The Cricket Thread

[NiallQuinnDiscoPants]

plenty of time lads, keep the faith

always keep the faith. If we lose this from this position we might as well give up ODI's

 

[JJH]

always keep the faith. If we lose this from this position we might as well give up ODI's

Wouldn't surprise me looking at our bowling attack - but then again, I didn't think we'd get near 400 looking at our batting line-up either.

 

[JJH]

Record English ODI score - incredible.

 

[George Reilly's Hairpiece]

And to think Buttler was being wasted down at number 8.

Brilliant approach and a breath of fresh air.

Can we just play New Zealand every year?!

 

[hodge]

not bad

 

[SpireiteDan]

Wow.

Who thought this would happen in the next game after world cup?

 

[JJH]

408-9. Absolutely incredible.

Incredibly enjoyable to watch, ODI Cricket being played in the right manner.

 

[hodge]

Collapse incoming

Root gone.

Here we go.

Those of little faith.....

It's all gone wrong

I'll be amazed if we make 300+ or even bat past 42 overs.

Hope you are amazed

 

[JJH]

Those of little faith.....



Hope you are amazed

Glad to be proved wrong of course.

No-one could envisage a partnership like that coming - it was incredible.

 

[DarkSithLord]

Incredible. When I was speaking of being whitewashed I was referring to NZ!

 

[Skinner]

Those of little faith.....



Hope you are amazed

Just came back from a lay down

UNBELIEVABLE

Going down the pub to celebrate this day, fuck the NZ chase

 

[Hooray]

That was bloody fun to watch.

Only England could lose this from here. We can't... can we?

 

[hodge]

Glad to be proved wrong of course.

No-one could envisage a partnership like that coming - it was incredible.

Rashid could easily play a supporting role to Buttler

Well it was a supporting role......

 

[Super_horns]

1st time over 400 - cracking effort.

Particularly from Root and Buttler.

 

[JJH]

Anyway, if we're going back to this quoting old posts malarkey, where is Saddlerrad who calls for ODI's to be scrapped?!

 

[EricSabin]

Amazing to watch. Plunkett at 10 is a bloody strong line up. Buttler, Root magnificent, Rashid also very good. Very encouraging

 

[JJH]

Finn knocks back McCullum's off stump.

Perfect start that.

 

[Saddlerrad]

I'd still scrap as much ODI cricket as we have, even if we score 450 six innings in a row .

Typical. I haven't missed a single England innings entirely for about 6-7 years. Today I went to work at 1, came back at 6. Just enough time to miss the entire bloody thing, the only time we bother to post a decent, entertaining score.

Big scores for Buttler and Root, probably our most exciting ODI players alongside Hales. I mean we obviously aren't going to score this amount frequently, but just the intent and a proper attempt to score more than 250 will go down well. How many times did we creep to 240 with Trott making a ton and then get spanked inside 40 overs. If NZ win this, fair play. ODI is about entertainment, not being particularly good.

 

[JJH]

Finn gets another.

Well in.

 

[JJH]

Rashid gets Williamson who was on 45.

All going to plan so far.

 

[Saddlerrad]

Still have to be careful imo, ive seen Ronchi and Elliott break records recently.

 

[CFC2010]

I'd still scrap as much ODI cricket as we have, even if we score 450 six innings in a row .

Typical. I haven't missed a single England innings entirely for about 6-7 years. Today I went to work at 1, came back at 6. Just enough time to miss the entire bloody thing, the only time we bother to post a decent, entertaining score.

Big scores for Buttler and Root, probably our most exciting ODI players alongside Hales. I mean we obviously aren't going to score this amount frequently, but just the intent and a proper attempt to score more than 250 will go down well. How many times did we creep to 240 with Trott making a ton and then get spanked inside 40 overs. If NZ win this, fair play. ODI is about entertainment, not being particularly good.

Never.

 

[Saddlerrad]

Maybe not exactly like that, but you get my point.

 

[Who Needs Mourinho]

Rashid is doing very well.

 

[Super_horns]

Rashid is doing very well.

Another 2 wickets for him - 6 down and 160 needed.

 

[JJH]

Rashid on a hat-trick!

 

[Saddlerrad]

Great win that and some positive points all round. Problem is, you can almost guarantee that will be by far the best of the 5 performances. Hope not, but we can't get much better than that! Good day for Root, Buttler, Rashid and Finn.

 

[Skinner]

Even as a Kent fan, Billings isn't for this side

Ayo, plenty of us out tonight to celebrate our 400. Hopefully we kick on and go on as we've started. I love this positive cricket but we NEED to stop relying on Root

Oh and for the first time in 3 years I'll say it, Root > Williamson & Kholi

Root deals with pressure so much better. Will be the best batsman in the world soon

 

[Saddlerrad]

I haven't seen much of Billings to be honest - what is he all about? What's his game etc? What will he bring?

 

[Pilgrim Meister]

Fantastic game of cricket