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Post by hhsussex on Oct 5, 2016 7:27:49 GMT
The latest threat to the finances of the International-hosting grounds in England is the potential cancellation of the ICC Champions Trophy next summer. This provides for 15 matches at three grounds (Edgbaston, Cardiff and The Oval) between 1st and 18th June, neatly bifurcating the two white-ball formats of England v South Africa Nick Hoult's article describes how in the fallout from the Indian High Court rulings over future governance of the IPL there must be a fifteen day gap before and after the IPL. There is no question of cancelling or shifting the dates of the IPL so Indian participation is threatened, and with renewed tensions between India and Pakistan in Kashmir the prospect of India and Pakistan appearing in the final stages would also appear intolerable. Without either side the legitimacy of a Champions Trophy would be pretty questionable. www.telegraph.co.uk/cricket/2016/10/04/ecb-to-meet-india-counterparts-to-find-out-whether-they-will-pul/The bad news is that Glies Clarke will be flying out, with Tom Harrison, to discuss this with BCCI officials at next week's ICC quarterly meeting. That should ensure something sleazy and opportunistic being worked out. |
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Post by leedsgull on Oct 5, 2016 10:11:58 GMT
If it is cancelled we can have another 20/20 tournament instead.
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Bazpan
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Post by Bazpan on May 11, 2017 23:46:23 GMT
Bench strength (noun)
Sounds like an intra-gym ranking metric. Is actually a euphemism for not playing your best XI due to overly rigid adherence to an outdated selection hierarchy.
Perhaps it's premature to be talking about England's ideal Champions Trophy XI, with the ODIs v. SA to come first. But no more premature than it was for Morgan and Bayliss to announce that half the squad would need to be wiped out before Bairstow gets a game in the CT.
Of all the players in Bairstow's way, Buttler is of course one of the main obstacles. And he does possess outlandish talents, but this year I wouldn't want to rely on him in a crisis. Buttler has averaged just an OK-ish 27 in the IPL. Prior to that, and since getting 76 on his return to the England Test side in India last December (I did this one before on here, conveniently), his sequence of scores was terrifying:-
8, 1, 6*, 5, 6*, 31, 10, 11, 15, 0, 14, 0, 7
Bairstow is averaging 86 this season from four RL50 games and two ODIs. That must count for something?! Of course the likelihood is that Buttler will do better than those scores of his would suggest, and that Bairstow (were he to be picked) wouldn't be able to maintain quite the level of 50-over form he's shown so far this year. But I really don't see that his selection for the CT should be so out of the question that the team management feels the need to broadcast the fact three weeks in advance. No wonder he's got a bit of a monk-on.
Well if Buttler plays, I'd leave Moeen out. Never understood the protection order on his place in the team. And if Moeen must stay, then Stokes. Aside from his IPL hundred that you may have read about, he's scored 170 from 10 completed innings out there. And his ODI record is a bit unremarkable. But of course Stokes won't be left out. His captain thinks he might be the best player in the world. (He definitely has something, but that's pushing it a bit).
Slightly interesting perhaps to compare the England squad's ODI batting averages and strike-rates.
Root 49 at 86
Roy 39 at 103
Hales 39 at 96
Morgan 38 at 88
Bairstow 37 at 91
Buttler 36 at 118
Stokes 30 at 98
Rashid 27 at 112
Billings 27 at 94
Moeen 26 at 100
Woakes 25 at 87
Plunkett 22 at 101
Willey 14 at 70
Wood 34 at 106 (4 innings with 3 not outs)
Ball 28 at 127 (1 innings)
And the bowling averages and economy-rates while I'm about it.
Ball 28 at 5.8
Plunkett 31 at 5.8
Woakes 33 at 5.6
Rashid 33 at 5.6
Willey 33 at 5.6
Stokes 38 at 6.1
Wood 43 at 5.7
Moeen 49 at 5.0
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Post by liquidskin on May 12, 2017 17:12:31 GMT
All the pundits seem utterly stumped by how to get Bairstow in. To me it's obvious; Bairstow for Ali, Root can do his job with the ball and Stokes or Buttler can do a better one with the bat at seven. Bairstow is the second or third best batsman in the country and he should be in our eleven.
Hales
Roy
Root
Morgan
Bairstow
Stokes
Buttler
Rashid
Woakes
Plunkett
Wood
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Post by Deleted on May 12, 2017 17:20:48 GMT
The 8th edition of Champions trophy is starting from Date 1-18 June. England and Wales will host the event for the 2nd successive time. As usual 8 teams will take part. The Top 8 teams as on 30 Sept 2015 is selected for the event.The 8th edition of Champions trophy is starting from Date 1-18 June. England and Wales will host the event for the 2nd successive time. As usual 8 teams will take part. The Top 8 teams as on 30 Sept 2015 is selected for the event. Finally all the teams has announced. For me India, Australia, England & South Africa will be in Semi-final. What you think?
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Post by leedsmartlet on May 12, 2017 20:51:02 GMT
Looking forward to this. I have tickets to Aus v NZ at Edgbaston, Aus v Bang at the Oval and Eng v NZ at Cardiff - all in the space of five days. Can't wait!
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Post by liquidskin on Jun 15, 2017 19:10:35 GMT
Popular tournament on here. I only saw the highlights yesterday but England looked dismal. It didn't strike me as 'one of those off days' for a team that plays a certain way, seemed like something else went wrong - something in the mysterious mind. That's what I got from an hour long highlights show anyway. Very disappointing.
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