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[The Dark Knight]

Pea hearts like Rabada and Markram playing in the IPL rather than represent their country in a test series. They would never play another test if I was in charge

Agreed Jim, frustratingly poor, money talks!
I refuse to watch/read/listen to anything to do with the IPL.

[spell_check]

Mehidy Hasan Miraz is back on the field after about 5 overs, after being taken off the ground on a stretcher, because he was hit flush on the ribs by a cut shot. Fielding at backward point, Erwee cuts the ball, but Mehidy thinks the ball is heading to perhaps cover, only to get the shock of his life as the ball cannons into him.

[mighty_tiger_79]

Bangers 3/31
Need another 381

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[locky801]

Bangers All out 80

Pathetic

Marahaj 7/40

[The Dark Knight]

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.

[locky801]

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

[The Dark Knight]

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.

[whufc]

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

[Armchair expert]

Root steps down as England Test captain

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

[The Dark Knight]

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.

[Armchair expert]

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

[The Dark Knight]

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.

[Brodlach]

Ben Stokes announced as English captain

[Rik E Boy]

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

[DOC]

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

[Lightning McQueen]

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.

[RB]

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!!

[The Dark Knight]

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.

[Lightning McQueen]

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.

[Trader]

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.