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*Official Match #13 - England v Afghanistan 15th October.

Owzat

U19 Captain
We could probably have used him today in place of Woakes Curran.
Curran isn't as great as some think, is capable of bowling well, batting well, but at best an 8-9 in ODIs and Tests and his bowling is pretty average in both formats

before today :

1/47
1/47
1/21
1/32
0/31

only one of those that wasn't 6+ ER was the 1/32 when kiwis were skittled for 187 and got his wicket when they'd been reduced to 37/4 by Woakes and Topley.


and given the lack of batting alternatives in the squad, rather seam heavy, giving Ali middle time with the bat was a no brainer - unfortunately the people making the decision had no brain at all
 

Owzat

U19 Captain
It was also a very good recovery from England.
Rashid bagged a couple of wickets, Gurbaz was run out and once he was out the game really had only one route it could go down, as I suspected and indicated once England got a grip they would suddenly turn out good figures.

wonder if the captain will hang Woakes and Curran out to dry - as I'm typing the latter is back on, no doubt will retrieve his figures a little and maybe grab 1-2 wickets to boot
 

_Ed_

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Aw man. Straight off the bat, you knew he didn't get that one well enough.
 

grecian

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I'm a bit worried at this total, and curran and Woakes shitness, maybe they'll make it up with their batting, they may need too.
 

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