England Winter Test cricket thread

[Alex]

They were saying on TMS earlier that the RR in India is usually 2-3 per over. Where as everywhere else its 4ish per over. So that might have had something to do with it.

[Chazza]

I am amazed that India prepared a pitch that did not give a result.

[captainfog]

My worry with Compton and Cook is it's too one-paced. Compton made Cook look like Chris Gayle - with Trott at 3 it will severely damage our run rate, and we were slow for the most part in India. Root looks as though he can block all day if he wants but at the same time he has all the shots.

I think Compton will score more freely outside the subcontinent and then in terms of RR he'll probably be fairly equivalent to Strauss. Solid top 3 and then the flair players. Sounds good to me.

[Shaggy]

Yes if that's what happens then great. I do think he'll do well in NZ, but if he doesn't, and/or he still scores very slowly, then it might need changing.

[Vermilion]

Next up, T20 in the afternoon.

Christmas sport.

[captainfog]

Yes if that's what happens then great. I do think he'll do well in NZ, but if he doesn't, and/or he still scores very slowly, then it might need changing.

I hope he does because there is something magical about the fact he is a Compton. Hope he scores a stack of runs

[Chazza]

Anderson and Trott rested for the one dayers

Twenty20 squad: Jonny Bairstow, Tim Bresnan, Danny Briggs, Jos Buttler, Jade Dernbach, Alex Hales, James Harris, Michael Lumb, Stuart Meaker, Eoin Morgan (capt), Samit Patel, Joe Root, James Tredwell, Luke Wright.

ODI squad: Alastair Cook (capt), Jonny Bairstow, Ian Bell, Tim Bresnan, Danny Briggs, Jos Buttler, Jade Dernbach, Steven Finn, Craig Kieswetter, Stuart Meaker, Eoin Morgan, Samit Patel, Kevin Pietersen, James Tredwell, Chris Woakes.

[Pedenj]

Well earned rest for Jimmy. You could see he gave everything in the final test especially, he had to work hard for his wickets.

[captainfog]

Anderson and Trott rested for the one dayers

Twenty20 squad: Jonny Bairstow, Tim Bresnan, Danny Briggs, Jos Buttler, Jade Dernbach, Alex Hales, James Harris, Michael Lumb, Stuart Meaker, Eoin Morgan (capt), Samit Patel, Joe Root, James Tredwell, Luke Wright.

ODI squad: Alastair Cook (capt), Jonny Bairstow, Ian Bell, Tim Bresnan, Danny Briggs, Jos Buttler, Jade Dernbach, Steven Finn, Craig Kieswetter, Stuart Meaker, Eoin Morgan, Samit Patel, Kevin Pietersen, James Tredwell, Chris Woakes.

I think if all fit then this is our best line-up for these games.

Cook
Bell
Pietersen
Morgan
Bairstow
Kieswetter
Patel
Bresnan
Tredwell
Finn
Dernbach

[captainfog]

While my T20 side would be:

KP
Wright
Morgan
Patel
Bairstow
Buttler
Briggs
Bresnan
Tredwell
Finn
Dernbach

[Shaggy]

I care so little about the other forms I could barely name a team. Danny Briggs and one or two others - no idea who they are

[captainfog]

I care so little about the other forms I could barely name a team. Danny Briggs and one or two others - no idea who they are

Briggs is a spinner. From what little I've seen of him he looks decent. Opened the bowling in the warm up for the T20 world cup and did really well, but then was inexplicably dropped.

[Neil Young]

----------Cook-------Compton---------

Trott----Pietersen---Bairstow----Root

------------------Prior------------------

Broad-----Swann---Anderson-----Finn

[Pedenj]

t20 is under way.

61-1 after 7 overs. Great start from Hales here. Need a big score as India will score runs you feel. Fast outfield and a short boundary.

[Chazza]

Setting 158 to win is probably 20 runs short of where we should have been given the start we got.