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The Cricket Thread

Grays_1890 said:
Haha generational talent that lad.

Also the other issue is that no one plays county English conditions as they are all now centrally contracted to play this unbelievable England fixture list that means they are playing week in week out.

My Aussie mate said that two weeks before we played Ashes the Aussies were all playing Shield cricket against each other so the openings facing 90mph international bowling from their own team mates. England players are resting because they pretty much now only commit to England schedule so they literally go into every series cold, despite playing a high volume of cricket.

I also think we have suffered from Roots "mates" dressing room where too many outstayed their welcome
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People running cricket tell us Test cricket is important but do everything they can to ensure we find it difficult to produce players of that standard. Much rather play beer matches for the great unwashed and TV, while county sides go weeks without a game and starve them of players of quality. Geoff Boycott would score double hundreds with a stick of celery against the sub standard bowling in the county game.
 
K.D.D.D.D.Soc said:
People running cricket tell us Test cricket is important but do everything they can to ensure we find it difficult to produce players of that standard. Much rather play beer matches for the great unwashed and TV, while county sides go weeks without a game and starve them of players of quality. Geoff Boycott would score double hundreds with a stick of celery against the sub standard bowling in the county game.
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Great post and spot on.
 
K.D.D.D.D.Soc said:
People running cricket tell us Test cricket is important but do everything they can to ensure we find it difficult to produce players of that standard. Much rather play beer matches for the great unwashed and TV, while county sides go weeks without a game and starve them of players of quality. Geoff Boycott would score double hundreds with a stick of celery against the sub standard bowling in the county game.
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We over protect our players, whilst two weeks before the ashes the Aussies were playing against each other in the shield facing bowling up to their ears, we went in cold...its ridiculous
 
Surely this is day 2 and not day 3? Surely the day off for the queen is pushed on to the end? This cant now be a 3 day test? Really
 
Stokes’ batting is non sensical, he’s too good a batsmen to play the way he has this summer. If he plays a proper innings today the loss is off the table and the win almost guaranteed. Now it’s still just 70/30 for Eng.
 
Gazza Dazzla said:
Stokes’ batting is non sensical, he’s too good a batsmen to play the way he has this summer. If he plays a proper innings today the loss is off the table and the win almost guaranteed. Now it’s still just 70/30 for Eng.
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He wasn't the only one !!
We basically playing with 9 men really as the openers are a joke
 
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