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Archer took 6-27 from 12 overs for Sussex second 11 today as well has hitting a hundred.

Fitness proved, get him into the team.
 
RogerisontheHunt said:
Sort of, They subbed him for fielding the entire match (aside from that first morning), often with someone who is a better fielder like Curran. And Anderson is very much a number 11 batsman and did still bat, nothing much lost.
The only thing they lost with him was his bowling, yet Australia played with only 4 recognised bowlers, the same as England ended up with. The difference was the quality, Lyon was far superior to Moeen and the seamers got far more out of the pitch than the English.

England's batting has been poor recently, they seem only to manage 1 innings per match. This could be because the focus has been on the one day format in order to win the World Cup in recent years.
Similar for the bowlers, first innings great, second they looked tired and uninspired.
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Spot on IMHO . When an Aussie got injured in the world cup ( can't remember who ) Turned out the entire b team + the Test team were over here , so they would have had plenty of options .

Not saying England don't have support in Oz when we go there , but to that level of support ?

Also , like it or not . Cricket in OZ is much bigger than it is here , so the roots up competition is far more competitive ( IMHO )
 
Number 1 Jasper said:
Spot on IMHO . When an Aussie got injured in the world cup ( can't remember who ) Turned out the entire b team + the Test team were over here , so they would have had plenty of options .

Not saying England don't have support in Oz when we go there , but to that level of support ?

Also , like it or not . Cricket in OZ is much bigger than it is here , so the roots up competition is far more competitive ( IMHO )
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Helps they only have like 6 state teams over there so the quality is so much higher. 18 counties here mean the quality is much lower which is why players struggle to make the step up, especially batsmen as they don’t face quality bowling every week
 
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Play set for 3.30pm, though more rain predicted for later. Sunny tomorrow, then rain Fri and Sat and sun Sun. This should play right into the ODI England's hands for a draw with a psychological win.
 
Numerologists, shine your balls.

England have named seven players whose first names start with the letter J. The last seven worldwide test matches which lost the first day's play all ended in a result, though any subsequent days weren't mentioned in the data I saw.

J is the tenth letter in the alphabet., If England get ten men out, they don't have to worry about how to get Smith out.

Eh? EH? Numbers, man, it's what the universe runs on.
 
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In other positive numbers news to temper Roy's pitiful three-ball stand, England's scores after being put in to bat first in Lord's Tests since 2007: 553-5 dec, 593-8 dec, 377, 505, 446, 486, 474-8 dec, 575-9 dec and 389.
 
Muppetfinder General said:
Numerologists, shine your balls.

England have named seven players whose first names start with the letter J. The last seven worldwide test matches which lost the first day's play all ended in a result, though any subsequent days weren't mentioned in the data I saw.

J is the tenth letter in the alphabet., If England get ten men out, they don't have to worry about how to get Smith out.

Eh? EH? Numbers, man, it's what the universe runs on.
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The first 'J' was out after facing 3 balls, the ****ing tosser <doh>
 
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