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The Trott debate will run and run and run.
Nobody wants him to go out and win the world cup for England more than I do.
As for disagreeing with Ed, surely thats nothing compared to me disagreeing with Andy Flower and the selectors?
My point about that guy....not only is he in-capable of fullfilling the role he is required at number 3......
It's the pressre he puts on more talented players who have to wait around for a bat while he scratches his way to 60 off 80 then gets out trying to accellerate.
He doesnt score 100 off 120 balls anywhere near enough to justify his selection. The times he does, great. The times he doesn't (the big games against the best teams) he leaves the more powerful, more talented lower order little chance of recovering the game for England.
The guy has been unbelievably fortunate with his ODI career so far, he's scored sooooooooo many soft rns, 50/60 not outs against the minnows, or when we're chasing 200 to win and he can coast his way to yet another "average boosting" score.
I think after the world cup he should take the decision away from the selectors and retire from limited overs cricket.
Anyone remember how we won the world 20 20 cup less than a year ago??
Out and out attack, no fear cricket, packing the order with batsmen who can hit 6s and score 20 off an over.
But fingers crossed, Trott might come out on Sunday morning and do a Sehwag!!! Lol
Here it comes then.
70/1 off 9 overs.
Openers got him off to a flyer....
Come in and express yourself Trott, what have you got??????????????????? ....................
How ul is KP btw
FAIL
Least he failed relatively quickly, gg, now goooooooooo BELL!!!
Now that Gayle has got a start, I feel this could be a "bet defining innings"
It's set up perfectly for him....
Goooooooooooooooooooo !!!!
EDIT !!!!!!!!! FFS!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Damn batting powerplay. What a wasted opportunity that was. Still, 80 gets him back in the hunt.
What a game yesterday - gonna watch the highlights again tonight! 8- />
Obv Doh knows his cricket but he also thought Bresnan was useless a while back (although a lot of people did tbf).
However, Bres and Trott have an inner steel and belief which make them essential for England as the team is historically never far from exposing a soft centre as we nearly saw again yesterday when they did their best to throw the game away in the last ten overs.
Anyway, tournie is warming up nicely (even though it is too long and badly formatted - I would have liked to have seen 16 teams in four groups for round 1 followed by a super eight stage instead of quarter finals. Also play two games a day in round 1 so tournie is finished in a month - no WC in any sport should last longer than that imo).
Yeah, it's almost like we've got to drop Anderson... (well we won the 20/20 without him right?).
I think Colly still has a lot to bring to the table to leave him out (bat, ball&field). So yeah, two pacemen should be the way to go with our squad and Asian conditions. Also, WHY don't we use Ravi as a bowler? Doesn't he have a golden arm as a partnership breaker in domestic cricket?
As for format - doing it my way means we get to see two more teams so we can squeeze in the likes of Afghanistan (it is good to watch the minnows sometimes, Charles Coventry is my new favourite player 8- />).
Also, we then have more games during the Super Eights between the bigger teams making a thriller like yesterday much more meaningful too.
as for tournament structure my own feelings were for a 12 team tournwy with 4 groups of 3,top 2 going through to finals...i think it is importnat the icc let the small guys have a go but i also understand they want to shorten the competition, this option has both..draw would be seeded so for example
india/new zealnad/associate
sri lanka/pakistan/associate
south africa/west indies/bangladesh
australia/england/zimbabwe
finally for all you guys that bet on the outcome of the game just want to tell you in case you dont already know that you win....you either get your money back or it will be settled as a dead heat as the draw was not offered...
Err... Is anyone watching this???
KOB has gone nuts!!!
I'm stuck at work 8-< - highlights tonight a must!!
I checked the odds after englands innings and the odds were so high for ireland to win i was going to put bet on but forgot!!!
England were 250/1 on to win too ffs!
Amazing innings - yep Donkey, I was thinking of putting a pound on at 100/1 for Ireland at half time but didn't! 8-<
Edit - BBC says they were 400/1 at one point!! We need wickets fast!
My fiver would of looked pretty good right now!
FML!
And Ireland win by 3 wickets!!!
Amazing game - they may really regret losing to Bangladesh now, that could prove the difference between them qualifying or not.
Incredible knock by O'Brien - can't wait to watch it on telly later!
As for england, we have scored 290+, 338 and 327, yet only won 1 game.
Were we poor in the field again? Or was it just poor bowling?
Come on the WI bowlers, you're right, that would be a perfect scenario!
What a result.
Great to see some beauties from Jimmy - hope he's back.
Drop Yardy for Colly and I think we've got a team.
Ok, now watch us lose under the lights vs the Bangles, lol.