Recent content by Owzat

I don't mind decent discussion come debate, but when people start becoming dismissive and abusive then I don't need the aggro. Not going to even bother replying from now on :noway

Decent total from England, when they were on course for 300 or less I wasn't convinced it would be enough but Buttler's third (?) contribution in a row may lead to England's first win of the two series down under

Actually some countries can recruit, if you think all Scotland and Ireland are born and bred Scottish and Irish you're na?ve. But to cite the transfer possibilities is only taking one angle, and if all clubs/counties didn't bring in new recruits then there wouldn't be a difference so the...

That's not very forward thinking, "taking away" Test status just reinforces the very dated process of awarding it in the first place, something the ICC should have moved past long before Bangladesh were given Test status. It reinforces the elitism that Test cricket conveys, as unfortunately...

Well exactly. Sometimes it can be a set up, a series of deliveries that gets the batsman out, but some prefer the snorter or the Jaffa of a delivery that does for a batsman all ends up. Personally I just prefer a good contest between bat and ball, the one mode of dismissal I don't like is...

I think it is more or less scapegoating, while Cook hasn't been a brilliant captain, England's failings go a lot deeper and you'd have to break up the old skool of selection and management as well, and restructure a lot. What happened domestically? England tried 50 overs in the domestic...

Test cricket: ICC has talks over two-tier structure A two-tier Test system with promotion and relegation is to be discussed by the International Cricket Council. The ICC has drafted a plan which would see greater control of world cricket given to the governing bodies of England, Australia and...

A good or even great ODI player does not make a Test auto pick, just take probably one of the greatest England ODI batsmen and fielders of all time in Neil Fairbrother, awesome in ODIs and a Test average of something like 15. And anyone leaving him out of the all-time England ODI XI should...

Stokes on, takes a wicket which only Jordan has also done, then is off after conceding 10 runs in his second over which is not exactly expensive in the circumstances given (England conceding about six an over) England desperately need wickets, although I think the game is gone unless Broad can...

Ok, can only assume Jordan bowled a fifth over from the off here because England needed a wicket at 50/1 off 8 overs, and at 44/2 off 8 overs in the previous match with Jordan having taken all wickets cited, they didn't :thumbs Or maybe Cook has learned something, probably not. One extra over...

Obviously with Rankin he couldn't bowl, but then I ask has he brought anything to England except a lame duck that theoretically could take wickets? It's rather moot, Cook as captains before him don't captain so much as go through some kind of preset rotation. What decent captain, or indeed...

England somehow managed to lose that despite having the aussies 120/5 after 23 overs. There may be a good reason, but why did Jordan come off after only four overs with figures of 4-0-20-2!?!? It's very interesting to compare the figures before and after that 23rd over point, from where the...

Better from England, could just about break the 300 mark (EDIT : not quite). Shows what happens when you get off to a decent start and someone makes a start count. 59/1 off 12 overs, although Root doesn't look as if he's ODI material at the moment, maybe a knock on from being dropped in the...

Depends what all-rounders South Africa have. I wouldn't advocate including a batsman who can bowl as the fifth bowler in an ODI, so would think they'd need to include five main bowlers, but in Tests there is no reason they can't get away with four main bowlers and part-time back-up. After all...

There will always be bias, and of course those who trot out the line about how watching the game makes experts more than stats ignore that factor and indeed the game is about stats which is what makes it special. The main difficulty with picking an all-time XI, be it overall or by country is...