W Indies V England 1st ODI

NormanbyRed77

NormanbyRed77

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Just starting on TNT. WI won the toss and electing to field 1st.

West Indies: Evin Lewis, Brandon King, Keacy Carty, Shai Hope (c, wk), Sherfane Rutherford, Shimron Hetmyer, Roston Chase, Gudakesh Motie, Alzarri Joseph, Matthew Forde, Jayden Seales

England: Phil Salt (wk), Will Jacks, Jordan Cox, Jacob Bethell, Liam Livingstone (c), Sam Curran, Dan Mousley, Jamie Overton, Jofra Archer, Adil Rashid, John Turner
 
Salt was shocking.
Never once looked like he should be there.
Is he the best we have to open?
 
just saw the result - whupped - on DL method, maybe our lot are just off the plane with not prep or acclimatisation... see how we go in the next games I guess..

TBH, it's YET another subscription & I won't be touching TNT, I can give it a miss..
 
I have to admit I have little interest in watching England reserves in a meaningless T20 tournament between Test Series. Roll on NZ later this month.
 
We're actually just really bad at whiteball cricket at the moment, aren't we?

Buttler, Brook and Root (if they choose to include him) improve the batting lineup but there are a lot of bits and pieces players in there all through the 11
 
The test team would do far better than this shambles selection.
Obviously it is more important to get more TV money for more and more games than the players can actually safely compete in, so you end up with selecting players for England who should be nowhere near international cricket. They are ruining a great game by sheer greed. Whoever is running England's cricket schedule needs sacking.
 
davidmills said:
The test team would do far better than this shambles selection.
Obviously it is more important to get more TV money for more and more games than the players can actually safely compete in, so you end up with selecting players for England who should be nowhere near international cricket. They are ruining a great game by sheer greed. Whoever is running England's cricket schedule needs sacking.
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Shoab Bashir would go for 15+ an over in white ball international cricket and we wouldn't have enough bowlers in the side to make up 50 overs
 
I get the transition to the new generation coming through and all that BUT surely the young batters would learn more from batting alongside some experience......I get it the test players aren't available..... But why discard Malan for example....Bethell/Cox are likely to learn far more batting alongside Malan in the top five than any one else in that team. The decision making for selection just seems odd..... Going from to drawer white ball batters to young players who rarely play 50 over cricket and bits and pieces players.... Who bat a bit and bowl a little less.
 
All great teams have an end date, and that’s essentially where this England ODI side are at now and have been for a few years.

Obviously, a number of the Test side who played in September haven’t went over and they’re using it as an opportunity to blood newer and younger players.

I have no real objection to that. There’s simply too much cricket to constantly play your Premier players.

Think it’ll be a tough learning curve as Windies are no push overs in the shorter format, particularly at home.

I won’t be losing any sleep over the results, that’s for sure. Hopefully a few of the newer players and can take their chance and impress.
 
naively_optimistic said:
I get the transition to the new generation coming through and all that BUT surely the young batters would learn more from batting alongside some experience......I get it the test players aren't available..... But why discard Malan for example....Bethell/Cox are likely to learn far more batting alongside Malan in the top five than any one else in that team. The decision making for selection just seems odd..... Going from to drawer white ball batters to young players who rarely play 50 over cricket and bits and pieces players.... Who bat a bit and bowl a little less.
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Malan is 37. He’ll be 39 by the time the next WC comes a long and possibly retired.
 
On The Bob said:
Malan is 37. He’ll be 39 by the time the next WC comes a long and possibly retired.
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We're still paying Bairstow 350k a year till 2026 so I guess we could use him as a kind of on-field mentor.

Not sure he'd be suited to it mind...
 
Agree with a previous poster, too many 'bits n pieces' players in the team - not too daft an idea, but is theory over reality.
 
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