I think this is the thing that keeps the risk of opening with Salt and Buttler worth persevering with as theyāre capable of winning the game on their own if it comes off, but if it doesnāt we can still get 170 / 180 from 0/2
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He tends to ebb in big tournaments unfortunately, at least recently. I would stick him back in the middle order I think.
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Get Sibley in to open, get a nice base for the lads to go hit later on
Weāve got such a strong middle order. I guess they could stick Rehan up top, but donāt fancy moving anyone else up, unless you take the view that Brooke is coming in in the first over either wayā¦
Yeah it would have to be a swap, none of the options feel ideal. Bethell to open and Buttler to 5? Rehan is a good shout actually, Iām sure he opened in the Hundred.
Heās certainly opened for Leicestershire and in an ODI last month, not sire how well itās worked.
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Feels wrong to move around the bits that have worked to try to fix the bit that hasnt.
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Who are these two players? Hint: Letās call one of them Z Crawley. No no, thatās too obviousā¦ Zak C.
FC Innings: 251. FC centuries: 10. FC average: 32.48
FC Innings: 251. FC centuries: 12. FC average: 31.98
This isnāt completely fair because not all FC cricket is test cricket, but stillā¦
Funny. Really?
Thatās really good. Adil in as a makeshift opener/part-time spinner pls
Yesterday, one of my colleagues described Harry Brook as āheās as good as he is stupidā and Iāve been struggling to disagree too far with him.
Pakistan are the one team I would count on to do something impossibly brilliant and also totally collapse.
Sri Lanka heads gone. Wouldnāt want to be in the NZ room where theyāre watching this right now.
Presumably SL want Pakistan to make the final so that they get the sweet bunse from hosting the big game? Or would it actually cost them more money than it brought inā¦
This innings is the most Pakistan thing I think Iāve ever seen.
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Forgot this was on. Thatās a gorgeous score card. Fingers crossed Sri Lanka donāt have some sort of vendetta against Pakistan and realise itās financially beneficial to collapse
Theyāll either bowl SL out for 80 or lose by 7 wickets. No inbetween
Edit. Actually SL hitting a 6 off the last ball to reach 148 feels very Pakistan
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Fair fucks to Samson, that was a hell of a knock.
Mad how good this South African team have been for the last few years, yet New Zealand are doing exactly what Salt and Butters did to them back in September.
SA could do with a wicket here
Damn, NZ are destroying them