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Consumer Guide / No.110 / Howzat?!  Cricket broadcaster and magazine editor, Annie Chave, batting the questions from Mark Watkins.

MW : Describe your favourite room in your house...  

AC : My new office. It is small with a daybed and a desk. It includes a shelf with my County Cricket Matters magazines & envelopes for posting, a bookshelf of cricket books, several photos of the Taunton pitch and one of Marcus Trescothick. It also has a really precious photo of me with my dad watching cricket when I’m about 8 years old. 

From my window, I can see the hills outside Exeter. I’ve painted the room a light grey and it is usually bathed in sunlight. I love the sense of calm I feel when I shut myself in my office.

MW : When setting out to watch County Cricket, what essentials do you usually carry in your bag? 

AC : I always have the current book I’m reading, my binoculars and a warm layer. More recently I have my phone and I have a recording device so that I can interview people. I will now always have backdated & current copies of County Cricket Matters but I’m yet to go to a county match since I’ve been doing my magazine so I don’t know how many to take.

MW : What other essentials are usually provided at the ground?

AC: Cricket is the main essential. Tea, cake and beer a close second and familiar faces a third. But a sense of calm, of solace and of healing is also right up there. 

MW : What is the most picturesque ground you've visited?

AC : Without a doubt Lynton & Lynmouth. It is a valley in North Devon that is right by the sea with steep hillsides surrounding the pitch where goats precariously balance at incongruous angles.  It is a stunning and timeless setting.

MW : Which ground has the best surface?

AC : Taunton, of course, because it is unique and rarely produces a dull game!

MW : When summer is over, what is your cricket substitute?

AC: Nothing substitutes cricket. There is little to compare with the sense of joy as March turns into April and I find myself anticipating the season ahead. Since I have begun editing County Cricket Matters I have been able to maintain a connection with cricket over the winter and I value that hugely. I also do a lot of reading and writing to fill in the time.

MW : Just before a new cricket season begins how do you usually prepare? 

AC : I buy my Playfair Cricket Annual and Wisden and I love The Cricketer round up of the counties. I also choose a county fantasy cricket team at CricketXI.com  and I’ll do a lot of reading up about county signings and retirements so that I am prepared for my new County Cricket Natters podcast, which is a “Match Of The Day” type show that rounds up the week’s championship games.

MW : How useful are you with bat & ball? 

AC : Well, I’m worse than useless with the bat. I try to hit everything to the boundary and I can’t get bat on ball. But I have been known to bowl a bit and I’ve upset a few men’s fragile ego by knocking their stumps over with my straight medium pace. My claim to fame is that when I briefly played women’s cricket for  Gunnersbury Women’s Cricket Club, I fluked the wicket of Charlotte Edwards, when she was brilliantly caught off my long-hop. She was only 14 at the time.

MW : ...and how about the rest of your family?

AC: Well now, that’s a question. My father played cricket and kept wicket until he was 76. Nimble and fast behind the stumps right up until he retired. He was a decent bat and when he was younger was a useful seam-up bowler who took a lot of wickets.

My two brothers still play. The younger a decent left-handed bat and very good keeper – the elder a slow bowler who has claimed many wickets and is a good man in to bat for the draw.

My husband is a very useful opener who could have played at a higher level than he did. He began his bowling life as a fast bowler but in later years he became a useful off-break bowler and one hell of a slip fielder. Now in his late fifties he still opens the batting and often with our son.

My son is a left-handed bat who plays the long game, starting steadily and able to accelerate at an alarming pace. He is also a nifty right-arm, off-break bowler who varies his pace and gets a good bit of bounce.

So yes, a fair amount of cricket in our family.

MW : Who is your current cricket heartthrob?

AC : I don’t really go in for heartthrobs but out of current players then I’d go for Jofra Archer.  Past players - Viv Richards. Such brazen talent.

MW : Which cricketer gives you the most heartache?! 

AC : Toss-up between Moeen Ali and Jos Buttler because I feel they both have to always justify their test place and yet they are so hugely talented.

