Fiery
Banned
English I guess
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***Official*** Commonwealth Bank Tri-Series
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FaaipDeOiad
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Mal Loye is so hopeless outside off stump. Every single innings he's played in this series has been a repeat of the same thing. Leaves a few balls, manufactures a couple of shots against length balls and hits them for six or four, gets a reasonable delivery moving across him and gets out.
You'd think he'd never faced a left-armer before.
You'd think he'd never faced a left-armer before.
TT Boy
Hall of Fame Member
And you be right.
Smudge
Hall of Fame Member
It's strange. I vaguely remember you posting before the last few days or so - have you decided you weren't getting much attention so decided to become a tiresome troll?
Fiery
Banned
Presumably ****ney if you're from your Location ?And you be right.
TT Boy
Hall of Fame Member
Fiery
Banned
Ha, is he still getting ridiculed for that? West Ham supporter?...(please don't say Leyton Orient)Yeah unfortunately, think Dick Van Dyke (and you be wrong).
TT Boy
Hall of Fame Member
No it's just that a lot of people actually believe we talk like that and no I don't support West Ham, thank goodness.
TT Boy
Hall of Fame Member
I said it before the series that alongside Paul Collingwood, his England's most outrageously average cricketer. Had a few decent performances last summer with the bat but I can't remember him making too many runs in winning causes and he was simply awful with the ball today.
Complicated
School Boy/Girl Cricketer
Ed Joyce looks pretty good at the moment. I kept wondering why England kept persisting with him. Hopefully he makes a decent score.
Fiery
Banned
Not much of a field either and can't throw at all. Come on England selectors, surely there are some cricketers with much more talent going around in county cricket?!
Decent partnership building here
TT Boy
Hall of Fame Member
What's bugging me is what happened to his boat race?
Prince EWS
Global Moderator
His form is horrible - dire really. However, he saved England from a few collapses in the past with the bat with some very fine knocks down the order, and his bowling was about 10 times better than the tripe he has served up in this series (barring the first match where I thought he was impressive with the ball.)
I think one of his main problems is the fact that his role in the side is no longer one he is actually good at. Batting at 7 or 8 and playing as the second spinner isn't really his go. He should be in the top 6 (preferably 5 IMO) or not at all, and he really should be bowling a lot more than he is (although, given, his bowling hasn't really inspired the captain to use him much in this series). I'd definitely have Collingwood batting 7 - he has done well in the finishing role for England in the past and looks a lot less convincing in the top order. Dalrymple and Flintoff could alternate between 5 and 6 depending on the situation.
I'm backing him to come good really. I like his character, his mental resolve and his allround skill.