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Moeen would've torn though this lot
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Apr 17, 2015 22:20
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Play Root, Moeen & KP. The most fearsome fingerspin attack.
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Apr 17, 2015 22:25
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Lmao we're a team full of garbage men.
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Apr 17, 2015 22:42
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Lets name all the good players in the England team: Joe Root
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Apr 17, 2015 22:51
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Credit to Ramdin, Holder and Roach. They held themselves together while England once against showed that they are the world's best at bowling badly at the tail.
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Apr 17, 2015 22:52
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IceAgeComing posted:Lets name all the good players in the England team: To be fair the only England batsmen who didn't contribute were Cook and Trott. England's bowling looks pretty miserable still. Maybe they need a bowler who can bowl really fast. Just one ordinary blokes opinion.
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Apr 17, 2015 23:10
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Seams posted:To be fair the only England batsmen who didn't contribute were Cook and Trott. Not trying to be a jerk, but who was England's last terrifyingly quick fast bowler?
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Apr 17, 2015 23:13
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Spedman posted:Not trying to be a jerk, but who was England's last terrifyingly quick fast bowler? Probably Devon Malcolm.
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Apr 17, 2015 23:27
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Simon Jones, Harmison, Flintoff and even Anderson all started off very quick, but for various reasons got slower as they went on. But yeah Malcolm was probably the last brute force sort of bowler they had. Tymal Mills is supposed to be fast, and Meaker, but they're both pretty average from what I've seen.
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Apr 17, 2015 23:30
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For those that have never seen, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_NncjEUUESU
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Apr 17, 2015 23:41
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There are plenty of ways to get lower order batsmen out that don't require a guy who can bowl 150ks though. People who aren't named Cook probably even know some of them
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Apr 17, 2015 23:44
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Maybe they can send Broad off home to sort out his batting issues, and then play... Wood? Yet another right arm fast-medium? gently caress. He's a bit different I suppose.
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Apr 17, 2015 23:52
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Airstream Driver posted:Drop Benn and I think they could probably beat this lot. this also, quite pleased with the result, if not for a few absolutely brainless dismissals in the morning session we might even have been in with a shout to nick it
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Apr 17, 2015 23:56
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goatface posted:Maybe they can send Broad off home to sort out his batting issues, and then play... Wood? Yet another right arm fast-medium? gently caress. He's a bit different I suppose. people seem to be talking plunkett up as something different but last year he looked very similar to the current set of bowlers. jordan used to be quick; but surprisingly since getting picked for england he's slowed down. they were selling wood as a fast bowler; i've never seem him though so can't really comment i'm honestly a little surprised that england didn't over-react to the "samey bowlers" complaint by jamming gurney or some other average left armer into the test team IceAgeComing fucked around with this message at 02:44 on Apr 18, 2015 |
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Apr 18, 2015 02:39
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I think the samey bowlers problem is a little overblown. The big problem is they all suck.
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Apr 18, 2015 03:31
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Bring back Saj Mahmood to blow these tails away imo
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Apr 18, 2015 03:49
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Ravi has been bowling really well in the IPL.
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Apr 18, 2015 03:52
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-Spiffy- posted:I think the samey bowlers problem is a little overblown. Its a valid complaint for ODIs and T20s, in tests you can win test matches with three good right arm fast-mediums and a good off-spinner - England proved that when they were good. Although England probably wouldn't have complained if they could have played a left armer as their third seamer at that time - the last good one was Sidebottom who quit after England won the T20 world cup, which I still can't believe ever happened. They got lucky between 2009 and 2013 with a good set of bowlers, and as they retire or decline England will struggle to cope: especially with the spin side of things since they don't seem to have any international-quality spinners developing in the counties - and any new spinner they bring in would probably end up being compared with Swann which wouldn't be a good thing.
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Apr 18, 2015 04:11
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A bit of variety is good and all but right arm fast medium at 140 plus or from enough height clipping the top of off will do the job most of the time. England bowl too short.
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Apr 18, 2015 04:59
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Boycott was right, just bowl yorkers on the stumps
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Apr 18, 2015 06:07
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Dysgenesis posted:For those that have never seen, I'd forgotten about Devon, that Cronje bowled dismissal was magic, half on the front foot defending with only middle stump rocking back. And then Richie Benaud at the end of the video  Byolante posted:Boycott was right, just bowl yorkers on the stumps As my old captain used to say "just bowl at the fuckin' pegs".
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Apr 18, 2015 06:43
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The TMS Facebook page is currently: Anderson record story Anderson record story Anderson record story Anderson record story Photo of commentary booth Vaughan commentator's curse story Anderson record story Anderson record story Benaud story No mention of the shambolic inability to win the test match. Lungboy fucked around with this message at 11:25 on Apr 18, 2015 |
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Apr 18, 2015 11:22
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In every story about the Anderson record somebody should point out that he has less wickets than Ntini and he's bowled a lot more deliveries.
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Apr 18, 2015 11:26
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This Australian woman on the IPL commentary has the most cringeworthy accent I've heard this side of parody shows. Also she's talking a load of poo poo.
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Apr 18, 2015 13:05
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That's just what Australians sound like
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Apr 18, 2015 13:09
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Could be worse, could be a Noozle Land accent.
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Apr 19, 2015 02:01
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It's Nu Ziland actually.
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Apr 19, 2015 04:04
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=np-gqrLTfQA
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Apr 19, 2015 05:47
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Matthew Hoggard is England's all time greatest bowler
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Apr 19, 2015 11:58
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What a rubbish system.
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Apr 19, 2015 12:07
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Ashley Giles is England's best bowler
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Apr 19, 2015 12:13
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What an incredible waste of time that was.
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Apr 19, 2015 12:16
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That is so wrong that I can't believe an actual statistician was happy to put his name to it. Trueman in 9th ffs. Hoggard was better than Anderson and Broad though it's got that right.
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Apr 19, 2015 13:04
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IceAgeComing posted:Lets name all the good players in the England team: Are you ignoring Ballance because he's only played 15 innings
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Apr 19, 2015 13:17
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o.m. 94 posted:Are you ignoring Ballance because he's only played 15 innings
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Apr 19, 2015 13:30
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At the very least he adds stability to the top order 
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Apr 19, 2015 13:49
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Shmoses posted:Has he played anyone decent yet? I don't think so Test cricket is mostly temperament and it looks like Ballance might have a good head on his shoulders. Plus he has two consonants in his name, which we all know makes him an instant selection in the England Cricket Team.
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Apr 19, 2015 13:51
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Anyone else watching the Pakistan v Bangladesh game? It's like I'm watching highlights.
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Apr 19, 2015 13:59
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Lionel Richie posted:That is so wrong that I can't believe an actual statistician was happy to put his name to it. Trueman in 9th ffs. Hoggard was better than Anderson and Broad though it's got that right. No weighting for batsmen from the uncovered pitch days where averaging 40 would be like averaging 60 these days.
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Apr 19, 2015 14:11
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Can't have that because it would make Bradman's average 119.94 or something and it doesn't quite have the same ring to it.
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Apr 19, 2015 14:18
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