One of most consistent players in CC and best bat on England Lions duty for last few years, would disagree.
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***Official*** England in Sri Lanka 2014
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vic_orthdox
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Ravi, just got out at the right time for England.
flibbertyjibber
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Great innings by Root.
vic_orthdox
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Foxtel goes on the blink now!?
amanuensis
U19 12th Man
TMS in trouble too!
ajdude
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think it's out everywhere.
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Hard to believe that was England really. A confident comprehensive win with a couple of very good innings from the batsmen against spin.
theegyptian
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Personally I'm a lot less sold on Taylor for test cricket. He's been ok the last couple of years in fc cricket but technically he gets caught lbw a lot shuffling across the stumps. Taylor added to Root, Cook, Ballance makes the teams batting heavily back foot and accumulator dominated. I'd prefer a more capable front foot player especially against seam.
ImpatientLime
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they tried their best to remind you who they really were in the 2/3 overs leading up to ravi's dismissal.
amanuensis
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More to the point, how would they fit him in? Mooen isn't good enough to complement 3 seamers, so surely they'd need a top spinner?
Not really true though, his record for Notts is really nothing special and there is not really a spot for him anyway. I can't see England changing the makeup of the side so he would have to replace someone who is already there.
I really could not be more delighted about him getting his chance and taking it in ODIs but it is no reason to advocate him playing tests right now. We know not do this by now right?
theegyptian
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TBH at the start of the series I had doubts over whether Root and Taylor in the same ODI team could work (and I thought that long term this would work against Taylor because Root offers the vital 6th bowler option). I worried they were too similar and lacked the ability to force the pace through the offside especially against pace. But in actuality they've been excellent batting together. Great running and both taking responsibility to hit boundaries. There was a calmness whilst they batted.
Now playing in Aus/NZ (and Eng,SA) in the future will be different as it will be more seam dominated and we'll see whether they have the game when batting together to force the pace and hit boundaries when required. But a great start for the pair batting together and there is a potential there for them to form a partnership at 3/4 for the next 10 years.
No matter what the commentators said about Bopara's innings, to my mind it was a poor innings. He put undue pressure on himself and Root. He put unfair responsibility on Root to score the runs. Root is a good player but not that good. He needs the guy at the other end pulling his weight too. All Bopara seemed inclined to do was playing forward defences half the time and knock the ball for a single the other half. Once he'd got in he needed to take initiative and be more positive to make sure England finished the game comfortably. Instead he heaped the pressure on himself and the team by playing passively and eventually he was forced into a rash shot.
Now playing in Aus/NZ (and Eng,SA) in the future will be different as it will be more seam dominated and we'll see whether they have the game when batting together to force the pace and hit boundaries when required. But a great start for the pair batting together and there is a potential there for them to form a partnership at 3/4 for the next 10 years.
No matter what the commentators said about Bopara's innings, to my mind it was a poor innings. He put undue pressure on himself and Root. He put unfair responsibility on Root to score the runs. Root is a good player but not that good. He needs the guy at the other end pulling his weight too. All Bopara seemed inclined to do was playing forward defences half the time and knock the ball for a single the other half. Once he'd got in he needed to take initiative and be more positive to make sure England finished the game comfortably. Instead he heaped the pressure on himself and the team by playing passively and eventually he was forced into a rash shot.
vic_orthdox
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Yup, after getting himself set it should be his job to take the pressure FROM Root, hit some boundaries and take the game on. Not keep on knocking it around until SL get back into the game.
2657 @ 40 isn't bad when you consider his form for the Lions on top of that. He'd be next middle order bat up for me if one loses form, with Trott the wildcard.
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Well we don't have a spinner any better really unless Monty suddenly found form again and as for our back up pace options well no point playing an average 4th seamer who won't take wickets.
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At least that has been in Div 1 too, many of the other players who get a mention have never done anything in Div 1.
theegyptian
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I don't really think the spot is open personally. Stokes will come back into the team. They probably will and should drop him from ODI and T20 squads but tests they gotta back him and it works well for team balance.
If not Stokes it'll be Woakes.
But I agree the likes of Vince, Roy or whoever haven't really done enough to warrant selection.
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