summerisle
The rain, it raineth every day
He's a class player, he and Croft play well in the middle order. Not a bad score, 249-5, considering the absentees.
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...I understand he’s South African with an Irish passport, I wonder if any of the counties will make an approach.
summerisle
The rain, it raineth every day
Ireland limp to 212-9.
Chris O'Connor
Player Valuation: £35m
Reece Topley and Adil Rashid the star bowlers for my money, the young Irish import from Pretoria, Curtis Campher once again the standout batsman with another carreer best 60 odd, shoddy fielding and dropped sitters contributed to 212-9 but they really should be getting a lot more on here.
David Willey again useful first up and absolutely useless after that, dropped s sitter too which didn't help but the first team odi attack still looks likely to be Archer, Wood, Stokes, Rashid and maybe Ali, but if four seamers are needed then Topley looks the best option if you already have two real pacemen. I was very impressed with his balls out of the back of his hand at the death, has far more to his bowling than Willey his fellow leftarmer, and a nice variety of deliveries.
(Wrong thread but Pulisic is seriously good for Chelsea - scored while typing this, but been very impressed since seeing him so often after the restart)
David Willey again useful first up and absolutely useless after that, dropped s sitter too which didn't help but the first team odi attack still looks likely to be Archer, Wood, Stokes, Rashid and maybe Ali, but if four seamers are needed then Topley looks the best option if you already have two real pacemen. I was very impressed with his balls out of the back of his hand at the death, has far more to his bowling than Willey his fellow leftarmer, and a nice variety of deliveries.
(Wrong thread but Pulisic is seriously good for Chelsea - scored while typing this, but been very impressed since seeing him so often after the restart)
Mildredblues
Player Valuation: £2.5m
Blasphemy on these pages!!
summerisle
The rain, it raineth every day
Lancashire close on 265-6, not a bad day after being 97-4.
England
48-1, 6 overs, Bairstow 32 off 16 balls.
England
48-1, 6 overs, Bairstow 32 off 16 balls.
summerisle
The rain, it raineth every day
51 off 22 balls from Bairstow, joint quickest England ODI 50.
Just got out, but bairstow should be in the test side. Butter has had so many more chances than him.
summerisle
The rain, it raineth every day
Nice little collapse forming here.
Chances in cricket are when you play poorly and keep your place. Not how many matches overall you've played.
summerisle
The rain, it raineth every day
England lose 3 wickets for 6 runs.
I'm not sure that it quite true, every game you play is a chance to impress or not. If Bairstow plays it shoukd be as a batsman and the queue has been jumoed for now. Buttler is far better suited to the number 7 slot, an intelligent reader of the game who can play in a number of ways and isn't worried about his average if he needs to attack. Buttler is also better than Bairstow with the gloves lately as weve seen today, though Biarstow is a wonderful outfielder. I'm not all that worried about glovework though as long as its solid.