Off Topic Cricket Thread

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

 

Imagine conceding 553 after inserting and still winning at a canter? Ridiculous

 

Outstanding match.

Big credit to Nottinghamshire:


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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.

 

Unbelievable. Buzzing with that

 

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

 

What's happened to Archer? He looked quality

 

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

 

I wonder if they tried to change his bowling action and his body didn't like it. Stress fractures are from twisting and turning I think, maybe they wanted to change it a bit for him

 

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?

 

Some right ****ing moaning minnies out there

 

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

 

Stress fracture of the back now