The Cricket Society III

Why was ravi bopara not included but chris woakes was...

Yeah, both Kohli and Pujara have been regarded by various former players as the 'future greats' for India. I do see it being true, but they must not get ahead of themselves and must still practice as hard as everyone else does. I think it is too early to say whether Pujara is a 'great' player because he has scored tonnes of runs in India but away from home he still needs to perform consistently.

I mean, Bhuvi played all 5 test matches and now he will probably play the ODI's too which means he has bowled a hell of a lot of overs recently. Aaron does look pretty good, he has good pace but he is too inconsistent at the moment, that will come with time though.

All the BCCI care about really speaking is money. They don't care whether India are humiliated as long as they are still getting their money. They have more power than the ICC in cricket and that is saying something.

I'm a bit gutted for Ravi. Probably should have been dropped countless times in his career, but to do so now feels a bit harsh, he seems to have found his role as the lower order batsman with some very economical bowling. I understand the decision, because Moeen Ali will almost certainly fill that role now, but I think dropping him from the squad entirely is harsh.

Interested to see if and how Hales changes the batting lineup. Could just pick the test team with Hales for Robson and someone for Broad. But if they want to leave Morgan in the side, which seems wise as we build towards a World Cup set for massive totals, then one of Bell/Ballance/Root need to be dropped.

I'm a bit gutted for Ravi. Probably should have been dropped countless times in his career, but to do so now feels a bit harsh, he seems to have found his role as the lower order batsman with some very economical bowling. I understand the decision, because Moeen Ali will almost certainly fill that role now, but I think dropping him from the squad entirely is harsh.

Interested to see if and how Hales changes the batting lineup. Could just pick the test team with Hales for Robson and someone for Broad. But if they want to leave Morgan in the side, which seems wise as we build towards a World Cup set for massive totals, then one of Bell/Ballance/Root need to be dropped.

Wounded Tiger: A History of Cricket in Pakistan

Definitely going to read this book by Oborne. Before all the English fans lose their blob, Oborne is English too.

Ravi can laugh when England get knocked out before the semi finals in the world cup, dropping him and keeping root and cook is a joke of a move, top order batsmen who average 30s at a strike rate of 70 odd after several odis do not deserve to continue playing. Root and cook will of course have fun with these indian trundlers but watch them square up to any other attack in NZ or aus for the world cup and watch them lose a game for England. World cup 11 should be
Hales
Bell
Ballance
Morgan
Ali
Butler
Bopara
broad
Jordan
Anderson
Finn

With that attack in aus most sides would be reduced to below 250 and the batting is deep.

Wounded Tiger: A History of Cricket in Pakistan

Definitely going to read this book by Oborne. Before all the English fans lose their blob, Oborne is English too.

I came across this book the other day and I wasn't sure if I should buy it or not. But having read this review I'll definitely buy it now. Thanks.

I knew about the Shakoor Rana incident coz I saw the video on youtube of Mike Gatting acting like a complete je*k and swearing at Rana. Ajmal felt like Ian Gould gave a wrong decision against him and then after dismissing this SL batsman he looked back at Gould and screamed and Gould reported him or whatever and Ajmal was fined. And rightly so. You should respect the umpire's decision. But why the double standards? Guess it comes down to this that English don't respect Pakistani umpires' authority. The Idrees Baig incident, really infuriated me. Bunch of bullies.

This may seem a little random but I'm thinking of basing my EPQ around the problems within cricket, mainly:
Match fixing
The effect of the T20 competitions around the World
The inequality of the men's and women's game
Scheduling
The lack of 'superstar' players in English County Cricket

Can anyone think of any others?

The BCCI refusing to use DRS and only being allowed to refuse because they are so rich.

This may seem a little random but I'm thinking of basing my EPQ around the problems within cricket, mainly:
Match fixing
The effect of the T20 competitions around the World
The inequality of the men's and women's game
Scheduling
The lack of 'superstar' players in English County Cricket

Can anyone think of any others?

5/106 and PAK hit back to win the game. Still can't believe it. Well done both Maqood and Alam.

Once again Younus and Misbah let us down but brilliant from Maqsood and Alam. I went out with the family after Misbah got out and caught the rest of the match in some restaurant. I was surprised and quite ecstatic that we finally won a match. But Younus and Misbah have got to start performing.

Younus Khan is useless in limited overs tbh. This was his 1st ODI in the last 12 months and he flopped. If you go back, in the past 2 years, his average was 21.44. He only hit one 50 and that was on his comeback too against India in India. He's a test specialist.