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 Willo  South coast - west of Brighton. 27 Jan 20 3.08pm |
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Originally posted by Stirlingsays
Have to hand it to England for a good series win. It's a weak South African side but England came back strongly after the obligatory first test defeat. Furthermore,England had to overcome sickness and injury problems in the camp. Edited by Willo (27 Jan 2020 3.09pm)
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| Pete53 Hassocks 28 Jan 20 5.00pm |
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After the setback of the 1st test it was good to see England achieve some consistency -- England and Consistency being two words that don't often go together.
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Goal Machine  The Cronx 28 Jan 20 5.05pm |
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Decent series on the whole. Crawley & Sibley may have caused a selection headache when Burns returns. Ollie Pope looks like he could be the next big thing. Dom Bess was a welcome surprise and will be important in Sri Lanka. For me, the only blip was Joss Buttler. I think his time is up now and Foakes will be in the starting 11 for the next Test. Denly did quite well but the big score still eludes him. I think he's under pressure now and needs to get some big scores against Sri Lanka to keep his place. Crawley/Sibley will possibly replace him at 3.
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| Eustace H. Plimsoll Aldershot 01 Feb 20 8.11am |
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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) I'm no Tory but you have to admire the current administration for being able to address these ills and achieve such a turnaround at such sort notice. On the flip side, however, I do hope our thrilling rediscovered steely societal resolve doesn't hurt our white-ball game which obviously benefits hugely from being able to select from sappy lily-livered types. Edited by Eustace H. Plimsoll (01 Feb 2020 8.12am)
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| Midlands Eagle 01 Feb 20 1.12pm |
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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. I know that the above was written at the beginning of the Test series and later events showed you to be wrong with several important centuries to look back on but personally I blame the rise of 20/20 in general and the IPL in particular for England's Test woes. There is no doubt that one day and 20/20 is far easier for batsmen with the bowling and fielding restrictions and you only have to look at Jason Roy's word class performances in the shorter versions of the game and his failures in test cricket when bowlers can bowl properly as proof. The rise of the IPL is also harmful to the longer format as people can swat the ball around for a few overs and earn a small fortune which reduces the incentive to try and excel at "proper cricket" The BCCI is too powerful in the world game due to their huge financial contribution and whilst they attract huge audiences to the IPL by employing all the best players from around the world they won't reciprocate and allow Indian players to play in other country's 20/20 competitions which I think is wrong. And then we have Kolpak which allows the English counties to pack their teams with South Africans which again hinders the development of English players. I have been very critical of Hampshire who have far too many Kolpak Saffers in their squad and am rather annoyed that yesterday my own team (Durham) have signed a couple of saffers themselves. Perhaps the ECB should restructure the funding of county cricket so that the funding is only available for English qualified players in each side.
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| Tim Gypsy Hill '64 Stoke sub normal 14 Feb 20 8.22pm |
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I know it's not real cricket, but the T20 is very tense isn't it?
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Co Derry Palace  maghera co derry 14 Feb 20 8.24pm |
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That has been two great matches on the trot. Sets it up perfectly for Sunday.
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| Runningman Keston 14 Feb 20 9.41pm |
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In Durban right now on a golfing holiday.
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