The Cricket Thread

[Paddingtonwolf]

Topley looks as shit as usual as well

 

[Dinowolf]

de Kock gone 31

77-1

 

[Paddingtonwolf]

This is a coast. Very impressive chase

 

[jd1981]

Woakes just isn’t good enough overseas some terrible stuff from him today Topley equally as bad to be fair.

 

[Paddingtonwolf]

Stone Curran and the two spinners have been good. Woakes and Topley have been awful

 

[jd1981]

Woakes economy about 9 per over Topley about 8.2 it’s not as if they’re taking wickets either.

 

[jd1981]

Well that defeat is well and truly the bowlers fault and more precisely Woakes, Topley and Moeen.

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

Woakes generally is fine overseas in ODIs. 79 wickets @ 31.15 away compared to 66 @ 28.30 at home. A very poor outing today obviously. But then again he only replaced Willey who offers absolutely nothing.

Remains to be seen if Topley's good form at home last summer was just a one off as otherwise at international level he hasn't looked good enough. I wish we weren't so obsessed with left armers, if we have a good one then great, pick them, if not then don't. Having the likes of Willey, Payne and Luke Wood at this level is nonsense.

 

[Dinowolf]

SA win the Toss again.
England to bat first
One change for England, Archer for Stone

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

Awful shot Roy.

 

[Dinowolf]

Roy gone 1

2-1

 

[Carrotdude]

He’s still crap then, no idea where that hundred came from

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

Shocking series for Duckett

 

[Dinowolf]

Duckett gone 0

5-2

 

[Dinowolf]

Brook gone 6

14-3

 

[Sniffer]

I don't have the information to hand but out of our squad, how many having been playing regularly recently? Brook was told to rest and Archer has been playing but I'm not sure if the others have been in the Big Bash or the SA T20 competitions.

My point is that you can't just rock up in a foreign country for a short 3 match series and expect to turn the opposition over. I'm surprised the first two games were so close.

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

Ultimately no one plays 50 over cricket and it'll bite us. Brook hadn't played a 50 over game since 2019 until last week. T20 is not the same.

That is the choice the ECB have made.

 

[Dinowolf]

This side is effectively a 'B' side but even so why only pick 5 batters with 3 all-rounders and 3 bowlers.
One of the best ODI batters in the world is sitting in the dressing room. Is Root injured?

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

Root's playing T20 in the UAE.

Won't play the next ODI series in Bangladesh either as it clashes with the Test tour to New Zealand.

 

[Dinowolf]

Ah, wondered where he'd gone. Thanks