[Frankie]

Gus Atkinson who made his T20 debut for England tonight looks like he could have something about him. Assuming he can stay injury free and is not coached into dropping his speed.

[ferocious]

Was listening to talkSPORT radio the other day they were talking to Stuart Broad and mentioned this statistic on his retirement
Last ball faced= hit for 6
Last ball bowled = wicket

Wonder if anyone else has something similar

[bazzap]

Australia is fucked for this World Cup IMHO. Too many old players like Warner, Maxwell, Stoinis & Smith, too many are inconsistent Maxwell, Mitch Marsh, Stoinis, too many are out of form Green & Zampa, and only one recognised spinner when playing in India. Madness


By next year there will be a whole lot of limited-over players retiring or getting tapped so there will be a whole new crew replacing them. Not ideal


Hopefully, I am wrong and they start winning again,

Nahh ..... won't happen

Oh and that goes for the Test side as well






Not just me saying that



From the Roar

Australia’s ageing cricket team about to fall off a cliff even if they can rebound from opening World Cup failure

The link is HERE



The future looks bleak

[ferocious]

Originally Posted by bazzap

Australia is fucked for this World Cup IMHO. Too many old players like Warner, Maxwell, Stoinis & Smith, too many are inconsistent Maxwell, Mitch Marsh, Stoinis, too many are out of form Green & Zampa, and only one recognised spinner when playing in India. Madness


By next year there will be a whole lot of limited-over players retiring or getting tapped so there will be a whole new crew replacing them. Not ideal


Hopefully, I am wrong and they start winning again,

Nahh ..... won't happen

Oh and that goes for the Test side as well






Not just me saying that



From the Roar




The link is HERE



The future looks bleak

You’s got a bit of a kicking earlier today

[bazzap]

Yay!!! We won a game

I had lunch with Flacky yesterday. His first words were "Don't mention the cricket"

Both the 2015 and 2019 World Cup winners look like they are struggling to win the 2023 edition

But you never know

[Frankie]

Aye both Australia and England have been lacklustre. Nice to see both Afghanistan and Holland causing upsets. Just Afghanistan did it against the wrong team. India would have been much more preferable.

[Frankie]

After that defeat against SA today England haven't been lacklustre they've been fuckin shite. Time for a clear out.

[bazzap]

Originally Posted by Frankie

After that defeat against SA today England haven't been lacklustre they've been fuckin shite. Time for a clear out.

Lucky that the last pair put on 70 odd to add a bit of respectability to the scoreline. It was good to watch even though the game was over by then. It was better than watching QPR who were 0-2 down in the first 15 minutes


Don't like to say it, but with England 9th on the table at the moment, they need to virtually win every game now to qualify (an uneducated guess). QPR, on the other hand, is doomed. "League One, Here We Come" is their new catchcry.


Australia is doing slightly better though the two openers scored most of the runs against Pakistan. Zampa is bowling better as well. We live in hope though we still have to play those giant-killers, the Dutchies, and the Taliban.

[bazzap]

Did the ECB just award contracts (some multi-year) to just about all of the current DOI team? 800,000 pounds a year plus?

Three-year contracts: Harry Brook, Joe Root, Mark Wood

Two-year contracts: Rehan Ahmed, Jofra Archer, Gus Atkinson, Jonny Bairstow, Jos Buttler, Brydon Carse, Zak Crawley, Sam Curran, Ben Duckett, Liam Livingstone, Ollie Pope, Matthew Potts, Adil Rashid, Josh Tongue, Chris Woakes

One-year contracts: Moeen Ali, James Anderson, Ben Foakes, Jack Leach, Dawid Malan, Ollie Robinson, Ben Stokes, Reece Topley

Sorry, could not help myself

[Frankie]

You know it makes sense, or at least it does to the fuckwits at the ECB. Clear out required so they extend contracts instead.