Sport England v Pakistan spring Cricket series

Archer looks to be a very tidy player on the evidence of the last 2 games. I can see why the ECB want him playing and some players aren't happy getting qualified for England.

For a scratch team, they did very well.
 
England seem to have quite a lit of strength in depth in white ball cricket.
Archer should be in the final squad I reckon. Really useful to have that extra pace and Engkand always seem to have 6 to 7 bowling options
Roll on the World Cup
Decent fast bowler ....and decent fielder, as well as being able to hit the target with a split second throw, that run out was rather spectacular :sneaky:
 
A cracking game it seems today. Buttler scored the 2nd quickest hundred for England and a close ending. What more can you ask for? Pakistan look a decent team, but missing the leg spinner to give their attack the final bite.

Archer sat out but has to be in the squad for the WC. The lad has the extra 1% that will make this team harder to beat
 
My guess is either Woakes or Wood will be the one to miss out. Harsh, but I think Archer really offers something extra to the team.
 
Archer's bowling spell in the first game got a lot of people's attention with the ease of which the speed went up. You'd fancy him as an outsider for the Ashes if he has a good WC.
 
And perhaps Archer's fitness will ultimately make him a safer, if less experienced, bet. Wood has a lot going for him, but he can never stay fit.
 
I may have missed something here......but after Hales' downfall, do we actually need to drop someone else from the World Cup squad? Could we not just add Archer as an extra bowler?

I mean we're pretty clearly going to go with Roy, Bairstow, Root, Morgan, Buttler, Stokes, Ali as our top seven plus Rashid and three quicks.

Denly is there as backup in case one of the batsmen gets injured, or is so woefully out of form that they need dropping.

Why not take all of Curran, Willey, Wood, Woakes, Plunkett & Archer? There's a lot of different styles of fast bowling there. Gives us multiple options, depending on the conditions at hand; plus fast bowlers are much more likely to get niggles or injuries.

I'm not sure having James Vince or A.N.Other in the squad to carry drinks for a month and a half is going to do much good.
 
I would imagine Tony that they dont trust Denly to take the place of say Roy/ Bairstow.
He is more in as an all rounder with his leg spin (although it doesn't look as if that is good enough)

Fair point.

But frankly I can't see that his leg spin is enough to warrant a squad place if they don't think his batting is up to snuff.

If (heaven forbid) one of Roy or Bairstow did go down, then there's not another Englishman out there who can replace what they do (today's game being a case in point!) except Alex Hales.....and, well......

If they don't want Denly to open, they'd have to rearrange - promote Root or possibly Moeen to open, and add Denly to the middle order.

And if they don't think Denly's even good enough to do that as a batsman, then he shouldn't be in the squad and should be replaced by someone else in whom they have more confidence.
 
Does anyone else think that the balance has swung too far towards the batsmen in ODIs? I sort of understand it in the T20s, where it's a wham bam thank you ma'm type of game that is all show and little subtlety, but surely there should be a bit more to a one dayer than being an extended T20?
 
It was almost boring today, such is England's batting prowess. With 2 white balls that are Kookaburra's means that on a good day there is more movement in a granite work top, and the spinners have a pathetic seam to work with.

I guess runs = ratings, and that is all the ICC care about. I much prefer right games where batsmen have to work hard
 
Shocking start by England. Pakistan over 100 after 17 overs and no one out (one retired hurt).

I honestly don't think our bowling is anything like as good as our batting, even allowing for one-day conditions, the ball etc.
To be fair it looks like the pitch is doing nothing.
I suspect that England would have scored a lot more than 100 in the same number of balls.
Pakistand lookalike getting 350 or so which England are capable of getting.
 
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