Not sure I agree with that really
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Not sure I agree with that really
Chris O'Connor
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Jofra took wickets in the first test but wasn't up to speed and conceded plenty. He was injured and unavailable for the second but has recovered.
Reports again suggest Wood has been extremely impressive in training bowling it like a human catapult and England may think him the best bet to match the threat South Africa have with their speedster Nortje (spelling might be wrong there
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It is only reports and they can easily be wide off the mark or they can change their mind, nothing definite at all.
Both could play later in the series when the wickets are apparently perfect for really quick bowling.
Reading that the two, England's fastest bowlers, were challenged to provide the X-factor in training and Wood was the clear winner in what appeared to be a bowl-off against Jofra Archer in the St George's Park nets for the final place in the England attack, left vacant by the injured Jimmy Anderson.
They won't name the team until the morning of the test so it could all prove to be false reports and maybe kid South Africa on the likely line-up.
No idea why they allow reporters to alert the opposition tbh.
Reports again suggest Wood has been extremely impressive in training bowling it like a human catapult and England may think him the best bet to match the threat South Africa have with their speedster Nortje (spelling might be wrong there
)It is only reports and they can easily be wide off the mark or they can change their mind, nothing definite at all.
Both could play later in the series when the wickets are apparently perfect for really quick bowling.
Reading that the two, England's fastest bowlers, were challenged to provide the X-factor in training and Wood was the clear winner in what appeared to be a bowl-off against Jofra Archer in the St George's Park nets for the final place in the England attack, left vacant by the injured Jimmy Anderson.
They won't name the team until the morning of the test so it could all prove to be false reports and maybe kid South Africa on the likely line-up.
No idea why they allow reporters to alert the opposition tbh.
arminisgod
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our entire selection policy is nuts! take 2 people on tour and replace with others not selected.
Chris O'Connor
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Wood and Archer were both selected in the tour party. It was always anticipated that Wood may be available for selection from the third test onwards.
Bess is the one that wasn't
Chris O'Connor
Player Valuation: £35m
With Mark Wood it akways looks like he's an injury waiting to happen. He pushes his body to its limits every delivery he bowls and if something goes wrong and his paces drop to 85mph or less, he's half the bowler. He's had an injury blighted career and you have to wonder whether he has multiple weak links in his physique with something ready to snap at any time.
I suppose a bowler of his type, where absolutely everything is put in to attain that speed, especially with such a checkered injury record, is always going to be a huge risk whenever you play him and you have to make the most of the limited windows when he can perform. He's not one you can make any long term plans for.
I was reading an autobiography of Simon Jones, one of the heroes of the 2005 Ashes win, and he was always in constant pain to a lesser or more serious extent following his horrific injury in an overseas ashes a few years previous to 2005. The operation to fix the leg hadn't been without its ramifications and every subsequent season left him wondering just how many matches he would be able to play before it got too bad and he'd breakdown.
Wood could possibly also be playing through some pain from his recent past, he's had enough injuries and some long layoffs too.
I suppose a bowler of his type, where absolutely everything is put in to attain that speed, especially with such a checkered injury record, is always going to be a huge risk whenever you play him and you have to make the most of the limited windows when he can perform. He's not one you can make any long term plans for.
I was reading an autobiography of Simon Jones, one of the heroes of the 2005 Ashes win, and he was always in constant pain to a lesser or more serious extent following his horrific injury in an overseas ashes a few years previous to 2005. The operation to fix the leg hadn't been without its ramifications and every subsequent season left him wondering just how many matches he would be able to play before it got too bad and he'd breakdown.
Wood could possibly also be playing through some pain from his recent past, he's had enough injuries and some long layoffs too.
summerisle
The rain, it raineth every day
Leach returning home due to his on going illness.
Chris O'Connor
Player Valuation: £35m
I see David Warner and Aaron Finch put on a record first wicket partnership as the tourists humiliated India on Tuesday, winning by an absolutely huge margin with more than twelve overs to spare from the 50 allocated.
