***Official*** India and England in Australia ODI Tri-Series 2015

[OverratedSanity]

Some really dire shots here.

 

[Scaly piscine]

So, so bad. Bopara's place in team comes under scrutiny?

You'd think that, but then 169 international caps later.

 

[Adders]

pitch or not, this is unfathomably bad batting.

Can't argue with that.

 

[Antihippy]

I'd say that this england playing strategically for the world cup. Get india to retain binny for the world cup.

 

[91Jmay]

Comms like the fact the slip is still in at 70/5.

 

[Howe_zat]

Hard to see Bopara's role in the team if he's not going to bowl. There are better batsmen.

 

[Adders]

I'm liking this.......that's all they need to do is nudge low risk singles.

 

[91Jmay]

Problem is we don't have a power hitting finisher.

 

[Prince EWS]

Hard to see Bopara's role in the team if he's not going to bowl. There are better batsmen.

Yeah, I've thought this for a long time, but the guys who might've been suited to #6 haven't been tried, and you don't want to be debuting players in a World Cup. Once the balance of the team changed to mean he wasn't going to bowl much/at all it was too late.

I don't think it'd be a great fit for Ballance but maybe Hales could have a go there.

 

[Adders]

Piss Ravi off, Moen to 6 and Hales in to open.

 

[G.I.Joe]

It's funny, because 220 vs 200 is basically my idea of a perfect ODI

Nah, **** that. It's either 150 vs 130 or 320 vs 300 for me. 270 is par score.

220 is a waste of time. How can people sit through that ****? There is absolutely no basis for the claim that a rpo of 4.4 is balance between bat and ball.

 

[Pothas]

Billings.

 

[Riggins]

That run out really would have capped everything off.

 

[Pothas]

Buttler has looked so much better than everyone else.

 

[OverratedSanity]

Nah, **** that. It's either 150 vs 130 or 320 vs 300 for me. 270 is par score.

220 is a waste of time. How can people sit through that ****? There is absolutely no basis for the claim that a rpo of 4.4 is balance between bat and ball.

How on earth is 150 v 130 a balance between bat and ball?

 

[OverratedSanity]

If Raina starts dropping catches... sheesh. He's the one guy who's usually safe in the slips.

 

[G.I.Joe]

How on earth is 150 v 130 a balance between bat and ball?

Didn't claim it was.

It's damn entertaining and that's the entire point of ODI cricket.

 

[Prince EWS]

Nah, **** that. It's either 150 vs 130 or 320 vs 300 for me. 270 is par score.

220 is a waste of time. How can people sit through that ****? There is absolutely no basis for the claim that a rpo of 4.4 is balance between bat and ball.

I actually really like the balance between just playing at a natural rate and the run rate pressure that a score like 270 provides. I think that's what ODIs are meant to be about; that absorbing pressure, the batting challenge of building a substantial innings at a good rate without just going at it, and how the bowlers can use that against them. You're never going to lose a chase of 200-220 due to run rate pressure, and I do think that's an important part of one day cricket. I don't think there's enough nous in the really high scoring games though; it becomes purely skill based and I think that takes a lot away from it.

 

[G.I.Joe]

I actually really like the balance between just playing at a natural rate and the run rate pressure that a score like 270 provides. I think that's what ODIs are meant to be about; that absorbing pressure, the batting challenge of building a substantial innings at a good rate without just going at it, and how the bowlers can use that against them. You're never going to lose a chase of 200-220 due to run rate pressure, and I do think that's an important part of one day cricket. I don't think there's enough nous in the really high scoring games though; it becomes purely skill based and I think that takes a lot away from it.

Yeah, good points. I was going off plain intuition from my experience watching ODIs, but I agree with your reasoning. I like 320 vs 300 because I reckon it's the modern day equivalent of 270 in the 90s.

 

[GIMH]

Funniest thing I've heard today Think both Australia and India will love some minnow-bashing here. Indian fringe players (like Binny, Akshar, Rayudu) will pray to get selected for England games only.