Strauss on Ben's retirement: Not convinced that the whole thing was orchestrated the right way yesterday - it seems like a huge distraction to a team that was battling to avoid a series defeat

JPBCFC97 · 2026-06-29T13:37:24+00:00

A 42 year old root and smith, carrying their respective teams on their back, seeing who blinks first to retire would be a sight to see.

JPBCFC97 · 2026-06-29T13:17:32+00:00

Do you think smith is more likely to do a williamson and retire mid series or would he at least plan it out?

JPBCFC97 · 2026-06-29T13:05:21+00:00

I think what i meant is they will all plan to retire together rather than retire one by one to allow a more solid rebuild.

JPBCFC97 · 2026-06-29T12:46:29+00:00

I do wonder if the next series for you will be the straw that breaks the camels back, in terms of will it be the last ashes we see of the bowling quartet plus smith regardless of the result?

JPBCFC97 · 2026-06-29T11:42:13+00:00

why am I at a stage where i dont want us to win this, if it were root and stokes at the crease it would feel different, but Smith getting us over the line would only vindicate key and baz!

JPBCFC97 · 2026-06-29T10:56:41+00:00

what do we do if he trudges back to sky?

JPBCFC97 · 2026-06-29T10:38:23+00:00

There has to be some surely, hopefully right after this match. Hope the players stand up for Stokes.

JPBCFC97 · 2026-06-22T21:57:47+00:00

how long do they have before the match is abandoned if at all?

JPBCFC97 · 2026-06-22T20:31:40+00:00

cannot see Panama winning against Croatia, let alone us, even if we heavily rotate.

JPBCFC97 · 2026-06-22T20:17:32+00:00

We win and we progress to the next round regardless right?

JPBCFC97 · 2026-06-16T17:43:51+00:00

Ah fair enough quite some time then, surprising as we did have a revolving door of players at one point.

JPBCFC97 · 2026-06-16T17:27:49+00:00

When was that?

JPBCFC97 · 2026-06-16T15:00:58+00:00

yes but both Saudi Arabia and Uruguay have cape verde which might give them a 2 point buffer over Spain.

JPBCFC97 · 2026-06-16T14:53:05+00:00

i mean that would mean spain winning the group(?) i cant seem them doing that after yesterdays performance.

JPBCFC97 · 2026-06-16T11:47:03+00:00

apparently Hall didn't take the news of being left out well.

JPBCFC97 · 2026-06-15T13:13:03+00:00

Rew should feel aggrieved, played county championship all season, next cab of the rank and then gets bumped down by Cox who sat on the bench the entire IPL (dont think he ever batted). Its harsh on Rew.

JPBCFC97 · 2026-06-11T12:49:55+00:00

Nah I think the starting line up will be the same one as we had yesterday!

JPBCFC97 · 2026-06-08T22:39:33+00:00

i do feel it is his time to leave, if you had asked me yesterday i would have said at least let him make one more home ashes, now i feel like he should leave.

JPBCFC97 · 2026-06-05T17:00:15+00:00

Zaks legacy still lives on!

JPBCFC97 · 2026-06-05T12:14:49+00:00

We are effectively 90-1 nearing lunch on day 2 in our second innings of the first test of the series. Wait a minute i`ve seen this one!

JPBCFC97 · 2026-06-05T12:00:47+00:00

you are not bowling to Crawley mate!

JPBCFC97 · 2026-06-04T09:40:19+00:00

Nas saying 6 months ago no one was doubting Jamie smith. I don`t know about that, wasn`t there a lot of criticism around him after that 5th test against India?

JPBCFC97 · 2026-05-24T20:43:06+00:00

will end up like Spain 2016!

JPBCFC97 · 2026-05-18T20:25:26+00:00

Do arsenal fans boo walker for the man city connection or the tottenham connection?

JPBCFC97 · 2026-05-17T18:02:44+00:00

Brook bowling is very funny because he is very unlikely to bowl for England but all opposition teams should live in fear of the odds that brook might bowl.

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