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

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Rain stopped and started again.

England win the toss and BOWL in what remains a 50-over-a-side game. Ben Stokes rolled his ankle in training so Alex Hales comes in, while Chris Woakes, as expected, returns in place of Tom Curran. Windies are unchanged.

Addick Addict

Messrs Moeen Ali, Jos Buttler and Ben Stokes are going to be missing the T20 series against the West Indies and fly home - so they can rest up for the IPL!

The final two Twenty20s are not scheduled to be shown on Sky television in the UK due to their sitting outside the original rights package. Cricket West Indies is currently  in negotiations with Sony, the host broadcaster, in an effort to change this.

northdevonisred

Addick Addict said:

Messrs Moeen Ali, Jos Buttler and Ben Stokes are going to be missing the T20 series against the West Indies and fly home - so they can rest up for the IPL!

The final two Twenty20s are not scheduled to be shown on Sky television in the UK due to their sitting outside the original rights package. Cricket West Indies is currently  in negotiations with Sony, the host broadcaster, in an effort to change this.

Be interesting to see if England are as careful about how they manage Mark Wood's health over the coming few months. Numerous back and hip problems have dogged what would have been a far more fluent international career of England's fastest test bowler currently in the squad - Overton (both J and C), Stone and Barber are actually a bit quicker more consistently of late but then again, Wood has been hurt.

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northdevonisred said:

Addick Addict said:

Messrs Moeen Ali, Jos Buttler and Ben Stokes are going to be missing the T20 series against the West Indies and fly home - so they can rest up for the IPL!

The final two Twenty20s are not scheduled to be shown on Sky television in the UK due to their sitting outside the original rights package. Cricket West Indies is currently  in negotiations with Sony, the host broadcaster, in an effort to change this.

Be interesting to see if England are as careful about how they manage Mark Wood's health over the coming few months. Numerous back and hip problems have dogged what would have been a far more fluent international career of England's fastest test bowler currently in the squad - Overton (both J and C), Stone and Barber are actually a bit quicker more consistently of late but then again, Wood has been hurt.

Wood has lengthened his run up in order to reduce the stress on his body and he's confident it's working.

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Windies won the toss & bowl.

Stokes in Roy out (hamstring).

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Addick Addict

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Windies won the toss & bowl.

Stokes & Hales in Roy out.

Good - we've a better chance playing 12

Karim_myBagheri

Bairstow is on fire. 4 sixes to reach 51 in 31 balls.

66/0

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100-1    13.5 overs

Bairstow b Thomas 56

The boundary isn't much further than in my back garden

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125-2

Root c Hope b Thomas 5

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How many sides could afford to drop a player who is one of the most destructive batsman in the world having also scored a hundred in his last innings? Because that might just happen to Hales.

PaddyP17

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How many sides could afford to drop a player who is one of the most destructive batsman in the world having also scored a hundred in his last innings? Because that might just happen to Hales.

Our strength at the top of the order is amazing. A shame none of them are better applied to the longer format...

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PaddyP17 said:

Addick Addict said:

How many sides could afford to drop a player who is one of the most destructive batsman in the world having also scored a hundred in his last innings? Because that might just happen to Hales.

Our strength at the top of the order is amazing. A shame none of them are better applied to the longer format...

It's because they play in Test cricket as if they are in an ODI that  they aren't successful. Plus they get away with nicks from 1st slip to gully which they don't in the longer form of the game.

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Hales c Hetmyer b Nurse 82

165-3    25.5 overs

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When one sees the pies and long hops that are being served up by Bishoo and Nurse it makes one appreciate a bit more Moeen and Rashid.

Addick Addict

8-0-74-1 between them so far out of 189-3 off 29

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10-0-91-1 for Bishoo and Nurse out of 206-2 off 31

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Plus they are pretty damn useless in the field!

blackpool72

Roy
Bairstow 
Hales. 
Pick any two from three in one day cricket and we have the best opening partnership in the word.
Test match cricket we have one of the worse. 
Just goes to show one day cricket and five day cricket are as different as snooker and pool.

cafcfan1990

Wouldn't be totally surprised if we squeeze 400 and Buttler gets a ton here. 

Addickted2TheReds

This is absolutely incredible. 

Look at espncricinfo and the last couple of overs!!

cafcfan1990

cafcfan1990 said:

Wouldn't be totally surprised if we squeeze 400 and Buttler gets a ton here. 

Incredible hitting from Butter, his second 50 is going to be quick! Might get it off 12 balls!

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As soon as I saw the dead pitch and the ridiculously shortened boundaries I thought we could get 400.
I thought 350 would be enough & still do.

338-3    43.2 overs & next ball Morgan dropped.

Addickted2TheReds

In Buttler's 11 previous balls to the one he was just dropped on he went 6, 4, 4, 4, 4, 6, 4, 4, 6, 6, 6.

cafcfan1990

Addickted2TheReds said:

In Buttler's 11 previous balls to the one he was just dropped on he went 6, 4, 4, 4, 4, 6, 4, 4, 6, 6, 6.

Reached his 50 after 45 balls. Is now 98 after 57. 

Laddick01

I find it weird that getting Root out early can actually hurt you. 

Karim_myBagheri

field is crazy

cafcfan1990

Laddick01 said:

I find it weird that getting Root out early can actually hurt you. 

On a pitch like this it makes more sense to play the 5 big hitters but then Root can be so important when the aggression backfires. 

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Karim_myBagheri said:

field is crazy

Couldn't agree more - fly slip, fly gully and backward point all in the ring and nothing in the cover region either in the ring or sweeping!

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Karim_myBagheri said:

field is crazy

Mind you, when most hits are landing in the crowd .....