England : International Cricket Summer 2016

1st Test at Headingley

England out for 298 - Bairstow century. Hales out for 86.

Sri Lanka 12-3 in reply after 6 overs.

*IF* they get Matthews out they will struggle to avoid the follow on at this rate

England's number 3 is this summer's hot topic

Compton the man in possession, but not for long

Ballance, Robson, Malan, Westley, Bell, Borthwick all in the mix

I'd like to see Borthwick given a go there myself, although I'm aware this isn't the likeliest option

I hope The Cricket gets a look in this year, what with Euro 2016 round the corner. Fuck an Olympics though.

I saw Borthwick play in his only Test thus far, talk about a hiding to nothing

So Jimmy has still got it, then: current spell 3-3-0-3

*IF* they get Matthews out they will struggle to avoid the follow on at this rate

― Cosmic Slop, Friday, 20 May 2016 15:22 (4 hours ago)

Now that is what you call third umpiring by tv replay. Rod Tucker is awesome.
Football take note!

Bangladesh would have put up a significantly better fight. Maybe even Zimbabwe

was I the only one watching the ODI? remarkable game.
Sri Lanka celebrating while England ran a 3rd on the 2nd last ball then Plunkett launched the last ball for 6 to tie the game was pure lolz

i was watching it, yeah it was amazing

woakes is a handy cricketer these days, who knew

i always liked him. It can take a few years to really reach the level. jimmy anderson took 4 years or so to establish himself. He only got in the england team one time as he was playing club cricket over in NZ and someone got injured and he hasnt looked back. Root struggled, Bairstow struggled. even alec stewart struggled initially.
That's why we need to persevere with Hales and Butler. They all look the part more than say Compton, Jordan and in test match cricket Morgan (sadly). Though wouldnt it be nice if they could.

I think back to some of the jokers that played in the 90s or even the 80s. We're quite lucky.

a few chickens coming home to roost for the england selectors. oh and amir is back

helps when you have the world's best spinner i guess

a proper game, this

ah ffs England

Ballance dismissal was magical.

^^^^

classy win that, always love to see Pakistan playing well

I love it when both teams play well. would be nice if this went all the way to the final test with nobody knowing who will win the series. Like the 2005 ashes

England probably need to bring back Bell for this series as hes our best player of spin

hes not even that old! younger than KP who everyone wants back

Bell won't be back, but Anderson and Stokes into the team make it a lot stronger. I've got a 5 day ticket for Old Trafford, should be good!

Tho its unlikely they wont drop vince and ballance they might be forced to and Bell's experience against spin will count in his favour. If he goes out there in the next week or 2 and scores big runs then he might get the nod

will, not wont

I think they will stick with Vince for the time being. I wanted Bell in for Sri Lanka, but it's highly unlikely they'll recall him now. Don't look back!

Cant get over Stokes being given out overturning the decision since that mark was clearly there before the ball passed.

well done joe root tho

devastating day for England this

devastating day for England Noodle Vague this

i'm confident Bruce isn't happening so nah

what a brilliant test match. To come back from a 103 deficit is a great achievement for England. I thought we were nailed on for a defeat after the 1st innings.

Impressive stuff from both teams at times.

you always think they're nailed on for a defeat :p

great match even tho mostly i've just had it on TMS

thought Pakistan needed a 150 lead tbh

yeah a great game. that each of the 5 England bowlers took 2 wickets satisfied my OCD tendencies. I'm going to the Oval on Friday!

love it when Moeen gets Man of the Match :D

well there's no question about his batting

he's my favourite. perfect elegant instinctive cricketer

just wish his bowling was like 20% better. you saw how modest he was accepting his award, going on about the seamers. while it's true he's by a long way the 5th best bowler in the side at any given time, he has the drift and spin to be better. might never happen though.

it's great how every time his place is questioned he pulls something out of the bag

130-plus runs for one dismissal and some wickets is a great effort!

tbh when he gets picked as sole spinner in a match where spin is likely to be important i blame the selectors more than Moeen, feel like he deserves to be looked after better because he's good enough to be in there on batting alone

he seemed to pick up some confidence in that 2nd innings when he was given attacking field settings. Tufnell was saying on TMS the other day that he things Moeen will be okay in India over the winter as he will be bowling in tandem on turning pitches. The problem there is whether England can get any runs against Ashwin and co. for Moeen to bowl with.

"bowling spin in tandem" obv.

Moeen is good enough to be given a chance to bat at 5 or 6 if they decide Ballance or Vince isnt up to it/injured

for India: Cook, Hales, Root, Ballance, Moeen, Stokes, Bairstow, Woakes, Rashid, Broad, Anderson perhaps?

Cook, Hales*, Root, Ballance, Bairstow, Stokes, Moeen, Woakes, Rashid**, Broad, Anderson looks good to me. Bairstow needs to come up the order. He's a bit iffy against spin sometimes so it'll be a good test.

*in the long term I see Hameed of Lancashire taking over

**in the long term I see an epic duel between Lancashire's Parkinson twins for the spinner's spot, and I also see a role for Ansari or even Batty if they want finger-spin. India might well take Rashid to pieces

Ansari has been talked about for this winter I believe, I would think he'll get a squad place. I suppose Borthwick might still get a look as well, though he's a no. 3 who bowls leggies occasionally now.

So none of you want Moeen and Bairstow in the top 5 with Stokes at 6 and Butler keeping and in at 7?

jesus no

buttler needs to score first class runs

jason roy just hit an fc ton, would say he's pushed ahead of buttler in the 'let's put a hitter in our test team' stakes

a hitler

I think you might want to get Buttler in there again at some point, but yeah he needs some runs

<3 Moeen

England claim highest ODI total record against deeply awful Pakistan. Was a terrible pleasure to watch

Blimey. Wahab's figures, 0 for 110 - letting let him bowl out his full quota of overs was perhaps not the greatest idea?

best bit of his spell was him clean-bowling Buttler only for it to be called no ball and for the ball to canon off the stumps for another 4 byes

Awesome if Bangladesh could beat England. Couple of guys I work with will be dancing on the streets, ceiling, rooftops.

lol old school England batting collapse

লোল ইংল্যান্ড (lol england)

Bangladesh! Helluva beating!

brilliant :D

hah! skittled out by a 19 yr old wonderkid, I like it!

feels like justice for not picking hameed, our own 19 yr old wonderkid

We voted for Brexit and we deserve eevrything we get!

Well done Bangladesh, was a terrific listen this morning.

Absolutely mollicated.

easy draw

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