MW : You are Test selector for the day, what would be your (current) England eleven? 

AC :  This is a really hard question because it depends if we’re playing in England or against a team of left-handers or at a particular ground etc.  I think I’ll make it a team to play in England and I’ll imagine that the team :

Rory Burns

Dom Sibley (don’t like watching him bat though!)

Zak Crawley (a classy bat.)

Joe Root

Ben Stokes (after Headingly in 2019 there is no explanation.)

Jos Buttler (I think a test side with Jos in is a strong Test side but I recognise he’s not the best keeper – that would definitely be Ben Foakes – however, in England conditions I think Jos is good enough and the impetus in the batting is important.)

Chris Woakes (under used and underrated.)

Jack Leach/Moeen Ali (I literally cannot choose between them so dependent on if we need to strengthen the batting.)

Jofra Archer

Stuart Broad

Jimmy Anderson

MW : How would you sell County Cricket to the uninitiated?

AC : I think anything that has such a rich history behind it is worth experiencing. Each ground has its own multi-layered past where momentous games have taken place and iconic players have broken records. The setting of each and every one of the 18 county grounds is unique and full of promise.  I love that sense of past glories that help to define its character and I’m aware that each match I attend could bring a moment of magic or history at any point.

But County Cricket is unique because of its relaxed and friendly atmosphere. You have the ceremony, the classy players, the thrill of the contest, the changing conditions, the double innings, the sense of camaraderie in the crowd but you also have a quieter more respectful experience. You are able to wander around, change seats, chat with friends and with strangers, go to the bar without fighting your way to an endless queue and you have time to daydream, time to read your paper and have a break for lunch. 

There is also a great rapport between player and spectator because the pace is slower and the drama comes in short bursts so the player is more relaxed; the spectator better able to engage. There is nothing more life affirming than time alone at a county match.

MW : What radio do you listen to in the car? 

AC : BBC Radio 4 for Drama, BBC 5 Live for Sport & BBC 6 Music for my musical requirements and always cricket, or football, if it’s on ; Exeter City is my football team, but I’m partial to Arsenal too.

MW : What was the last good DVD. movie and TV show you particularly enjoyed watching?

AC : As with my reading matter I tend to enjoy science fiction and detective thrillers.

I think the last good DVD I watched was 1917.

It feels like forever since I’ve been to the cinema and I can’t really remember what I enjoyed there last, but it would have been a Star Wars film I suspect.

The last TV series I really enjoyed was Firefly.  

MW : Where can we keep in touch?

AC : County Cricket Matters has a website https://www.countycricketmatters.com/ where you can also purchase magazines at the shop

It also has a Facebook group County Cricket Matters and a Twitter Account @matterscounty

I’m on Twitter @anniechave and on LinkedIn and Facebook.

