straw man
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I hope the weather does clear, it's a sellout. The Poms will be feeling right at home in this weather. It's seriously cold and wet.Off to watch the women kick off their campaign at AB field tomorrow if the weather clears.
I would say England still leads in the allrounder area even without Stokes. Both Moeen and Woakes I think are better skilled in both departments than the Aussies who are primarily strong in one skill and decent in the other.This is the one and only area England are infinitely superior to Australia, wicket-keeping. Even besides Bairstow we still have Foakes and Butler waiting in the wings. Yip, the Poms will be hoping Wade to drop some howlers.
Woakes is decent at both but he's far from top quality, the 'all-rounder' tag gets quite a bit overplayed in the UK, but they also like mocking 'bits and pieces cricketers', I'm pretty sure Woakes has been just that for the majority of his career bar some success against the likes of the mighty Glamorgan.I would say England still leads in the allrounder area even without Stokes. Both Moeen and Woakes I think are better skilled in both departments than the Aussies who are primarily strong in one skill and decent in the other.
Glamorgan? Woakes has played the majority of his career in division one: Warwickshire have been in division one since 2009 while Glamorgan have been ensconced in division two since 2006, although ironically Warwickshire were relegated this year so will now be playing in division two for 2018, facing Glamorgan. Warwickshire are also in the 'north' group for the limited overs competitions which basically precludes them from playing Glamorgan unless both teams progress to the knock-out stages.Woakes is decent at both but he's far from top quality, the 'all-rounder' tag gets quite a bit overplayed in the UK, but they also like mocking 'bits and pieces cricketers', I'm pretty sure Woakes has been just that for the majority of his career bar some success against the likes of the mighty Glamorgan.
He should actually be publicly executed for apologizing.
The interview's a fairly considered piece. Can't believe he's 35 btw.
He's actually one of the most startlingly softly-spoken and polite cricketers in the world off-field tbf.The interview's a fairly considered piece. Can't believe he's 35 btw.
All he actually said is you can't completely write off a side in a two horse race, which isn't exactly a vote of confidence in our boys.
And he was being interviewed on one of our radio stations, so he was probably being polite anyway.