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*Official* T20 and ODI matches

OMM!

U19 12th Man
4 at least in the Taff now!!!

Who needs Stokes when we have this Ginger hitter?!

SIXES GALORE!

Bairstow is GOD!!!
 

Jacknife

International Captain
Run a ball now, steady away lads.

The best thing is apparently, Bairstow was getting some banter on the boundary and someone asked him for his signature because he wouldn't be playing for England again.
 

keeper

U19 Vice-Captain
I think Bairstow's batting is merely the physical expression of a Yorkshireman's reaction to Lancs winning the County Championship yesterday.
 

Furball

Evil Scotsman
This has been terrific stuff from both Bairstow and Bopara btw. Virtually no dot balls, the running between the wickets has been excellent and they've been prepared to give the ball a good biff when the opportunity has arisen.

IMO Bopara's last 3 innings have shown that he might just have cracked this international malarky.
 

Howe_zat

Audio File
Carnage! Even as a lover of the proper form of cricket, this display by Bopara and lil Bairstow is superb to watch. Such level-headed types and with such a knowledge of when and where to play. They deserve to win it and they will.
Erm, I'm loving this but not really. Ten an over needed, Bopara's innings has been pretty shaky, and he plays this innings every time he bats, it's just sometimes the edges don't always reach the boundary. Bairstow is just trusting his shots and smacking the leather off it. Not a great deal of planning involved.
 

keeper

U19 Vice-Captain
Can't argue with how Bopara has gone about this.

England just successfully negotiated their way through a Powerplay :unsure:
 

Scaly piscine

Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
The biggest surprise of course is England batting well during a powerplay. 42-0 off the 3 overs.

Heh and *now* Ashwin bowls. That's just appalling captaincy.
 

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