(c) Mark Watkins / March 2021

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[ad_1] LONDON: England captain Ben Stokes mentioned he was excited by the prospect of Harry Brook's Test debut after confirming the Yorkshire batsman would exchange the injured Jonny Bairstow within the collection finale towards South Africa. Brook is the one change to the England XI that levelled the three-match collection with a commanding victory within the second Test at Old Trafford after Bairstow was dominated out with a freak leg damage suffered taking part in golf. This is how we'll line up for our closing Test of the summer season! 💪🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 #ENGvSA 🇿🇦 https://t.co/Qwm4Zm9Jbs— England Cricket (@englandcricket) 1662546249000Bairstow has been in stellar kind this yr, scoring 1,061 runs, together with six centuries, in 10 Tests. "Harry is someone who has been spoken about a lot as representing England going forward," Stokes mentioned on the Oval on Wednesday, on the eve of the deciding Test. "It's amazing how sometimes people's opportunities get presented to them.... He deserved his opportunity to be in the squad initially and he deserves his opportunity this week." A Test debut for Harry Brook 👏🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 #ENGvSA 🇿🇦— England Cricket (@englandcricket) 1662545699000The skipper mentioned he felt "devastated" for Bairstow, who will even miss the T20 World Cup in Australia, which begins subsequent month. "He's been a massive reason as to why we've had such a successful summer," he mentioned. "It was a freak accident." But all-rounder Stokes added: "The way in which our middle order has been playing this summer, I feel as if Harry is coming in, the way he goes about his game with the bat in his hand is pretty much a like-for-like replacement. "He's at all times going to look to take the bowling on, take the constructive possibility. It's clearly devastating to not have Jonny however I'm very excited we get a alternative with the talent Jonny possesses." Brook, 23, has played four Twenty20 internationals for England. South Africa won the first Test at Lord's by an innings and 12 runs, only for England to bounce back to win by an innings and 85 runs in Manchester during another match wrapped up inside three days. "We know that South Africa are at all times going to remain within the sport and keep within the second," said Stokes. "We put the Lord's defeat behind us and we focused on Manchester so I do know that Dean (Elgar, the Proteas captain) and the South Africa workforce will probably be doing the identical factor right here. "I think it's great for the series that it goes down to the wire. I know that South Africa are going to come out firing but it's how we respond to the questions that they ask us." England workforceZak Crawley, Alex Lees, Ollie Pope, Joe Root, Harry Brook, Ben Stokes (capt), Ben Foakes (wkt), Stuart Broad, Jack Leach, Ollie Robinson, James Anderson !(function(f, b, e, v, n, t, s) ; const TimesApps = window; TimesApps.loadFBEvents = function() (function(f, b, e, v, n, t, s) if (f.fbq) return; n = f.fbq = function() n.callMethod ? n.callMethod(...arguments) : n.queue.push(arguments); ; if (!f._fbq) f._fbq = n; n.push = n; n.loaded = !0; n.version = '2.0'; n.queue = []; t = b.createElement(e); t.async = !0; t.src = v; s = b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(t, s); )(f, b, e, v, n, t, s); fbq('init', '593671331875494'); fbq('track', 'PageView'); ; )( window, document, 'script', 'https://connect.facebook.net/en_US/fbevents.js', );if(typeof window !== 'undefined') ;

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England’s chances in the Cricket World CUp 2019

Here’s a prediction. England will win the World Cup in July and after his match-winning hand in the final, as well as some decisive innings in the Ashes, Jos Buttler will win the BBC Sports Personality of the Year for 2019, making him only the fifth cricketer after Jim Laker, David Steele, Ian Botham and Andrew Flintoff, to win the award. And undoubtedly the most modest and unassuming. When Buttler first played for Somerset a decade ago he was compared to Botham, mainly for his incredible ball-striking ability. In fact he is nothing like Somerset and England’s greatest warrior. Botham, a bear of a man, hit sixes with muscular ferocity, pummelling the life out of the ball. Buttler is more feline, moving almost stealthily into position and then pouncing on the ball and easing it into the distance with a simple swipe of his Kookaburra blade. He has been blessed with perfect timing. A six seems to take nothing out of him. He is a nonchalant destroyer, as he showed in that amazing 150 off 77 balls against West Indies in Grenada recently. He barely seems to break sweat. That, perhaps above all, is why he is most feared. He doesn’t savagely assault a bowling attack so much as calmly dismantle it with an amazing range of shots that only his idol AB de Villiers can emulate. From the day when he made 227 for King’s College, Taunton in a 50-over game, Buttler’s natural gifts were obvious. Mark Garaway, England’s team analyst when Andrew Strauss was captain, saw the innings, and recalls: “His dominance and composure and ability to manipulate the innings were outstanding, and he was only quite small then.”

Buttler combines superb balance, phenomenal handspeed and withering power. He makes hitting the ball look ridiculously easy. And beautiful. And yet, just as some of the world’s most stunning women lack self-confidence, so Buttler has been prone to self-doubt and introspection. He has evolved various ways of dealing with it. One is the motto “F**k It”, written on the top of his bat handle. It was spotted last year by Sky TV cameras but actually it has been there since about 2013. “It came out of various conversations I had with our team psychologist Mark Bawden,” Buttler said last week. “We worked out that my best state of mind at the crease was when I just thought ‘f**k it’. Trust myself and let everything take care of itself. What will be will be. It’s a reminder to come back to trusting your instincts and not allow negative thoughts to dominate. It’s a really nice reminder. It brings me back to a good place. Even during an innings when I might be questioning myself a bit I get to the non-striker’s end and look at the top of my bat and it helps me make clearer decisions.” Presumably he didn’t have to look at it too much during that incredible demolition at Grenada. What was his state of mind then?

