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England Cricket Tours 2018-19 (and everything off the field during that period)

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  • Rubbish batting performance, only lasting 22 overs. According to the scorecard Pope kept wicket as Davies was presumably rested. Bit weird to have a part time keeper keeping instead of Billings, who's perfectly capably of captaining and keeping wicket.

    Or it's a lions tour and is about giving young players a chance to show what they can do.

    They already know what Billings can do behind the stumps. Let's see what Pope is about.
    But Pope will never keep for England. If Pope plays for England it will be as a batsman, so surely it makes sense to let him concentrate on that
  • Rubbish batting performance, only lasting 22 overs. According to the scorecard Pope kept wicket as Davies was presumably rested. Bit weird to have a part time keeper keeping instead of Billings, who's perfectly capably of captaining and keeping wicket.

    Or it's a lions tour and is about giving young players a chance to show what they can do.

    They already know what Billings can do behind the stumps. Let's see what Pope is about.
    Fair point.

    But the Lions are struggling at the moment - getting a few results on the board may breed confidence and help other players show their talents ... Billings should keep IMO.
  • I actually agree but am not too bothered either way.

    Pope is a good 6 or 7 years younger than the Buttler/Bairstow/Foakes/Billings cohort of keepers so I wouldn't be surprised to see him with the gloves for England a few years down the line as they all come to the end of their careers. Especially in one day cricket.
  • I actually agree but am not too bothered either way.

    Pope is a good 6 or 7 years younger than the Buttler/Bairstow/Foakes/Billings cohort of keepers so I wouldn't be surprised to see him with the gloves for England a few years down the line as they all come to the end of their careers. Especially in one day cricket.

    I agree, whats to stop Pope keeping for England somewhere down the line , apart from the fact he has Foakes in his way at Surrey !
  • Any news re team selection?
  • Nothing official until toss, apparently the captain and management simply cannot read the strip and don't know whether to go with 4 spinners, 6 quicks or 5 wicket keepers!
    Bairstow to bat 3 is the only thing I have heard.
  • I actually agree but am not too bothered either way.

    Pope is a good 6 or 7 years younger than the Buttler/Bairstow/Foakes/Billings cohort of keepers so I wouldn't be surprised to see him with the gloves for England a few years down the line as they all come to the end of their careers. Especially in one day cricket.

    I agree, whats to stop Pope keeping for England somewhere down the line , apart from the fact he has Foakes in his way at Surrey !
    I don't think Foakes will play for Surrey in the second half of the summer...
  • https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/scorecard/ECKO45526

    India A win with 5 balls to spare, a better effort by England A

    Good tour for Billings with the bat, 108no in this match. I imagine playing IPL has helped him
  • https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/scorecard/ECKO45526

    India A win with 5 balls to spare, a better effort by England A

    Good tour for Billings with the bat, 108no in this match. I imagine playing IPL has helped him

    Probably not good a tour for Kent though !
  • WI win the toss and bat.
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  • edited January 2019
    Rashid & Moeen play. Broad left out.
    WI playing no spinners.
  • Can you name the last England squad to win a series in the West Indies?

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/46852375
  • I got 12

    Can you name the last England squad to win a series in the West Indies?

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/46852375

  • Rashid & Moeen play. Broad left out.
    WI playing no spinners.

    One of the teams has made an error here i feel, only time will tell which team it is
  • Rashid & Moeen play. Broad left out.
    WI playing no spinners.

    One of the teams has made an error here i feel, only time will tell which team it is
    Both sides seem to view the wicket completely different.
    We shall see who has called it right soon enough.
  • I got 12

    Can you name the last England squad to win a series in the West Indies?

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/46852375

    12 for me too. 1 obvious one, 3 not so obvious which I would never have got tbh.
  • Curran ahead of Broad is a brave call. If the wicket doesn't spin, then Curran will have to do a lot of bowling with the old ball
  • JohnBoyUK said:

    I got 12

    Can you name the last England squad to win a series in the West Indies?

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/46852375

    12 for me too. 1 obvious one, 3 not so obvious which I would never have got tbh.
    Yeah exactly the same as me! Was really annoyed at 1 I missed but the other 3 I would’ve been there all day and not got them!
  • So, whats the team?!
  • JohnBoyUK said:

    I got 12

    Can you name the last England squad to win a series in the West Indies?

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/46852375

    12 for me too. 1 obvious one, 3 not so obvious which I would never have got tbh.
    Yeah exactly the same as me! Was really annoyed at 1 I missed but the other 3 I would’ve been there all day and not got them!
    I also got 12 and suspect I missed the same 4, certainly the same 3 obscure ones!
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  • As Nasser has just intimated, when was the last time we could choose to leave out players of the quality of Broad, Leach and Woakes?

    Shows how strong our bowling is - in the right conditions. Our top order batting remains questionable whatever the circumstances.
  • Curran's gone for 14 in his first 2 overs :-(
  • So, whats the team?!

    Burns, Jennings, Bairstow, Root (c), Stokes, Buttler, Ali, Foakes (wk), Curran, Rashid, Anderson
  • Thanks Callum
  • JohnBoyUK said:

    I got 12

    Can you name the last England squad to win a series in the West Indies?

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/46852375

    12 for me too. 1 obvious one, 3 not so obvious which I would never have got tbh.
    Yeah exactly the same as me! Was really annoyed at 1 I missed but the other 3 I would’ve been there all day and not got them!
    I also got 12 and suspect I missed the same 4, certainly the same 3 obscure ones!
    If you had read the Surrey thread KAF,which i know you have been partial to frequent, then you would have been given at least 2 of the obscure ones.
  • This is probably what Cook said recently in that Foakes now changes the dynamic of the team, whereby they cant now pack the teams with all-rounders and have 6 bowlers.
  • I am watching it now. Missed the start as waiting for a vacum cleaner to be delivered... Is that a black armband Anderson is wearing and who is that in ttibute to?
  • Rudders22 said:

    I am watching it now. Missed the start as waiting for a vacum cleaner to be delivered... Is that a black armband Anderson is wearing and who is that in ttibute to?

    Ruth Strauss
  • Rudders22 said:

    I am watching it now. Missed the start as waiting for a vacum cleaner to be delivered... Is that a black armband Anderson is wearing and who is that in ttibute to?

    https://www.telegraph.co.uk/cricket/2018/12/29/andrew-strauss-wife-dies-46-battle-lung-cancer/
  • 25-0 10 overs.
    Anderson looked dangerous, Curran didn't.
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