England Cricket chat

[Woodsey]

Am there Saturday, hopefully my presence makes some more run good happen against the odds as other games I’ve been to recently  

[arbboy]

What has Woakes done to deserve this?   He has been steady enough with the bat and ball this summer. 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/49566327

Has he been struggling with an injury or similar? 

That’s brutal.....

I think Woakes has been a bit under the admittedly pretty high standards he plays at these days - isn't this just more a horses for courses type thing, as happens a bit more often with bowlers

Heard Root interviewed earlier and he said that Overton is an Old Trafford bowler, plus he’s a bit taller than Woakes and will get more bounce. Added roughing up for Smith?

Root looked totally lost and out of ideas today (and for most of the series) tbf and his batting won't keep him in a job forever at this rate.

[nirvana]

What has Woakes done to deserve this?   He has been steady enough with the bat and ball this summer. 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/49566327

Has he been struggling with an injury or similar? 

That’s brutal.....

I think Woakes has been a bit under the admittedly pretty high standards he plays at these days - isn't this just more a horses for courses type thing, as happens a bit more often with bowlers

Heard Root interviewed earlier and he said that Overton is an Old Trafford bowler, plus he’s a bit taller than Woakes and will get more bounce. Added roughing up for Smith?

Root looked totally lost and out of ideas today (and for most of the series) tbf and his batting won't keep him in a job forever at this rate.

This is proving a really tough series for him. Was also thinking his job as skipper is going to come under pressure soon

[arbboy]

What has Woakes done to deserve this?   He has been steady enough with the bat and ball this summer.  

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/49566327

Has he been struggling with an injury or similar?  

That’s brutal.....

I think Woakes has been a bit under the admittedly pretty high standards he plays at these days - isn't this just more a horses for courses type thing, as happens a bit more often with bowlers

Heard Root interviewed earlier and he said that Overton is an Old Trafford bowler, plus he’s a bit taller than Woakes and will get more bounce. Added roughing up for Smith?

Root looked totally lost and out of ideas today (and for most of the series) tbf and his batting won't keep him in a job forever at this rate.

This is proving a really tough series for him. Was also thinking his job as skipper is going to come under pressure soon

So many times he looked lost today.   He is faciing a one batsman team as well albeit a top class operator but his decisionss and body language recently seem like he is lost and it is clearly affecttiing his day job batting but that always works like that for all captains.   Its his field body language for me that is saying it more than most.   He has maybe been liviing off England's top two all time wicket takers and is strugglinig without jimmy.  

[buzzharvey22]

There is no-one waiting to take the captaincy unfortunately. Stokes is pretty the only person guaranteed his place and he has too much responsibility already with the amount the team rely on him at the moment.

Maybe Broad

[Woodsey]

There is no-one waiting to take the captaincy unfortunately. Stokes is pretty the only person guaranteed his place and he has too much responsibility already with the amount the team rely on him at the moment.

Maybe Broad

Broad will be hanging his boots up soon, talk of it maybe even after this summer......

[Karabiner]

I think we'd better send Woodsey to Old Trafford tomorrow..

[Woodsey]

I think we'd better send Woodsey to Old Trafford tomorrow..

Haha on the train home right now. If we were 0 down by end of play I would have stayed over and gone 

[Woodsey]

Steve Smith is all I can say.......without him we would have won already. Pains me to say it but he is unbelievable batsman 

[TightEnd]

Steve Smith - 639 runs this series at 160 apiece - even more extraordinary considering what a historically tough era this is for batsmen

 Last year the average runs per wicket in Test cricket was 27 - the lowest for 61 years.

[nirvana]

Steve Smith is all I can say.......without him we would have won already. Pains me to say it but he is unbelievable batsman 

I wish Steve Smith (as well as the way cricket has gone in the short forms) had been around when I was in my pomp as a club cricketer. Any pretence of trying to look 'correct' could have gone out the window and I could have fully focused on smashing it about in any style necessary and just carried on stacking* up the runs.

*Some license on the word stacking

[HutchGF]

Steve Smith is all I can say.......without him we would have won already. Pains me to say it but he is unbelievable batsman 

I wish Steve Smith (as well as the way cricket has gone in the short forms) had been around when I was in my pomp as a club cricketer. Any pretence of trying to look 'correct' could have gone out the window and I could have fully focused on smashing it about in any style necessary and just carried on stacking* up the runs.

*Some license on the word stacking

I was thinking exactly the same. My coach at school was very much in the 'get in line, show the bowler the maker's name' style of batting coach. Steve Smith would have driven him insane!

[Woodsey]

We like these nail biters, can we get out of jail again? 

[Woodsey]

Should have kept my trap shut 

[nirvana]

Should have kept my trap shut 

Haha, pity the game has improved so much that slightly bad light can't save you any more. Mind you, cant see the Aussies being able to get these last 2 wickets in 22 overs. 1-1 going to the last.