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  1. Neil Pickup

    ***Official*** England in South Africa 2015/16

    De Kock has made a mess of that. Took too long to control the ball on taking it and gave Bairstow the split second he needed to get back in the crease.
  2. Neil Pickup

    1009*

    Wrong on so many levels.
  3. Neil Pickup

    *Official* English Football Season 2015-16

    Well seeing as we're completely unable to defend crosses into the box, this should suit us fairly nicely on Friday. Could have scored six before half-time today. Sadly half the side seemed to get barn doors and banjos for Christmas.
  4. Neil Pickup

    Class is Permanent, Form is... an Illusion?

    Worth restating in another way, to illustrate the difference between being "in or out of form" using Tendulkar's numbers, and being technically and mentally shot, as Cook was. These are Tendulkar's 50+ rates depending on his average from the last ten innings. 8-16: 75% (4 innings) 16-24: 47%...
  5. Neil Pickup

    Class is Permanent, Form is... an Illusion?

    Here are some new versions of the graphs that kicked the whole thing off... EDIT: Is it just me or is that second one going Rorschach Blot on the rest of you?
  6. Neil Pickup

    ***Official*** England in South Africa 2015/16

    All Out Cricket did a series just before Christmas with England's best away wins since 1990 - it's worth checking out. For me, the win at Joburg in 2005 when Tres hit 180 and Hoggard took 7-for on the final afternoon still trumps this one in the way we pulled it off, but in terms of impact -...
  7. Neil Pickup

    ***Official*** West Indies in Australia 2015/16

    Terrible bowling. How many times are they failing to get their feet behind that massive, obvious white line?
  8. Neil Pickup

    ***Official*** West Indies in Australia 2015/16

    What's the highest number of "wickets" off no-balls in a Test? Not counting England-Pakistan in 2001 when Shep forgot to watch the front foot, obviously...
  9. Neil Pickup

    Australian Team in 8 years

    Well it turns out that I posted this on the day that Nic Maddinson turned 13. Going to let you draw your own conclusions from that...
  10. Neil Pickup

    ***Official*** West Indies in Australia 2015/16

    Well, I was about to tell everyone how we now had three of the ten slowest top-order knocks of the past 25 years within the last month, and then Bravo actually played a shot. Oh well, enjoy this statoid anyway.
  11. Neil Pickup

    ***Official*** Sri Lanka in New Zealand 2015

    Wearing it was the fourth option. Not a length that he looks comfortable facing when trying to prevent himself from going after it, and NZ have hit it consistently.
  12. Neil Pickup

    ***Official*** Sri Lanka in New Zealand 2015

    This length is going to lead to Herath backing away / having a slash / compulsive hook before too long
  13. Neil Pickup

    ***Official*** Sri Lanka in New Zealand 2015

    He's rising to the responsibility of batting #8
  14. Neil Pickup

    ***Official*** Sri Lanka in New Zealand 2015

    This Siriwardana lad looks quite handy. Fairly compact, watches the ball well, plays the ball pretty late. Watch as he now chases one before slicing it to backward point...
  15. Neil Pickup

    **Official** Pakistan and England in the UAE 2015/16

    That implies we will get to Day 5. Presently the best chance of that happening is our letting Misbah & Younus bat for the whole of Day 4, by refusing to go for catches and things like that. Buttler's mind's not in it at the moment, is it? Taylor must come in for him next time around with...
  16. Neil Pickup

    Yes - we are both pretty heavily involved in junior coaching in Oxfordshire, and have even run...

    Yes - we are both pretty heavily involved in junior coaching in Oxfordshire, and have even run teams together on occasion. Good bloke!
  17. Neil Pickup

    Atherton vs Stewart? Old school 90s english cricketers! Who was better?

    Given that we picked a couple of batsmen for 100 Tests between them who barely averaged 30, I think it's fair to say that 41.92+ wasn't going to happen...
  18. Neil Pickup

    Split keeping duties

    Regularly with County U10 & U11. Not sure I've seen it at senior level.
  19. Neil Pickup

    ***Official*** English Domestic Season 2015

    Enjoying this ginger lad in the Aussie side doing his bit for the stereotypes. Anyone on the Dan Lawrence bandwagon?
  20. Neil Pickup

    Walk or not walk

    Don't think it is - AFAIK it's just playing membership that gets you to jump the queue. I'm due in 2042, I think...

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