India were bundled out for 255 but lasting until the 50th over, so this was no short game because one side were all out well before their allocation was bowled.
Massively one sided and India will be desperate to turn it all around in the second, although it's unlikely such a hugely one sided match will happen again this series.
(That is with India winning although perhaps if the effect on India's confidence and morale is extremely bad it may cause a repeat with the Aussies winning again)
India are somehow ranked number two in the world too, this despite their poor showing in the World Cup. - maybe playing at home an awful lot helps although not on this occasion.
India were bundled out for 255 but lasting until the 50th over, so this was no short game because one side were all out well before their allocation was bowled.
Massively one sided and India will be desperate to turn it all around in the second, although it's unlikely such a hugely one sided match will happen again this series.
(That is with India winning although perhaps if the effect on India's confidence and morale is extremely bad it may cause a repeat with the Aussies winning again)
India are somehow ranked number two in the world too, this despite their poor showing in the World Cup. - maybe playing at home an awful lot helps although not on this occasion.
Toast
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He's got Crohns disease.
How he manages that and still play top class sport is incredible.
Combine that with any sickness that's being reported and i really feel for the fella.
summerisle
The rain, it raineth every day
The U19 World Cup starts in South Africa next. George Balderson from Lancashire captains England.
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Billy Dean
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What a bowler Jones was. Shame injuries robbed him of an illustrious test career.
Chris O'Connor
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Ben Stokes named ICC cricketer if the year, the first England player to win it since Jonathan Trott in 2011, what a contrast in style though, Trott being a model of concentration, filling the previously problematic number three position and often having to set the platform for the innings -accumulating massive runs over huge lengthy periods and making some really big 'daddy' hundreds- helping us win an away ashes and reach number one in the world.
Ben can now adapt his innings according to the situation, playing in T20 mode or occupying the crease, together with his fielding and bowling he's possibly the best cricketer in the world right now, having more than one string to his bow, he always has a chance to influence the game.
Well deserved imo.
Ben can now adapt his innings according to the situation, playing in T20 mode or occupying the crease, together with his fielding and bowling he's possibly the best cricketer in the world right now, having more than one string to his bow, he always has a chance to influence the game.
Well deserved imo.
Minimeister
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Another thoroughly professional performance from the West Indies. Ireland 115-0 off 7.4 overs....
summerisle
The rain, it raineth every day
So it's definitely Wood, let's hope he lasts the Test.
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England fast bowler Jofra Archer is set to miss the third Test against South Africa in Port Elizabeth, with Mark Wood likely to play.
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Chris O'Connor
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Brilliant win for Ireland, a tense finish but Little kept his nerve under intense pressure with West Indies needing only 13 to win with 5 wickets left in the last over on the high scoring postage stamp ground.
Little took a wicket when Pooran holed out first ball and despite the second going for 6 had Bravo caught off the fifth with 5 needed, then bowling a dot ball to the newish batsman Walsh who had yet to face despite not having just arrived at the crease.
Just 8 conceded off the last over.
The real hero Paul Stirling who got them off to a whirlwind start with 95, ably assisted by fellow opener Kevin O'Brien, before holing out in the 15th over with Ireland at one stage being 154-0 and then 164-4 as the wheels came off. Runs from captain Dockerell, Delaney and Wilson got them up to 208-7, really disappointing after such a start but it proved enough in the end.
Little took a wicket when Pooran holed out first ball and despite the second going for 6 had Bravo caught off the fifth with 5 needed, then bowling a dot ball to the newish batsman Walsh who had yet to face despite not having just arrived at the crease.
Just 8 conceded off the last over.
The real hero Paul Stirling who got them off to a whirlwind start with 95, ably assisted by fellow opener Kevin O'Brien, before holing out in the 15th over with Ireland at one stage being 154-0 and then 164-4 as the wheels came off. Runs from captain Dockerell, Delaney and Wilson got them up to 208-7, really disappointing after such a start but it proved enough in the end.
Toast
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Should have had a run out in the last over too btw.