England WC squad announced (Stokes un-retires)

[sage]

Quite similar to 2019.

 

[sage]

 

Brooks out

[Lord]

Surprised they went with Roy. Crawley or Salt seem better options now. 

 

Brook should still have made it ahead of Malan

[vvvslaxman]

21 minutes ago, Lord said:

Surprised they went with Roy. Crawley or Salt seem better options now. 

 

Brook should still have made it ahead of Malan

 

IPL experience probably played a role. Salt also clicked in a couple of matches. But Salt is mainly for T20. 

[vvvslaxman]

4 hours ago, sage said:

 

Brooks out

 

 

That is a surprise. He can bowl too albeit dibbly dobbly stuff.  Livingstone as a part time leggie/offie will bring more to the table. They have too many seamers including Stokes. 6 of them. Woakes/Stokes/Willey/Topley/ Curran/Wood. Why do they need Willey and Topley both together. They could dispense with one seamer and include Brook. 

[AKane]

Gus Atkinson

 

Right arm Fast...... supposedly able to bowl 95 mph.

 

Woakes, Wood, Atkinson, Stokes, Moeen, Root, Curran/Livingstone...... not bad.

[cricketfan28]

will win again.

[Gollum]

Don't understand their obsession with Malan. Surprised to see Brook out.

[raki05]

2 hours ago, Gollum said:

Don't understand their obsession with Malan. Surprised to see Brook out.

Malan is like Mandeep Singh no body likes him but he will always be not just picked by one or the other franchises but also gets picked in playing xi.

Edited August 18, 2023 by raki05

[Nikhil_cric]

On 8/18/2023 at 6:12 AM, Gollum said:

Don't understand their obsession with Malan. Surprised to see Brook out.

Check his record in the last couple of years. He is their best option in the top order and a left-hander to boot. 

[Lord]

On 8/22/2023 at 3:20 AM, Nikhil_cric said:

Check his record in the last couple of years. He is their best option in the top order and a left-hander to boot. 

 

Only good thing is he's left hander. Brook and Root offer more otherwise.

[Nikhil_cric]

12 minutes ago, Lord said:

 

Only good thing is he's left hander. Brook and Root offer more otherwise.

And that's very important. Since 2021, the white balls have been swinging a lot more upfront. Malan has scored tons in difficult conditions in this period. Brook is not ready to play in the top order

[Serpico]

Malan has ideal game for ODIs 

[vvvslaxman]

Brook has a 100 in 41 balls. Not sure if they will find him a last minute spot

[Nikhil_cric]

2 hours ago, vvvslaxman said:

Brook has a 100 in 41 balls. Not sure if they will find him a last minute spot

They should bring him in and bat him at 4, Stokes at 5 and Buttler at 6. 

 

There's no need for both Willey and Curran in that squad. Curran can operate in the death as well as in other phases so he should be selected imo and they are way too similar otherwise. 

 

Malan

Bairstow  (back up keeper)

Roy (spare opener)

Root   (6th bowler)

Brook (7th bowler if necessary)

Stokes

Buttler

Livingston (spare MO batter)

Curran  (bowling AR)

Woakes  (bowling AR)

Moeen (spare AR at 7)

Rashid

Wood

Toppley

Atkinson (spare bowler)

 

That squad is a lot more balanced. 

 

 

Edited August 25, 2023 by Nikhil_cric

[Lord]

Roy ahead of Brook is a travesty.

[vvvslaxman]

40 minutes ago, Nikhil_cric said:

They should bring him in and bat him at 4, Stokes at 5 and Buttler at 6. 

 

There's no need for both Willey and Curran in that squad. Curran can operate in the death as well as in other phases so he should be selected imo and they are way too similar otherwise. 

 

Malan

Bairstow  (back up keeper)

Roy (spare opener)

Root   (6th bowler)

Brook (7th bowler if necessary)

Stokes

Buttler

Livingston (spare MO batter)

Curran  (bowling AR)

Woakes  (bowling AR)

Moeen (spare AR at 7)

Rashid

Wood

Toppley

Atkinson (spare bowler)

 

That squad is a lot more balanced. 

 

 

 

Way too many seamers for Indian conditions.

[Lord]

9 minutes ago, vvvslaxman said:

 

Way too many seamers for Indian conditions.

Rashid, Moeen,Livi,Root are enough spin bowling options

[vvvslaxman]

3 minutes ago, Lord said:

Rashid, Moeen,Livi,Root are enough spin bowling options

 

I mean they can drop a seamer and bring in Brook

[Lord]

3 minutes ago, vvvslaxman said:

 

I mean they can drop a seamer and bring in Brook

 

yes this Atkinson guy has been picked without any experience. Weird move.