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Bangers All out 80

Pathetic

Marahaj 7/40

locky801 wrote:Bangers All out 80

Pathetic

Marahaj 7/40

Maharaj filled his boots with back to back 7 wicket hauls in each test.

Along with Rabada and Markram Nortje is another South African who chose IPL over playing for his country.

The Dark Knight wrote:

locky801 wrote:Bangers All out 80

Pathetic

Marahaj 7/40

Maharaj filled his boots with back to back 7 wicket hauls in each test.

Along with Rabada and Markram Nortje is another South African who chose IPL over playing for his country.

Jansen also i see playing in the IPL tonight

locky801 wrote:

The Dark Knight wrote:

locky801 wrote:Bangers All out 80

Pathetic

Marahaj 7/40

Maharaj filled his boots with back to back 7 wicket hauls in each test.

Along with Rabada and Markram Nortje is another South African who chose IPL over playing for his country.

Jansen also i see playing in the IPL tonight

That's 4 of their 5 best quicks playing IPL, Ngidi is in the IPL too and Olivier is obviously the only one who played against Bangladesh.

Sadly the saffies will fill justified in letting the guys play in the IPL with the fact they won the series so easy.

Root steps down as England Test captain

https://www.cricket.com.au/news/joe-roo ... 2022-04-15

Armchair expert wrote:Root steps down as England Test captain

https://www.cricket.com.au/news/joe-roo ... 2022-04-15

I'm a bit surprised he made the call himself but it seemed as though the ECB weren't going to make the call for him.

The Dark Knight wrote:

Armchair expert wrote:Root steps down as England Test captain

https://www.cricket.com.au/news/joe-roo ... 2022-04-15

I'm a bit surprised he made the call himself but it seemed as though the ECB weren't going to make the call for him.

Lets be honest they aren't flush with potential replacements

Armchair expert wrote:

The Dark Knight wrote:

Armchair expert wrote:Root steps down as England Test captain

https://www.cricket.com.au/news/joe-roo ... 2022-04-15

I'm a bit surprised he made the call himself but it seemed as though the ECB weren't going to make the call for him.

Lets be honest they aren't flush with potential replacements

Exactly, will be interesting to see who be will the next captain. The most likely candidate is Stokes but that is obviously alot of extra responsibility for him.

Ben Stokes announced as English captain

Brodlach wrote:Ben Stokes announced as English captain

Anyone else reckon that bloke is massively overrated? Yeah he has produced some special performances no doubt, but the majority of time he looks like a very frustrated cricketer who knows what he is capable of but can't get there often enough. People comparing him to Botham make me laugh.

regards,

REB

He is though the best Kiwi that England has ever had.

Rik E Boy wrote:

Brodlach wrote:Ben Stokes announced as English captain

Anyone else reckon that bloke is massively overrated?

regards,

REB

No. Hated him for a while, ultra impressed with him nowadays, has a huge ticker and if their batting wasn't so brittle his average would be a lot more healthier.

Rik E Boy wrote:

Brodlach wrote:Ben Stokes announced as English captain

Anyone else reckon that bloke is massively overrated? Yeah he has produced some special performances no doubt, but the majority of time he looks like a very frustrated cricketer who knows what he is capable of but can't get there often enough. People comparing him to Botham make me laugh.

regards,

REB

No comparison with Botham, I agree.

However, he stands up when it counts. Really he leaves the other England guys for dead when the going gets tough.

And agreed with LM that his batting average would be a bit better with stronger batsmen lower down, although I agree even at his best he'd probably never be anything better than a number 6 batsman in a good test side.

Giving him the captaincy seems like a no-brainer to me. I'm actually a little disappointed, might make it slightly harder for Australia to retain the Ashes!!

Stokes is a gun and in this day and age is not overrated IMO, Australia would kill for a cricketer like him and hopefully we have found a cricketer like him in Cameron Green. I agree that he shouldn't be compared to Botham, that is laughable but geez he's good and someone you have to enjoy watching.

The Dark Knight wrote:Stokes is a gun and in this day and age is not overrated IMO, Australia would kill for a cricketer like him and hopefully we have found a cricketer like him in Cameron Green. I agree that he shouldn't be compared to Botham, that is laughable but geez he's good and someone you have to enjoy watching.

Not until he can go out and score a ton after choofing down 3 cones during the luncheon interval.

Ben Stokes in test cricket.

Batting average 35.89 (Matt Renshaw averages 33.47)
Bowling average 32.12 (Simon Katich averaged 30.23)

He's a good cricketer, but his output doesn't match the hype imo.

Trader wrote:Ben Stokes in test cricket.

Batting average 35.89 (Matt Renshaw averages 33.47)
Bowling average 32.12 (Simon Katich averaged 30.23)

He's a good cricketer, but his output doesn't match the hype imo.

Stats don't quite him justice to be fair. He's a very selfless team player and he's had to bat to high up due to our lack of quality. In big moments he's usually delivered, same in white ball cricket. He's probably slightly overrated because he's so exhilarating at his best but don't just judge him on his stats as he's a big moment guy.

The Dark Knight wrote:Stokes is a gun and in this day and age is not overrated IMO, Australia would kill for a cricketer like him and hopefully we have found a cricketer like him in Cameron Green. I agree that he shouldn't be compared to Botham, that is laughable but geez he's good and someone you have to enjoy watching.

Reckon Green will have Stokes covered easily by the end of their careers. England have just appointed Michael
Slater as their captain. As the late Shane Warne once famously said 'tick...tick....tick...'

regards,

REB

Kent's Nathan Gilchrist has now been dismissed for six consecutive ducks, including three pairs and three golden ducks.

He's equalled the record for the most ducks in consecutive innings in men's first-class cricket.