“Pretty calm actually. It was fun and I remember wanting to try and extend it as long as possible and wanting to be ruthless. Maintain consistency. Trying to stay in the zone. It’s almost a sort of meditative state, but also being alert and sharp. The best feeling when you’re batting is when your subconscious is doing everything and you’re there with a fairly blank mind. You almost play a shot and think ‘where did that come from?’ It’s the purest form of batting.

“That’s been one thing I’ve tried to work on in the last year – the mental side, trying to access that zone more consistently. It’s not good enough to just explain success by saying ‘it was my day today.’ How come Virat Kohli’s day is every day?! How does he get to that state so often? Something I’ve tried to tell myself is ‘you can do it every day’.

“When I was with the Rajasthan Royals in the IPL last year I met a guy called Anand Chulani, a performance coach. Our conversation actually started with him trying to help me cure my chipping yips around the putting green! He recommends certain techniques – how to try and get into that subconscious state. You have to fi nd an anchoring system. Something like clicking your fi ngers or clenching your fi st – a bodily function to try and instigate that visualisation of feeling at your best. A cue, a movement. To remind your body of that special state.”

By the time you read this Buttler will be back in India for his second season with the Royals. He is eagerly looking forward to it. Although he had produced some wonderful innings for England before that, the Royals experience had a profound infl uence on him. He is now a more complete player, illustrated by his statistics. In the 10 months since that IPL he has made 1,700 runs for England in all formats at an average of 46. For comparison, Joe Root has scored 1,584 runs at 37 in the same period.

Buttler undoubtedly felt more at home with the Royals, more family-orientated than his previous franchise Mumbai Indians, dominated by the owner Mukesh Ambani – the richest man in India – who liked to surround himself with legends like Sachin Tendulkar and Ricky Ponting. “Mumbai feels like the Manchester United of the IPL,” says Buttler. “A massive franchise in a huge city. A big operation. There’s a lot of expectation and pressure. The Royals felt like a much smaller outfi t, a bit more personal.” Initially he slotted in down the order, they let him fi nd his feet. “It probably wasn’t until mid-tournament that I got where I wanted to be. I was saying to my wife [Louise] how desperate I was to do well and she said, ‘Look, everyone wants to do well here. You’re no different from them. Stop trying to force it. Relax. Be yourself. Let it happen.’ “That was a big realisation point. There’s no doubt the smaller outfi t did make you feel more relaxed. It’s a big strength of that franchise – they make you feel at ease.” Once moved up to open, Buttler delivered, reeling off fi ve successive half-centuries – equalling the IPL record – in a number of winning causes. The Royals, in their fi rst season back in the IPL after a two-year suspension, made the play-offs. It wasn’t just Buttler’s skill that made the Royals’ UK-based owner Manoj Badale believe they’d got a bargain at £490,000. It was his attitude. “I sat next to him on a plane journey to one match,” Badale said. “He spent most of the time asking me about my business and what had made it a success. He even asked me if he could do some work experience at one of our companies.

I had never experienced a player with that openmindedness and interest in other people’s lives before.” Buttler says: “It’s really important taking an interest in something outside the game. I loved talking to Manoj, fi nding out about a different walk of life. I always try and keep cricket in perspective. It’s not the be-all and end-all. “Even on tour I want to try new things. Like, I had a go at wakeboarding in the Caribbean. It makes it better that it’s something you’re not really supposed to do. It makes you feel normal.” He cites Shane Warne, now the Royals’ coach/ mentor, as a huge infl uence: “I love listening to him – he’s a great storyteller, and has an incredible outlook on the game. He sees things differently. He just gave me so much confi dence. And it didn’t feel false either, which was a big thing for me. “When I got the recall to the England Test team I was excited, but there were a few nerves too. I just didn’t know how it was going to go. Warne just said ‘Enjoy it, be yourself and take it on. Be authentic, true to yourself. You’re good enough to do it.’ Coming from someone who is one of the greatest players to have ever played the game, that meant a massive amount.”

