England V India cricket
Discussion
Gargamel said:
For whatever reason, we are too prone to headless collapses when wickets start to fall.
I don’t know if the sheer volume of limited overs cricket these days has altered the mindset of our batting lineup, but it seems we’re our own biggest enemy now.
Testaburger said:
This is very true. Once a couple of wickets fall, you’d be willing to place a bet that we’ll be bowling be the end of the following session.
I don’t know if the sheer volume of limited overs cricket these days has altered the mindset of our batting lineup, but it seems we’re our own biggest enemy now.
I am not sure - it goes back a while. I used to regularly accuse Ian Bell of this, very few times he walked in at 5 and stopped the rot, usually he just added to the general sense of panic. I don’t know if the sheer volume of limited overs cricket these days has altered the mindset of our batting lineup, but it seems we’re our own biggest enemy now.
Bairstow has done better (in my opinion) in terms of steadying the ship and making late order partnerships. But without a '"proper"' four we will have this problem. Ideally Root would carry on at four. But it is all kind of irrelevant f you four is batting in the 5 - 10th over. They should be coming in 25th over + with 100 on the scoreboard - at least 50% of the time.
Much as I hated Trott as a bat, the antithesis of what I like about cricket. he gave a certain solidity to the top 3. Strauss, Cook (then) and Trott was a strong line up. It was usually middle order collapses then
Now we seem able to fold all the way down.
Pope might be the answer, he needs 10 matches to work it out. Cook has to go in my opinion, the team cannot move on with him there. Whilst he is a good lad, and been fantastic for England, he isn't performing. His slipping is nowhere near the standards he set 10 years ago.
zygalski said:
FiF said:
India to bat until tea and then let rip?
They should put us in half an hour before tea.Shambles of a display by us thus far. And cannot say I'm surprised.
Root will then go and get all upset at the pelters he gets, stick up for the Stokes/Curran discussion and we'll get a result at Lords.
Great Article here, which puts it far better than I can
http://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id/24418388/al...
http://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id/24418388/al...
TheAngryDog said:
Our mentality will stop us winning this game. We need Boycs to come in and score 12 runs but bat all day.
It can be done, except not by this lot. (I'm hoping now that I'm proved wrong......)Just think of Atherton at Joburg. Mental strength and a high level of ability, that's all.
TheAngryDog said:
Jennings cannot play in the rest of the series. He is just not good enough.
The missed catch off Anderson's bowling yesterday was appalling, nowhere near the ball! Jimmy's head in hands despair said it all. I really hope he apologised afterwards.he needed to come out and bat all day and rack up a big score to make amends, instead he just hung his bat out to a leave ball (high and wide of stumps)
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