rjw63 Posted May 2 Share Posted May 2 1 hour ago, Avfc96 said: Josh Baker has passed away. 20-year-old spinner for Worcester and was playing for their second XI yesterday. So very sad. Wow, died of what I wonder? None of the online reports say anything. Very odd. Especially if he was playing yesterday. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avfc96 Posted May 10 Share Posted May 10 Guardian reporting that this summer will be Jimmy's last. Great great career, but something seems to have gone over the past 18 months. Shame he didn't bow out with Broad last summer. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avfc96 Posted May 10 Share Posted May 10 Only needs 13 more wickets to have taken 1000 wickets for England, I really really hope he has one final swansong in him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Villan_of_oz Posted May 11 VT Supporter Share Posted May 11 Anderson just announced he will retire after the 1st test of Ashes at Lord's.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sharkyvilla Posted May 11 Share Posted May 11 I thought he bowled well in India. Even now he is probably the bowler you could count on being fit for a whole summer and the most skillful but it has to come to an end some time. I'm not sure I could really pick a reliable pace attack at the moment. Sounds like they want extra pace ready for the next away Ashes but they always get injured. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T-Dog Posted May 11 Share Posted May 11 1 hour ago, sharkyvilla said: I thought he bowled well in India. Even now he is probably the bowler you could count on being fit for a whole summer and the most skillful but it has to come to an end some time. I'm not sure I could really pick a reliable pace attack at the moment. Sounds like they want extra pace ready for the next away Ashes but they always get injured. It feels like it's been like that for a while, even when Broady was firing. They were both the players to turn it around, but I think age has finally caught them both out sadly. I don't really follow it as much as I should, who's next in line as the pace bowlers? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colhint Posted May 12 Share Posted May 12 Amy Jones, Sutton Coldfied lass, VIlla fan, Warwickshire and England keeper. Equalled record for most catches in a match yesterday including one worldie, Also overtook the magnificent Sarah Taylor in number of dismissals for England all in her 100th game. Also got player of the match. Not a bad day for her. Just think it warrants acknowledgement. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lapal_fan Posted May 12 Share Posted May 12 My lad got Player of the Match today in his first club (not county) game It was pairs cricket. He bowled 3 overs for 5 runs (1.67 economy), 1 wicket and no no-balls. Picked up 7 runs off 9 balls faced (his batting partner couldn't get the ball away from singles and kept pinching strike. Also nearly caught a great half chance and stopped about 12 runs from fielding on the boundary. Really proud of the fella. His schedule this week is training Tues, game wednesday, Thursday. Football training Friday, Worcester game Sunday. Then I'm out of the country for 5 days and miss 2 games . 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avfc96 Posted May 20 Share Posted May 20 Pretty spectacular f*** up over the past few days from Warwickshire, even by our own standards. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidcow Posted May 20 VT Supporter Share Posted May 20 4 hours ago, Avfc96 said: Pretty spectacular f*** up over the past few days from Warwickshire, even by our own standards. Unbelievable. To throw away such a massive lead is ridiculous. I do fear for them this season in all honesty. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avfc96 Posted May 20 Share Posted May 20 52 minutes ago, sidcow said: Unbelievable. To throw away such a massive lead is ridiculous. I do fear for them this season in all honesty. I do think this is the season we go, little to no recruitment over the past few years and once that happens it only goes one way. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avfc96 Posted June 4 Share Posted June 4 Good positive start from Scotland, sadly gone off for rain again. Jordan having a shocker once again, went for 15 off his over. 3 wickets at an average of 47 in 6 international T20's since the start of 2023. But this particular England set-up don't pick players on form, just their mates. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bannedfromHandV Posted June 4 Share Posted June 4 59 minutes ago, Avfc96 said: Good positive start from Scotland, sadly gone off for rain again. Jordan having a shocker once again, went for 15 off his over. 3 wickets at an average of 47 in 6 international T20's since the start of 2023. But this particular England set-up don't pick players on form, just their mates. To be fair, he’s an excellent fielder and a handy batter too on top of the bowling but overall I agree, he’s not done enough with the ball now for an extended period. England getting smacked all over the pitch, they’ll probably hope the game is abandoned now as Scotland likely to be well ahead on the D/L scoring Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bannedfromHandV Posted June 4 Share Posted June 4 And also the classic start to a tournament / big series for England, took an early wicket but off a no ball (Wood). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avfc96 Posted June 5 Share Posted June 5 Shame to see how much Ireland have gone backwards as a cricketing nation over the past 10 or so years. They genuinely had the potential to be a semi decent test team and more than capable limited overs side. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sharkyvilla Posted June 5 Share Posted June 5 (edited) 53 minutes ago, Avfc96 said: Shame to see how much Ireland have gone backwards as a cricketing nation over the past 10 or so years. They genuinely had the potential to be a semi decent test team and more than capable limited overs side. Brexit and ironically getting full Test match status didn't help them as now Ireland players have to play as overseas in county cricket, when counties are more likely to want players from established Test nations. Before you had the likes of Joyce, Rankin, Morgan, Porterfield, the O'Briens and others playing decent first class cricket between international matches. Edited June 5 by sharkyvilla Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
veloman Posted June 5 Share Posted June 5 1 hour ago, sharkyvilla said: Before you had the likes of Joyce, Rankin, Morgan, Porterfield, the O'Briens and others playing decent first class cricket between international matches. Good to see two Warks players in there. Always thought Boyd Rankin never quite lived up to expectations. He certainly had the physique for a fast bowler. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T-Dog Posted June 5 Share Posted June 5 Not normally a massive fan of T20 but enjoying the World Cup so far I gotta say. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avfc96 Posted June 5 Share Posted June 5 2 hours ago, veloman said: Good to see two Warks players in there. Always thought Boyd Rankin never quite lived up to expectations. He certainly had the physique for a fast bowler. Think injuries did for him in the end, also wasn't helped by the fact that his only England test appearance came in the final test of that Ashes series down under where the whole team just imploded. Quite a few on that tour never played for England again. KP, Carberry, Swann, Monty, Borthwick, Tremlett, Bresnan, Rankin and a couple only made a handful more appearances in Trott and Prior. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avfc96 Posted June 6 Share Posted June 6 Great start for the USA against Pakistan. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts