That is the T20 and kids having no attentionspan effect. Something that got exposed by the Aussies in the Ashes series just gone
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The collapse is on.
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Opens BbC Sport website:
āEngland in troubleā
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Well, I KNOW Iām turning into Bob Willis.
āWell Charles, what can I say other than it was an abject failure in Englandās sad and pathetic attempt at battingā
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Time for Stokes to move himself down to 8, play as a frontline bowler and get another batsman in the side.
Iām glad Duckett decided to go with that kind of intent again, heās a far better player when attacking the ball rather than trying to play a Root like innings.
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Strange timing. Hissy fit after being suspended for the last test?
Retiring mid over, thatās a new one. Of course he got a wicket as soon as the crowd found out.
Now heās out there opening, trying to thrash every ball for six. How performative.
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I will not be amused if he gives his wicket away. Heās making it all about him..calm down, calm down Ben.
And there he goesā¦out to a slog. So predictable.
I bet he will be backā¦ oh the melodrama.
This is ridiculous. Just throwing it away. Bye bye McCullumā¦ Time for a complete change of management and attitudeā¦so self-indulgent. Rather pathetic actually.
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Have the emotions got to everyoneā¦slog em if u canā¦but weāre now at 72 for 3..
Are the relying on Root
Genuinely baffling period of play, thrown away another game there for what? Can only assume Stokes wonāt be the last to go following this series and theyāve all just thought fuck it.
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Just watched the most remarkable final over Iāve ever seen. Highlights, unfortunately, but still.
So anyways, stumbled onto MLC which I assume is Major League Cricket. Some pretty big names on the team sheets, must be said. Anyway, team needs 6 to win of the final over. Bowler gets a hattrick, 5 to win off 1 and the batter hits a six. Fucking hell.
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Sounds like AI
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Give it a few hours and hopefully weāll be hearing about Key and McCullumās exits as well. Farcical test match.
So Bazball limps towards its ignominious end, leaving Englandās Test team in ruin.
What a pathetic episode it has turned out to be. Sure, there were thrills along the way, but itās destroyed the finest batting prospect of his generation, itās elevated players who simply arenāt good enough and itās left a group without a plan or any serious leadership.
Thereās now a mountain to climb to create a competitive team from the rubble.
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I was thinking it sounds like a computer game but even then you couldnāt probably do that.
Yup. It should have gone post ashes.
It was a movement to develop into something more successful and yet they saw it as a be all and end all.
Brook potentially captaining in all three formats is a scary prospect to say the least. Feels like theyāll either have to go with an interim or do something mad like South Africa did years ago with Graeme Smith and give it to somebody completely out of left field.
Brook needs a complete reset. His head is gone as far as I can tell. He needs to clear his head and re-learn test match batting.
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The funny thing is with Brook is he was the #1 ranked test match batter coming into this series, and has just swapped places with Root again. The potential there is scary, he just needs more sensible heads around him and I would do anything in my power to keep the burden of captaincy away from him in all formats. He should never have been made vice captain when Pope was correctly jettisoned from the squad.
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