English Cricket Thread

[Durhamfootman]

we're going to find out, I think

[Durhamfootman]

132-7

Turned out to be not remotely competitive. England will be pleased to have won so easily with several of their established big guns not playing. Promising signs from some of these teenagers.

Play going almost exactly the opposite way tonight

England struggling to post a competitive total and India romping away with it

[alfie]

This is bouncing back and forth like the recently concluded England/SA Test series !

[Slipstream]

Who is getting a central contract and who is losing. It's already the 11 Oct. Usually by the 1st Oct we hear.

Maybe arguing with the PCA about salaries and match fees after last time ECB executives get £2.1m bonuses

Last year - Ali, Anderson, Archer, Bairstow, Broad, Burns, Buttler, Crawley, Curran, Leach, Malan, Morgan, Pope, Rashid, Robinson, Root, Roy, Stokes, Woakes, Wood.

Maybe Roy, Burns and Morgan for Foakes, Brook and Lees or someone else.

[Slipstream]

Who is getting a central contract and who is losing. It's already the 11 Oct. Usually by the 1st Oct we hear.

Maybe arguing with the PCA about salaries and match fees after last time ECB executives get £2.1m bonuses

Last year - Ali, Anderson, Archer, Bairstow, Broad, Burns, Buttler, Crawley, Curran, Leach, Malan, Morgan, Pope, Rashid, Robinson, Root, Roy, Stokes, Woakes, Wood.

Maybe Roy, Burns and Morgan for Foakes, Brook and Lees or someone else.

18 players receive central contracts

Ali, Anderson, Archer, Bairstow, Broad, Buttler, Crawley, Curran, Foakes, Leach, Livingstone, Pope, Rashid, Robinson, Root, Stokes, Woakes, Wood.

Burns, Malan, Morgan, Roy not getting one
Livingstone and Foakes new contracts

[Durhamfootman]

England Increment Contracts

Harry Brook, Dawid Malan, Matthew Potts, Jason Roy, Reece Topley, David Willey

England Pace Bowling Development Contracts

Brydon Carse, Matthew Fisher, Saqib Mahmood, Craig Overton, Jamie Overton, Olly Stone

[Durhamfootman]

Topley out of the WC after stepping on a boundary sponge in training

FFS

[Arthur Crabtree]

Big disappointment for him, in a career of injuries. And a sizable loss for England.

Mills comes in.

[Durhamfootman]

is his poorly toe better now?

[Slipstream]

https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/engl ... mp-1340770

Bobat saying that there is a place for one player from the Lions to make the Pakistan tour. Why not just pick Potts. He shouldn't have missed out anyway.

[Durhamfootman]

Potts is heading over to the UAE with the lions, who will be part of England's warm up tour, so they're keeping him close. I think the one place is perhaps being held open for Archer who is heading over there as well, to prove his fitness. Maybe even for Mahmood, who knows? England won't want to have to rely solely on Woody to provide express pace.

but yes, I do agree, Potts should be in the England squad regardless

[alfie]

???

I didn't actually read anything in that article about a place being "held open" ? Talk of playing in a practice match , rehab , etc. Presume with this Lions set up they could send another bowler - or two - along if they want anyway.

I assumed they have originally only picked four fast bowlers in the expectation the pitches won't give them much and so a lot of overs will be down to the spinners - though apart from Leach they are all part timers - which is a bit of a worry. Two (rotating) pace men plus Stokes per match , along with Leach and presumably Livingstone doesn't really strike me as a viable attack ; so I would hope they revise that plan when they get there - and including another pace man in the party makes sense. Potts surely entitled to be first choice for that role.

[Durhamfootman]

Easy win for Australia

England do what they have to do to achieve the most important goal of this pointless 3 match ODI series. They turn up and the ECB don't have to give any money back to any broadcasters


give money back?


urrrgh......... perish the thought

[Durhamfootman]

in fact the most interesting and newsworthy thing to come out of the match is that Roy still hasn't got any runs in him

maybe that will change

[Arthur Crabtree]

That's the sort of XI that would be put together to play the tourists in April. Jordan isn't a 50 over bowler anymore.