Arthur Crabtree wrote:Cricinfo says Cook will continue as captain, and Anderson will make way for Bopara in SL.
Looking at the cricinfo squad reminds me of that expression 'you've made your bed now you have to lie on it'.
Arthur Crabtree wrote:Cricinfo says Cook will continue as captain, and Anderson will make way for Bopara in SL.
hopeforthebest wrote:Arthur Crabtree wrote:Cricinfo says Cook will continue as captain, and Anderson will make way for Bopara in SL.
Looking at the cricinfo squad reminds me of that expression 'you've made your bed now you have to lie on it'.
although Bell had a top score of 50 in ODIs this season he has a decent long-term record.
Slipstream wrote:I worry about the death bowling. Not much experience. At least Broad will be back for the WC. Maybe we should bowl Bopara and Tredwell.
Bowling in the last 4 overs
146.2 overs - Anderson (econ 7.23)
91.0 - Broad (7.10)
35.1 - Finn (8.19)
16.2 - Woakes (7.83)
14.4 -Tredwell (4.29)
14-0 - Jordan (7.28)
13.3- Bopara (5.55)
9.3 - Gurney (9.78)
9.0 - Stokes (7.88)
2.0 - Root (15.50)
Arthur Crabtree wrote:It'll be interesting to see the reaction to a heavy defeat; England will be second favourites but a trouncing might have to be explained. Newman is still making excuses for Cook in that article. Selvey explained the India defeat by saying ODIs are a lottery!
#notcooksfault
Cook has his detractors in limited-overs cricket but the fact remains that he has five one-day hundreds, is one of the top 10 runscorers in world 50-over cricket since the last World Cup and has a strike-rate as captain comparable to Michael Clarke’s. He has silenced doubters before and is determined to do so again, as he told Sportsmail in an exclusive interview where he said he would be 'devastated' to miss out now, before almost certainly handing over the one-day reins after the World Cup.
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