West Indies v England ODI series

[Durhamfootman]

perhaps 289 is more than enough

it was enough after all

[Alviro Patterson]

Moeen has a batting average of 26, and bowling average of 46. Why does he keep getting selected?

Weakest link in the ODI team, yet you have Nasser Hussain championing Jordan Archer to be selected for possible World Cup inclusion despite England having plenty of seam options.

[KipperJohn]

Congratulations to the West Indies.

As an aside, I get really miffed when batsmen leave the field in a temper after being dismissed. Is there no grace left in the game anymore?

[backfootpunch]

Moeen has a batting average of 26, and bowling average of 46. Why does he keep getting selected?

He seems to be completely gone as a batsman and looks the weak link in the bowling at present

But I definitely want 2 spinners in the side and not sure who else there is

[Arthur Crabtree]

An average of 26 batting at seven in an ODI is good providing the SR is good. The SR is crucial.

And Mo is the only regular bowler who isn't a wicket taker but he is the most economical. He could be doing better, but I think he's not a weak link.

[Arthur Crabtree]

Curious though as he's a wicket taker in Tests, but expensive.


Sounds a good game.

[The Professor]

All said and done it was quite tight innthe end.

If Stokes had stuck around would have been very different.

[Durhamfootman]

if stokes hadn't thrown away England's review on a straight forward nick to the keeper, things might have been different. He'd reviewed one earlier and he reviewed it immediately because he knew he hadn't touched the ball, but this time he clearly didn't know if he'd touched it or not, so he went and asked Buttler before reviewing.

If you aren't certain that you haven't touched the ball in a caught dismissal, then don't review it. Soon after, England lost a player to a shocking lbw decision.... missing everything by a mile..... and had to take it on the chin.

[GGAS]

Yep, silly by Stokes. Great performances by Hetmyer and Cotterell. It's amazing the difference in this WI ODI team now that Hope has improved and they also have Hetmyer and Bravo has returned. When they last toured England I recall them having the likes of Kyle Hope, Kieran Powell and Jason Mohammed who didn't look like convincing international players.

[Alviro Patterson]

if stokes hadn't thrown away England's review on a straight forward nick to the keeper, things might have been different. He'd reviewed one earlier and he reviewed it immediately because he knew he hadn't touched the ball, but this time he clearly didn't know if he'd touched it or not, so he went and asked Buttler before reviewing.

If you aren't certain that you haven't touched the ball in a caught dismissal, then don't review it. Soon after, England lost a player to a shocking lbw decision.... missing everything by a mile..... and had to take it on the chin.

Stokes is a liability when it comes to using reviews, pressurised Root into taking one for a caught behind in the 1st test and there was daylight between bat and ball. Someone in the England team needs to tell Stokes to rein it in when he's behaves like a leader without authority.

[Arthur Crabtree]

No Stokes or Buttler in the T20s.

Eoin Morgan (capt), Moeen Ali, Jonny Bairstow, Sam Billings, Tom Curran, Joe Denly, Alex Hales, Chris Jordan, Dawid Malan, Liam Plunkett, Adil Rashid, Joe Root, David Willey, Mark Wood

[captaincolly]

No Stokes or Buttler in the T20s.

Eoin Morgan (capt), Moeen Ali, Jonny Bairstow, Sam Billings, Tom Curran, Joe Denly, Alex Hales, Chris Jordan, Dawid Malan, Liam Plunkett, Adil Rashid, Joe Root, David Willey, Mark Wood

Those two must be being rested ahead of the IPL!

[andy]

yeah they are it was confirmed

[Arthur Crabtree]

No Roy either.

The press asked about discard Harry Gurney as apparently he did well in the BBL.

Bairstow/Hales/Root/Morgan/Billings/Denly/Moeen/Curran/Plunkett/Rashid/Willey.

Is my team, leaving out Wood, Malan and Jordan.

[Arthur Crabtree]

Woakes likely to come in for Curran tomorrow.