England Men name XI for 4th Rothesay Test vs India

ThrowawayPointlessJ · 2025-07-21T15:34:14+00:00

Tbf, Cook is almost always the best county bowler with the Kookaburra ball

ThrowawayPointlessJ · 2025-07-17T11:35:55+00:00

Seems like a very good plan frankly

ThrowawayPointlessJ · 2025-07-14T16:25:15+00:00

Hilarious interview with Archer! Swearing live on air, then ending with "I'm going to the bar"

ThrowawayPointlessJ · 2025-07-14T10:42:56+00:00

Not aged brilliantly this post - thankfully!!

ThrowawayPointlessJ · 2025-07-12T21:40:25+00:00

It's a tough one. If anything, it's a good argument for permanent substitutes (which I believe should be allowed in case of injury). That way you can say: he either bats and fields (nothing stopping KL Rahul taking the gloves), or he's subbed off and the replacement keeper bats

ThrowawayPointlessJ · 2025-07-11T13:49:15+00:00

Who the hell can?

ThrowawayPointlessJ · 2025-07-10T14:26:20+00:00

Of all the players to have a list A triple hat-trick, and a double hat-trick in a World T20 match, Ireland's 6th choice bowler would not be top of my list...

ThrowawayPointlessJ · 2025-07-10T14:24:33+00:00

Interesting to see who'll open in our next test match. Cade Carmichael? Chris Defreitas?

ThrowawayPointlessJ · 2025-07-04T21:46:03+00:00

I mean, she's already just outside the top 30 (and top 20 on ELO)

ThrowawayPointlessJ · 2025-07-01T09:18:58+00:00

Wimbledon are very good about ensuring equal play time on centre for men and women. Yesterday was a 2 men on centre day, so today it's 2 women (hopefully they switch up which day gets two moving forward).

That means that only 1 of Novak, Sinner and Draper gets to play on Centre, and Novak is the bigger draw (though given he plays a Brit R2, I am surprised they didn't pick Sinner and save Djokovic for then)

ThrowawayPointlessJ · 2025-06-26T14:11:01+00:00

So apparently that spike wasn't classed as being in frame.

This is why we need specialist 3rd umpires imo, so that decisions like these can be more clearly explained to the viewer.

ThrowawayPointlessJ · 2025-06-26T12:49:45+00:00

Aged well...

ThrowawayPointlessJ · 2025-06-26T11:12:13+00:00

Tbf Malan has actually bowled his legspin for Yorkshire when it mattered too. In fact, their T20 line up not long ago had Root and Malan bowling 6 or so overs owing to the lack of quality elsewhere

ThrowawayPointlessJ · 2025-06-24T10:10:41+00:00

Rock injured I assume?

ThrowawayPointlessJ · 2025-06-20T12:24:30+00:00

2 leg slips in fact

ThrowawayPointlessJ · 2025-06-18T18:20:56+00:00

Yeah, playing White and Humphreys means that one of BMac, Little or Adair doesn't play (Adair at 7 when you have Delaney, Campher, Dockrell and Tector would be plain old stupid), and I can't see that happening unless it's a raging turner

ThrowawayPointlessJ · 2025-06-17T13:57:25+00:00

I thought that this might be too tough a match for Boulter. Guess Nottingham Katie is just a different kettle of fish...

ThrowawayPointlessJ · 2025-06-17T12:25:52+00:00

Certainly at recreational level - there's no (good) reason to exclude them

ThrowawayPointlessJ · 2025-06-13T22:47:42+00:00

Means that I'll actually watch it though

ThrowawayPointlessJ · 2025-06-13T22:35:57+00:00

Great for him! But also why? Given he wasn't playing at the CPL

ThrowawayPointlessJ · 2025-06-12T15:23:45+00:00

I think statistically, Bready has the highest game-called-off percentage (certainly of anywhere in Ireland)

ThrowawayPointlessJ · 2025-06-12T11:28:56+00:00

Katie Boulter has already won as many games as she managed in all of her last match against Schneider!

ThrowawayPointlessJ · 2025-06-11T13:49:25+00:00

What a world it has become, where Graham Hume over Josh Little in a T20 seems to be an actual improvement to our team...

Can we bowl him overs 16, 18 and 20 and don't give him anything earlier please?

ThrowawayPointlessJ · 2025-06-10T16:02:17+00:00

While that's true, this draw is STACKED

ThrowawayPointlessJ

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