6th Match - England v South Africa (18th March)

[LegionOfBrad]

Is this seriously the best England has to offer?

Spinners yes, seamers i don't think so. But they're picked for their batting Topley aside.

Chris Jordan is in the team because he can on occasion bowl a Yorker (whilst going at 15 per over) its pathetic.

 

[Pratters]

Anyone watching England in the last year knows that is crap. We can match anyone in the batting department but our bowling is not there yet.

I think it was Laxman who was going on and on about England being amazing and Bhogle was nodding in approval.

 

[Scaly piscine]

England were an outside chance with Finn, once he got injured then it's just rearranging deck chairs on the Titanic in these sorts of conditions.

 

[91Jmay]

Great knock from Amla. Century on the cards from him here.

 

[LightningStrike]

Spinners yes, seamers i don't think so. But they're picked for their batting Topley aside.

Interesting. But as I said in the Windies England game. It seemed like they played very conservatively for a team with supposedly '10 batters'. So their tactics seemingly make no sense.

 

[Niall]

England were an outside chance with Finn, once he got injured then it's just rearranging deck chairs on the Titanic in these sorts of conditions.

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Its the Blast stats from last year, plenty of oversea players involved, nobody can really be that annoyed for been left out bar Parry. Not many quicks you could say would have done that much better either unfortunately. Mills always injured as well so can't really say him despite his pace.

Wood and especially Finn mega losses.

 

[LightningStrike]

Doesn't Broad play T20? England could have played with a batting line-up right down to 11

 

[Pratters]

I would like to understand the logic behind bringing Chris Jordan in an England side again.

 

[91Jmay]

Moeen done a great job here. Chance of keeping them below say 240 now but with our seamers who knows.

 

[AndyZaltzHair]

Moeen Ali to the rescue

 

[Pratters]

Laxman mentioned how Andrew Strauss had revitalised the English side as the director of cricket. He had transformed them. Yada, yada..

 

[Stace]

Ali's been quality, his l/o bowling has been brilliant for a while now.

 

[LightningStrike]

Come on Duminy, make a game of it with a run a ball 30.

 

[weldone]

lol England

 

[91Jmay]

Laxman mentioned how Andrew Strauss had revitalised the English side as the director of cricket. He had transformed them. Yada, yada..

You do realise we just beat SA in SA in something approximately 100000000000x more important than this?

 

[LightningStrike]

Laxman mentioned how Andrew Strauss had revitalised the English side as the director of cricket. He had transformed them. Yada, yada..

No it's not ROY's fault after all.

 

[LegionOfBrad]

I would like to understand the logic behind bringing Chris Jordan in an England side again.

He is dining out on what was in fairness an incredible super over in the UAE.

 

[AndyZaltzHair]

Morris at 7 so Saffers have to be careful a bit

 

[LegionOfBrad]

Morris at 7 so Saffers have to be careful a bit

Not really. He pummelled us last time he played.

 

[Pratters]

You do realise we just beat SA in SA in something approximately 100000000000x more important than this?

Yeah, as I am from the subcontinent, obviously I wouldn't care about tests too much. And as you are from England, obviously a tournament like the T20 world cup holds no significance. But we can both agree England doesn't have a very good T20 side for this world cup.