Arthur Crabtree wrote:If England conform to type they'll play five bowlers including Stokes, one spinner and an extra bat anyway. Last minute panic and revert to what they know best (and what they know has never worked).
ianp1970 wrote:Does bowling Denly (seemingly playing in this match as secondary spinner) for the solitary over, then moving Stokes and Ali up the order - but not the Kent man - tell a story...
bigfluffylemon wrote:Good chase by England. The bowling is a bit of a worry, but I do wonder if their poor stats over the last four years are at least in part due to the fact that all their home games are played on stupidly flat decks prepared on purpose to aid England's strength in batting...
sussexpob wrote:but there will come a day the batting will inevitably fail, and England simply dont have an attack that can win games in these situations. ............Lets just hope our off day isnt in the knockouts.
Arthur Crabtree wrote:Of bowlers to have propelled 1000 balls in international cricket against top nine sides since the beginning of 2017, Plunkett has the second best SR, Woakes has the fifth and Rashid the seventh. So three in the top seven
Durhamfootman wrote:I don't agree that the bowling is as bad as you suggest
Durhamfootman wrote:I don't agree that the bowling is as bad as you suggest
sussexpob wrote:Durhamfootman wrote:I don't agree that the bowling is as bad as you suggest
I am not sure how bad the bowling has to be before people will agree with me. The fact is, England out of the major teams, are a long way down on others for bowling performance on both SR and NRR achieved. We are statistically the worst going.
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