Jacksgranda Posted May 9, 2022 Share Posted May 9, 2022 1 hour ago, Tynie Nickleby said: Wad at Test Match Special show last night in Edinburgh. Aggers was excellent and Tuffers was good though he completely made up a story which I don't think is required when he has so much material available to him. According to him he faced Merv Hughes at the Waca with Dickie Bird umpiring and had an anecdote about it. Dickie never umpired an Australia v England Test or Odi on their soil. He did umpire a legends game in 2007 in Perth however neither Hughes or Tufnell played. Just think when you have so much material blatantly making stuff up is a tad poor and not needed. Tyniers has lost the run of himself here, imho... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boo Khaki Posted May 10, 2022 Share Posted May 10, 2022 Graham Thorpe 'seriously ill in hospital' https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/61394116 don't like to speculate about someone's health, but as far as I'm aware he hasn't had any ongoing issues, so perhaps a heart-attack or something? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Savage Henry Posted May 11, 2022 Share Posted May 11, 2022 Looks like Brendan McCallum is the new test coach. The sort of fans who think openers should be 43/0 at lunch every time will not be pleased, but I look forward to a very attacking England team. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boo Khaki Posted May 12, 2022 Share Posted May 12, 2022 10 hours ago, Savage Henry said: Looks like Brendan McCallum is the new test coach. The sort of fans who think openers should be 43/0 at lunch every time will not be pleased, but I look forward to a very attacking England team. There's a time and a place for that. England have been obsessed with scoring quickly in the Test arena since the Duncan Fletcher years. I understand the concept, and Test cricket has changed significantly in the past 20 years or so, but I also think they've been guilty of a 'score quickly at all costs' mentality at times which has cost them when the conditions haven't been appropriate, and they've lacked the talent to do it successfully. Nothing to be ashamed of in playing conservatively and grinding out the odd result when you are short of talent by comparison to your opponent. It was NZ's M.O. for years and they massively overachieved thanks to it, although the caveat there is that Fleming and Vettori are/were head and shoulders above anything England have had over the past 15 years in Captaincy skills. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peasy23 Posted May 14, 2022 Share Posted May 14, 2022 Century for Joe Root batting at number 5 for Yorkshire in the Roses County Championship match at Headingley. Lancashire still well on top though after declaring on 566-9 yesterday with Keaton Jennings scoring 238. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
die hard doonhamer Posted May 14, 2022 Share Posted May 14, 2022 1 hour ago, peasy23 said: Century for Joe Root batting at number 5 for Yorkshire in the Roses County Championship match at Headingley. Lancashire still well on top though after declaring on 566-9 yesterday with Keaton Jennings scoring 238. He did have a night watchman batting ahead of him, so it’s really batting at 4. Matt Parkinson eventually got him for 147. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Savage Henry Posted May 14, 2022 Share Posted May 14, 2022 1 hour ago, peasy23 said: Century for Joe Root batting at number 5 for Yorkshire in the Roses County Championship match at Headingley. Lancashire still well on top though after declaring on 566-9 yesterday with Keaton Jennings scoring 238. Jennings in again, or has that horse bolted at test level? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peasy23 Posted May 14, 2022 Share Posted May 14, 2022 Jennings in again, or has that horse bolted at test level?Iirc he was in the big training squad at the start of Covid, but didn't get near the test team. One of a few players who started well but couldn't sustain it. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
die hard doonhamer Posted May 14, 2022 Share Posted May 14, 2022 10 minutes ago, Savage Henry said: Jennings in again, or has that horse bolted at test level? I hope he doesn’t get another shot. He’s not good enough against the moving ball at test level. I’d take him to the subcontinent, but he shouldn’t play at home. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Savage Henry Posted May 14, 2022 Share Posted May 14, 2022 2 minutes ago, die hard doonhamer said: I hope he doesn’t get another shot. He’s not good enough against the moving ball at test level. I’d take him to the subcontinent, but he shouldn’t play at home. At this point it’s a case of any old port in a storm. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eednud Posted May 14, 2022 Share Posted May 14, 2022 (edited) Former Australian allrounder Andrew Symonds has died in a car accident. Only 46. https://www.foxsports.com.au/cricket/australia/cricket-australia-news-2022-andrew-symonds-dies-in-car-crash-in-queensland-age-cause-of-death/news-story/710c592fd7e90f62e76c4f745144abaf Nickname: Roy Role: Allrounder Born: June 9, 1975 Test debut: Sri Lanka v Australia at Galle, 2004 Last Test: Australia v South Africa at MCG, 2008 Tests: 26 Runs: 1426, Average: 40.61, Highest score: 162*, Wickets: 24 ODIs: 198 Average: 39.75, Strike Rate: 92.44, Highest score: 156, Wickets: 133 T20Is: 14 Average: 48.14, Strike Rate: 169.34, Highest score: 84*, Wickets: 8 Edited May 15, 2022 by Eednud 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
