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 Willo  South coast - west of Brighton. 06 Dec 17 4.31pm |
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Originally posted by YT
I think England should do what we used to do at my old sports club in Crayford; have a Footballers v Cricketers series. England cricket team v England football team at cricket on one date and then at football a few days later. Both teams could then find their true level. Joe Hart used to be a very young promising cricketer with Shrewsbury CC and he was also in the Worcestershire youth squads.
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| chris123 hove actually 06 Dec 17 4.38pm |
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Originally posted by Willo
Joe Hart used to be a very young promising cricketer with Shrewsbury CC and he was also in the Worcestershire youth squads. Denis Compton was a handy footballer - can't imagine Arsene being too thrilled if he went off and played cricket in the summer now.
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| Willo South coast - west of Brighton. 06 Dec 17 4.42pm |
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Originally posted by chris123
Denis Compton was a handy footballer - can't imagine Arsene being too thrilled if he went off and played cricket in the summer now. Yes absolutely right about Compton's footballing prowess.
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| chris123 hove actually 06 Dec 17 4.51pm |
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Originally posted by Willo
Yes absolutely right about Compton's footballing prowess. And Leslie.
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| Willo South coast - west of Brighton. 06 Dec 17 4.57pm |
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Originally posted by chris123
And Leslie. Of course !
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| Stuk Top half 06 Dec 17 5.15pm |
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Originally posted by chris123
Drowning of sorrows would perhaps be more apt.
Optimistic as ever |
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| Stirlingsays 06 Dec 17 5.18pm |
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Is Cook's time drawing to an end.
'Who are you and how did you get in here? I'm a locksmith. And, I'm a locksmith.' (Leslie Nielsen) |
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| chris123 hove actually 06 Dec 17 5.24pm |
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Originally posted by Stuk
Drowning of sorrows would perhaps be more apt. We were rubbish - and I like Joe Root as a cricketer, but not as skipper, was never convinced by Cook either. We play Test cricket like a one day match and our bowlers don't pitch the ball just short of a length nearly often enough.
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| Midlands Eagle 06 Dec 17 6.24pm |
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Originally posted by chris123
We play Test cricket like a one day match and our bowlers don't pitch the ball just short of a length nearly often enough. I can never understand why our bowlers can often never get it right. They are supposed to be the three or four best bowlers in the land and they get paid £1m every year to bowl so why don't they know where to land the ball and actually get the ball to land there. It's a bit like highly paid footballers who make a mess of taking a corner
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Goal Machine  The Cronx 06 Dec 17 6.52pm |
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Originally posted by Midlands Eagle
I can never understand why our bowlers can often never get it right. They are supposed to be the three or four best bowlers in the land and they get paid £1m every year to bowl so why don't they know where to land the ball and actually get the ball to land there.
For the next test I’d get Foakes in for Vince and play Bairstow at 4 as a batsman. Foakes has a higher first class batting average then most of the top 6. Cook
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| Midlands Eagle 06 Dec 17 7.47pm |
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Originally posted by Goal Machine
Not quite as straight forward as that. They do pitch it where they’re aiming about 90% of time. It’s mostly a tactical battle against a skilful world class batsman. The Aussie batting lineup is nowhere near as strong as it used to be with only Warner and Smith perhaps deserving the "skilful world class" label
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| Willo South coast - west of Brighton. 06 Dec 17 7.52pm |
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Originally posted by Midlands Eagle
The Aussie batting lineup is nowhere near as strong as it used to be with only Warner and Smith perhaps deserving the "skilful world class" label Yes I agree. Conversely with regards to our batting attack one can predict the customary collapse so I have no confidence in us scoring enough runs. Edited by Willo (06 Dec 2017 7.53pm)
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