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Title: England Cricket Team
Post by: tommy toes on February 26, 2025, 09:35:09 pm
Failed to qualify for the Champions Trophy semis after losing to Afghanistan today.Their sixth ODI loss on the trot.
I watched the whole match and only Joe Root emerged with any credit.
The whole team needs a proper shake up.
Buttler is a shadow of the player he was a couple of years ago, needs to step down as Captain and Archer is living on past glories.
Title: Re: England Cricket Team
Post by: Filo on February 26, 2025, 09:56:17 pm
Failed to qualify for the Champions Trophy semis after losing to Afghanistan today.Their sixth ODI loss on the trot.
I watched the whole match and only Joe Root emerged with any credit.
The whole team needs a proper shake up.
Buttler is a shadow of the player he was a couple of years ago, needs to step down as Captain and Archer is living on past glories.

Our bowling attack is powder puff, our big hitting batters fail all the time
Title: Re: England Cricket Team
Post by: Draytonian III on February 27, 2025, 03:25:22 am
Joss Buttler isn’t the player that media have built him up to be, also he’s not a very good captain
Title: Re: England Cricket Team
Post by: NickDRFC on February 27, 2025, 06:56:54 am
In game management is absolutely awful and it’s all because of the culture (or should that be cult) of Bazball. Holed out with a daft shot? Don’t worry about it, come and have a beer and we can not talk about it over a round of golf tomorrow. Vibes CC. Hakuna Matata. And then just come back and try to go even bigger next time because it’s what the fans want to see*. There are some positives to the environment that’s been built and there will continue to be some hugely entertaining matches but ultimately we’ll lose more than we win because we’re just not a serious cricket team any more.

*not this fan
Title: Re: England Cricket Team
Post by: bobbymax on February 27, 2025, 07:15:58 am
They treat every match as if it's a T20. No discipline or leadership and tactically naive.
Title: Re: England Cricket Team
Post by: Usher wide. on February 27, 2025, 10:23:53 am
Money.

Title: Re: England Cricket Team
Post by: Pancho Regan on February 27, 2025, 01:04:11 pm
I'm not a cricket fan but should we even be playing against a country whose regime has banned all women from participation?
Title: Re: England Cricket Team
Post by: glosterred on February 27, 2025, 05:58:27 pm
England’s men’s & women’s teams have lost 16 out of 17 games in 2025.


Title: Re: England Cricket Team
Post by: i_ateallthepies on February 28, 2025, 08:40:01 am
Depressing to watch and so predictable.
Title: Re: England Cricket Team
Post by: BobG on February 28, 2025, 05:37:48 pm
Cricket's been played for 200 odd years. You might have thought folk would have worked out by now how to play the game....

BobG