Macho Man up next?
Macho Man up next?
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Colly.Originally Posted by Rors
Anyway series over.
Time for the main event in 4 days time
A T20 match which starts at half 6.....
No doubt players will come off at 7.45pm
England squad performance
Alastair Cook 6/10 - Given a higher mark than his performance merits because he has tried very hard this series but it just hasn't gone for him with the bat. Like his predecessor Strauss is a rather Conservative captain and won't take any unnecessary risks...field setting hasn't been great but has had a canny knack of picking bowlers at just the right time.
Joe Root 5/10 - With the exception of his second innings at Lords has had an Ashes series to forget, gives you the impression that he could do well once he gets settled at the crease.
Jonathan Trott 5/10 - Gives you the impression he is trying too hard, this has been his first bad patch in the England side....reasonably good performance at the Oval gives you confidence to think he will be back in form by the time we play again in November.
Keven Pietersen 4/10 - Overall total isn't bad (though poor by his standards) but you feel that Pietersen is getting himself out by playing at shots he doesn't need to in order to both prove a point and entertain the crowd.
Ian Bell 9/10 - When we have reached over 300 in an innings it's usually because of the contribution of this man an excellent performance in an otherwise poor series for Batsmen.
Matt Prior 5/10 - Subdued with the bat and with the gloves has been very ordinary
Stuart Broad 6/10 - Mr Inconsistency, excellent spells in the second innings at the riverside and at the Oval offset with rather listless token contributions throughout the rest of the series.
Johnny Bairstow 4/10 - A wicket keeper batsmen who looks susceptible with the bat playing across the stumps and obviously had no oportunity to displace Prior as wicket keeper.
Graeme Swann 8/10 - Deserves to be the highest wicket taker in the series, nothing spectacular just bowls over after over and keeps a good economy rate for a spinner and wears the batsman down.
James Anderson 7/10 - On form the best fast bowler there is, not perhaps his imperious best but with the wickets shared out much of the burden was taken off him.
Tim Bresnan 7/10 - Series cut short by back injury generally looked decent with both bat and ball....should be a starter in Australia.
Steve Finn 4/10 - Very expensive with the ball
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Not really fair giving points to Woakes and Kerrigan as were both thrown in at the deep end rather although Woakes looked pretty decent with the bat.
As an aside England are now back to no2 in the test rankings
Ain't he ever...Oh right.
Broadly agree, I'd go a mark higher for Anderson despite his occasional barren spells, and Bresilad was invaluable with both ball and bat when call upon. Trott in particular needs to sort it out - today's biff does not atone for a very awkward looking series.
Extremely harsh on KP.
Not at his best but vastly better than Cook and Trott.
And also, if you're out playing a shot, nothing wrong with that. If you're out when you leave or block a ball which happens all the time, that is the embarrassing wicket cos the whole point of blocking is to not get out.
Anderson for me was a 6/10.
Bar the first test, very ordinary. I heard people call him the best in the worldThe likes of Dale Steyn and Sharma must be rolling in their graves
Rolling in their graves do you know something I don't?Bar the first test, very ordinary. I heard people call him the best in the world
And leaving shots you don't need to play is the difference between a test cricketer and a one day cricketer, Pietersen batted through the series like a one day cricketer with the exception of his knock at Old Trafford which came after a patience build up from him.
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