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Jun 2014
9:44pm, 24 Jun 2014
321 posts
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Crash Hamster
Wow, what a finish. Brilliant knock from the beard that's feared, but just not quite enough.
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Jun 2014
8:45am, 25 Jun 2014
11,176 posts
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The Teaboy
A bit of last day heroics shouldn't distract us from some woeful stuff otherwise. A match we were winning comfortably on Saturday night was only almost saved by a number 11 epic. It should not have come to that.
Cook needs to go off and do a lot of batting for Essex. No ODIs for him. Long innings.
TBH, I think I could pick a better England XI from the players not playing.
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Jun 2014
8:59am, 25 Jun 2014
4,307 posts
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Badger
Yup. We drew one we should have one, we lost one that we looked very comfortable in towards the end of the second day. Loved the number 11 epic, and very sorry to see it collapse with one ball to go, but even if it had come off, there is a very serious problem. Great finish though, it's a bit of a classic Test.
Supposing that Cook decided to stand down, who would we favour as a replacement? I have no idea; everyone seems to be too young, too old or too foolhardy (I just can't see Broad as a Test captain).
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Jun 2014
9:00am, 25 Jun 2014
4,308 posts
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Badger
Incidentally, wasn't Cook having a good go at batting for Essex before the Sri Lanka tour, with no real effect? He even turned up to bat and captain against Cambridge University, which is usually a "let's try out the wannabes in the second XI" kind of match, but this year featured Cook, Panesar, Bopara...
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Jun 2014
9:04am, 25 Jun 2014
11,180 posts
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The Teaboy
He was and even blew a chance to make a declaration and force a win against Surrey so he could get his ton.
However, surely some batting is a better remedy for a problem than doing none whatsoever?
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Jun 2014
11:31am, 25 Jun 2014
4,220 posts
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Marts
Captain needs to be someone who is certain to be picked every match so limits us to Root, Broad, Jimmy, Bell if Cook resigns
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Jun 2014
8:22pm, 27 Jun 2014
9,651 posts
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Oysterboy
The T20 at my place was pretty exciting tonight actually. Glos needed 1 off the last ball to win and got an awesome boundary.
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Jul 2014
8:35pm, 4 Jul 2014
1,169 posts
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Goofee
Just watched Arafat almost hitting a ball onto the flat balconies at Glos, ever taken a catch out there Oysterboy?
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Jul 2014
9:23am, 5 Jul 2014
9,664 posts
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Oysterboy
We do have a ball that hit our balcony  Luckily the windows haven't broken when hit so far. The cricket club pay to replace them if they do break.
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Jul 2014
11:58am, 9 Jul 2014
1,223 posts
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Zorba
Morning ,Oysters...Morning , everyone
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