I’ve sort of come to the conclusion that

The reality is England are 4-5 players short of being a really competitive team against the very best. And the coach/captain are trying to come up with a way of playing that gives them a chance anyway by playing high risk high reward cricket. Because they know that if they play “proper” cricket they’ll lose very often. So I get it. I get where we are. You need to increase the variance to give yourself a chance of overcoming the difference in average capability.

The problem is, against a better side like this in home conditions, you can really end up looking like a bunch of Charlies. As the confidence dips as the tour goes on, this could really really get ugly.

Posted By: Under soil heating on December 6th 2025 at 10:22:39

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FFS our batsmen make it so easy for opposition captains (n/m) (Other Sports) - loz, Dec 6, 09:58:42
- Bazball might work in England against West Indies or Bangladesh (Other Sports) - MORDENCANARY, Dec 6, 11:02:07
- Pathetic. (n/m) (Other Sports) - Snakepit Divorceee, Dec 6, 10:16:20
- Batters (n/m) (Other Sports) - SCC 28, Dec 6, 10:12:06
  - Twatters (n/m) (Other Sports) - paulg, Dec 6, 10:19:25
  - are bottlers. (n/m) (Other Sports) - DrDublin, Dec 6, 10:17:22
- This tour is going to turn into a bloodbath (n/m) (Other Sports) - paulg, Dec 6, 09:59:48
  - And that's Crawley gorn. (n/m) (Other Sports) - DrDublin, Dec 6, 10:16:56
    - I’ve sort of come to the conclusion that (Other Sports) - Under soil heating, Dec 6, 10:22:39
      - 2 nil down on a foreign tour after 2 ... yes, very messy (Other Sports) - paulg, Dec 6, 10:29:17
      - Yes, the old McGrath 5-0 is of concern. (n/m) (Other Sports) - DrDublin, Dec 6, 10:27:21

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