Cricket

arminisgod said:
this does my head in. Why on earth is he not playing??? On the debate last night Alec Stewart was telling everyone... 'Parkinson doesn't play first class games for Lancs... lets see how he does first'

well Alec... he has played 20FC games and averages 25 with the ball
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Alec Stewart said that he only played four championship games for Lancs last season and questioning why that was, inferring there must be a reason (paraphrasing but almost his words)

Graham Onions his Lancs colleague tonight said Alec was exactly right he needs to play every single game in the championship side.

He would potentially pose much more of a threat on the fifth day but probably couldn't be relied on to do the crucial long containing job Bess did in the first innings which was so instrumental to building such a strong position.

It's harsh on Parkinson but the fact Lancashire aren't picking him for every game doesn't do his case any favours.

He also bowls the ball quite slowly which isn't so detrimental but you need to be extremely accurate over very lengthy periods or be punished in test cricket.

It's tough to expect containment bowling the ball slowly in your first test match when it can take a leggy along time to perfect such a skill at the higher level.
 
Chris O'Connor said:
Ben Stokes best cricketer in the world

Virat Kohli, Ben Stokes, Sachin Tenduldar, Michael Atherton, Nasser Hussein, Nathan Lyon, Tim Paine, Rob Key please keep five day tests.

Michael Vaughan - the only one standing up for 4 day tests

I can't see Michael winning that argument.

Ireland and some other 'lesser' sides perhaps, especially if played on a two day wicket like Lords last summer but no 'proper' tests anywhere should be reduced imo.
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Wish they'd shut up about it. How the hell does one day less make any difference to a schedule anyway? Imagine Tests in the sub continent? One team scores 700, the other gets to 400 before it finishes. The stats completely back up that more Tests go the 5 days and not many finish in 4 so it's just some stupid argument to fill air time that should never be discussed!
 
Chris O'Connor said:
Alec Stewart said that he only played four championship games for Lancs last season and questioning why that was, inferring there must be a reason (paraphrasing but almost his words)

Graham Onions his Lancs colleague tonight said Alec was exactly right he needs to play every single game in the championship side.

He would potentially pose much more of a threat on the fifth day but probably couldn't be relied on to do the crucial long containing job Bess did in the first innings which was so instrumental to building such a strong position.

It's harsh on Parkinson but the fact Lancashire aren't picking him for every game doesn't do his case any favours.

He also bowls the ball quite slowly which isn't so detrimental but you need to be extremely accurate over very lengthy periods or be punished in test cricket.

It's tough to expect containment bowling the ball slowly in your first test match when it can take a leggy along time to perfect such a skill at the higher level.
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Parkinson was injured at the start of last season so wasn't available for the first few games. He then played a couple of games in the 2nd eleven before being called into the 1st team where he immediately picked up 5 wickets. It doesn't help that so many fixtures are crammed into April and May - Shane Warne said that when he played for Hampshire he barely bothered bowling himself before the end of May, so it's very tempting for Lancs to play four seamers and a batting all-rounder as the spinner (Maxwell last season, Livingstone next) in that period.

The selection of Bess ahead of him proved to be the right one as England won. Bess did a better job containing SA in the 1st innings than Parky would have done. Although he's accurate for a leg spinner, apart from Warne, he's never been asked to bowl like that for Lancs, they use him to attack, so the chances are SA would have found it easier to score against him and consequently crept past England's poor 1st innings score. On the final day, though, I've no doubt he would have been more dangerous than Bess and Denly, but would England have been in that position if Bess hadn't bowled so accurately in the 1st innings? Parky may have to wait for Sri Lanka for his debut where the conditions will be favourable but the batsmen play spin better than SA do.

Looking forward to the 3rd Test - two well matched but flawed teams: Ben Stokes could prove to be the difference between them.
 
BigMick said:
Parkinson was injured at the start of last season so wasn't available for the first few games. He then played a couple of games in the 2nd eleven before being called into the 1st team where he immediately picked up 5 wickets. It doesn't help that so many fixtures are crammed into April and May - Shane Warne said that when he played for Hampshire he barely bothered bowling himself before the end of May, so it's very tempting for Lancs to play four seamers and a batting all-rounder as the spinner (Maxwell last season, Livingstone next) in that period.

The selection of Bess ahead of him proved to be the right one as England won. Bess did a better job containing SA in the 1st innings than Parky would have done. Although he's accurate for a leg spinner, apart from Warne, he's never been asked to bowl like that for Lancs, they use him to attack, so the chances are SA would have found it easier to score against him and consequently crept past England's poor 1st innings score. On the final day, though, I've no doubt he would have been more dangerous than Bess and Denly, but would England have been in that position if Bess hadn't bowled so accurately in the 1st innings? Parky may have to wait for Sri Lanka for his debut where the conditions will be favourable but the batsmen play spin better than SA do.

Looking forward to the 3rd Test - two well matched but flawed teams: Ben Stokes could prove to be the difference between them.
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Exactly, good synopsis of the possible reasoning behind the decision. Couldn't agree more too, Matt would have been far more threatening on the final day, Denly at times showed how useful a leggy was and he's only part-time, but the overall package and the way England envisaged rotating their seamers possibly meant he was harshly left out.

Parky's chance is extremely likely to be in Sri Lanka when England may try and repeat the successful formula from last time. I wouldn't be at all surprised if three spinners in Leach, Bess and Parky were in the eleven with just Stokes and one other seamer providing quick and extremely short bursts of pace.

Keaton Jennings so prolific against spin is being lined up as Burns replacement in a horses for courses pick.
 
Minimeister said:
Wish they'd shut up about it. How the hell does one day less make any difference to a schedule anyway? Imagine Tests in the sub continent? One team scores 700, the other gets to 400 before it finishes. The stats completely back up that more Tests go the 5 days and not many finish in 4 so it's just some stupid argument to fill air time that should never be discussed!
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And if the Test finished after 4 days the players get the rest that this move is supposed to be about.

I suspect, however, that the saved day by having 4-day Tests will just result in an extra 1-dayer.
 
summerisle said:
Well at least he played most of one Test. Let's hope he doesn't tour Sri Lanka and gets fit for the matches this summer against the West Indies and Pakistan.

www.bbc.co.uk

James Anderson: England bowler ruled out of final two South Africa Tests with rib injury

James Anderson has been ruled out of the final two Tests of England's tour of South Africa with a rib injury.
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Yes I can't see him being selected for Sri Lanka even if he declared himself fit.

The selectors must be thinking an all spin attack (Leach, Bess and Parkinson) plus Stokes and possibly Curran or Archer the way to go.

Seamers bowl very few overs an innings in Sri Lanka if at all - that is if England adopt their winning formula from their last tour there again, sometimes not even taking the new ball, although Stokes may be used in quick extremely short two or three over bursts.

Anderson was axed for the third test on the last tour having taken only one wicket in the first four innings (two tests) and being a virtual spectator for all the use he was.

Tbh I wouldn't be surprised if it was Curran alongside Stokes as the only seam option because at least he has been known to make a few runs if he's hardly used as a bowler.
 
Reports indicate Mark Wood rather than Jofra Archer may be selected as a replacement for Anderson in the third test. Apparently Wood had clocked 95mph in the world cup and his extra pace through the air being preferred on what promises to be a slow pitch.
 
Chris O'Connor said:
Reports indicate Mark Wood rather than Jofra Archer may be selected as a replacement for Anderson in the third test. Apparently Wood had clocked 95mph in the world cup and his extra pace through the air being preferred on what promises to be a slow pitch.
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Thirty and injury prone, what could possibly go wrong ?
 

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