Agree its time for Foakes...he wont smash the ball round the park but he ll stay in and sell his wicket dearly ...and of course he is the better keeper
I see pope as our 3 of the future with yjb as a possible 6
Nasser and Michael Holding going head to head is fantastic TV. But Nasser you are so wrong because, as Holding says, a lot of senior cricketers have stopped playing because of the antics of some younger players and a lot of Umpires, including myself, have stopped officiating for that reason.
It is not the celebration but the fact that he runs straight up to Root so much so that Root has to walk around him to leave the pitch.
sorry to read that you have quit umpiring due to player's bad behaviour .. I get that young, indeed some older players at club level are apt to copy the behaviour of famous test players appearing on the telly .. a similar problem to amateur officials having problems in all too many sports
Thanks and it wasn't one particular incident. I just got tired of the unsubtle intimidation of players and lack of respect shown to Umpires. I will still score when required because I am away from what's going on in the middle.
Don't get me wrong we always had what I would call "banter" when I played and I was probably the most vociferous in that respect. But whereas I might have said to a batsman "your pads have a lovely middle you'll have to let me know where you bought them afterwards" to someone who kept padding up but now you hear "try use that fxxxxxx thing in your hand you useless cxxx". And it all then kicks off from there. Offering each other out in the car park. Pathetic behaviour.
I played football at a fairly decent level and you expected that sort of thing. Unfortunately, it has migrated to cricket too.
Where to start?
The game at the top level has to set an example...rabadas actions could quite easily have started a free for all in a club game. Firstly his skipper should have publicly admonished him and he should have apologised at the end of play
I can't defend Buttlers behaviour in the previous game and he shouldn't escape censure. Broad and Anderson are always giving it too.
It really is such a bad example.Responsibility lies with leaders on and off the pitch.if I sound like a reactionary old fart but when I first started playing cricket and behaved poorly I would have been in physical danger from half of my older team mates(some of whom would have served in the war)
In this instance rabada could have wheeled away towards cover or gulley,he had got the wicket ...that's all he needed to do
This isn't specifically a criticism of rabada, it's a criticism of leadership and how poor behaviour has besmirched the game
As well as Foakes coming in at 7 (which I have been saying almost as long as Canters), Sam Curran's job is to turn himself into a good enough batsman that he can take the number 6 slot as and when Pope eventually does move up to 3.
We will then have a situation where we can have three front line seamers plus Stokes and Curran and a spinner or, if the situation does demand it, two front line quickies and two spinners plus those two.
Curran is a winner and does make things happen but he isn't, in my opinion, that 3rd seamer. But in the same way that we have a Stokes to throw the ball to, we would have a second serious option.
Pope has played brilliantly, almost throughout the innings. What a great pleasure to see someone scoring what will surely be one of many, many hundreds.
He should be inked in for the number six spot for a very long time. He may, eventually, be pushed up the order, but I hope the urge to experiment in that way is resisted. If England want to be the best in the world, they need to have the best player in the world in as many positions as possible. Stokes, Pope, Broad and Anderson could become the best numbers five, six,, ten and eleven in the world in the world. We need to fill a few more spots, but Pope should be the fourth piece in the jigsaw.
Pope has played brilliantly, almost throughout the innings. What a great pleasure to see someone scoring what will surely be one of many, many hundreds.
He should be inked in for the number six spot for a very long time. He may, eventually, be pushed up the order, but I hope the urge to experiment in that way is resisted. If England want to be the best in the world, they need to have the best player in the world in as many positions as possible. Stokes, Pope, Broad and Anderson could become the best numbers five, six,, ten and eleven in the world in the world. We need to fill a few more spots, but Pope should be the fourth piece in the jigsaw.
Very, very impressed.
I agree, but broad and Anderson aren’t getting any younger. I think archer and Curran could replace their roles, with archer being the strike bowler.
I think jury’s still out on sibley and Crawley, burns when he’s fit should get back in the team.
Pope has played brilliantly, almost throughout the innings. What a great pleasure to see someone scoring what will surely be one of many, many hundreds.
He should be inked in for the number six spot for a very long time. He may, eventually, be pushed up the order, but I hope the urge to experiment in that way is resisted. If England want to be the best in the world, they need to have the best player in the world in as many positions as possible. Stokes, Pope, Broad and Anderson could become the best numbers five, six,, ten and eleven in the world in the world. We need to fill a few more spots, but Pope should be the fourth piece in the jigsaw.
Very, very impressed.
I agree, but broad and Anderson aren’t getting any younger. I think archer and Curran could replace their roles, with archer being the strike bowler.
I think jury’s still out on sibley and Crawley, burns when he’s fit should get back in the team.
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Nah, should be Foakes
As Buttler would say.
;-)
I see pope as our 3 of the future with yjb as a possible 6
Buttler as our keeper/bat for 1 dayers
Who can that be?
Not sure Sarr qualifies to play for England, let alone keep wicket.
The game at the top level has to set an example...rabadas actions could quite easily have started a free for all in a club game. Firstly his skipper should have publicly admonished him and he should have apologised at the end of play
I can't defend Buttlers behaviour in the previous game and he shouldn't escape censure. Broad and Anderson are always giving it too.
It really is such a bad example.Responsibility lies with leaders on and off the pitch.if I sound like a reactionary old fart but when I first started playing cricket and behaved poorly I would have been in physical danger from half of my older team mates(some of whom would have served in the war)
In this instance rabada could have wheeled away towards cover or gulley,he had got the wicket ...that's all he needed to do
This isn't specifically a criticism of rabada, it's a criticism of leadership and how poor behaviour has besmirched the game
We will then have a situation where we can have three front line seamers plus Stokes and Curran and a spinner or, if the situation does demand it, two front line quickies and two spinners plus those two.
Curran is a winner and does make things happen but he isn't, in my opinion, that 3rd seamer. But in the same way that we have a Stokes to throw the ball to, we would have a second serious option.
Pope 94
Curran 36
Curran out 44
426-8
Tea taken.
A great find.
He should be inked in for the number six spot for a very long time. He may, eventually, be pushed up the order, but I hope the urge to experiment in that way is resisted. If England want to be the best in the world, they need to have the best player in the world in as many positions as possible. Stokes, Pope, Broad and Anderson could become the best numbers five, six,, ten and eleven in the world in the world. We need to fill a few more spots, but Pope should be the fourth piece in the jigsaw.
Very, very impressed.