PaulC Posted July 15, 2014 Share Posted July 15, 2014 Back spasm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xela Posted July 16, 2014 Share Posted July 16, 2014 Just the 7 for Amjal in his final Worcestershire game. We'll miss him... lots! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rodders Posted July 16, 2014 Share Posted July 16, 2014 I do kinda home Somerset win the title tbh, they really are due one eventually, they've been unlucky in the past few years. Worcestershire should still get promoted with Ajmal gone I think, 22 points up and with a game in hand, I think 2 wins from the last 5 matches might be enough Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulC Posted July 16, 2014 Share Posted July 16, 2014 (edited) Just the 7 for Amjal in his final Worcestershire game. We'll miss him... lots! Yes sometimes you don't get the wickets you deserve. 63 in nine games . 27 pts between Worcs and the third place side with a game in hand, they'll be fine. Problem starts when they get back in div 1. They have become a bit of a yoyo side these last few years. They are hopeful of getting Ajmal back next season... I think Yorkshire will win the first div title. They have already beaten Warwickshire twice Thing that gets me is why England haven't played Pakistan in so long. I think we play them again in 2016 home and away.... Are we waiting until Ajmal is too old....I want to see us tested against him again... Destroyed us in teh UAE last time. Ian Bell said he's the hardest bowler he's ever faced.. and he's faced warne and Murali... Edited July 16, 2014 by PaulC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowychap Posted July 16, 2014 Share Posted July 16, 2014 Yes sometimes you don't get the wickets you deserve. 63 in nine games . 27 pts between Worcs and the third place side with a game in hand, they'll be fine. Problem starts when they get back in div 1. They have become a bit of a yoyo side these last few years. They are hopeful of getting Ajmal back next season...I think you've got a good point. There are quite a few youngsters in the Worcs side and coming through - it will be interesting to see whether they carry on their development. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulC Posted July 17, 2014 Share Posted July 17, 2014 Poor from England this morning...Bowling was too short or too wide on a grean seamer. Prior dropped 2 catches... and i get pissed off with the knocking of Moeen Ali's spin bowling. On the first morning in his only over he finds the edge of Kohli's bat and Prior drops it. Its time Prior was dropped and lets pick a proper keeper. Not Butler either.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa89 Posted July 18, 2014 Share Posted July 18, 2014 Cook out for yet another low score. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rodders Posted July 18, 2014 Share Posted July 18, 2014 off to essex he goes. He's just a dead weight in this team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avfc96 Posted July 18, 2014 Share Posted July 18, 2014 England let India get about a 100 too much, especially on that pitch yesterday. Cook needs dropping and permanently being removed from the captaincy. His captaincy was poor yesterday and he looks like a complete shadow of the batsmen he was 3 years ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulC Posted July 18, 2014 Share Posted July 18, 2014 Its not technique its concentration... The captaincy is weighing him down.... Another 5 wickets for the great Dale Steyn against Sri Lanka... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulC Posted July 18, 2014 Share Posted July 18, 2014 (edited) England let India get about a 100 too much, especially on that pitch yesterday. Cook needs dropping and permanently being removed from the captaincy. His captaincy was poor yesterday and he looks like a complete shadow of the batsmen he was 3 years ago. Its not doing anywhere near as much today. We should go past their score...I agree drop him and make Ian Bell captain and bring Cook back in the winter if he gets runs for Essex, which to be fair he was doing earlier in the seasom. Bell needs a score as well. Its gone unnoticed how poor his form has been since last summer. Cook has taken the attention off that... They keep saying he's the best batsman, well he needs to prove it with a hundred in this innings.. Edited July 18, 2014 by PaulC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lapal_fan Posted July 18, 2014 Share Posted July 18, 2014 Bell's almost as bad as Cook impression is still on I see.. Niche so gut from the Warks man. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dAVe80 Posted July 18, 2014 Share Posted July 18, 2014 Bell's almost as bad as Cook impression is still on I see.. Niche so gut from the Warks man. The ball that got him out was a jaffa to be fair. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulC Posted July 18, 2014 Share Posted July 18, 2014 What an innings from Laurie Evans tonight... Surely we cannot let this player leave... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lapal_fan Posted July 18, 2014 Share Posted July 18, 2014 Bell's almost as bad as Cook impression is still on I see.. Niche so gut from the Warks man. The ball that got him out was a jaffa to be fair. I don't know what a jaffa is I've only just got cows corner and gulley :-( 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dAVe80 Posted July 18, 2014 Share Posted July 18, 2014 Bell's almost as bad as Cook impression is still on I see.. Niche so gut from the Warks man. The ball that got him out was a jaffa to be fair. I don't know what a jaffa is I've only just got cows corner and gulley :-( Haha! It's a very well delivered, unplayable ball. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lapal_fan Posted July 18, 2014 Share Posted July 18, 2014 Bell's almost as bad as Cook impression is still on I see.. Niche so gut from the Warks man. The ball that got him out was a jaffa to be fair. I don't know what a jaffa is I've only just got cows corner and gulley :-( Haha! It's a very well delivered, unplayable ball. Slip. Edge. Willow. Nibble. Drive. Tea. Yorker. I kniw what they are too. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avfc96 Posted July 18, 2014 Share Posted July 18, 2014 Bell's almost as bad as Cook impression is still on I see.. Niche so gut from the Warks man. The ball that got him out was a jaffa to be fair. I don't know what a jaffa is I've only just got cows corner and gulley :-( Anyway great knock by Evans tonight, a few more of them and he might get a new contract. England struggling yet again, not making the most of a pitch which is a decent batting track now. Considering India were scoring at 3 an over on a green top pitch and England are scoring at 2 and a bit on a decent batting pitch which speaks volumes about England at the moment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colhint Posted July 18, 2014 Share Posted July 18, 2014 No No No with Bell, he is the best batsman in England. His last 2 knocks were with the changed Ball at Notts which took 5 or 6 wickets in 25 overs, whilst every other ball in the match took 25 wickets in about 500 overs. The other being on a green oval pitch taking 16 wickets in 2 days. I think he is still in the top 20 run scores in the county championship this season, not bad considering he has only played about 4 or 5 games Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lapal_fan Posted July 18, 2014 Share Posted July 18, 2014 May I ask how much of a difference the wickets/creases make? On the live commentary all the ex pros and commentary team make a song and dance about the pitches. When you're lamping a ball 80+ mph... does it really matter if the ball spins off about 2/3 degrees? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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