The impact was almost immediate. He made 67 at Lord’s against Pakistan, being particularly satisfi ed about a period when Mohammad Amir was bowling a testing spell and he was judging the ball well. “I felt really comfortable about the way I was playing”. Then came an ingenious 80 not out with the tail on a tricky pitch at Headingley to engineer a seriessaving victory. And a few weeks later a maiden Test hundred against India at Trent Bridge, the ultimate validation. “I hadn’t scored a red-ball hundred for several years [for Lancashire away at Durham in 2014]. There was joy, but a big sense of relief too.” We are all familiar now with Buttler’s sublime skill, his adaptability and of course his destructive power. What is less well known is his perceptive reading of the game. In the fi rst Test in Sri Lanka in November, England, intent on an aggressive mentality, were 103 for 5. Buttler was a few not out at lunch. He spoke up in the dressing room. “We were aggressive and had taken some chances. It was the right way to play on that pitch. But because it was an all-spin attack it all feltvery quick. There were boundaries, wickets, no time to breathe. I just  said ‘slow the game down, play it at our tempo. We can occupy the crease and wear them down’.”

He stabilised the innings with Ben Foakes and England eventually totalled 342. In another innings he got England back on track with judicious sweeping and a lot of nimble running. He made telling contributions in all three Tests. His versatility, his talent and his nous are all going to be integral to England’s hopes of winning a first World Cup. He pinpoints what England need to succeed: “We need to be positive, aggressive, and smart. We naturally get the fi rst two all the time. But we do need to react faster to conditions or situations that we haven’t seen before.”Buttler is the man to supervise that process. He knows that. He’s comfortable with it. His unique ability to control an innings is England’s trump card. He has timed the maturing of his batting to perfection. Oh, and his chipping onto the green is more consistent now, too.

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Who do England pick? Six batsmen who could solve crisis at the crease

Who choose from England? Six batsmen who could resolve the fold crisis – with Dominic Sibley, James Vince, and Ben Foakes

by Chris Stocks For The Mail On Sunday

Published: 22:38 BST, August 24, 2019 | Updated: 22:40 BST, August 24, 2019 [1945907]

England & # 39; s capitulation on the second day of this test, when they were thrown out for 67, cannot be suppressed by the fact that they produced a combat effort yesterday. Serious questions must be asked after being rejected for less than 100 runs for the fourth time in 18 months. Chris Stocks takes a look at who England could turn to for the last two Ashes Tests and who should be concerned about their place …

On day two, England was fired for the fourth time in 18 months for the fourth time

Dominic Sibley ( Warwickshire)

] Age: 23 First-class career average: 38.60

2019 County Championship average: 55.82

The excellent English opener in domestic first-class cricket this Summer is another batsman with a rather ugly technique but, by weight only runs – 949 of them, including three hundred and four and a half centuries – does he deserve his chance.

Dominic Sibley has an ugly technique but deserves a chance after it scoring 949 runs this summer

Zak Crawley (Kent)

Age: 21 Bird career: 32.21

2019 County Championship average: 37.68

The opener is highly valued by Ed Smith, the national selector, formerly from Kent, and many others in the design of England. But the young person may have to wait for his time, as he has only played 33 first class games.

Bag Crawley has a high rating but does not have enough experience in first-class cricket

James Vince (Hampshire)

Age: 28 Career average: 38.49

2019 County Championship average: 20.80

A maddening A career in England in which he sometimes looked so good before he took mindless shots. His test average of 24.9 is poor and, despite a terrible season, his natural ability could recall him – this time as an opener.

