your username/registered email address
-
Imagine conceding 553 after inserting and still winning at a canter? Ridiculous
Outstanding match. 
Big credit to Nottinghamshire:
Posted at 17:30
Post update
I mentioned this in the middle of all the Jonny Bairstow carnage but credit again to Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club for letting everybody in free today.
They aren't due to host a Test match next summer. These counties survive and expand on revenue from hosting international cricket so it would have been a difficult decision, but the place was absolutely electric in that final hour and a half after tea. Hopefully today has introduced a new group of people to cricket and they have been fallen in love with our beautiful sport.
Big credit to Nottinghamshire:
Posted at 17:30
Post update
I mentioned this in the middle of all the Jonny Bairstow carnage but credit again to Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club for letting everybody in free today.
They aren't due to host a Test match next summer. These counties survive and expand on revenue from hosting international cricket so it would have been a difficult decision, but the place was absolutely electric in that final hour and a half after tea. Hopefully today has introduced a new group of people to cricket and they have been fallen in love with our beautiful sport.
Epic game that.
Credit all over the place, and cricket wins as well as England.
Credit all over the place, and cricket wins as well as England.
Unbelievable is the word, some games leave you speechless, this was one.
Not kidding myself that ever test will be like that and of course there will be collapses, but suddenly the top 7 almost picks itself. I'm still not convinced by Crawley, but if he can get a score in the 3rd test then every player in the top 7 has contributed and deserves their spot.
Not sure about bowling options. Potts is 2 places too high at 8. I'd be tempted to play 4 seamers and use Root as the spinner until such time as we have a decent spinner
Not sure about bowling options. Potts is 2 places too high at 8. I'd be tempted to play 4 seamers and use Root as the spinner until such time as we have a decent spinner
stress fracture in his elbow i think it was
Had an op and then had a relapse
Wont play this year i think they’ve said
Shame that, he looked a real talent. Seems to have been missing for ages
Started really well, you get people with that much pace very often
Your right he seems to have been missing for a long time after they tried to ‘manage the bowlers work load’ they’ve had more injuries than ever
Could well be.
What ever it was it hasnt worked for him or any of the other bowlers
He was badly over bowled by Root a couple of times.
But Archer had played little first class cricket so the demands would have been a shock to him. He should only ever have been used in short three or four over spells.
As for the England set up. It has ruined more fast bowlers than it hasn't down the years.
At the minute we have injured fast bowlers Archer, Wood, Stone, Robinson, Woakes all of which would have been ahead of Potts couple of months ago. Can't all be coincidence could it?
I doubt Archer will ever play test cricket again. Not totally convinced he's in love with the red ball and can make 10 times his money playing franchise cricket