Guest MattP Posted 14 January 2015 Share Posted 14 January 2015 New thread for a very busy and important year in English Cricket that officially gets underway in three hours with a game against a President's XI Full 2015 Fixtures. January - Tri Series Tournament (England, Australia, India) February/March - World Cup in Australia and New Zealand April/May - West Indies Away (3 Test Matches) May - Ireland Away (1 ODI) May/June - New Zealand Home (2 Tests, 5 ODI's, 1 T20) July/August/September - Australia Home (The Ashes, 1 T20, 5 ODI's) December - South Africa Away (3 Test Matches, 1 in December) So in 2015 eleven Test matches, a World Cup, 11 ODI's and 2 T20's. The most important obviously is regaining the Ashes but I'd love us to have a real go at the World Cup as well, I don't think we are good enough to win it but sometimes things click and you never know. In reality we're probably still in transition in all forms and a winning record over the year would be a pretty good achievement. For the record this is my World Cup side. Ali Bell Taylor Root Morgan Bopara Buttler Woakes Broad Tredwell Anderson (Finn for Tredwell on any bouncy Australia surface, maybe even anyway given Root and Ali are in giving a potential 20 overs of turn) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leicsmac Posted 14 January 2015 Share Posted 14 January 2015 That actually looks like a decent one day side. Our bowling looks so much stronger with Anderson and Broad in there. For me, the WC is a crapshoot - not as much as the 20/20 WC is but still very much down to who hits form at the right time. The Ashes is of course the most important part of the year...actually think that will be easier than most people suspect. The debacle down under last time out was a perfect storm of a poisonous, stressful dressing room and Mitch being allowed to intimidate and have the bouncy tracks to do so. Neither of those will be the case again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest MattP Posted 14 January 2015 Share Posted 14 January 2015 I still think the World Cup takes some serious winning with tactical nouse, look at the winners and it's usually the side who is considered the best in the World at the time. The Aussies won it three times on the bounce when we were growing up as they had the best side and captain in the World, not because they hit form at the right time. Ian Bell makes his claim last night with England's highest ever ODI score. 187 off 145 balls. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stadt Posted 14 January 2015 Share Posted 14 January 2015 I like cricket, I really do but I don't know enough about it to pass comment and I'm not even sure why, it's probably 'cos I've never played. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marko Posted 14 January 2015 Share Posted 14 January 2015 Ian Bell makes his claim last night with England's highest ever ODI score. 187 off 145 balls. You see Woakes' catch in that match? Koko the Clown would have been proud of those juggling skills! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corky Posted 14 January 2015 Share Posted 14 January 2015 I'm still scarred by previous World Cup efforts, 1999 and 2003 were comical finishes mixed with some fantastic displays. Don't think we'll win it but we could reach the semi-finals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest MattP Posted 14 January 2015 Share Posted 14 January 2015 I like cricket, I really do but I don't know enough about it to pass comment and I'm not even sure why, it's probably 'cos I've never played. Get involved you'll be fine. You see Woakes' catch in that match? Koko the Clown would have been proud of those juggling skills! I did Hell of an effort I'm still scarred by previous World Cup efforts, 1999 and 2003 were comical finishes mixed with some fantastic displays. Don't think we'll win it but we could reach the semi-finals. We were hard done to from memory, walkover v Zimbabwe cost us in the latter (remember Kenya reaching the semi-finals that tournament? ) and the Saffers letting their mates through in 99' did us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corky Posted 14 January 2015 Share Posted 14 January 2015 We were hard done to from memory, walkover v Zimbabwe cost us in the latter (remember Kenya reaching the semi-finals that tournament? ) and the Saffers letting their mates through in 99' did us. We bashed Pakistan in 2003 (when Anderson came to prominence) and were thumping Australia before Bichel turned the game around. 1999 was worse given it was our own tournament, Bumble was coach How Australia won that I'll never know, beaten by the Kiwis in the group stage and South Africa bottled it twice (no surprise there) in the Super Six and the semi. As a consolation our exits were nothing on South Africa's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stadt Posted 14 January 2015 Share Posted 14 January 2015 Get involved you'll be fine.I can follow from a distance just about but I don't follow domestic cricket so that's probably why I'm not clued up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theessexfox Posted 14 January 2015 Share Posted 14 January 2015 I haven't watched enough cricket over the last few months to comment too much but I've never rated Chris Woakes as an international. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aus Fox Posted 14 January 2015 Share Posted 14 January 2015 Any Foxes coming over for the World Cup? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leicsmac Posted 16 January 2015 Share Posted 16 January 2015 Well. This is going well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest MattP Posted 16 January 2015 Share Posted 16 January 2015 Batting problems solved now Cook has been dropped. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
surrifox Posted 16 January 2015 Share Posted 16 January 2015 what a bunch of utterly useless cvnts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobby Hundreds Posted 16 January 2015 Share Posted 16 January 2015 I'm confident the batting will, in time, get to where it needs to be, although we still miss a really powerful opener (Carberry isn't that old!!!). You can't open the bowling with the likes of Woakes though, he's such an average cricketer, I really don't get what England see in him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I am Rod Hull Posted 18 January 2015 Share Posted 18 January 2015 Nowt to do with England I know but take a bow, AB. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swarles Barkley Posted 18 January 2015 Share Posted 18 January 2015 nothing to do with england, but de villiers knock today. bloody hell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ttfn Posted 18 January 2015 Share Posted 18 January 2015 nothing to do with england, but de villiers knock today. bloody hell. It's one thing (and a pretty phenomenal thing at that) to hit a 16 ball 50. It's another thing altogether to hit a 31 ball 100. It's absolutely ludicrous to hit a 44 ball 149. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corky Posted 19 January 2015 Share Posted 19 January 2015 What a detestable little runt David Warner is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aus Fox Posted 19 January 2015 Share Posted 19 January 2015 What a detestable little runt David Warner is.[/quote Is there a more unlikable character in world sport? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marko Posted 19 January 2015 Share Posted 19 January 2015 What a detestable little runt David Warner is. What has he done now? Apart from being a bogan of course. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
purpleronnie Posted 19 January 2015 Share Posted 19 January 2015 What has he done now? Apart from being a bogan of course. Speak English, speak English. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marko Posted 19 January 2015 Share Posted 19 January 2015 Speak English, speak English. I've just read about it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Finnegan Posted 19 January 2015 Share Posted 19 January 2015 I'm a massive lefty, we all know that. But didn't Warner just tell a bloke who was insulting him in Hindi to have some balls and insult him in English? What's wrong with that? Just all sledging isn't it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest MattP Posted 19 January 2015 Share Posted 19 January 2015 I was going to say I don't see what Warner has done wrong, Rohit happily told him in English as well after he had asked. Although he is a bogan. That there is no doubt. England v India tonight and for once a one day match against them where we'll have crowd support with it being in Australia. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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