The Cricket Thread

[RavenBish]

 

[RavenBish]

Dreading one of two things happening. A steady slow run rate without losing wickets or an explosive innings with lots of quick wickets.

It's England, a steady slow run rate with lots of quick wickets is also a plausible scenario.

 

[Who Needs Mourinho]

I really thought they were going to gamble and shove Hales in at 3 but alas same old gutless England.

Sri Lanka national anthem is something to behold

 

[Merger most horrid]

The stubbornness of Morgan and Moores is incredible............Ballance ??????

 

[JJH]

That national anthem didn't half drag on..

Unchanged again - surprisingly..

 

[RavenBish]

Never play Hales at 3. Ever. He's an opener - boiled my blood when England fucked him over by 'giving him a chance' at 3 - the twats.

Ballance not getting dropped is beyond baffling. Completely insane.

 

[JJH]

Nearly a wicket first ball

 

[JJH]

Never play Hales at 3. Ever. He's an opener - boiled my blood when England fucked him over by 'giving him a chance' at 3 - the twats.

Ballance not getting dropped is beyond baffling. Completely insane.

Hales opening, Bell moved down to 3?

 

[JJH]

James Hubbard ‏@JamesHubbard113 6m6 minutes ago
The Sri Lankan anthem is 3/1 to last longer than England's innings #CWC15 #ENGvSL

 

[RavenBish]

Hales opening, Bell moved down to 3?

Possibly but I don't think Ali's an opener either - I'd have him at 5 ideally. Hales and Carberry/Roy.

 

[JonBCFC]

Just tuned in to watch Bell defend for the entire innings, and saw he got consecutive boundaries?

I'd love hales and Roy to open for England. Ali number 3, with Taylor 4

 

[JJH]

Possibly but I don't think Ali's an opener either - I'd have him at 5 ideally. Hales and Carberry/Roy.

I'd like us to find a way to get Bopara in the side, unfairly dropped at the start of this tournament.

 

[JJH]

Fast outfield is this.

 

[Skinner]

Bell picking boundries, an improvement

 

[Skinner]

Oofft, good strike, unlucky on the field

 

[JonBCFC]

Yup loving the aggression from Bell... He ain't half been lucky on a couple of occasions though!

 

[JJH]

Bell dropped twice - I remember in the summer when Cook got dropped, and from then on in, he regained form.

All the luck going our way - take advantage of it.

 

[RavenBish]

You have to ride your luck in limited overs cricket, you rarely see a bloke hit a century without snicking off a couple of times or getting dropped (see Finch in the Aus/Eng game). You're rewarded for being aggressive more often than not.

 

[JJH]

Batting paradise this.

 

[JJH]

Lakmal - 2 overs, 0-28..

 

[RavenBish]

Why take a powerplay if you're happy to hit 3 an over from overs 5-10 and get 60ish for no loss after 10?

 

[JonBCFC]

Lakmal - 2 overs, 0-28..

Bad, but not as bad as Finn vs NZ!

 

[Who Needs Mourinho]

I'd like us to find a way to get Bopara in the side, unfairly dropped at the start of this tournament.

Morgan, and Cook before him rarely trusted him to bowl. I don't agree with them but if he isn't going to bowl, his batting performances haven't been good enough for him to cement his place. I'm guessing after the World cup they will move Taylor back to 3 and have Stokes back as the genuine all rounder at 6.

 

[JJH]

Very soft dismissal.

 

[Who Needs Mourinho]

I think we all saw that coming

 

[JJH]

Prove your worth then Ballance.

 

[Who Needs Mourinho]

Also shows what Bopara would bring us if he was in the team and given a bowl. Sri Lanka don't have the best bowling attack in the world but they do have variation.

 

[Who Needs Mourinho]

Ballance has already left three balls he should be hitting

 

[RavenBish]

Ballance in to steady the ship with 12 off 28 before getting caught inside the circle.

 

[RavenBish]

They're all fucking scared shitless of spin apart from Taylor, it's hilarious.