England's two best players of spin gone for nothing. This is on for Afghanistan.Pleased to see a half decent crowd in for an Afghanistan game. Hope this doesn't peter out into nothingness, they've got a chance here.
Curran has definitely got his spot on the basis of his T20 accomplishments (speaking of, here's Harry Brook...). Willey has consistently outperformed him in ODIs, but seen as a less 'exciting' pick maybe. Probably worth giving him a go, just a bit tricky that we have SA up next, which is likely to be rough on whatever bowling line up we pick.FWIW re Curran, his last SEVEN ODI series including this he's only once averaged under 36 with the ball, that in Bangladesh, and 36.25 in South Africa aside the rest are 40+ . That stretches back to South Africa series in 2022, his batting up to that point averaging 28.20 but at a relatively pedestrian pace, the average has gone down but the SR up
if you mean the egg shaped ball, might not even have started at this rate!WTF?
Two down and struggling in the powerplay. We are in danger of losing to minnows in two different sports at the same time.
Curran should have established himself in Tests and ODIs by now IF he is or going to be good enoughCurran has definitely got his spot on the basis of his T20 accomplishments (speaking of, here's Harry Brook...). Willey has consistently outperformed him in ODIs, but seen as a less 'exciting' pick maybe. Probably worth giving him a go, just a bit tricky that we have SA up next, which is likely to be rough on whatever bowling line up we pick.
Liam Livingstone ? 35 @ 115 SR with bat , 12 wickets @ 25 with the ball ..if you mean the egg shaped ball, might not even have started at this rate!
Just anticipating a possible upset come catastrophe, Afghans vs the bigger guns, the ones who would be humiliated in losing to them even once
Afghanistan ODIs
vs PAK : P7 W0 L7
vs IND : P4 W0 L3 (Tie 1)
vs AUS : P3 W0 L3
vs NZL : P2 W0 L2
vs ENG : P2 W0 L2
vs SAF : P1 W0 L1
So only avoidance of defeat was a tie vs India. vs Sri Lanka who I don't count as a big gun at the moment/anymore have W3 L7 NR 1, deshis is 10-6 to the deshis, 18-10 to Afghans against the zimmers and 5-3 to windies with an NR as well. More wins to Afghans over this lot (30) than the big guns as listed have PLAYED (19) against the Afghans
I suggest it may be an even bigger upset than when they blew it vs Ireland at the World Cup, or Zimbabwe, not that a user on beeb have your say would accept the value of this format, or what it can throw at you (T20is not quite a lottery, but less significance in results)
re Root retiring in 2027, after that wicket he may want to retire now! (only kidding) Lot on Brook and later Livingstone, need to justify their inclusion and a wicket and tidy overs against Afghanistan doesn't do that by any stretch, short or long
Roy has the experience (over 100 caps), won the World Cup, IS an opener and has a good record in IndiaNot sure why they keep saying it was just Roy against Brook, tbh I'd have had Crawley, Duckett, Hain, Jacks and even Abell in the convo.
Hope in an hour or so this post looks silly.