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Jan 2014
2:05pm, 17 Jan 2014
53,360 posts
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Gobi
Still in shock, really thought the draw was on :¬)
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Jan 2014
2:57pm, 17 Jan 2014
3,121 posts
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Doctor K
On the plus side I enjoyed watching for an hour from 5.40am seeing Morgan creaming it all over the place ably supported by Joss Buttler.
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Jan 2014
5:29pm, 17 Jan 2014
10,683 posts
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The Teaboy
I do think that England need to drop players who are out of form and bring in ones who have displayed some. Cook for Hales, Root for Tredders, Rankin for Broad?
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Jan 2014
4:07pm, 18 Jan 2014
1,094 posts
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Goofee
So Giles summed up the failure to win the 2nd ODI with the phrase 'we need to back our skills', a nonsense which reflects the bland nothingness of the team at present. What does that actually mean? Have more confidence in our ability? Learn to execute plans more readily? Stay calm when the pressure builds at the end of a tight match? Be more tactically astute? Okay, he may be playing the 'bland comments to media role' but I just hope he conveys his ideas to the players with more clarity.
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Jan 2014
4:13pm, 18 Jan 2014
1,095 posts
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Goofee
Though I suppose 'back our skills' could be a reference to spot betting 
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Jan 2014
9:41pm, 19 Jan 2014
3,123 posts
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Doctor K
Cook's press chat today after another defeat was interesting. He's already referred to being unable to change things on the field and today mentioned about things needing to change in English cricket after the last few months. By this he surely means the test captaincy as well as the ODI captaincy and I think he might relinquish both -or be relieved of both.
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Jan 2014
7:51am, 20 Jan 2014
10,688 posts
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The Teaboy
I've no problem. Just let him bat. And bat. And bat...
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Jan 2014
8:00am, 20 Jan 2014
1,644 posts
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Hackett
Cook isn't a modern 1 day player. The way to go is to start the day with to swashbuckling type batsmen. If you prefer to be a little more conservative go with one orthodox batsmen - Bell and a blitzkrieg batsmen who will look to take the leather off the ball at any opportunity ... Hales is a good call I believe he's playing in the Big Bang too ...
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Jan 2014
8:45am, 20 Jan 2014
8,420 posts
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TRO Saracen
Yes, worrying about Cook. He doesn;t seem to have a feel for the job; and a bit like a football manager once your credibility with the dressing room is gone there is no recovery. So 2 more ODI's and is it 2 T20's to avoid the complete and utter tour whitewash.
As Selvey said in the Granuiad a while back 'they were far from the worst Touring party to leave these shoes, but may well be the worst to return to them....'
(expect half the original party seem to be home already for various reasons.....)
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Jan 2014
8:58am, 20 Jan 2014
5,874 posts
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Say No To Pork Sausages
Well, I am now lost for words, to not get a win from 244-9 was pretty bad, yesterday was not much better. They do seem to lack something right now, Morgan is playing really well, but we needed another 40 runs or even more, just as we get there, we blow it.
However, Aussie fielded brilliantly. When youa re up you are up and when you are down you are down.
England need a break, as Aussie got at the end of last summer.
Cook I would think is best not as captain, who takes over though, bookies have Broad, last fats bowler to captain England. Willis. He was crap at it, but he always was inward looking.
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