England International Cricket Summer 2022

VillaMad

A thread for the England cricket summer of 2022.

England play 3 test matches against New Zealand.

3 ODI series with the Netherlands.

The postponed 5th test match with India and 3 T20's and 3 ODI's.

Finally they face South Afrrica in 3 T20's, 3 ODI's and 3 Test Matches.

VillaMad

Opening day against New Zealand with the start of the Stokes/McCullum era and it couldn't have gone better for them reducing New Zealand to 39-6 at lunch.

Anderson, Broad and Potts have been superb and haven't given New Zealand much at all. The only blemish being Jack Leach who in trying to stop a boundary landed on the back of his neck and having had tests has been ruled out with concussion.

Thankfully the rules in cricket have now changed and Matt Parkinson will replace him.

Strumms

57/7… only tuning in but Christ, for as well as England have bowled my predictions on how poor this New Zealand lineup are, are sadly coming true…. I was crossing my fingers for something of a competitive series … hmmm

Strumms

England might have started to get a little twitchy about this partnership as runs we’re starting to flow a bit but Southee departs for a nifty 26 pulling it to deep fine leg… Patel doesn’t have the most impressive pedigree with the bat so can’t see much more wag in the tail.

but is De Grandhomme can take most of the strike they might put on another 50..

VillaMad

England lose Crawley who nicks off after a well made 43, but they are well in command.

Pope in at 3 now and although his talent is proven at county level, he has been pretty poor at Test level. Looks like however he goes, Stokes will give him a number of chances at 3.

Strumms

Pope comes in at 3 scores 7 off 27 and departs to the sort of shot Jimmy Anderson would cringe at. 75/2

VillaMad

Just bowl at 4th or 5th stump and he is trouble.

His scores at County level are brilliant but everytime I see him at test level he just looks like a fish out of water. Might be another Mark Ramprakash or Graeme Hick who simply couldn't hack it at international level.

Strumms

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119150362#Comment_119150362

yes, that step up isn’t attainable for everyone..but to put him in there averaging just 28.6.. hmmmmm

great catch by Southee but Root won’t relive that shot with much fondnesses…

One or two more wickets before stumps and NZ are right back in this.

Strumms

Root and Lees both depart quickly… both to awful shots…

Xander10

Having watched some of NZs batting effort, I thought this game was dead in the water.

Some collapse by England again.

Xander10

Did take much to take the tailenders. A lead of 9 for England.

Strumms

3 England batsmen get double figures.

last 7 batsmen score a total of 44 runs between them.

disasterous.

Strumms

Positive start by England, having New Zealand 36-3… England will be hopeful of chasing 200 or less..

Xander10

Potts debut has been the only stand out so far.

VillaMad

England playing their first ODI for 11 months today against the Netherlands in a 3 match series as part of the World Cup Super League.

None of the test team involved for England and they lost Roy early when he was bowled by his cousin Shane Snater.

Since then Malan and Salt have been dominant but both survived close shouts with Malan overturning what looked like a certain LBW and Salt had a shot dropped.

Currently England are 115-1 off 16 overs with Salt marching towards a first ODI century.

VillaMad

England now 283/2 off 36 overs.

Centuries for Salt and Malan and now Buttler has come to the crease and it hitting plenty of sixes. This score should be well north of 400.

A couple of bad drops from the Dutch with the pressure in the field getting to them.

Strumms

346/2 off 41… fûck… some great shots but the bowling and fielding is absolute dogshît…. England absolutely set for 400+. 20 off the last over…

absolutely pointless fixture….actually pointless series as it’s a 3 match one.

Jos Buttler with a century off 47 deliveries.

VillaMad

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119215309#Comment_119215309

Feel a bit for the Netherlands though as they have a few missing because they are playing in the T20 Blast and obviously this bowling attack is just rubbish really.

Jos Buttler could easily get a double century when all is said and done. England's own record of 481 that they got against Australia 4 years ago is also under major threat.

Strumms

400 up off 43.5

feel sorry for The Netherlands too… got a sorry feeling that this isn’t exactly going to be a learning experience more a demoralising experience for them.. you won’t learn much getting absolutely destroyed like this. Half trackers, wides and no balls a plenty but plenty of great batting too…

16 off that over, every over is a double figure score.

VillaMad

Morgan brings himself out in front of Livingstone and is out LBW from his first ball. Morgan's batting is declining quickly.

Royale with Cheese

That Morgan LBW might have actually been a bad review for Netherlands in the end.

Strumms

32 runs off that over 😅🤣 Livingstone on 33 off 7 balls.

VillaMad

Livingstone hits 33 off his first 7 balls. Madness!

Strumms

England could get 500 here, won’t be far off.

Strumms

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119215515#Comment_119215515

36 in a couple of months … might be better off relinquishing the captaincy and concentrate on simply playing the game.

VillaMad

498 runs. Incredible hitting.

Strumms

498/4 after 50 overs….

Butler 162* off 70.

Net run rate of 9.96

The highest ever international 50 over score.. EVER.

beating 481/6 that England also posted against Australia

Strumms

Won’t be sitting in watching the Netherlands batting innings.

Got to leave around 4 but if I didn’t it’s a pretty pointless exercise when it’s just this uncompetitive.

Strumms

England win at a canter by 232 runs… im not very familiar with the Netherlands side but if as has been alluded to… some of their best players are playing club cricket in England and we’re not released or didn’t ask to be…. Not really in the spirit of the sport and players, nations improving… England too would have put a good degree of effort into preparing, traveling etc… but the Netherlands “ no my county need me “ ..county ? Absolutely no degree of courtesy for the sport or the travelling opposition…

even with that record I’d imagine the English won’t see it as anything aside from a glorified hit session…

VillaMad

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119217160#Comment_119217160

Colin Ackermann, Fred Klaassen and Roelof van der Merwe were all playing in the Blast tonight while Brandon Glover is on the fringes at Northamptonshire. Paul van Meekeren and Timm van der Gugten were both injured but even if they weren't, they would have been with their respective counties.

