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 Willo  South coast - west of Brighton. 29 Dec 19 1.45pm |
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Originally posted by chris123
Joe Root is a great bat, but useless as captain - tactically inept. His captaincy will become an issue if we do badly in this series.
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| chris123 hove actually 29 Dec 19 1.51pm |
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Originally posted by Willo
His captaincy will become an issue if we do badly in this series. It was an issue in New Zealand and last summer.
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ASCPFC  Pro-Cathedral/caravan park 02 Jan 20 7.34pm |
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Burns out now and likely that Archer is out. May as well just give them the next match. Edited by ASCPFC (02 Jan 2020 7.35pm)
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| Midlands Eagle 03 Jan 20 7.12am |
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Originally posted by ASCPFC
Burns out now and likely that Archer is out. May as well just give them the next match. Chris Silverwood can replace Archer and we have Graham Thorpe and Captain Colly there amongst the coaching staff so I'm sure that one or both of them can fill in for the walking wounded
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| Stirlingsays 03 Jan 20 8.18am |
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Zak Crawley, Dom Bess and Ollie Pope come in. I don't know much about Crawley but I've always been an advocate of Bess and Pope......So batting and spinning wise I'm mostly happy. Edited by Stirlingsays (03 Jan 2020 8.18am)
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| ASCPFC Pro-Cathedral/caravan park 03 Jan 20 1.48pm |
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Originally posted by Midlands Eagle
Chris Silverwood can replace Archer and we have Graham Thorpe and Captain Colly there amongst the coaching staff so I'm sure that one or both of them can fill in for the walking wounded Burns seems our only decent opener currently. Archer needs his mojo back. I had posted previously that the pace would be coached out of him. Someone needs to just let him bowl. England's micro managing, of which silly field placings are a part, is pointless. Pick the best players and let them play.
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| Willo South coast - west of Brighton. 03 Jan 20 3.30pm |
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Yet another pathetic and abject batting performance on a good Newlands pitch. Edited by Willo (03 Jan 2020 3.31pm)
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eagleman13  On The Road To Hell & Alicante 03 Jan 20 4.12pm |
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Originally posted by Willo
Yet another pathetic and abject batting performance on a good Newlands pitch. Edited by Willo (03 Jan 2020 3.31pm) Considering England 'invented' cricket, the way the test teams have fallen, even Double Sculls as a sport, has a higher standing.
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| Stirlingsays 03 Jan 20 4.18pm |
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We are crap at Test cricket for the same reason that only 10% of modern day recruits can make it through Army basic training. You raise a generation of soft tarts, you get a reduced pool of the right stuff.....the talent will be there as that's genetic but the iron will....the Barringtons and the Boycotts, well there's just less of them. All the money in the world can't buy you a pair of balls.......Well....you know what I mean. Edited by Stirlingsays (03 Jan 2020 4.35pm)
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| Tom-the-eagle Croydon 04 Jan 20 4.22pm |
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All to play for after two days.
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| chris123 hove actually 04 Jan 20 5.20pm |
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Originally posted by Stirlingsays
We are crap at Test cricket for the same reason that only 10% of modern day recruits can make it through Army basic training. You raise a generation of soft tarts, you get a reduced pool of the right stuff.....the talent will be there as that's genetic but the iron will....the Barringtons and the Boycotts, well there's just less of them. All the money in the world can't buy you a pair of balls.......Well....you know what I mean. Edited by Stirlingsays (03 Jan 2020 4.35pm) Too few state schools offer cricket as a properly coached sport.
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| Tom-the-eagle Croydon 05 Jan 20 10.15am |
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Just about keeping our nose in front. SA looking a little lacklustre. Just shows the psychology involved between defending and chasing a lead. Could be close this one.
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