*Official* England in India 2023/24 #CryMoreTour

[Pothas]

Anyway I want this to start now.

 

[Socerer 01]

Bohannon isn't a bad call. Forgot he existed. I'de still persist with pope for a while longer, but it's nice to know there's other options.

is Bohannon aggressive enough for these clowns

 

[slowfinger]

Ehh, before the ashes he made that double hundred vs ireland. Struggled in NZ but before that he had a 9 match spree across 3 series where he averaged 45 against a good (injury struck, tbf) NZ attack in england, SA in england with a full strength attack and a working dukes, and pakistan in the UAE roads.

I don't think he's perfect, but from my memory of county cricket there's noene spectacular kicking down the door right now, and pope's the best non root #3 england have had in AGES.

so what you're basically saying is that English cricket can't produce any batsmen that can average over 35 in Tests? to be fair you may be true, what a sorry state of affairs

 

[Pothas]

I mean yeah that was the case for about 10 years.

Pretty much all of England's top 6 averaged over 40 last year though, have we all forgotten?

 

[GIMH]

I mean yeah that was the case for about 10 years.

Pretty much all of England's top 6 averaged over 40 last year though, have we all forgotten?

Many short memories round here.

 

[Third_Man]

is Bohannon aggressive enough for these clowns

Strike Rate 52, I believe. His main quality has always been, even at age group level to bat long. Main problem, to me, is lack of ability to rotate the strike, but I'm willing to be proved wrong.

 

[GIMH]

is Bohannon aggressive enough for these clowns

These clowns who haven’t lost a Test series for coming up to two years

 

[kevinw]

Once Pope gets out of Kennington, he becomes a totally different batter. He's had the luxury of mostly batting in the middle order and still has a mediocre Test record. He wouldn't be in the starting XI for me, let alone VC.

 

[Socerer 01]

These clowns who haven’t lost a Test series for coming up to two years

these clowns who threw 2 test series that they should have won last year by their clown acts

 

[GIMH]

these clowns who threw 2 test series that they should have won last year by their clown acts

It’s a biased way of looking at it because you’re only looking for negatives. How many games have England won under Stokes that they wouldn’t have done playing differently? The upside has been far greater.

 

[Socerer 01]

It’s a biased way of looking at it because you’re only looking for negatives. How many games have England won under Stokes that they wouldn’t have done playing differently? The upside has been far greater.

fair enough

 

[mackembhoy]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1744348455730819410

 

[Molehill]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1744348455730819410

Probably best to put the old boy out to grass now (not a green top though).

 

[Burgey]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1744348455730819410

there never have been any mirrors at Gavaskar’s house.

Wait for his inevitable “that contentious lbw is more proof they’re keeping the brown man down” article in between calling West Indians monkeys

Just a terrible, terrible human being. Great player though.

 

[Burgey]

These clowns who couldn’t win at home despite playing 3/4 of the 2nd test vs ten men but claim a victory anyway because their egos are too fragile to admit they ****ed up

Yeah

 

[GIMH]

Nah

 

[Test fan]

Gawaskar is right. These Western media and Former cricketer need to show the mirror when comes to talk about pitches .india can prepare any pitch they want to prepare.they need to shut their mouth . Indian players and fan were/ are never cry about SENA nation pitches .

 

[duffer]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1744348455730819410

he might be an asshole, but he's our asshole

 

[honestbharani]

he might be an asshole, but he's our asshole

And he is right about the double standards.

 

[Owzat]

Probably best to put the old boy out to grass now (not a green top though).

I think it's a bit hard to suggest preparing a pitch to spin which favours the home side is quite the same as producing a poor pitch then choosing to bat first on it, the latter is just stupid to even contemplate being the case

it is possible to get a pitch wrong, maybe saffers were trying to load the dice on the pitch and got it wrong, but then so do India at times