International cricket thread

http://www.espncricinfo.com/ireland/engine/match/858491.html

Pakistan were trashed in the t20. I watched some of it in the background, one of the all time worst t20 innings from Shezhad. :eek:

Their A team got trashed today as well, quite a few big hopes in that team.

http://www.espncricinfo.com/Ireland/engine/match/860397.html


They really need the test team to do something next week, think we could be seeing some very few lean years for Pakistan.

No wonder why they can't wait for Amir to come back. :eek:

riffmongous wrote: »

7 wickets and 22 balls remaining, it's amazing just how uncompetitive Pakistan are, imagine Bangladesh doing a full tour sweep :O

Rain is supposed to come in the tests luckily for them.:p

To be fair a middle order of Ali/Younis/Misbah/Shafiq/Sarfraz is pretty strong in that format if a road.

However I'd be worried about Ajmal if he plays tests, he looked very poor in the ODI stuff and if he has to bowl a long period, quite possible his action could fall apart. I know others were very suspicious after one of the games.

If he gets called again, he is done.

Yeah its a disgrace tbh. Test cricket has a fanbase that is dwindling sadly and they serve up a road like that?

very grim this.:mad:
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-32858940

riffmongous wrote: »

I hope there is a serious investigation into this with the ICC involved, shocking stuff

Agreed, they can't turn a blind eye to this and yeah whoever is responsible needs to be named and shamed.

Australia have decisions to make. They couldn't fit both Starc and Hazelwood in I suppose?

Shame Voges isn't ten years younger but he has to play now. What a debut?

Is the younger Marsh that bowls fit? He should be in Watson's place surely.

Australia look good to retain the Ashes.

http://www.espncricinfo.com/west-indies-v-australia-2015/engine/match/810425.html

Yeah so Jerome Taylor has a good day, just a shame the rest of the bowlers are not good enough. I like Holder but he doesn't have enough pace to trouble the top sides in test cricket just yet, while Roach has been dire since he returned. Adamant he was one of the most under rated bowlers in tests before this year, but wow its sad to see him these days.

Permaul is average.

Don't see the Aussies not trashing them.

riffmongous wrote: »

277 runs in the end

Normally I hate curators who prepare roads, but the Aussies will have to do that as this shower are touring for Christmas best of luck preparing a pitch for them to last more than 3 days then:pac::pac:

booth70 wrote: »

The Bangers continue to impress in the shorter version of the game .....

For India .... Getting hammered by Australia is one thing but to lose to Bangladesh??!!!...... Now that's a new low......Even for Indian cricket!!!!

Firstly, I love Rahane as a test batsman, but unless he opens in ODI cricket, he shouldn't be anywhere near the squad, his innings was a killer today.

Dhoni is not the player he once was either, with Srini gone he may be vulnerable, although supposedly Shastri is a Dhoni yes man.:(


Its crazy that with the IPL, India don't have a Buttler, Maxwell or even a Russell, a player who in the last 10-15 overs if they get in can cause absolute carnage. I'd like India to have a look at Hooda and Yadev in the next year or so for that role, the days of Dhoni slaughtering you at the death look gone.

Kohli needs to get out of his 2015 rut, with Dhoni and Rahane not doing much, he needs to regain his form.


Although at least Jadeja made 20 today, small steps and all that. :eek:

Wake up India and stop playing ODI cricket as if its 1992, farcical.

Although well done Bangladesh another resounding victory against one of their big brothers.

booth70 wrote: »

I wouldn't go to that extreme in my criticism:D... they did win the World cup 4 years ago and the Champions Trophy 2 years ago

But they do have a huge problem in both formats of the game.....Dhoni has reached his sell by date.....he defo needs to go and I hope he takes his useless chums Mohit, Jadega and Rayudu with him

Having watched the way Kohli captain and behave on the field I am not sure now that he has the right temperament for the captaincy

That Dhoni is the best choice as captain among the current crap of players that India have is saying someting......Looks like Indian cricket is screwed for another few years at least :mad::mad:

Its tricky really as ultimately one series isn't something to panic about and they may bounce back against Lanka and South Africa and this will all be forgotten about which is fair enough.

However I thought their approach yesterday was dire, Raina and Dhoni going at a strike rate of 60:eek:

I appreciate they had to rebuild, but they needed to be a little more positive than that, heck they were blocking Nasir bloody Hossain out.:eek::eek:

Raina is an incredibly positive and aggressive player, but watching him bat as if he was playing for England in 1992 was very sad.

Dhoni probably needs a break, but I fear he could be finished as well.

However guys like Samson will never get a chance when he has such control over Indian cricket.

Jadeja? I won't comment, to be fair he was handy in 2013, maybe he get back to that, but ultimately if he is going to get bat top 7, he needs to offer more.

Rayudu is an incredibly boring selection, why not give some youngsters an opportunity? They may fail, but the world cup is years away, lets have a look at the likes of Iyer, Pandya, Samson and heck even Hoooooooooda.


I actually think the batting line up in test cricket is strong enough, wouldn't be to concerned with it.

I think with ODI cricket, they just need to be a little more positive and maybe try one or two players, they haven't turned useless overnight.:)

Spot on.:)

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Hey @ICC, you're the ones who don't think it's worth having minnows at world cups, are you watching South Africa vs Japan? #changecricket