Hard to blame the players as they rely on their county contract for a living and obviously don't want to do anything that would jeopardise that. Surely the ICC though should have something in place to prevent this as that made the game today a bit of mockery and I imagine the other 2 games in the series will be very much the same.

Strumms

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119217583#Comment_119217583

100%.

the ICC should ensure that there is a release available for internationally selected players.

also county sides need to have a bit of cop on, from board level to managers and coaches… but in that absence the ICC need to be stronger… show leadership.

the international competitive fixtures are the pinnacle of the sport. Therefore the best players have to be available..

Strumms

So I’ve nothing to do tomorrow, looked forward to the next NZ vs ENG test but got my dates and fixtures mixed up 🤪 and instead it’s another NED vs ENG.. or in other words a nice competitive training session for the England lads..that just happens to be on TV…victories by 232 runs and 6 wickets for England and a debacle of a water damaged pitch robbing the cricket loving public and players of 18 overs… not too positive a series for the Dutch unfortunately…. Maybe ‘experience’ will stand them in good stead… England will be confident so unless the Dutch bowlers can sort themselves out, a hammering is incoming.

Doodah7

So Maxwell Patrick O'Dowd (born in Auckland) makes a fifty for Netherlands against England this morning. Judging by his name, surely he would have had an option to play for Ireland?

Fattybojangles

Are any of the Dutch players actually Dutch like what is the point of this?

Strumms

The Dutch have SFA to call on in their bowling department… load of medium pacers and a spinner Dutt.. who has 7 wickets in 8 matches, only 19 granted but the sort of half arsed looking technique that one might if they didn’t know better, think he had been picked up while standing at a bus stop on his way to sell lucky bags outside the zoo….

Strumms

Van Meekeren bowling a delivery that bounces twice on the pitch before getting to Buttler.. replay shows it didn’t slip out of his grip… Jos hits it and the next delivery for 6…20 from the over.

England win with 19.5 overs to spare.

this Dutch side is probably the worst international team that I’ve seen sadly in 30+ years of watching cricket…

bowlers are clueless, heaps of half trackers, full tosses, wides, all sorts of extras….

Strumms

Back to test cricket…

New Zealand being pummelled at Edgebaston. Henry Nicholls is out caught by Lees off Leachs bowling… a bizarre dismissal..as bizarre as I’ve seen since I’ve been watching cricket….

Nicholls slaps Leach down the pitch, hits his mates Mitchell’s bat on the full and ricochets up to Lees to take a simple catch.

mad dismissal… NZ 123/5 at tea… scoring no runs, run rate 2.2 and England two wickets from the tail.

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119239794#Comment_119239794

And now Blundell is given out to a very iffy LBW decision - but he can't review it because DRS isn't working!

Strumms

257/6…

from 83/4 then 123/5 this is a properly impressive and important comeback.

Mitchel with 83 from 196… watchful 😅

England will be hopeful of knocking them over for under 300 but if NZ can squeeze another 80 runs out of this partnership and the tail it’s really from down and out to having a chance of winning.

Strumms

Oddly defensive field to both Southee & Mitchel off Broad. One slip, even though the ball is doing a bit and has headed towards the slips from the edges of batsmen constantly throughout the innings….

a spell of poor bowling, bowlers not finding their lengths and being punished….and again…

Outstanding innings from Mitchell, again, in a fairly average NZ batting series.

His test average is hovering around legendary status.

Strumms

i didn’t realise that 59.7 is his average.. 🫣 incredible

England need these two wickets asap.

dinorebel

Delighted for Leach he's really had to fight to have a career in cricket.

nice bit of green

Anyone listen to the England games on Guerilla Cricket? I find it really enjoyable.

Strumms

That’s a hell of a delivery by Boult… far better batsmen than Pope would be walking back to the pavilion after been on the receiving end of one of those.. Pope will be disappointed only to score a handful but he got a good one there.

Boult Boult Boult! Met Eireann was correct to forecast lightning for this afternoon!

And Southee joins the party! England 21-4.

Crawley is a dreadful test batsman. Seems like he’s there on connections and how he looks rather than any substance.

The Stokes/Bairstow attack approach is probably England’s best but it won’t come off a good bit of the time.

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119243984#Comment_119243984

Correct! Now 55 - 6 this is fun!

Strumms

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119243984#Comment_119243984

only averages a shade over 30 in the first class game… 27.21 in tests…so one has to ask what he’s doing getting picked… so many similarities with his old man.

England’s best chance here is a deterioration in the weather forecast.

VillaMad

Jamie Overton looking a much more competent batsmen than expected and with Bairstow continuing his decent form, England are at the very least getting some sort of below par score.

Stokes played a bit too agressive for me and you can tell that he is almost trying to signal to the other players about how to play but trying to hit every shot for a boundary was a little silly. You can tell that he was trying to turn the pressure back on the bowlers and it was fine to hit out to try to get the field out and get the bowler off his lines, but to stay with the same tactic was always asking to get out.

Bairstow has played it perfectly so far. He is on the attack but is not losing his shape or playing massively risky shots.

Strumms

Bairstow has that mentality I’ve always liked… throw the kitchen sink at any and ALL bad deliveries no matter where they pitch, line or length… and just try and play everything else as efficiently as possible.