*Official* 4th ODI at Cardiff

[Howe_zat]

Got to bring the spinner on soon Mogs. 15/20 available from the openers already gone.

 

[Adders]

Yeah, poor old Mickey should stick to talking about fast bowling and leave everything else alone.

Can't decide if he's lost it or I was previously blindsided by his legend and awesome accent.........used to call him my fav commentator, but now I realise he's pretty hopeless.

 

[BoyBrumby]

See how the bald Laker goes here then.

Normally a teensy bit of turn at Cardiff.

 

[Maximas]

couldn't ask for a better time to come on if you're Tredwell

 

[BoyBrumby]

Yep, they've had a look and they like what they see. Gorgeous from George.

 

[Howe_zat]

Tricky Tredders apparently not tricky enough any more? Getting punted is one thing, it happens, but being milked for seven an over with no risks at all is probably more worrying.

 

[wpdavid]

Yep, they've had a look and they like what they see. Gorgeous from George.

Yup, they've taken a shine to Tred's bowling, no mistake. A RR of 6.7 an over in this situation is pretty hopeless really.

Giles' strategy of only playing two full time quicks is looking horrible. Didn't we have some success playing a more balanced attack not so long ago?

 

[wpdavid]

Tricky Tredders apparently not tricky enough any more? Getting punted is one thing, it happens, but being milked for seven an over with no risks at all is probably more worrying.

He's looked way out of his depth in this series, albeit all one and a bit games of it. Any theories what's happened after he did more than reasonably in his previous outings at this level?

 

[BoyBrumby]

I think, shorn of Anderson, Broad and Bresnan the cupboard's a wee bit bare, seam-wise.

That said, it does ask the question why Jordan and Overton are in the squad if Gilo doesn't much fancy them.

Trott to get a trundle?

 

[Maximas]

Tredders for tests...

 

[BoyBrumby]

Oooo. Shocking cross-bat shot from Voges to end a very promising partnership.

Kept a bit low, but no need for it at this stage, surely?

 

[Maximas]

As funny as it sounds, Matt Wade actually not a bad man for a crisis

 

[Howe_zat]

Really needed to split these two.

Ravi delivers

 

[Spikey]

oh hey wade gets to bat before the game is all but lost or when there's little time left

 

[BoyBrumby]

As funny as it sounds, Matt Wade actually not a bad man for a crisis

Unless that crisis somehow demands he catch a ball, obvz.

Srs tho, surprised his ODI record is as modest as it is. Averaging <22 at a slowish strike rate.

 

[wpdavid]

I think, shorn of Anderson, Broad and Bresnan the cupboard's a wee bit bare, seam-wise.

That said, it does ask the question why Jordan and Overton are in the squad if Gilo doesn't much fancy them.

Well quite. I can only think that he prefers at least one of the quicks to be able to hold a bat with some confidence, so Jordan and Overton are only there as cover if Finn or Rankin gets injured. But going in with this sort of attack is just asking for trouble, and i don't remember a bowler who can bat a bit doing anything significant runs-wise very often, so we're really better off finding someone reasonable from the counties. Surely there's someone out there?

Good wicket for Ravi there btw. I think this is the stage where batsmen tend to fancy their chances against him. A a 6th bowler, he's an asset. Less so as the 5th one.

 

[Maximas]

What is par here? 250?

 

[wpdavid]

What is par here? 250?

Hard to say. There's been some low scoring matches here, but IIRC there was one match in the CL where both sides posted 300+.

fwiw I think Aus are looking set for something pretty competitive here.

 

[superkingdave]

Jordan's a reasonable bat tbf.

 

[Howe_zat]

	ST Finn	7	0	25	2	3.57	(2w)
	WB Rankin	8	1	29	1	3.62
	BA Stokes	6	1	16	1	2.66	(1w)
	RS Bopara	6.2	0	23	1	3.63
	JC Tredwell	6	0	48	0	8.00

One of these things is not like the other, huh