***Official*** England in India 2016/17

[mackembhoy]

He may not have known he'd broken his foot, but that doesn't necessarily mean he didn't know he was injured.

True but he was trying to save his club from relegation. People put themselves through the pain barrier in important situations in sport.

A completely futile attempt as the bastards relegated us afterwards. Hopefully some lost revenue thanks to a 4 nil drubbing.

 

[S.Kennedy]

Wood shouldn't come back in to the side because there's not currently room for him. There's already Woakes, Stokes, Broad, and Anderson; all of whom deserve to play.

If you want to extract genuine pace, Wood before Woakes, Broad or Anderson any day.

 

[honestbharani]

India vs England 2016: How Jos Buttler became a Chennai crowd favourite


A positive from the tour for England

 

[Spark]

Still think that so long as Wood has that action, you're not gonna be seeing him very much.

 

[vcs]

He's an absolute livewire on the field as well. Hard to stand out as much as he did from a fielding perspective in Test cricket. He and Jadeja were brilliant.

 

[S.Kennedy]

Still think that so long as Wood has that action, you're not gonna be seeing him very much.

He has altered his action.

 

[honestbharani]

Always fun to re-read the early posts after a series is done. Guys who made good calls as far as the series results go:


Impatient Lime, flibbertyjibber, Pratters, Contra, Salamuddin, Marc.




These calls... not so great....

I predict Moeen to go much better than Lyon/Santner and the other overseas spinners to have toured recently. His quicker pace will suit these conditions nicely imo.

Yeah, I'll go with the 3-1 consensus as well. Jimmy coming back from injury and our spinners being no where near the class of 2012 Swann and Monty.........hard to see an England series win. But I reckon Stokes is going to be epic.

I'd love it if Stokes gets fired up like he usually does. Could be an enthralling series.

much more worried about our batting than our spin bowlers tbh. broad, stokes and woakes have enough about them to keep us competitive. i don't think you can say the same thing about the flaky batting. the onus on root and in particular cook is enormous.

And this was just spot on

English debutants do great when they debut in India anyways. If the English selectors are smart, they will not play either against BD and wait for them to debut against India and be awesome.

 

[Burner]

Stokes did get pissed off though and it was fantastic to watch. My call is spot on there.

 

[S.Kennedy]

It wasn't exactly 'enthralling': too one sided.

 

[honestbharani]

Stokes did get pissed off though and it was fantastic to watch. My call is spot on there.

I thought you meant his performances will improve which realy didn't esp. with the bat after his slanging match with Kaptain Kohli.

 

[listento_me]

England have a 2 week break right? How is that right. I can't think of the last time a touring side got 2 weeks off in the middle of a tour....especially after playing the bollocks they just did. I can understand its Christmas and all but that should mean getting 4 days off, like most people at work would and then flying back to start the ODIs.

 

[srbhkshk]

England have a 2 week break right? How is that right. I can't think of the last time a touring side got 2 weeks off in the middle of a tour....especially after playing the bollocks they just did. I can understand its Christmas and all but that should mean getting 4 days off, like most people at work would and then flying back to start the ODIs.

How about if the board and players are ok with the schedule it's pointless to complain?

 

[fredfertang]

England have a 2 week break right? How is that right. I can't think of the last time a touring side got 2 weeks off in the middle of a tour....especially after playing the bollocks they just did. I can understand its Christmas and all but that should mean getting 4 days off, like most people at work would and then flying back to start the ODIs.

There's a tiny flaw in your logic mate - professional sportsmen are about as much like 'most people at work' as Ben Duckett is like Virat Kohli

 

[GIMH]

Most people where I work are having ten days off, not four. Present company included.

 

[Kirkut]

England have a 2 week break right? How is that right. I can't think of the last time a touring side got 2 weeks off in the middle of a tour....especially after playing the bollocks they just did. I can understand its Christmas and all but that should mean getting 4 days off, like most people at work would and then flying back to start the ODIs.

They deserve a break tbh. I was watching a Big Bash game recently and could see how jaded Broad was.

 

[Shri]

Most people where I work are having ten days off, not four. Present company included.

So you just disappeared as a fan when your side was copping it? Typical.

 

[listento_me]

Most people where I work are having ten days off, not four. Present company included.

That's weird, where do you work? If it's a government department I would understand, although 10 is a bit much. Especially considering people I know who work in say, the DWP are having 7 days off, not 10. In the private sector, it's 4 days (the weekend ofc and then boxing day and the day after that).

How about if the board and players are ok with the schedule it's pointless to complain?

The boards and players are ok with many things it doesn't mean we as fans should take it or maybe every team should be given special treatment on special days. How about touring Pakistan and Bangladesh sides get a rest day on Friday? I'm sure most of you would be against that.

A 2 week break is excessive. I can totally understand a week off for the festivities, spending time with the family and so on and then coming back and resuming the series. 2 weeks is a joke.

Oh and Kohli didn't really seem ok with it, even if his comment came across as tongue in cheek.

 

[Bijed]

Most people where I work are having ten days off, not four. Present company included.

That's including some annual leave, right? I've ended up with 10 days made up for 4 weekend days, 3 bank holidays and 3 days of leave which you basically have to set aside for the Christmas break.

 

[GIMH]

So you just disappeared as a fan when your side was copping it? Typical.

What?

 

[Furball]

That's weird, where do you work? If it's a government department I would understand, although 10 is a bit much. Especially considering people I know who work in say, the DWP are having 7 days off, not 10. In the private sector, it's 4 days (the weekend ofc and then boxing day and the day after that).



The boards and players are ok with many things it doesn't mean we as fans should take it or maybe every team should be given special treatment on special days. How about touring Pakistan and Bangladesh sides get a rest day on Friday? I'm sure most of you would be against that.

A 2 week break is excessive. I can totally understand a week off for the festivities, spending time with the family and so on and then coming back and resuming the series. 2 weeks is a joke.

Oh and Kohli didn't really seem ok with it, even if his comment came across as tongue in cheek.

Working over Christmas is pointless. And some of us have had no significant time off since summer so whilr I'm back tomorrow for 4 out of 5 days, I'm taking the first week of 2017 off.