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Post by suedehead on Mar 3, 2021 15:21:54 GMT 1
Zimbabwe (250 and 17-0) have beaten Afghanistan (131 and 135) by ten wickets in two days. These two-day Tests are catching!
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Post by o on Mar 3, 2021 15:48:24 GMT 1
About farce and should be investigated for that amount of wickets and the game to be over in two days is laughable. The players for impersonating cricketers, or the pitch?
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Post by Panda on Mar 3, 2021 17:02:30 GMT 1
Zimbabwe (250 and 17-0) have beaten Afghanistan (131 and 135) by ten wickets in two days. These two-day Tests are catching! That's the eighth this century and the fourth in just over three years. There were none between 1947 and 1999. Of the eight this century, two have been in the UAE, two in India, two in South Africa, one in Zimbabwe and one at Headingley against the West Indies in 2000. In the England v West Indies match, the Windies were bowled out for 172 on the first day with spinner Craig White taking 5-57. England were all out on day 2 for 272, having recovered from 105-5 at the end of day 1. Graeme Hick hit a 50 batting at 8 after Andy Caddick had been sent in as nightwatchman the night before. Michael Vaughan, playing in only his 7th test, top scored with 76 - at the time his highest test score. The Windies were then bowled out for 61 in the final session on day 2, to give England victory by an innings and 39 runs. All 10 wickets in the Windies' 2nd innings were taken by fast bowlers, with Caddick taking 5-14, which included four wickets in one over. The match was the 4th test in a 5-test series and the win put England 2-1 up. They won the final test at The Oval to win the series 3-1.
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Post by Panda on Mar 6, 2021 0:14:26 GMT 1
India on top after day 2 of the final test after England looked to have fought their way back into the match. After being bowled out for 205 on the first day, having won the toss, England reduced India to 146-6. However, wicketkeeper Rishabh Pant's century put India back in the driving seat, with the hosts reaching 294-7 at the close, against England's tiring bowlers.
There will be question marks over the team selection again, with England leaving out Broad and Archer (the latter due to his elbow injury) and replacing them with spinner Dom Bess (who is yet to take a wicket so far) and batsman Dan Lawrence, leaving Jimmy Anderson and part-timer Ben Stokes as the only fast bowlers on a pitch that has seen less turn than last week's.
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Post by raliverpool on Mar 6, 2021 13:15:46 GMT 1
Mmm, I think Geoffrey Boycott's dead gran with a stick of rhubarb would have been of more use than most of England's batsman today (Root & Lawrence being the exceptions) in an abject display of batting.
Whilst Dom Bess clearly has as much self confidence as Liverpool FC first team do at the moment. Zak Crawley needs to gets his eyes or head tested as he keeps getting out to non existent spin; & Jonny Bairstow is a walking wicket batting at #3.
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Post by Panda on Mar 11, 2021 17:54:43 GMT 1
The limited overs portion of the India tour starts tomorrow with the first of five T20 games, followed by three ODIs. England appear to be at full strength for the T20s. England go into the series ranked 1 in the world, with India at 2.
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Post by o on Mar 11, 2021 18:00:36 GMT 1
Well that will change surely?
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Post by Panda on Mar 11, 2021 18:21:05 GMT 1
We shall see. The pitches will be much more suited to batting and many of England's limited overs batsmen have experience of playing in the IPL. I wouldn't be surprised if the series finished 3-2 one way or the other.
England squad: Morgan, Ali, Archer, Bairstow, Billings, Buttler, S Curran, T Curran, Jordan, Livingstone, Malan, Rashid, Roy, Stokes, Topley, Wood
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Post by Panda on Mar 11, 2021 19:47:07 GMT 1
Rankings scenarios for the T20 series against India:
England win 5-0 or 4-1 = England remain at 1, India drop to 3 (below Australia) Either team wins 3-2 = England remain at 1, India remain at 2 India win 4-1 = India climb to 1, England drop to 2 India win 5-0 = India climb to 1, England drop to 3
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Post by Panda on Mar 12, 2021 16:15:44 GMT 1
The pitches will be much more suited to batting Or maybe not...? England's bowlers dominate India, restricting them to 124-7. England strong favourites to win the first game from here.
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Post by Panda on Mar 12, 2021 17:42:53 GMT 1
An easy win for England, scoring big early on and cruising to victory by 8 wickets with 27 balls to spare.
