Jacknife
International Captain
Why? not at his best today but he's still comfortably England's best limited overs bowler and over the last few years, he's usually the man to take a wicket.
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**Official** Sri Lanka in England / Scotland - 2011
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superkingdave
Hall of Fame Member
was the least effective seamer today, yet he got the most overs, plus he is our best death bowler, if anything he should be bowling out last.
Jacknife
International Captain
Him and Bres bowled 6 each the other two bowlers 5, which is fair enough, when they've bowled them out. Surprised Cook didn't give Jimmy the chance to get his 5fer though.
MW1304
Cricketer Of The Year
Anti-jinxing works again.
That's probably our best all-round ODI performance in a while - good to see. We're always good in English conditions, tbf, but didn't expect quite such a thrashing. Need to maintain this all series, though, which is something we rarely do.
Well played England, with a decently balanced looking team nicely bereft of bits and pieces cricketers.
Lovely but devastating critique of Stuart Broad from Michael Holding. When asked to comment on the view that Broad has the best bouncer in world cricket he said...
"Good to have a bouncer. Good to have a good bouncer. Think you need a bit more than a bouncer though"
Ouch.
Lovely but devastating critique of Stuart Broad from Michael Holding. When asked to comment on the view that Broad has the best bouncer in world cricket he said...
"Good to have a bouncer. Good to have a good bouncer. Think you need a bit more than a bouncer though"
Ouch.
Prince EWS
Global Moderator
It's been pretty rare for UDRS to be used in bilateral ODI series.
Stapel
International Regular
Well, as his name is most likely German, it should be pronounced Dairnbach, with the ch like the ch in the Scottisch loch.
Magrat Garlick
Rather Mad Witch
Afrikaner pronunciation follows it own rules.
My favourite is the French La Grange, becoming La-khranshi...
FBU
International Debutant
After Anderson had bowled his last over the Sri Lankans took the batting powerplay. England would want to look at Dernbach in the powerplays to see if his variations are effective so Dernbach and Bresnan bowled then and Swann at that time had only 3 overs so he took over after that. There was no guarantee Anderson would pick up his 5th in one over.
Jacknife
International Captain
With only 2 wickets left at the time and bowling him out wasn't going to effect the game, it was worth a go. Especially in the 25th over, where Cook did the double change and brought Broad and Swann on, he should have gave it to Jimmy instead of Broad.
Not that it really matters but if you get 4 wickets in Odi's and have overs left to bowl, why not, 5fer's are quite rare in Odi's.
FBU
International Debutant
I agree. Cook said Anderson was begging him for another over to get his 5fer.
Maybe Cook wanted to give Broad an easy wicket to boost his confidence. Still six more wickets to get his 200th. Hopefully before the end of the series.
Prince EWS
Global Moderator
Yeah I agree, although I definitely improve this balance to teams of the past which have had Luke Wright coming in at 8.
I still think using Bopara as the fifth bowler with the option of Trott or Pietersen bowling a couple of overs makes more sense than playing Dirtbag though.
Furball
Evil Scotsman
In one day cricket Patel strikes me as a bits an pieces guy who.can biff a few/bowl some handy overs rather than a guy who's got a defined role.
At county level, Bopara is definitely a batsman who has a handy second suit. I'd much rather have a Bopara type.than a Patel type in my XI.
MW1304
Cricketer Of The Year
If we're talking about a guy to bat at 7, Patel is definitely good enough. He's been averaging over 40 for the last two years in List A and his bowling is stronger than Bopara's. I'm not that comfortable about Bresnan batting at 7, so would rather have Patel at 7 in instead of Dernbach.
If Bopara did get back into form then he could bat at 6, but hopefully we can get a look at Stokes for that role in the near future.
If Bopara did get back into form then he could bat at 6, but hopefully we can get a look at Stokes for that role in the near future.
Prince EWS
Global Moderator
Don't really think Patel's bowling is better than Bopara's anymore; not in one day cricket anyway.
Howe_zat
Audio File
I'm pretty happy with the balance as it is, unless we need two spinners, in which case Patel for Dernbach makes sense. There's always Swann at #9 to be promoted if there's a need for slogging, or Woakes could come in for Dernbach if you want more depth. Much rather have 5 proper bowlers.
