I don't really get the Curran hype. They look bang average, and have arguably both regressed at a point where you'd expect them to kick on.
England in India 2021
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Is there any hype?
I think some people quite like Sam Curran, but it's been a poor year or so.
These two are fecking nuts
Like I said, England should have kept Rahul on the crease.Deserved a century
Like scoring a hat trick v Accrington Stanley.
We should have scored 350 plus here given this pitch and bowling lineup.
We've the completely second choice bowling lineup too so I'm guessing England will chase this.
We've the completely second choice bowling lineup too so I'm guessing England will chase this.
Can anyone give me an idea what Tom Curran is trying to do?
80mph length balls.
80mph length balls.
Not a chance of England chasing. They've got explosive players, but no-one who is in the form to build an innings/let players bat around them.
This is why Root is so vital at this level.
I don't fancy us on this tour for the same reason. We look lethargic.
Someone will probably blast an 80 off 50 balls though.
No chance a batting line up like England is going to bottle chasing a sub-par score on a flat pitch two games in a row!
On this viewing bit bizzare that Topley wasn't given his full share of ten overs. Looks a better bowler than Tom Curran by a mile.
I'll skip your opinion on run chases after last time if you dont mind.
This a strategy of playing by the numbers. You know that 300+ wins most games against most opposition and it reduces significantly the chances of a collapse giving the game away cheaply. The way England play mean if they play well they're basically unbeatable because they score 350+ pretty regularly, but are prone to collapses. I would suggest England play the way they do almost out of necessity given the players available to us.
They've Malan who's exactly the kind of player you described.
It was an anomaly, an unimaginable collapse beyond belief if you will. They're the world champions and the best batting line up in the world though, and lightning doesn't strike twice. Just wait and watch!
It was an anomaly, an unimaginable collapse beyond belief if you will. They're the world champions and the best batting line up in the world though, and lightning doesn't strike twice. Just wait and watch!
The batting line up we have out today is not the best in the world. Not even close on form.
Anyway you seem to have gone for the tongue in cheek angle today so i'll leave you to it.
That's preposterous. Any man worth his salt in cricket would put their money on England smashing this score.
They should change the rule to something like 'it is the responsibility of the fielding team to retrieve the ball and return it to the wicketkeeper after the umpire's decision. Any runs scored in the wake of an 'out' decision will count if the decision is overturned'.
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I know this is at least partly in jest, but you would genuinely expect this power-hitting, fearless England lineup to chase down 340 on this pitch 9 times out of 10.
normally I’d agree but something is off at the moment, whether it’s the constant bubbles on tour or something else their mentality is suspect at the moment
Yeah obviously I'm trying to continue my brilliant jinx from last time
but yea nothing impossible here. The pitch is absolutely feckall and our bowlers are nothing great. It's basically a recipe for swinging the bat at everything. It was just really playing stupid shots last time out. Your top two played the game like they were playing it on a video game, others just got complacent.
I just hope Kuldeep Yadav doesn't get hammered today. It's been a tough 7-8 months for him. Stayed in bubble and hardly played a game. Must be exhausting and now getting hammered must be hard to take
Not really. Players are still chasing the ball when they are appealing. Its only after the decision is given that they stop chasing the ball.
I can kind of understand why they do not give the runs as it could very well be the case that a fielder on the boundary could have gotten to the ball but did not as the batsman was given out but not giving the runs as well as not asking the bowling side to bowl the ball again is pretty stupid. Call it a dead ball and play it again.
Would love to see England openers and Indian middle order/lower order in one line up.
England with a nearly perfect platform again.
Can one of them go big / Malan play the Root role.
Can one of them go big / Malan play the Root role.
Shardul is such a bang average bowler. Now watch him pick couple of fluke wickets.
Bairstow is a beast in ODI cricket.
Those two on-drives for 6 were outrageous.
Right, here we go.
Ridiculous run out fecking hell who's fault was that?
He plays that shot so well.
150-4 here we come.
Stokes up to 3 is interesting
Utter tripe being served up.
Yes. The quality of bowling by both the sides in these odis have been shocking. Said it in last match krunal is a pub level bowler and shardul is bang average bowler. Kuldeep although bowling decent today still looks way off. Apart from Bhuvi all our bowlers are struggling. England gifted the last match, not sure they will do that again.
That's out.
Kuldeep is a big disappointment. Really looked like he’d be a superstar when he came on to the scene, hopefully he can turn it around.