Cricket

[ainsworth74]

Who is this all-rounder called Coughlin who bats at number 10 for Durham ? He helped guide Durham from 184-8 to 334-9 with a score of 85, then took 3-42 when Lancashire batted.

A product of our academy hailing from Sunderland. He's been playing in the Durham 2nd's for a while now and obviously impressed enough there to earn a call up to the big leagues. I believe he'll have got his chance thanks to the injury's we're carrying (Onions and Harrison) and has most certainly impressed. Though I suspect his batting display might be a bit of fluke.

Hopefully he'll be able to seize his chance handed to him in the same way Borthwick and Stokes did a few seasons ago when they got a chance in the Championship side thanks to injury's.

 

[DownSouth]

The same as Adam Gilchrist who used to walk?

Gilly being an elite batsman instead of a specialist bowler, he would have known that he was not out and correctly stood his ground until given out (and reviewed if needed) if he had gloved the ball while not holding the bat. I'm sure that, just like Jos Buttler and stealing last week, this is one rule that Herath won't be getting mixed up if it happens to him again.

The other thing a proper batsman would have done in Herath's place would have been refer to DRS if he was given out as the number of wickets remaining and referrals remaining were equal at that point. It wouldn't just be speculative - it would have been worth checking for a no ball as Broad has previously been prone to overstepping when he's under pressure at big moments in a match.

(I'm sure he still does just not in this context )

He holds the record for the longest career without missing a Test for any reason so injury was obviously never a big issue for him, and for ex-wicketkeepers it tends to be tasks like writing or typing which are the most problematic

 

[Johnuk123]

Having fell out with cricket after our Australian nightmare I actually watched the last 2 hours. yesterday and we were very unlucky not to win.

Saying that we have a very ultra-conservative attitude and are a million miles from the team we had a couple of years ago.

 

[muddythefish]

"Gilly" was probably the only player I had any time for in that team because he played the game in the right spirit. As for the rest....

Only an antipodean would refer to him as "Gilly".

All references by the poster to "pie chuckers" and denigration of English cricket in general should be viewed in this context.

 

[andrew bell]

Well done to Sri Lanka for hanging on, but what on earth was Herath thinking by walking when his hand was several kilometres away from the bat and they had two reviews left, especially walking against Stuart Broad of all players?

Herath knew he hit it with his hands and saw the catch was taken and was given out, he thought his hand was still on the bat handle so he walked off, he must be commended for that. Personally I dont think any Australian (or English) batsman would of walked off if they had 2 reviews left, they would of reviewed it.

Overall though the draw was the right result, and after the misery of last winter, we have to say its a positive result for England.

 

[Whistler40145]

Peter Moores has announced that England need a front line Spinner, he's said that although Moeen Ali & Joe Root did a decent job, we still haven't found a permanent replacement for Graeme Swann, two names he's wanting to look at are Simon Kerrigan & Adam Riley. I think Monty Panesar is off the radar following his recent discipline problems.

Which other front line Spinners would be good?


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[Xenophon PCDGS]

hock:....How about this for a one-day International match....

India 105 all out (25.3 overs)
Taskin Ahmed 8-0-25-5

Bangladesh 58 all out (17.4 overs)
Binny 4.4-2-4-6....!!!!
An "England-like" ODI collapse from 44-3 to 58 all out
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A product of our academy hailing from Sunderland. He's been playing in the Durham 2nd's for a while now and obviously impressed enough there to earn a call up to the big leagues. I believe he'll have got his chance thanks to the injury's we're carrying (Onions and Harrison) and has most certainly impressed. Though I suspect his batting display might be a bit of fluke.

What an excellant debut match. Batting at number 10, scoring 85 and 15. Bowling returns of 3-42 and 1-46.

 

[muddythefish]

Well played Stuart Broad (again) - when he's on a hot streak there's no getter bowler in the world. Some players go through their careers without taking a hat-trick - he's now had two in his Test match career.

Cue silly comments from down under about "pie chuckers".

 

[Whistler40145]

Does the Forum think it's highly impossible that Jonathan Trott will ever pull on an England Shirt?

If yes, do you think Gary Ballance is good enough as a replacement?

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Does the Forum think it's highly impossible that Jonathan Trott will ever pull on an England Shirt?

I hope that this never occurs for his own personal well-being, which is far more important than any matter of sport, hence I will not answer the second part of the query.
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England 168-1 (61 overs)

Robson 77 not out
Ballance 61 not out

 

[ExRes]

Does the Forum think it's highly impossible that Jonathan Trott will ever pull on an England Shirt?

If yes, do you think Gary Ballance is good enough as a replacement?

