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 Midlands Eagle  24 Sep 17 11.44am |
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Originally posted by Stirlingsays
Yep, fair enough...but he's done well all the same. I just see him as a better option to others. We don't have that many stand outs in the middle order at the moment. There a school of thought that Gary Ballance would be a reasonable pick if he played further down the order
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| Stirlingsays 24 Sep 17 11.55am |
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Originally posted by Midlands Eagle
There a school of thought that Gary Ballance would be a reasonable pick if he played further down the order Root seems to like him...Keeps on getting chances.....As far as I can see he's been worked out against high pace pitched up at the stumps.
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| chris123 hove actually 24 Sep 17 3.40pm |
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Originally posted by Stirlingsays
Late Gooch yeah....Boycott was an exceptional talent that doesn't come around that often.....I'm hoping that Hameed is the modern version. Considering how Gower batted it's a bit surprising that he batted as the number three....but an average of 44 at a time when pitches were less batter friendly says something I suppose. Edited by Stirlingsays (24 Sep 2017 11.24am) County cricket is nothing like the test it was in the 70's.
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| Stirlingsays 24 Sep 17 4.02pm |
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Originally posted by chris123
County cricket is nothing like the test it was in the 70's. Yep, good players would average in the mid thirties. Three day matches and all that.
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| chris123 hove actually 24 Sep 17 4.09pm |
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Originally posted by Stirlingsays
Yep, good players would average in the mid thirties. Three day matches and all that. Just look at the overseas players that were playing county cricket at the time.
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| Stirlingsays 24 Sep 17 5.54pm |
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Originally posted by chris123
Just look at the overseas players that were playing county cricket at the time. Marshall at Hampshire was something else....gone way too soon. In fact, the huge decline in West Indies cricket to the levels now is remarkable considering.....Their youth teams do well and then the individuals flat line later.
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| Midlands Eagle 27 Sep 17 10.29am |
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Originally posted by Stirlingsays
Marshall at Hampshire was something else....gone way too soon. In fact, the huge decline in West Indies cricket to the levels now is remarkable considering.....Their youth teams do well and then the individuals flat line later. I used to work for a bank that often employed the Hampshire captain (possibly as Colin Ingleby McKenzie was a director) and we often entertained clients at Hampshire games. I remember taking a client plus his 12 year old cricket mad son to one game and took a photo of Malcolm Marshall with his arm round the lad. My over riding memory is that his arm was wider than the lad's neck
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| Midlands Eagle 27 Sep 17 10.29am |
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Mason Crane in but no Adil Rashid. Hmmm
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| Willo South coast - west of Brighton. 27 Sep 17 10.37am |
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James Vince who has disappointed being selected - Uhm ! I appreciate that Tom Westley hasn't really 'set the world alight' but I would have thought he was a better proposition than Vince. Aussies must be favourites.
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| PaddyMcPaddy 27 Sep 17 10.43am |
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Originally posted by Stirlingsays
Marshall at Hampshire was something else....gone way too soon. In fact, the huge decline in West Indies cricket to the levels now is remarkable considering.....Their youth teams do well and then the individuals flat line later. Unfortunately they have a huge problem with the players chasing the T20 money and not developing as Test players. They are basically now just producing great T20 mercenaries.
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| Willo South coast - west of Brighton. 27 Sep 17 10.50am |
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Originally posted by PaddyMcPaddy
Unfortunately they have a huge problem with the players chasing the T20 money and not developing as Test players. They are basically now just producing great T20 mercenaries. All those different formats of the game these days. In the old days, I recall that on Sunday afternoons there was a limited overs game on television between a county team against the 'International cavaliers' which was made up each week of different players from various counties.Perhaps older members on HOL will recall this ! Edited by Willo (27 Sep 2017 10.53am)
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| steeleye20 Croydon 27 Sep 17 10.50am |
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Australia favourites why? Just had 2 series wins against South Africa and West Indies. I think South Africa as good if not better than the Aussies. All to play for with the Aussies having home advantage. Would have wanted proven players at this level like Plunkers and Rashers myself, also Westley unlucky after his good innings last time. Looks like Joe Root will be doing the captaincy, the batting and the bowling as well !
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