Why the hell did he call for a review? What did Trott say to him? Self-centered bunch of prima donnas at the moment. Going down the route of the national Rugby and Football teams sadly.
Yes, England were lucky to be number 1, just like Charlton are lucky to be top. Let's see how they react in the rest of the series before we write them off.
OK LawrieAbrahams, perhaps a touch of over-reaction by me - we'll see what has happened by the end of the test series... but you'll admit that it isn't the best of starts!
So your National team play like a bunch of no hopers, what are you supposed to do? Say it doesn't matter because you don't want to hurt their feelings? KP is a ****, always has been and I for one have always said it. He is only interested in KP. I had a go at Bell for reviewing his decision and Trott for not telling he was plumb. Taking out any iffy decisions all the recognised batsmen who've been dismissed have made poor shot selections in this Test. It's not just 2 days of cricket, it's 2 days of awful batting. Also England have a problem with their rigid policy of how they set their team up. Playing in Dubai is like playing in India, Pakistan etc. It is not like playing in England or Australia. You have to make changes. You need to play 2 spinners. England are playing 7 batsmen and 4 bowlers. Prior is quite capable of batting 6 in Test cricket, you could then play 5 bowlers and have Broad and Swann at 7&8. Leave out KP or Morgan. It's not just me saying this, listen to the experts. Praise when desreved, critcize when necessary.
Chirpy, agree with you about KP, he has always played for himself however on his day he can be very good and I'm not sure who else would come in. Bopara? No thanks.
The 2 spinners option is a valid point out there however this test has proved that the problem is with the batting at the moment but I would expect Monty comes in for the next one. For me it seems they are nowhere near prepared enough for this series, compared to previous tours when the preparation has been superb add to that we haven't played a test since August. Lets wait and see what the response is next week.
i wonder if some of them dont actually see this as a 'real' series playing in dubai to half empty ground, not sure there taking it that seriously i think they all have an eye on summer to be honest with the windies and SA comming to town.
BBC Test Match Special's Michael Vaughan "The England bowlers have bowled nicely and the bowlers have batted nicely... it's the top six they'll be asking questions about."
101/3... That's a bit more like it England. Two spinners and two quicks. perhaps I'd have played an extra bowler, but Tremlett is injured. As long as we can bat, it's game on!
2 wickets for Broad 2-21, both bowled, both nipped back. 1 wicket each for Monty & Swann. Monty playing as a 2nd spinner. All 4 bowled. England bowling well.
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KP keeps telling everyone how hungry he is. Let's hope he remembers to use his bat today.
Send more money.
Why the hell did he call for a review? What did Trott say to him? Self-centered bunch of prima donnas at the moment. Going down the route of the national Rugby and Football teams sadly.
71 behind........
no wonder half the sportsman in this country aint interested in representing England.
Let's see how they react in the rest of the series before we write them off.
KP is a ****, always has been and I for one have always said it. He is only interested in KP.
I had a go at Bell for reviewing his decision and Trott for not telling he was plumb.
Taking out any iffy decisions all the recognised batsmen who've been dismissed have made poor shot selections in this Test.
It's not just 2 days of cricket, it's 2 days of awful batting. Also England have a problem with their rigid policy of how they set their team up. Playing in Dubai is like playing in India, Pakistan etc. It is not like playing in England or Australia. You have to make changes. You need to play 2 spinners. England are playing 7 batsmen and 4 bowlers. Prior is quite capable of batting 6 in Test cricket, you could then play 5 bowlers and have Broad and Swann at 7&8. Leave out KP or Morgan.
It's not just me saying this, listen to the experts.
Praise when desreved, critcize when necessary.
I don't fancy our chances much.
The 2 spinners option is a valid point out there however this test has proved that the problem is with the batting at the moment but I would expect Monty comes in for the next one. For me it seems they are nowhere near prepared enough for this series, compared to previous tours when the preparation has been superb add to that we haven't played a test since August. Lets wait and see what the response is next week.
BBC Test Match Special's Michael Vaughan "The England bowlers have bowled nicely and the bowlers have batted nicely... it's the top six they'll be asking questions about."
2 wickets for Broad 2-21, both bowled, both nipped back.
1 wicket each for Monty & Swann. Monty playing as a 2nd spinner.
All 4 bowled. England bowling well.