Re: England's WI tour

by embee Thu 09 Apr 2015, 03:02

Scyld Berry finds a positive

"England had waited a long time for this moment. After months, even years, of waiting and travelling around the globe, they eventually discovered a team that was much worse," Berry wrote.

by Lindsay no.2 Thu 09 Apr 2015, 16:59

embee wrote:Scyld Berry finds a positive

"England had waited a long time for this moment. After months, even years, of waiting and travelling around the globe, they eventually discovered a team that was much worse," Berry wrote.

Hahaha - brilliant. Nice one embee.

by Brass Monkey Thu 09 Apr 2015, 20:31

I see Cook is 22 off 92... Time in the middle I suppose. Lyth only got 20-odd. Meh

by Ethics? The Gall! Thu 09 Apr 2015, 22:23

Brass Monkey wrote:I see Cook is 22 off 92...

great. hes back in form

by LeFromage Thu 09 Apr 2015, 22:26

He's back in ODI form.

by Ethics? The Gall! Thu 09 Apr 2015, 22:34

good enough form to get him through the ashes. thats all that really matters

by LeFromage Thu 09 Apr 2015, 22:38

He could bag single-figure scores from now until the end of August and he'll still be captain of the Ashes team.

I don't even think another 5-0 will do for him.

As long as he remains a bloody nice bloke and talks aspirationally about a vague, superior "brand of cricket", everything will be hunky dory.

by horace Thu 09 Apr 2015, 22:52

and it is from my vantage point

by Ethics? The Gall! Thu 09 Apr 2015, 23:06

Dello wrote:As long as he remains a bloody nice bloke and talks aspirationally about a vague, superior "brand of cricket", everything will be hunky dory.

thats reassuring

by Henry Thu 09 Apr 2015, 23:16

I dunno. He's just lost a major ally in Paul Downton. Another backer James Whittaker is likely to be sacked tomorrow as well. Based on the comments I've heard from them so far, Graves and Harrison have avoided backing him to the hilt. I think everything is on the table. He needs runs and/or wins in the Caribbean otherwise he's gone.

by lardbucket Fri 10 Apr 2015, 20:15

Is Whittaker still in charge of the Ark?

by LeFromage Fri 10 Apr 2015, 22:07

lardbucket wrote:Is Whittaker still in charge of the Ark?

In charge? He's buggering all the animals one by one as we speak.

Yes, somehow he remains employed by the ECB. He must be slipping them freebies from the chocolate factory. That's probably not a euphemism. Probably.

by Lindsay no.2 Mon 13 Apr 2015, 15:48

Dello wrote:He could bag single-figure scores from now until the end of August and he'll still be captain of the Ashes team.

I don't even think another 5-0 will do for him.

As long as he remains a bloody nice bloke and talks aspirationally about a vague, superior "brand of cricket", everything will be hunky dory.

Well, one innings down and a few more to go.

by Brass Monkey Mon 13 Apr 2015, 16:06

Be fair - he reached 11.

by Lindsay no.2 Mon 13 Apr 2015, 16:41

Did he really get that many.

Bloody hell - I do him a terrible dis-service.

Well with that monstrous contribution (which it may well end up being, judging on the others so far) he'll certainly be inked in for the next 5 years.

by beamer Mon 13 Apr 2015, 19:04

Cook playing his 108th successive Test without missing one - only Allan Border in history has a longer unbroken sequence. He will take some shifting - where's doctorspin these days?

by furriner Mon 13 Apr 2015, 19:55

Dello wrote:
lardbucket wrote:Is Whittaker still in charge of the Ark?

In charge? He's buggering all the animals one by one as we speak. ............

by Ethics? The Gall! Tue 14 Apr 2015, 02:45

beamer wrote:Cook playing his 108th successive Test without missing one - only Allan Border in history has a longer unbroken sequence. He will take some shifting - where's doctorspin these days?

all we need is sean abbott to bowl one in the right place

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