England Cricket chat

[rinswun]

No one really putting their hands up but the young Middlesex opener Nick Gubbins has scored a lot of runs batting two or three in Div 1. Sam Northeast has had a great season in Div 2 and is averaging 90 odd but there is a definite drop in standard in that division. Ben Duckett and Daniel Bell-Drummond have done well for the Lions as well. Wouldn't mind any of them getting a spot in the touring squad.

[TightEnd]

Haseem hamed of lancs will tour. Rock tight technique, selectors have watched every game of his for two months. Duckett will be in the next odi squad. Currans close too. Bell Drummond, malan, westley, abell, Browne in the next wave

[muckthenuts]

Hales and Vince and Ballance all out for me. Pakistan should have been routed in this series in all honesty and part of the reason that didn't happen is that these 3 players were all passengers. I never felt any of them were cut out to make big scores and it's only going to get harder away from home. I think England need someone a bit stodgier to stubbornly hold up an end rather than play shots and get out. England's RR was actually a little too high i thought.

[TightEnd]

another name to think about

"Keaton Jennings spies a window of opportunity

With England’s red ball cricket season coming to a close, it’s timely to look at who has impressed in county cricket and might just sneak a place in a touring squad. Keaton Jennings is top of the pops among Division One batsmen, his 965 runs coming at 69 including five hundreds (and over 250 ahead of team-mate Scott Borthwick). Now qualified for England, the tall left-handed bat can also bowl a little seam up, a useful string to one’s bow in an England side whose change bowler (Joe Root) has a long term back condition. Perhaps one might like to see more than one season of accomplishment before an England cap is awarded, but Jennings has had his eye on one since declaring for England four years ago, and he is not far away now."

[fatcatstu]

Jennings is superb, in all forms of cricket.

As much as I would like to see changes to the team, I think that the selectors and cook have proven over many a year that they will simply not make changes.

I would expect to see wood and Stokes back in, with most likely Vince and Finn dropping out.

[Woodsey]

Highest ODI score ever a possibility here if you arent watching yet...

[buzzharvey22]

Awesome stuff.

[TightEnd]

[HutchGF]

I had a small interest on Root top run scorer. He scores 85 and comes 3rd!

What a fantastic spectacle for the fans - wish I'd been there.

[TightEnd]

another double today

7 hundreds, 3 doubles this summer

hopefully picked soon!

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[TightEnd]

Hameed, Anbsari, Duckett.......

England Test squad

Alastair Cook (captain, Essex), Moeen Ali (Worcestershire), James Anderson (Lancashire), Zafar Ansari (Surrey), Jonny Bairstow (Yorkshire), Gary Ballance (Yorkshire), Gareth Batty (Surrey), Stuart Broad (Nottinghamshire), Jos Buttler (wk, Lancashire), Ben Duckett (Northamptonshire), Steven Finn (Middlesex), Haseeb Hameed (Lancashire), Adil Rashid (Yorkshire), Joe Root (Yorkshire), Ben Stokes (Durham), Chris Woakes (Warwickshire), Mark Wood (Durham).


England ODI squad

Jos Buttler (captain, Lancashire), Moeen Ali (Worcestershire), Jonny Bairstow (Yorkshire), Jake Ball (Nottinghamshire), Sam Billings (Kent), Liam Dawson (Hampshire), Ben Duckett (Northamptonshire), Liam Plunkett (Yorkshire), Adil Rashid (Yorkshire), Jason Roy (Surrey), Ben Stokes (Durham), James Vince (Hampshire), David Willey (Yorkshire), Chris Woakes (Warwickshire), Mark Wood (Durham).


http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/37375138

[nellberg]

Very good first day today. We'll see if it really is as simple as "win toss, win match". Root dismissal was very strange.

[buzzharvey22]

That ball wasn't safely in his hands when he tossed it up, it was inbetween wrists and he popped it up purposely to catch it clean, not to celebrate. Hence why he snap turned around to try and catch it.

I don't like this soft signal thing. Either the umpire gives it out, or the 3rd umpire has full authority to chose which decision he likes.

[TightEnd]

really nice for the selectors to watch a teenager, think he's special, pick him and see him perform like this. Haseeb Hameed looks rock solid with a great temperament

thought England bowled v well too. Ansari definitely has a future as he develops

[TightEnd]

meanwhile, you have to chuckle (while we can)

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