Cricket: 2014 India tour of England, 9th July-7th September
Discussion
graphene said:
Does every player have to be picked on the basis that they could in in the side for 4+ years? Perhaps they used this reasoning amongst the cons for keeping KP, so have backed themselves in to corner with it?
No I don't anyhow, Test cricket is hard to draw comparisons with other sports, the Ashes is our WC but comes in shorter cycles so I'd pick the side with the best chance of winning an ashes series. Many good players also don't seem to be able to cut it at test level.The backbone of a very good side is there at the moment. Opener, two bowling positions and whether Ali continues to prove he can be our front line spinner are the areas of concern for me.
India's bowlers look worn out. Robson's test career needs putting on hold for a while.
Good knocks from Root, Buttler, Balance and Cook. Woakes was unfortunate to get such a thin edge down the leg side, but his and Jordan's bowling showed some good signs and hopefully they'll continue to improve.
Tomorrow, batting practice for Root and Jordan, followed by Broad regaining his confidence against the short ball.
The biggest disappointment of the day for me was at 3:45 when I discovered I'd run out of cake. That spoilt the tea interval
Good knocks from Root, Buttler, Balance and Cook. Woakes was unfortunate to get such a thin edge down the leg side, but his and Jordan's bowling showed some good signs and hopefully they'll continue to improve.
Tomorrow, batting practice for Root and Jordan, followed by Broad regaining his confidence against the short ball.
The biggest disappointment of the day for me was at 3:45 when I discovered I'd run out of cake. That spoilt the tea interval
Getting a touch confused by Moeen.
At Worcestershire he has always been a batsman who can twirl it a bit (and only a bit, at that).
For England he seems to be a respectable spin bowler, who is struggling with his batting.
Most peculiar. His bowling has improved, but I think he needs to spend some time on, what until now, has been the bread and butter of his trade.
At Worcestershire he has always been a batsman who can twirl it a bit (and only a bit, at that).
For England he seems to be a respectable spin bowler, who is struggling with his batting.
Most peculiar. His bowling has improved, but I think he needs to spend some time on, what until now, has been the bread and butter of his trade.
Vocal Minority said:
Getting a touch confused by Moeen.
At Worcestershire he has always been a batsman who can twirl it a bit (and only a bit, at that).
For England he seems to be a respectable spin bowler, who is struggling with his batting.
Most peculiar. His bowling has improved, but I think he needs to spend some time on, what until now, has been the bread and butter of his trade.
I suspect that most of his time in the nets has been with the ball in hand. He's been getting out in daft ways which should be easily correctable. He's certainly done enough to be in the team to the WIndies in the spring.At Worcestershire he has always been a batsman who can twirl it a bit (and only a bit, at that).
For England he seems to be a respectable spin bowler, who is struggling with his batting.
Most peculiar. His bowling has improved, but I think he needs to spend some time on, what until now, has been the bread and butter of his trade.
It's a bit premature but I'd take
Cook
Bairstow
Hales
Balance
Bell
Rooooooooooooot
Moeen
Buttler
Jordan
Woakes
Finn
Plunkett
Broad
Anderson
bigunit00 said:
Erudite geezer said:
Indeed. India have been a complete shambles since the Lords win.
How the hell did Binny get another game? I'm well aware that the Indians have been crap since Lords, however you can only play the team in front of you and since Lords we've done that well. The WIndies in the sunshine next spring will be a step up before the Ashes and I have some good confidence that we can continue to improve. It's a young squad with some decent talent in it that will continue to grow.
Cricket has a significant mental element to it, part of the mental aspect is belief in oneself and the team. It has to be backed up by technical ability and form.
I'd argue that England, prior to the winter Ashes tour, had too much of the former, i.e. self belief, theoretically enough of the second, ability, but not enough of the last, form.
They were rapidly put into a mental state from which there was no coming back for that team on that tour, possibly ever. Which is where India are now, but perhaps not as bad as England in Oz.
England are possibly at the beginning of a long hard climb, which started after Lords this series.
I'd argue that England, prior to the winter Ashes tour, had too much of the former, i.e. self belief, theoretically enough of the second, ability, but not enough of the last, form.
They were rapidly put into a mental state from which there was no coming back for that team on that tour, possibly ever. Which is where India are now, but perhaps not as bad as England in Oz.
England are possibly at the beginning of a long hard climb, which started after Lords this series.
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