I would say it's more like highly improbable rather than impossible, although cricket is usually called a team game Trott is a prime example of the reality of being a quality batsman, that is that you're on your own and you need self confidence more than anything else, he's lost that for now and will continue to struggle unless he finds it in himself again

Ballance ?, he's following in the footsteps of another of his fellow countrymen, Graeme Hick, except that I think he's got a better mental attitude and is more likely to succeed at international level, watch out for a clean sweep of England batting records once his feet are firmly under the table

 

[Whistler40145]

Hopefully, England have found a good opening batsman in Sam Robson.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

I would say it's more like highly improbable rather than impossible, although cricket is usually called a team game Trott is a prime example of the reality of being a quality batsman, that is that you're on your own and you need self confidence more than anything else, he's lost that for now and will continue to struggle unless he finds it in himself again

The way that I view it, strictly from a medical and not from a sport point of view, is that at the age of 33, his wife and child and a family life should take preference in the hope that his problems can be treated without the intense pressures of professional sport being heaped upon his fragile mental condition.

 

[Whistler40145]

I totally agree Paul, health & family come first, we all know Marcus Trescothick's problems. This might sound arrogant, but England need to concentrate on the future, so I don't personally consider Trott as part of those plans.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

I do despair at times on how England still have to realise that batting discipline is from the first to the last ball of play. Robson (127), Ballance (74) and Bell (64) all helped to build a strong batting platform up to 311-3, then in the spell of 4 overs in the last stages of the final period, for the cost to Sri Lanka of only two further runs, three wickets fall and England found themselves 313-6.

 

[Whistler40145]

We were shown the England of old yesterday, steadily putting on a decent total, then lost Robson & Bell, followed by a typical England collapse, we do really need to learn how to stay in, blocking more to the New Ball, then maybe we would only have been 4 down, let's hope our bowlers can rip through Sri Lanka.


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[Xenophon PCDGS]

We were shown the England of old yesterday, steadily putting on a decent total, then lost Robson & Bell, followed by a typical England collapse, we do really need to learn how to stay in, blocking more to the New Ball, then maybe we would only have been 4 down, let's hope our bowlers can rip through Sri Lanka.


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Just logged onto the match again...England now all out for 365, after being 311-3 at one time yesterday...
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Sri Lanka took their second innnings score on to 214-4 at close of play on day 3, giving them a lead of 106.
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Meanwhile, in the County Championship match at Old Trafford against Northants (played in bright sunshine) saw Lancashire slump at first to 33-3, but then a most determined fourth wicket stand of 332 between Ashwell Prince (161 not out) and Steven Croft (156) saw them reach close of play at 384-4.

 

[Whistler40145]

Good old Lancashire.

 

[CallySleeper]

IMO Alastair Cook shouldn't be captain.

I can't watch this any more.

 

[Whistler40145]

Me too, it's getting very painful to watch, but he'll never get the push.


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[Johnuk123]

Me too, it's getting very painful to watch, but he'll never get the push.


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He's living on long forgotten glories, remember when we had a cricket team that won a game now and then ?

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

A tale of two matches....

Sri Lanka finally all out in their second innings for 457. England reply so far with 40-2 with both Cook and Balance dismissed, still requiring to score a further 310 runs to win.

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Lancashire, who were 33-3 at one stage yesterday, finally learn to post a large total and eventually declare at 650-6, with Ashwell Prince 257 not out. Northants, in reply, are currently 113-7.

Lancashire's 40 year old evergreen pace bowler and team mentor, Glen Chapple, has figures of 15-4-42-4.

 

[CallySleeper]

e: 50-3.

 

[ainsworth74]

As England collapse in a heap and especially in light of their rather lacklustre bowling at times it's interesting, to me at least, to note that one Ben Stokes of Durham took 7 for 67 against Sussex this same afternoon...

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

As England collapse in a heap and especially in light of their rather lacklustre bowling at times it's interesting, to me at least, to note that one Ben Stokes of Durham took 7 for 67 against Sussex this same afternoon...

England 57-5....

In comparison with the England bowling figues in the Sri Lanka second innings, Prasad has figures of 6-1-15-4.

 

[ExRes]

As England collapse in a heap and especially in light of their rather lacklustre bowling at times it's interesting, to me at least, to note that one Ben Stokes of Durham took 7 for 67 against Sussex this same afternoon...

Thank you, rub it in on two fronts why don't you

 

[Johnuk123]

India will murder us if things stay as they are.

The way Cook is going is similar too Trott, no form whatsoever and in every match he just gets more tense.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

India will murder us if things stay as they are.

The way Cook is going is similar too Trott, no form whatsoever and in every match he just gets more tense.

A worrying sports comparison is beginning to appear between the England cricket team and the England football team.

 

[muddythefish]

A worrying sports comparison is beginning to appear between the England cricket team and the England football team.

.... add to that the rugby team.

Defeat tomorrow would complete a dreadful week for English sport.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Just logged onto the match again...England now all out for 365, after being 311-3 at one time yesterday...

As far as I am concerned, the batting slump shown above after such a good start in the England first innings, where the last seven wickets then only added a further 54 runs, was the reason why England lost this match. They should have gone on to post a total of 500+ in their first innings.