Avfc96 Posted February 21, 2015 Share Posted February 21, 2015 Great show by the West Indies so far, absolutely incredible! This is the West Indies we all want to see. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiwivillan Posted February 21, 2015 Share Posted February 21, 2015 Moores is out of his depth. Why bring in Ballance at the 25th hour and drop Taylor down the order. I saw the dismisalls of Bell, Moeen and Morgan Bell got a good ball but he should have been able to deal with a little bit of movement] Moeen looked good but because of his high bat lift its a problem when you get a yorker and are not prepared. He doesn't have a problem with the short ball. In fact the one he got he put away convincingly and ther other he ducked out of the way of. Morgan well I just don't know the value in that shot. I'm not sure New Zealand are that good, they are well drilled but no real stars. England were just very poor. I agree with most of that, but New ealand (IMO) are prett damn good, and their Captain is brilliant as both a player and in his captaincy. Yes but would you say they have better players than we do? Its a bit like Villa under Lambert. Decent squad but unable to get the best out of them. Umm.. Would I swap any of the current England team for a New Zealand player... honestly probably not Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dAVe80 Posted February 21, 2015 Share Posted February 21, 2015 Moores is out of his depth. Why bring in Ballance at the 25th hour and drop Taylor down the order. I saw the dismisalls of Bell, Moeen and Morgan Bell got a good ball but he should have been able to deal with a little bit of movement] Moeen looked good but because of his high bat lift its a problem when you get a yorker and are not prepared. He doesn't have a problem with the short ball. In fact the one he got he put away convincingly and ther other he ducked out of the way of. Morgan well I just don't know the value in that shot. I'm not sure New Zealand are that good, they are well drilled but no real stars. England were just very poor. I agree with most of that, but New ealand (IMO) are prett damn good, and their Captain is brilliant as both a player and in his captaincy. Yes but would you say they have better players than we do? Its a bit like Villa under Lambert. Decent squad but unable to get the best out of them. Umm.. Would I swap any of the current England team for a New Zealand player... honestly probably not You'd find a place for Bell, surely?! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blandy Posted February 21, 2015 Moderator Share Posted February 21, 2015 I agree with most of that, but New Zealand (IMO) are prett damn good, and their Captain is brilliant as both a player and in his captaincy. Yes but would you say they have better players than we do? Its a bit like Villa under Lambert. Decent squad but unable to get the best out of them. As a one day side, yes, I think they do have better players, over all. Not necessarily more natural ability, but better at one day cricket. Whichever coach, you can't really argue with the results, though I agree they are better Captained and better coached.And Woakes! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derryvillan Posted February 21, 2015 Share Posted February 21, 2015 Moores is out of his depth. Why bring in Ballance at the 25th hour and drop Taylor down the order. I saw the dismisalls of Bell, Moeen and Morgan Bell got a good ball but he should have been able to deal with a little bit of movement] Moeen looked good but because of his high bat lift its a problem when you get a yorker and are not prepared. He doesn't have a problem with the short ball. In fact the one he got he put away convincingly and ther other he ducked out of the way of. Morgan well I just don't know the value in that shot. I'm not sure New Zealand are that good, they are well drilled but no real stars. England were just very poor. I agree with most of that, but New ealand (IMO) are prett damn good, and their Captain is brilliant as both a player and in his captaincy. Yes but would you say they have better players than we do? Its a bit like Villa under Lambert. Decent squad but unable to get the best out of them. Umm.. Would I swap any of the current England team for a New Zealand player... honestly probably not I'd have Joe Root in the team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rodders Posted February 21, 2015 Share Posted February 21, 2015 (edited) Afghans putting up a very creditable performance so far - batting better than England against spin haha, post that after a huge partnership then instantly a wicket. Sorry chaps. Edited February 21, 2015 by Rodders Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulC Posted February 22, 2015 Share Posted February 22, 2015 (edited) They are looking pretty good sorry jinxed them again. Edited February 22, 2015 by PaulC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avfc96 Posted February 22, 2015 Share Posted February 22, 2015 Come on Afghanistan! Got Sri Lanka on the ropes here! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghost Posted February 22, 2015 Share Posted February 22, 2015 South Africa collapsing here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulC Posted February 22, 2015 Share Posted February 22, 2015 Its amazing the support India have anywhere in the world. This is a big surprise. England beat India. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomaszk Posted February 22, 2015 Share Posted February 22, 2015 Wow, SA collapse of England proportions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghost Posted February 22, 2015 Share Posted February 22, 2015 (edited) Its amazing the support India have anywhere in the world. This is a big surprise. England beat India. A couple of my Indian friends from NZ flew over for the game. He also said he saw a plane load of Indian fans had flown over from England. Not to mention the sizeable Indian population in Melbourne. Edited February 22, 2015 by Ghost Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avfc96 Posted February 22, 2015 Share Posted February 22, 2015 England unchanged from the hammering against NZ. I fancy an upset here, England to win. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulC Posted February 22, 2015 Share Posted February 22, 2015 They should really win easily. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villarule123 Posted February 22, 2015 VT Supporter Share Posted February 22, 2015 1-0 Great start! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rodders Posted February 22, 2015 Share Posted February 22, 2015 (edited) first half hour or so suggests this should probably be pretty comfortable to be honest. Solid start, batsmen can play themselves back into confidence a bit here. Edited February 22, 2015 by Rodders Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rodders Posted February 23, 2015 Share Posted February 23, 2015 century for Moeen - batted really nicely. Not faced threatening bowling, but still he ( and Bell on 52 atm ) has batted well to get there. Should be on for a wallop of a score here at 168/0 with 20 overs to go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rodders Posted February 23, 2015 Share Posted February 23, 2015 wicket literally the first ball after the 20 overs to go Bell gone for 54. Still, a useful knock anot a bad thing that Ballance gets to bat some more practice here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulC Posted February 23, 2015 Share Posted February 23, 2015 (edited) Moeen has batted beautifully. Not sure we shouldn't have promoted Morgan or Butler up the order. Net run rate could be important. Edited February 23, 2015 by PaulC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avfc96 Posted February 23, 2015 Share Posted February 23, 2015 Painful innings by Bell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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