***Official***Match #40- England vs Netherlands - November 8th - Pune (D/N)-#TheGreatEuropeanBash

[MW1304]

Haha king of the limp dismissal. Look I'll miss you to a degree, Mo, but I won't miss the countless instances of **** like that in pressure situations with the bat.

 

[flibbertyjibber]

Do I not like Orange

 

[Spikey]

why doesn't the english team, the defending champions, not simply crush their opposition?

 

[chris.hinton]

FFS can we have one match when the rest of the cricket world aren't laughing at us

 

[Gnske]

Good to see England have decided to go full circle and undergo an inconceivable journey by taking the 'white ball revolution' back to square one.

 

[kevinw]

TBH I'd be happy for us not to qualify for the CT - these guys don't deserve it.

 

[Molehill]

TBH I'd be happy for us not to qualify for the CT - these guys don't deserve it.

True, but maybe their incoming replacements do.

 

[mackembhoy]

Buttler averages 42 in T20I in India and 12 in ODI cricket.

Hindsight getting him to open was probably a better idea

 

[BazBall21]

If Moeen Ali was as selfless as they say, he would not have accepted his latest central contract when he's already been stealing a living for so long.

 

[chris.hinton]

If Moeen Ali was as selfless as they say, he would not have accepted his latest central contract when he's already been stealing a living for so long.

Not a one day player, Perhaps needs to be moved on in T20 Cricket as well

 

[mackembhoy]

Not a one day player, Perhaps needs to be moved on in T20 Cricket as well

When we've got Rehan waiting in the wings I'm baffled we've given Moeen a new deal.

As surely Rehan is your second spinner in North America in June.

Rashid is still worth his place and will no doubt retire internationally at the end of his contract.

 

[BazBall21]

Not a one day player, Perhaps needs to be moved on in T20 Cricket as well

He was fine in T20 a couple of years ago but think he's past it in that now too. In ODIs he's been stealing a living for more than five years now.

 

[kevinw]

Not a one day player, Perhaps needs to be moved on in T20 Cricket as well

The shorter the format, the greater the potential impact for a player like Mo and Livingstone tbf. It's a very small job they need to do and you can afford for them to only come off every now and then (because when they do, it's huge).

 

[Burgey]

That’s a really good shot

 

[Molehill]

He was fine in T20 a couple of years ago but think he's past it in that now too. In ODIs he's been stealing a living for more than five years now.

He has won a T20 World Cup and an IPL in the last 12 months, you'd think he might still have something to offer in that format. But his ODI days are gone.

 

[Red_Ink_Squid]

A lesser man than Chris Woakes would've been broken by how much he's had to carry his team.

 

[MW1304]

Woakes has actually grown into the tournament. I mean he was especially **** early on, but unlike many others he's turned it around.

Watch him get belted by the Dutch openers now.

 

[flibbertyjibber]

A lesser man than Chris Woakes would've been broken by how much he's had to carry his team.

Nice of him to finally turn up.

 

[Red_Ink_Squid]

Woakes has actually grown into the tournament. I mean he was especially **** early on, but unlike many others he's turned it around.

Were that we had others like him.

 

[BazBall21]

He has won a T20 World Cup and an IPL in the last 12 months, you'd think he might still have something to offer in that format. But his ODI days are gone.

His contribution to both those landmarks was minimal.