die hard doonhamer Posted May 17, 2022 Share Posted May 17, 2022 According to The cricketer magazine, the England test squad that will be announced tomorrow will include Zak Crawley to open Ollie Pope to bat 3 Jack Leach, and no Matt Parkinson Get Rob Key to f**k already. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvo Montalbano Posted May 18, 2022 Share Posted May 18, 2022 Thought this was an interesting wee article. I love all these bizarre laws. https://wisden.com/stories/your-game/club-cricket/viral-club-cricket-clip-sparks-debate-over-niche-misapprehension-law?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Facebook#Echobox=1652704888 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ignoramus Posted May 18, 2022 Share Posted May 18, 2022 10 hours ago, die hard doonhamer said: According to The cricketer magazine, the England test squad that will be announced tomorrow will include Zak Crawley to open Ollie Pope to bat 3 Jack Leach, and no Matt Parkinson Get Rob Key to f**k already. A predictably boring squad, was always gonna go this way with McCullum still in the IPL. Crawley is going to get a billion chances before being dropped since Key is so close to him through their Kent ties. Pope is the English selectors Rubik’s cube - a very healthy CC average suggesting he’s too good for that level but poor at Test level, don’t think batting him out of position at 3 (compared to just keeping Root there) is a good plan. Even the bowling is boring, the big two will come in as always but then you’re down to an untested county seamer and Craig Overton. Seen suggestions that Parkinson isn’t viewed as consistent enough and not a good enough batter/fielder for them, but Leach just isn’t up to Test level. If you need any evidence of that, ask David Warner and Travis Head what they think of him. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aubrey Maturin Posted May 18, 2022 Share Posted May 18, 2022 10 hours ago, die hard doonhamer said: According to The cricketer magazine, the England test squad that will be announced tomorrow will include Zak Crawley to open Ollie Pope to bat 3 Jack Leach, and no Matt Parkinson Get Rob Key to f**k already. Einstein, doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result is insanity. Yup that's you Zak Crawley the man who never actually learns and a decent attack will do him. Olly Pope the Surrey lovechild who is great on a flat track against county bowlers and benefits from playing at the Oval. The worst player of spin bowling I have ever seen and a gutless spineless jellyfish. Leach, tries hard but basically shite, why not Parkinson, give him a go for goodness sake. Of course maybe they will go with Brook, I hope so. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaggyness Posted May 18, 2022 Share Posted May 18, 2022 No surprises Broad and Anderson recalled, bit of a surprise Robinson is dropped although he apparently has fitness issues. Would have tried parkinson over Leach and can't believe someone thinks Pope is a number 3 at test level. If you want a look at Brook play Bairstow at 3 and Brook at 5. You lose any benefit of Root coming in at 4 if he's coming in at 20/2 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaggyness Posted May 19, 2022 Share Posted May 19, 2022 Archer is going to be a permacrock isn't he? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aubrey Maturin Posted May 19, 2022 Share Posted May 19, 2022 5 minutes ago, jaggyness said: Archer is going to be a permacrock isn't he? Joe Root destroyed Archer making him bowl long spells in games that were destined for a draw. His management of him was a disgrace and the guy will never play test cricket again. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Tarmo Posted May 20, 2022 Share Posted May 20, 2022 MOEEN ALI! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Savage Henry Posted May 23, 2022 Share Posted May 23, 2022 On 19/05/2022 at 13:48, Tynie Nickleby said: Joe Root destroyed Archer making him bowl long spells in games that were destined for a draw. His management of him was a disgrace and the guy will never play test cricket again. He bowls too fast for his body. The elbow injuries would have been dealt with years ago had he been a baseball pitcher, but he kept running up when he clearly wasn’t right. I agree though, his test days should be behind him. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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