***official*** England whiteball tour of india January 2025***

[mackembhoy]

Overton is a useful player but at number 7 in ODI with only those six ahead of him makes for an imbalanced side

This will be why.

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1888490562229006771

 

[Silver Silva]

England's issues in ODI are:
1.Root not making runs
2.They only have one opener who can do what roy and bairstow/hales did. Salt is decent but he's a lower average higher SR player
3.Middle order. Everyone is batting 1 slot too high and can't consistently replicate what Morgan's team did. Brook's a #5/6 in an ideal world, buttler should be batting 6, Livingstone should be batting 7. All these guys can be 50(65) and catch up occasionally, but none can do the peak root-morgan-stokes thing of milking the middle overs at a 40-50 average and a ~100SR.
4.Bowling sucks. Morgan had woakes who was one of the best new ball odi bowlers at the time, peak rash, peak joff, moeen keeping in tight with a ~5 economy and occasional wickets and plunkett. The current bowling line-up doesn't compare in any area.

1.Joe Root will come good

2.They had Malan but dropped him , maybe they should have a look at Ed Barnard he offers something with ball too

3.Selectors fault , they have great domestic middle order players who they don't give chances too , like Sam Hain and Du Plooy

4.Think their first choice bowling attack is decent, problem is they barely play together

 

[Silver Silva]

Sam Hain averages 57 in List A cricket, the 2 games he played for England he avg 53 @100 + SR
Leus Du Plooy averages 54 in List A cricket at a SR of 87 , handy left arm orthodox spinner too

How they aren't selected for England is crazy

 

[Mr Crochet]

I am expecting a bit of Calypso collapse although it is only Salt in the team from the Barbados raised contingent today and even worse than that we are relying on Livingstone and Root to bowl ten second spinner overs.

There are five bowlers plus Livingstone and Root, though no second front line spinner. I’m more concerned with the tail

 

[Molehill]

They’re down to the bare bones today. Collingwood and Trescothick listed as potential subs!!

 

[Mr Crochet]

This will be why.

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1888490562229006771

Yeah Ahmed was the only other option we had in the original squad. Jacks, Woakes or even Curran would have balanced the side a bit more imo but they are going for pace.

 

[kevinw]

Sam Hain averages 57 in List A cricket, the 2 games he played for England he avg 53 @100 + SR
Leus Du Plooy averages 54 in List A cricket at a SR of 87 , handy left arm orthodox spinner too

How they aren't selected for England is crazy

Du Plooy should be playing for Saf tbh

 

[Molehill]

Duckett gifts his wicket now too. I wouldn’t mind if they were getting out to decent deliveries, but they’re not.

 

[brandon]

I’m sure it came as a surprise to absolutely nobody that Duckett slogs one up in the air to gift his wicket away after a strong start.

A work colleague with only a passing interest in cricket called it when he was on forty odd.

 

[artvandalay]

He could've gone over cover, guess when you play like this you can't always blame execution.

 

[kevinw]

Both openers pointlessly out in 15 overs.

 

[halba]

run rate already dropped big. typical.

 

[kevinw]

Brook needs to work on spin in this format, big time.

 

[halba]

Doesn't matter what eng score. India have the strongest batting lineup in the history of ODI. Full of fire power all the way down to Axar.

Especially for bilaterals

 

[Molehill]

Just when some sensible batting had broken out, Brook reverts to type.

 

[honestbharani]

Our batting line up is carrying 2 passengers and not enough left handers. This is not even the best batting line up India can put out, forget being the best in the world and best in history.

 

[halba]

Brook another failure. He's talented and all but he keeps giving it away in ODI

 

[halba]

Our batting line up is carrying 2 passengers and not enough left handers. This is not even the best batting line up India can put out, forget being the best in the world and best in history.

What's better? 3 guys averaging 50+,(Rohit, gill, Kohli) another guy averaging 50+ recently(Iyer) and a lower order player that's the best in the past 20 years(Axar)

Maybe swapping Pant for KL?

 

[Molehill]

What's better? 3 guys averaging 50+,(Rohit, gill, Kohli) another guy averaging 50+ recently(Iyer) and a lower order player that's the best in the past 20 years(Axar)

England circa 2018 when Hales couldn’t get in the team.

 

[honestbharani]

haha.. Harshit.. what an idiot.