The Cricket Thread

[Deutsch Wolf]

Durham did totally collapse!

27/1 at lunch. All out for 85 inside an hour and a bit and relegated.

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

A nice piece on Woakes

Farewell the Wizard: Chris Woakes could cast spells but let his cricket do the talking | Ali Martin

Chris Woakes always put the team first and hit the heights for England with an enviable Test career and two World Cup wins

www.theguardian.com

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

We've already named our team vs NZ for Saturday

Salt
Buttler (wk)
Bethell
Brook (c)
Banton
Curran
Cox
Carse
Dawson
Rashid
Wood

Yes we are fielding Cox at 7, even though he's not keeping. We'll need Curran to bowl all his overs too, which he rarely does in internationals

 

[Wolftone]

Cummins faces up to stressful reality of Ashes mortality

Captain’s ailing back makes it advantage England with Australia requiring two players to replace their leader

observer.co.uk

 

[Trips]

We've already named our team vs NZ for Saturday

Salt
Buttler (wk)
Bethell
Brook (c)
Banton
Curran
Cox
Carse
Dawson
Rashid
Wood

Yes we are fielding Cox at 7, even though he's not keeping. We'll need Curran to bowl all his overs too, which he rarely does in internationals

Guess which of the bowlers got tonked round the park at more than 12 an over?

 

[Trips]

Score card for our top 7 in NZ makes interesting reading

Smith 0
Duckett 2
Root 2
Bethell 2
Brook 135
Buttler 4
Curran 6

Jamie Overton (46) the only other player to make double figures, as NZ are cruising to a win

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

Proper village cricket stuff, when a lad from the firsts doesn't get picked so drops down to play for fourths because they're a man short.

Also how the living fuck are Overton and Curran 40% of our attack, how is that ever going to work.

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

Cummins definitely out of the First Test