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johnh wrote:Geoff Boycott in the Telegraph today says that Root is just not captain material. Made a number of wrong decisions at the wrong times. It also affects his batting too, which has deteriorated considerably.
As much as it pains me to agree with Geoffrey, I 100% do. There is no point in Root been dismissed for the last test but he needs to step down after it and let someone else shoulder the burden. Stokes or Broad should take over whether for the short or long term. Root needs to concentrate on this batting and get back to where he was a few years ago when he was scoring runs for fun.

Smith has been the big difference between the teams but i'd say Cummins and Marnus Labuschagne have been the perfect back up for Smith and have had their big moments during the series. For England naturally Stokes, Broad and Archer have been the positives but i've not seen a worse batting side from an England side for many a year, the top 4 is the weak although Burns has tried hard and is one for the future, Denly fought hard in the last match but like Roy is not test match standard. Root is not scoring as much as he should be and when he does its not when it matters.

Time to stand up and show some pride and a drawn series looks better than a 3-1 loss which is more likely especially once Smith gets going. You better hope that Siddle does not get picked as he likes the Oval.
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Cricket stat: Steve Smith has hit more 4's (85) than Warner has scored runs (84) - in the current Tests.
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69 run lead! A lot better than I thought it was going to be. :D
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He must be popular in the Aussie camp Warner cos he's been garbage this series, and not just with the bat. Archers 6 wickets is a great day at the office, but a special mention must also go to Sam Curran who's left arm bowling seemed to cause the Aussies plenty of problems including Smith, who was brilliant again today for his 80. And what a catch at the end there from Burns, pure instinct. Burns can hold his head up at the top of the order, whilst not going on to big scores he's generally been steady opening the batting.
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Its not often we start the day at 78 for 0.
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BBC thread on Cricket has a competition to name your best combined team from England and Australia. So far, I have only selected the two openers: Warner and Roy.
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Last game at Headingley today for me today.
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How did Yorkshire have Kent at 39-5 and still lose by over 400 runs ?
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Now the seasons over here’s a list of games I attended. Numbers down on last season as the weather was pants at times.

28th March Trent Bridge : Notts v Northants ( friendly) 1 day
5th April Trent Bridge : Notts v YCCC Championship 4 days
11th April Ageas Bowl Hampshire v YCCC 4 days
21st April RLODC Headingley YCCC v Lancashire 1 day
26th April RLODC Headingley YCCC v Derbyshire 1 day
28th April Trent Bridge RLODC Nottinghamshire v YCCC 1 day
1st May Wantage Road RLODC Northamptonshire v YCCC 1 day
4th May New Road RLODC Worcestershire v YCCC 1 day
6th May Headingley RLODC YCCC v Durham 1 day
14th May The Spitfire Ground Kent v YCCC 4 days
29th May Headingley YCCC v Hampshire 1 day
3rd June Headingley YCCC v Essex 1 day
10th June Guildford Surrey v YCCC 2 days ( 1 no play ) new ground *
17th June York YCCC v Warwickshire 2 days new ground *
21st June Kidderminster Worcestershire v Sussex 1 day new ground *
30th June Scarborough YCCC v Surrey 4 days
20th July Chesterfield Derbyshire v YCCC 1 day
18th August Scarborough YCCC v Notts 4 days
29th August Pattonair Ground Derbyshire v Australia 2 days
10th September County Ground Somerset v YCCC 3 days
18th September Headingley YCCC v Kent 1 day
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My list of grounds, something I intent to improve on next season. ( only first class games played count )

Old Trafford
Trent Bridge
The 3aaa’s
Grace Road
Wantage Road
New Road
Cooper Associates
The Oval
Lords
Headingley
Edgbaston
Scarborough
Welbeck Colliery
Ageas Bowl
Queens Park
Recreation Ground Torquay
Spitfire Ground
Woodbridge Road, Guildford
York CC
Kidderminster CC

4 new grounds added & I’ll definitely will be adding Gloucestershire next year am also targeting Sussex, Durham, Glamorgan & Essex plus a few outgrounds as more will be in use due to the 100.

Have seen games here as well where ECB umpires officiated.


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