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England T20 series Vs South Africa

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  • Callumcafc
    Callumcafc Posts: 63,763
    Leuth said:

    Livingstone gets a rubbish bowler to hit around

    The rubbish bowler gets Buttler with a slower ball yorker.
  • blackpool72
    blackpool72 Posts: 23,668
    Hahahaha
  • Leuth
    Leuth Posts: 23,314
    Rubbish bowler yorks Buttler, I will stop making calls
  • blackpool72
    blackpool72 Posts: 23,668
    Livingstone is crap but will probably get the winning run
  • Leuth
    Leuth Posts: 23,314
    You don't just call an international cricketer crap on limited evidence
  • Callumcafc
    Callumcafc Posts: 63,763
    They're pumping out the tunes at the ground. Drunks in the crowd loving it.
  • suzisausage
    suzisausage Posts: 11,502
    Sweeeeeet Caroline....
  • Callumcafc
    Callumcafc Posts: 63,763
    edited June 2017
    England need 12 from the last over. 11 means a super over.
  • Chef_addick
    Chef_addick Posts: 2,196
    Super over anyone?
  • Callumcafc
    Callumcafc Posts: 63,763
    11 from 5 needed
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  • Callumcafc
    Callumcafc Posts: 63,763
    10 from 4 needed
  • Callumcafc
    Callumcafc Posts: 63,763
    9 from 3 needed
  • suzisausage
    suzisausage Posts: 11,502
    What a wally!
  • Laddick01
    Laddick01 Posts: 6,364
    Livingstone had a couple of drinks before this innings didn't he
  • Callumcafc
    Callumcafc Posts: 63,763
    8 from 2 needed plus a run out for Livingstone trying to get two.
  • blackpool72
    blackpool72 Posts: 23,668
    Leuth said:

    You don't just call an international cricketer crap on limited evidence

    I can do now
  • Callumcafc
    Callumcafc Posts: 63,763
    edited June 2017
    Bit of a naff innings from Livingstone... 16 from 18 balls and a dodgy run out at the end of it.
  • suzisausage
    suzisausage Posts: 11,502
    I thought that was a 6! Gutting
  • Chef_addick
    Chef_addick Posts: 2,196
    Dear oh dear
  • Callumcafc
    Callumcafc Posts: 63,763
    edited June 2017
    4 from 1 needed... so close to a six... centimetres out.
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  • blackpool72
    blackpool72 Posts: 23,668
    Bollox
  • Callumcafc
    Callumcafc Posts: 63,763
    SA win by 3 runs.
  • Leuth
    Leuth Posts: 23,314
    Nightmare debut for Livingstone. He'll be back though (maybe)
  • Leuth
    Leuth Posts: 23,314
    I also think England would have won if he'd been rightly given caught at slip!
  • bolloxbolder
    bolloxbolder Posts: 7,960
    Well never seen him before but that Livingstone - what a plank!
  • Chef_addick
    Chef_addick Posts: 2,196
    Good game, probably would have won had Roy not been given out.

    I like the new kits.
  • Covered End
    Covered End Posts: 51,989
    Not bothered about losing that game, as we played a weakened team.

    If Hales, Root, Stokes etc had been playing, we would have won that at a canter.
  • cantersaddick
    cantersaddick Posts: 16,909
    I've followed Livingstone's progress through the lions and seen him once or twice. I think he's a very good player in all formats at county level but at international level I think if he makes it, it will be as a test player and not in the limited overs stuff.

    I said this before the game.

    Overall a fairly disappointing result but a decent performance. Dawson bowled well as did everyone (bar Jordan). I really think Dawson is a top quality spinner in limited overs cricket. I would play him in every T20 for now and see how he does. Possibly pick him ahead of Moeen in ODI's.

    I think we have a really good crop of fast bowlers. None of them world beaters but all of them very good on their day and can be relied upon.

    It's our batting that sets us apart. We have real quality and real depth. As someone said above Billings will probably do best for England in the middle order but he is behind so many class players for those spots that he will never nail down a spot.
  • Addick Addict
    Addick Addict Posts: 39,767
    cantersaddick said:

    I've followed Livingstone's progress through the lions and seen him once or twice. I think he's a very good player in all formats at county level but at international level I think if he makes it, it will be as a test player and not in the limited overs stuff.

    I said this before the game.

    Overall a fairly disappointing result but a decent performance. Dawson bowled well as did everyone (bar Jordan). I really think Dawson is a top quality spinner in limited overs cricket. I would play him in every T20 for now and see how he does. Possibly pick him ahead of Moeen in ODI's.

    I think we have a really good crop of fast bowlers. None of them world beaters but all of them very good on their day and can be relied upon.

    It's our batting that sets us apart. We have real quality and real depth. As someone said above Billings will probably do best for England in the middle order but he is behind so many class players for those spots that he will never nail down a spot.

    And he ends up never playing any cricket because he's constantly carrying the drinks.

    Bairstow is rightly ahead of him now. But how do we get him into this side (assuming when all fit):

    Roy
    Hales
    Root
    Morgan
    Stokes
    Buttler
    Moeen
    Woakes
    Plunkett
    Rashid
    Wood

    Only real option would be to bring Bairstow in for Moeen and throw the ball to Root if we need a 2nd spinner. However, for T20 as opposed to an ODI, at least, we should rarely need our no. 7 to bat for more than a few overs anyway so losing a front line spinner doesn't make total sense.
  • Chef_addick
    Chef_addick Posts: 2,196
    I think Root might step back from T20 while he settles in to his Test Captain role, allowing Bairstow to go in at 3.

    Finding a spot for him in the ODI team if everyone is fit and in form is a tough one.

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