grecian
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Yeah, and I think he was probably considered too slow after, but he was solid for Notts. Don't think any of them have been complete failures.
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England players and selection discussion thread
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Molehill
Cricketer Of The Year
I see the Lions got well beaten in SA, looks like they sent out a decent bowling line up, but partnered them with an U19's batting unit.....the results as expected. Although, a SA opener Bannerman'd their second innings (131 out of 256).
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Molehill
Cricketer Of The Year
Posh lad too, another from the Millfield production line.Looks like we borrowed this lady from the woman's team too:
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Seriously, are we having "Kasey" as a boys' name in the People's Republic of Brit now?! Thought it was a purely Seppo thing?
Chin Music
State Vice-Captain
England men's Test team - Stephan Shemilt's 2024 awards - BBC Sport Charting England's test match year. I have to say I think it was a bit meh until this NZ series as this is England's first away series victory for a couple of years. The Sri Lanka victory is a minor tick box because they are a decent side, but losing so comprehensively in India and not being able to adapt their game either there or in Pakistan to get scores on the board is a mark down for me.
Molehill
Cricketer Of The Year
So it ended up being 9 wins and 8 losses from the year, which was probably about what would be expected. Perhaps one area of concern is the fairly abject performances in dead rubbers Tests (lost 3 of 4). Losing in India no surprise, but falling to SL and then clearly not giving the slightest **** for the final NZ Test were disappointing.
Only 9 Tests I think in 2025 (final Ashes Test obviously in 2026), so you'd like to think the players would be able to peak at the right times.
GIMH
Norwood's on Fire
I think it’s 10. 1 V Zimbabwe, 5 V India, 4 V Oz
Molehill
Cricketer Of The Year
Yeah, I thought there was one other but it wasn't showing on the future tours schedule on crapinfo.
Molehill
Cricketer Of The Year
Whilst the rather more deserving Archie Vaughan didn't get a pick.
Good to see Bashir and Tongue on the trip though, realistically the only players in the squad likely to be in the Ashes squad.
Third_Man
First Class Debutant
I wondered whether the coach has a pick or is it the choice of the England Selectors?
McCann
McKinney
Rew
Shaikh
is where you'd expect the England selectors might be looking as are Turner and Tongue. Hartley and Bashir already picked for Bazball.
Betterpolo
School Boy/Girl Captain
Yes, that one stood out for me too. Good player who's had an excellent season following a few so-so ones. He's also failed to make an impact on a previous Lions tour. Hard to see him playing for England, Rob Yates may be ruing his failure to convert last season. Both may yet be overtaken by Shaikh.
I guess the ideal Lions player is one who is next in line for a 1st XI spot unless they've already surpassed that level. The next best are those further from the team but who are clearly talented but who would benefit from the experience. I'm sure Rew will be happy to tour but will know he is currently 4th or 5th choice keeper. Bide your time lad.
Three spinners with two SLAs seems a bit of overkill but they want to take a look. Tongue and Turner are a tantalising glimpse into he future if the former can can stay fit and the latter can stay fit and add some consistency to his pace. Overall, plenty to be excited about but hope for a better performance than we saw in South Africa.
FBU
International Debutant
Not enough batsmen and too many bowlers
England Lions squad for tour of Australia: Baker Sonny (Hampshire), Shoaib Bashir (Somerset), Pat Brown (Derbyshire), James Coles (Sussex), Sam Cook (Essex), Alex Davies (Warwickshire), Rocky Flintoff (Lancashire), Tom Hartley (Lancashire), Tom Lawes (Surrey), Freddie McCann (Nottinghamshire). Ben McKinney (Durham), James Rew (Somerset), Hamza Shaikh (Warwickshire), Mitch Stanley (Lancashire), Josh Tongue (Nottinghamshire), John Turner (Hampshire)
Lancs - Flintoff, Hartley, Stanley
Yorks - 0
I'm sure the ECB will look to fill a spot in the calendar by adding another 6 or 7 tests somewhere.
honestbharani
Whatever it takes!!!
Man given your thoughts on Crawley, you must friggin hate this one.
Chubb
International Regular
So this is an interesting one. I probably have less of a problem with sons-of-famous-players getting ahead than I do with millionaires' kids but there's still obviously an issue with equality of opportunity.
The two main sources of cricketers across all levels in the UK are cricket families and private schools and I know which one I prefer. I myself come from a cricket family though the best we got over the generations was my uncle making Essex IIs.
I'd rather cricket in England didn't depend on that so much but it's just the way it is.
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