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England Cricket Summer 2020
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Parkinson bowling beautifully and gets whipped out of the attack, and although his replacement Robinson gets Moeen lbw it looked a very dodgy one to me0
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Well to you it obviously wouldLeuth said:Parkinson bowling beautifully and gets whipped out of the attack, and although his replacement Robinson gets Moeen lbw it looked a very dodgy one to me1 -
Bah gawd, that's Amar Virdi's music!0
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Really want to see more of Parkinson. He was taken off just as he was finding a lovely rhythm!0
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Legendary West Indies batsman Sir Everton Weekes has died at the age of 95.
Weekes, who scored 4,455 runs at an average of 58.61 in 48 Tests, is the only man to make centuries in five consecutive Test innings.
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Buttler duffs another stumping. Virdi misses out0
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Bess has bowled pretty well but he's getting a lot of overs. Wouldn't it be worth giving Lawrence a spin for a couple?0
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I didn't think Virdi was in the playing squads?Leuth said:Bah gawd, that's Amar Virdi's music!0 -
Virdi gets the wicket, with the first bad ball he's bowled. That's how it works sometimes! He looks very good tbh. Moeen and Leach comfortably outshone by all today's spinners0
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Butler should be nowhere in the pecking order for England keepersLeuth said:Buttler duffs another stumping. Virdi misses out1 -
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Sam curran self isolating after having a test0
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Reported as sickness and the shots so hopefully a precaution. Does give an opportunity for one of the 47 other seamers in the game to jump ahead of him in the pecking order.Todds_right_hook said:Sam curran self isolating after having a test
Neither was one of the Overtons but they seem to have added them one each to each team.killerandflash said:
I didn't think Virdi was in the playing squads?Leuth said:Bah gawd, that's Amar Virdi's music!0 -
You know my views.blackpool72 said:
Butler should be nowhere in the pecking order for England keepersLeuth said:Buttler duffs another stumping. Virdi misses out0 -
And minecantersaddick said:
You know my views.blackpool72 said:
Butler should be nowhere in the pecking order for England keepersLeuth said:Buttler duffs another stumping. Virdi misses out0 -
Briefly watched Parkinson and he looked very good - nice to see a leg spinner getting quite a bit of turn. What will always work in moeen’s favour is he can do it with the bat, leach, virdi and Parkinson are career number 11’s. I have a feeling that’s why Bess will be England’s number 1 spinner for a long timeLeuth said:Virdi gets the wicket, with the first bad ball he's bowled. That's how it works sometimes! He looks very good tbh. Moeen and Leach comfortably outshone by all today's spinners
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Leach looked nothing like an 11 yesterday, repelling Wood and Archer with absolute ease. Bess looked very good but I do question whether he gets the rip that scares batsmen. Maybe a wily holding-job is the ticket. You'd hope the days of just choosing a spinner for their batting ability are over, though.1
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Leach is the world’s greatest number 11 and no one will convince me otherwise.Leuth said:Leach looked nothing like an 11 yesterday, repelling Wood and Archer with absolute ease. Bess looked very good but I do question whether he gets the rip that scares batsmen. Maybe a wily holding-job is the ticket. You'd hope the days of just choosing a spinner for their batting ability are over, though.
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Leach is a decent batsman. Indeed if anything it's his bowling which has yet to entirely convince. Steady but not spectacularLeuth said:Leach looked nothing like an 11 yesterday, repelling Wood and Archer with absolute ease. Bess looked very good but I do question whether he gets the rip that scares batsmen. Maybe a wily holding-job is the ticket. You'd hope the days of just choosing a spinner for their batting ability are over, though.
Moeen is more erratic, but does take wickets1 -
Moeen bowls pies or is unplayable, there’s no in between, unfortunately for a front line spinner you need to be able to build pressure.1
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But then how many English spinners since Underwood have managed to be both tight AND dangerous? Swann is the only one who comes to mindkentaddick said:Moeen bowls pies or is unplayable, there’s no in between, unfortunately for a front line spinner you need to be able to build pressure.0 -
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Nice early bowl for Parkinson here...0
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Swann was the best spinner in the world for a time. We won’t see a homegrown spinner like that for another few decades again. The wild card is always rashid, if he decided to play red ball cricket again.killerandflash said:
But then how many English spinners since Underwood have managed to be both tight AND dangerous? Swann is the only one who comes to mindkentaddick said:Moeen bowls pies or is unplayable, there’s no in between, unfortunately for a front line spinner you need to be able to build pressure.1 -
Gets Bairstow, clearly caught at deep cover or something, giving him a boost and hopefully putting the kibosh on a Bairstow comeback. 39 runs though! Very persuasive!1
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I do love Zak Crawleys Alec Stewart style bat twirl he does. Nostalgic.0
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Swann was very good but I think you're definitely overdoing it. Won't see another homegrown spinner like that for another few decades? It's entirely possible Amar Virdi is heading very much that way already0
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Dream scenario for Parkinson: a tired team having a swing. Gets Sibley stumped now0
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Crawley just played a shot off Broad that should force him to retire tbh0
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OK now Stokes has decided to test young Matt Parkinson's nerve. A perfectly good over, all six balls right on the spot, gets smashed for 22. I hope they keep him on and continue the battle0
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Unimaginatively, Bess is on next over. Boooooo0
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Based on that, here's my extremely rogue First Test XI
Burns
Sibley
Crawley
Lawrence
Stokes
Pope
grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr Foakes but it'll be Buttler
Bess
Archer
Anderson
Parkinson (but it'll be Woakes (batting at 8))
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