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Post by Panda on Mar 20, 2021 18:52:39 GMT 1
India win the T20 series 3-2 after winning the decider today by 36 runs. England threatened to chase down 225 to win after reaching 120-1 from 11 overs, but completely lost their momentum during the second half of the innings and finished on 188-8.
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Post by Panda on May 18, 2021 16:25:55 GMT 1
England squad for the two-Test series against New Zealand, starting on 2nd June:
Joe Root (c) Jimmy Anderson James Bracey Stuart Broad Rory Burns Zak Crawley Ben Foakes Dan Lawrence Jack Leach Craig Overton Ollie Pope Ollie Robinson Dom Sibley Olly Stone Mark Wood
A few new faces due to a number of absentees. Those who recently returned from the suspended IPL are not included, with their mandatory quarantine having only just expired. That means no Buttler, Bairstow, Sam Curran, Woakes and Ali, while Ben Stokes and Jofra Archer are both injured.
England summer schedule:
2 June - New Zealand (1st Test, Lord's) 10 June - New Zealand (2nd Test, Edgbaston) 23 June - Sri Lanka (T20, Sophia Gardens) 24 June - Sri Lanka (T20, Sophia Gardens) 26 June - Sri Lanka (T20, Rose Bowl) 29 June - Sri Lanka (T20, Riverside) 1 July - Sri Lanka (ODI, The Oval) 4 July - Sri Lanka (ODI, Bristol) 8 July - Pakistan (ODI, Sophia Gardens) 10 July - Pakistan (ODI, Lord's) 13 July - Pakistan (ODI, Edgbaston) 16 July - Pakistan (T20, Trent Bridge) 18 July - Pakistan (T20, Headingley) 20 July - Pakistan (T20, Old Trafford) 4 August - India (1st Test, Trent Bridge) 12 August - India (2nd Test, Lord's) 25 August - India (3rd Test, Headingley) 2 September - India (4th Test, The Oval) 10 September - India (5th Test, Old Trafford)
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Post by Panda on May 26, 2021 20:29:08 GMT 1
Ben Foakes has been ruled out of the tests against New Zealand with a hamstring injury and has been replaced by Sam Billings. Billings is a regular in England's limited overs squads but has never played test cricket. Also added to the squad is batsman Haseeb Hameed, who made his debut as a 19 year old a few years ago but suffered a subsequent decline in form. He's shown some good form for Notts in the County Championship this season, prompting his recall to the England setup.
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Post by Panda on Jun 1, 2021 16:59:35 GMT 1
Joe Root has confirmed James Bracey will make his debut in the first test against New Zealand, keeping wicket and batting at 7. Stuart Broad will be vice-captain in the absence of Ben Stokes.
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Post by Panda on Jun 2, 2021 10:44:22 GMT 1
New Zealand win the toss and will bat.
England: Burns, Sibley, Crawley, Root (c), Lawrence, Pope, Bracey (w), Robinson, Broad, Wood, Anderson
New Zealand: Latham, Conway, Williamson (c), Taylor, Nicholls, Watling (w), de Grandhomme, Santner, Jamieson, Southee, Wagner
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Post by Panda on Jun 2, 2021 19:28:01 GMT 1
Very much New Zealand's day as they made the most of the good batting conditions after winning the toss and reached 246-3 at the close, with debutant Devon Conway hitting an unbeaten century.
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Post by Panda on Jun 3, 2021 13:03:30 GMT 1
A better morning for England, with 4 wickets falling for just 6 runs, thanks to an excellent spell from Wood. Conway is still there though and closing in on 200. NZ 314-7 at lunch.
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Post by Panda on Jun 4, 2021 19:25:39 GMT 1
No play on day 3 due to rain, leaving England unable to add to their overnight score of 111-2, having recovered from 18-2 yesterday afternoon. New Zealand were all out for 378 with Conway the last wicket to fall, run out for 200, having brought up his double hundred with a six (just as he did reaching his century).
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Post by Panda on Jun 6, 2021 23:20:25 GMT 1
The first test ends in a draw after an intriguing final day. New Zealand declared at lunch on 169-6 and tried to tempt England into trying to chase down 273 to win. Joe Root was having none of it and England dug in to grind out the draw, reaching 170-3 from 70 overs.
Rory Burns made 25 in England's 2nd innings. Until his dismissal, he had been on the field for every ball of the match.
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