England in South Africa

[fatcatstu]

What a knock!!!!

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[buzzharvey22]

Ho-Lee-Shit

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"In last 18 months, England have scored six ODI tons in 73 balls or less (Buttler x 3, Moeen, Root, Morgan) - before that, once in 33 years"

the game has changed huh?

now that is a good stat

[muckthenuts]

"In last 18 months, England have scored six ODI tons in 73 balls or less (Buttler x 3, Moeen, Root, Morgan) - before that, once in 33 years"

the game has changed huh?

now that is a good stat

For the worse, in my opinion. With the ever changing rules and regulations records are basically meaningless when every few years you play under a different set of conditions which always tend to favour the batsmen. I'd be happy to see ODI cricket changed to 40 overs too.

[buzzharvey22]

"In last 18 months, England have scored six ODI tons in 73 balls or less (Buttler x 3, Moeen, Root, Morgan) - before that, once in 33 years"

the game has changed huh?

now that is a good stat

For the worse, in my opinion. With the ever changing rules and regulations records are basically meaningless when every few years you play under a different set of conditions which always tend to favour the batsmen. I'd be happy to see ODI cricket changed to 40 overs too.

So you complain about too many little changes so you suggest a complete overhaul of the whole game?

[muckthenuts]

"In last 18 months, England have scored six ODI tons in 73 balls or less (Buttler x 3, Moeen, Root, Morgan) - before that, once in 33 years"

the game has changed huh?

now that is a good stat

For the worse, in my opinion. With the ever changing rules and regulations records are basically meaningless when every few years you play under a different set of conditions which always tend to favour the batsmen. I'd be happy to see ODI cricket changed to 40 overs too.

So you complain about too many little changes so you suggest a complete overhaul of the whole game?

Yeah wrote that and realised that's exactly what i did what i meant was i would just switch things to 40 overs and expect that to sort out the obvious decline in interest recently rather than tinker with the rules every so often.

[horseplayer]

South Africa not looking to hot in India

An ageing squad as well very much so and this series will be a lot closer than many expect.

England continuing to progress in all formats looks a very solid behind the scenes set up at the moment which helps.

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South Africa not looking to hot in India

An ageing squad as well very much so and this series will be a lot closer than many expect.

England continuing to progress in all formats looks a very solid behind the scenes set up at the moment which helps.

the pitches in india have been ragging square. ishant sharma bowled a slower ball this morning that turned 4 feet

i do think it will be a close series on quick pitches in SA. hopefully steyn is fit


meanwhile, from yesterday, a really fun picture



they had to go to the third umpire to tell which batsman was out

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In a move away from tradition, there will be no mandatory toss in either division of the County Championship in 2016 http://es.pn/1XtKuHF

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nice picture from the first pink ball test in Adelaide that started overnight

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Click to see full-size image.

[kukushkin88]

South Africa not looking to hot in India

An ageing squad as well very much so and this series will be a lot closer than many expect.

England continuing to progress in all formats looks a very solid behind the scenes set up at the moment which helps.

I think Joe Root is big factor in the good spirit they seem to have. Clearly an excellent batsman, which inspires confidence and a good bloke but it's the obvious joy he takes in the success of his team mates that really seems to have fostered the togetherness and sets him apart as a top guy. Saluting the Stokes ton vs NZ was great and the extended celebration for Buttler's ton the other day was fantastic too.

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Joe Root 22 runs away from becoming Eng's highest int run-scorer in a calendar year

 http://bit.ly/1YBnPeR .

Max three more inns to get 'em

[fatcatstu]

6 hundreds and 14 fifties in the year... What a player!