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Stokes retiring from ODI cricket

wpdavid

wpdavid

Hall of Fame Member
Actually I'm OK with this. It looks like a recent decision and I can see that his home county's fans would expect to see him play tomorrow. His fitness clearly isn't what it was as he's got older, so I'm in favour of anything that potentially extends his test career. As for T20s vs ODIs, there's a difference between bowling 4 overs and bowling 10 overs, so I get that too.

Buttler to take over, presumably.
 
BoyBrumby

BoyBrumby

Englishman
wpdavid said:
Actually I'm OK with this. It looks like a recent decision and I can see that his home county's fans would expect to see him play tomorrow. His fitness clearly isn't what it was as he's got older, so I'm in favour of anything that potentially extends his test career. As for T20s vs ODIs, there's a difference between bowling 4 overs and bowling 10 overs, so I get that too.

Buttler to take over, presumably.
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Thought he already had?

Unless you're suggest Jos bowls Sir Benjamin's share of overs?!
 
Heboric

Heboric

International Debutant
wpdavid said:
Actually I'm OK with this. It looks like a recent decision and I can see that his home county's fans would expect to see him play tomorrow. His fitness clearly isn't what it was as he's got older, so I'm in favour of anything that potentially extends his test career. As for T20s vs ODIs, there's a difference between bowling 4 overs and bowling 10 overs, so I get that too.

Buttler to take over, presumably.
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I thought Buttler was captain already ?
 
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Pothas

Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
Yeah this is all good. Suddenly really not sure what the middle order looks like though.
 
Niall

Niall

International Coach
Pothas said:
Is Livingstone actually good?
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Its a fair question. I don't really care about his domestic runs or his IPL bullying of trundlers , but scanning down his brief international career in both limited overs format its pretty dull stuff bar a century v Pakistan in t20 v Pakistan in a losing cause.
 
wpdavid

wpdavid

Hall of Fame Member
Pothas said:
Is Livingstone actually good?
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No idea. But I think we'll know a bit more if he bats higher than number 7 for a while.

That being said, I don't see him batting at 4, ditto Buttler or Moeen. Which takes us back to Pothas' original question. Is Brooks a better bet?
 
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Tom Flint

International Regular
This does leave a hole in the line up. Who is the best seam bowling all rounder to replace him. Curran can't bat top 6 surely
 
theegyptian

theegyptian

International Vice-Captain
Just need Moeen to go now and that's all 3 of the middle order, left hand over 30s leaving the stage in ODIS in recent weeks. **** moves quick.

Given we don't exactly have any bowling right now it doesn't exactly bode well for the WC.
 
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Tom Flint

International Regular
So if mo and rashid are playing, +3 quickest would that mean we need another seam up all rounder of just go with those 5 and 6 best batsmen?
 
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