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  1. Scaly piscine

    **Official** England in Bangladesh 2016

    Most people were moaning about the selections before the tour. They just made it even worse by actually picking Finn for a game when Ball was there. I still can't believe how much contempt the selectors continue to have for County Cricket.
  2. Scaly piscine

    ***Official*** England in India 2016/17

    Didn't they use it really badly when there has been DRS used in the past? It would be quite funny if they kept reviewing speculatively and having no reviews left for the obvious errors.
  3. Scaly piscine

    **Official** England in Bangladesh 2016

    Yep they've certainly been treating this Test as a warm-up. Unfortunately they haven't had a look at the two spinners who were head and shoulders ahead of the guys that have been picked.
  4. Scaly piscine

    **Official** England in Bangladesh 2016

    What a ****ing shower. And yea Finn what a good selection. Zero runs for two dismissals, 11 overs for 48.
  5. Scaly piscine

    **Official** England in Bangladesh 2016

    Glad I turned TMS off before I had to listen to the useless wankers lose 3 wickets in no time. ****ing rubbish.
  6. Scaly piscine

    **Official** England in Bangladesh 2016

    :) Right England's top order to bat, time to switch TMS off.
  7. Scaly piscine

    **Official** England in Bangladesh 2016

    Wow the over/under is 7.5 runs for this last wicket partnership. Don't think I've seen it that low before (maybe when Chris Martin and another tailender batted together?)
  8. Scaly piscine

    **Official** England in Bangladesh 2016

    I don't see India preparing roads, even then I don't see Stokes averaging 50. It is the touring spinners that often end up with that sort of horror average. Seamers generally average 30-40. Anyway, England doing okay lately...
  9. Scaly piscine

    **Official** England in Bangladesh 2016

    You can put Stokes up against anyone or any pitch, he's going to take wickets and score runs.
  10. Scaly piscine

    **Official** England in Bangladesh 2016

    Quoting for prosperity. India's batting is strong but they haven't got Tendulkar, Dravid and Laxman any more. They've got Kohli who's good at times in Test cricket but nothing more than that. A few other guys with good records, would expect Rahane to have a very good career. The difference is...
  11. Scaly piscine

    **Official** England in Bangladesh 2016

    Stokes batting average now > bowling average, fractionally.
  12. Scaly piscine

    **Official** England in Bangladesh 2016

    Yep bowled with a broken ankle apparently to help keep Durham up, before the ECB ****ed them over.
  13. Scaly piscine

    **Official** England in Bangladesh 2016

    Finn has played 8 out of 10 Tests this year, that will be 9 out of 11 shortly. Despite taking 17 wickets @ 44 this year, so basically 1 wicket an innings. So he's been rubbish, unreliable, releasing the pressure hence the low workload. I know lets keeping picking him and ****ing over the next...
  14. Scaly piscine

    **Official** England in Bangladesh 2016

    That doesn't explain why they've picked Finn over Ball though. Ansari also confirmed in for Batty. Rashid still plays. FFS
  15. Scaly piscine

    Ben Stokes vs Ravi Ashwin

    Nobody seems to have mentioned fielding and the fact that when England are struggling it is Stokes that often sparks them back into life, even if he's not directly involved in it. Stokes stats aren't particularly special, except for the fact that he averages 59 with the bat and 21 with the ball...
  16. Scaly piscine

    **Official** England in Bangladesh 2016

    FFS why do I keep hearing that Finn is likely to play in the next match? He shouldn't even be on the ****ing tour. Sick of hearing how he looks good in the nets and then bowls 80mph tripe. Should be kicked off the squads until he strings together months of performances for Middlesex and the like.
  17. Scaly piscine

    **Official** England in Bangladesh 2016

    Personally I would bring Ansari in for Rashid. I just don't see in what circumstances you'd want Rashid to bowl and when the ball is turning square then you want someone to just land the thing consistently. If it's not doing much then England should win with their seamers anyway.
  18. Scaly piscine

    **Official** England in Bangladesh 2016

    Yes ultimately you can't class a token or non-obvious attempt at a shot as playing a shot, otherwise it will be exploited by batsmen. They'll play token shots behind their pad. No idea what the technical details are as they stand.
  19. Scaly piscine

    **Official** England in Bangladesh 2016

    I would imagine you can't review whether the batsman plays a shot? As that's not really a technology call.
  20. Scaly piscine

    **Official** England in Bangladesh 2016

    Stokes ftw.

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