*Official* England in Australia (2 T20 & 7 ODIs)

[tooextracool]

Removing Zimbabwe and Bangladesh:

Clarke opening: 19 innings, 1 not out, 677 runs @ 37.61 (81.17). 1 hundred and 6 fifties
Haddin opening*: 29 innings, 1 not out, 1058 runs @ 37.78 (87.65), 2 hundreds and 6 fifties
*stats taken since he took over from Gilchrist full-time

Haddin frankly has the much better record opening if you break up their stats properly.

Think we should also be removing ICC world XI games.

Tbh, there is very little between that, but Haddin seems to get a lot of starts and not really do much with it (except when he plays NZ). Clarke at 4 or 5 is really not helping the team, to the point where he is better off not playing at all.

 

[Prince EWS]

Think we should also be removing ICC world XI games.

Tbh, there is very little between that, but Haddin seems to get a lot of starts and not really do much with it (except when he plays NZ). Clarke at 4 or 5 is really not helping the team, to the point where he is better off not playing at all.

I think Clarke's middle batting is a tactical role set by the team hierarchy - to a large extent anyway. If he was dropped they'd just get someone else to it. It's a very poor and outdated tactic IMO but I think it's a role they've assigned to him. IMO, lot of problems would be arrested if he was told to pick up the pace a bit and take more risks; he obviously knows how to do it given his ODI career pre-2007.

 

[Spark]

I definitely think it's at least partially tactical given the sudden change in Clarke's mode when Marsh/White fell.

 

[marc71178]

Nah just by England. But yeah, miiighty fiiine.

Lolworthy how no England bowler has managed to better Colly's best ODI bowling 'analysis'.

To be fair, there's not that many bowlers at all who have managed to better them from any country in the grand scheme of things.

 

[NUFAN]

Surely Tim Paine should come in for Shaun Marsh.. He's in the world cup squad FFS!

 

[GIMH]

Struggling England call for Plunkett - News Archive - News - Lord's

 

[Jarquis]

Wtf

 

[Jacknife]

It really is the case of, the last man standing.

 

[Burgey]

Surely Tim Paine should come in for Shaun Marsh.. He's in the world cup squad FFS!

You'd like to think so, but who knows these days mate?

 

[Riggins]

Yess!! Plunks, what a legend. Used one of his old sticks for a while in my last year of school, best bat i've had to this day!

 

[TT Boy]

Plunkett is decent call and he dicked the Aussies under lights a few years back in Sydney. Hard to believe he is still only 25.

 

[robelinda]

Good to see Ferguson get a match, at number three too! Good too that Clarke no longer sees himself as a number 3, hopefully thats the same test cricket too, down the order pal, down the order you belong.

 

[Burgey]

Jeez Prior seems to hate facing Lee ATM.

 

[Mike5181]

Lee hits 150k. Impressive.

 

[Jayzamann]

Ugly looking bit of fielding there :P

 

[Top_Cat]

Geez with a bowling line-up of Anderson/Finn/Woakes/Yardy/Collingwood, England will need 500.

 

[Burgey]

Such a rocks and diamonds pace attack for us tonight - Lee, Tait and Johnson. Could do anything - good or bad.

 

[Nate]

Johnson to get Prior imo.

 

[BoyBrumby]

Johnson to get Prior imo.

Lol. Was that posted before he nailed him?

How does Johnson swing it with that seam position? Defies logic. & physics too, probz.

 

[Nate]

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