James Vince has his potential for England, but abandoned with carefree shots

Ollie Pope (Surrey)

Age: 21

Career average: 59.58

Average County County Championship: 70

Next in line for a middle-order slot considering he was drafted as cover for Jason Roy for Headingley. Struggles in two Tests against India last summer when he was asked to beat two places higher than the No. 6 position he took for Surrey, but has been impressively rebounded this summer.

Ollie Pope struggled in two tests against India last summer, but was impressively reflected

Dawid Malan (Middlesex)

Age: 31

Career average: 37.73

2019 County Championship average: 56.69

Has an axis century to its name and could cover various positions in the top six. Scores heavily for Middlesex on No4, but his 907 Championship runs are somewhat offset by the fact that they have entered Division Two.

Dawid Malan has marked a century in a Ashes test and is great form for Middlesex

Ben Foakes (Surrey) Age: 26

Career average: 38,82

2019 County Championship average: 29.29

The best wicket-keeper in the country, having an average of 41.50 in Test cricket after playing five times last winter. The decision to drop him in the Caribbean seems to be a mistake now and should definitely return to the team sooner rather than later.

Ben Foakes remains the best wicket keeper of England and should not have been dropped off

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Blundell and Jamieson give England the runaround

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Blundell and Jamieson give England the runaround

England began four days of Test preparation in Hamilton on Wednesday with the first two days played with the pink ball under lights. The matches aren’t first-class, England bowled first by agreement and teams can continue batting a whole day even if bowled out, so the games are essentially glorified middle practice. It all started well for England, reducing the New Zealand XI to 30 for 5, but a chastening afternoon and evening followed as Tom Blundell and Kyle Jamieson added 163 and both scored centuries. Here are a few things that caught the eye.

Ben Stokes’ back

Stokes-watch has not finished with his comeback in the one-day series. He will sit out the first two-day game with a back problem but it is being played down as nothing serious; England are hopeful he will play over the second two days, he pushed himself hard during the ODIs and may be feeling the effects. However, it is likely his workload in the Tests will need to be managed or he could be considered as a specialist batsman. In that case it would again leave England needing to find a way to balance the side. At the very least, Stokes won’t have had any middle time with the pink ball. James Vince, who could be vulnerable if Stokes plays as a batsman, had seven overs on the opening day here, but if he’s needed for that many in a Test, things haven’t gone well.

Early points to England’s quicks

New Zealand’s Test openers, Jeet Raval and Tom Latham, walked out to open the XI’s innings – a chance for Raval to have an early sight of the pink ball and for Latham to adjust from one-day cricket. It didn’t work out for either of them first time around. James Anderson, quickly back into the groove, pushed one across Latham to find the outside edge and then Raval had a lazy waft at Stuart Broad’s first ball to give Ben Foakes another catch. With Henry Nicholls chipping to midwicket and Colin de Grandhomme edging Mark Wood behind, it wasn’t a great day for New Zealand’s Test squad. There was time late in the day for Raval to fall a second time, edging a good delivery from Broad. Not the ideal preparation.

Wood opens the bowling

Broad is on 399 Test wickets has been working hard between series on trying to regain the outswinger. He had to wait a little while for his first bowl of the tour, though, as Wood was given the new ball ahead of him. If Stokes and Chris Woakes (rested here with a hamstring niggle) are fit, it’s hard to see how Wood would fit into the Test side, so it was an interesting decision from Joe Root. Wood’s first spell ended with 3-2-1-0 and then Broad struck with his first delivery.

Blundell hard done by

Tom Blundell made a century on Test debut against West Indies but, two matches later, is out of the team with BJ Watling having recovered from his hip problem to regain his place. That is an unsurprising decision – Watling averages 38.05 in Tests – but Blundell ensured that the pressure will be on Watling to perform. Having come in at 15 for 4, he became increasingly aggressive during the afternoon – his second fifty took just 49 balls – to reach three figures from 149 deliveries. It won’t have hurt that New Zealand coach Mike Hesson was at the ground by this time. When he had 131, he felt he had enough and retired to give someone else a chance.

When the ball goes soft

This opposition is stronger than what England faced during their warm-ups in Australia, although the manufactured match situation is unsatisfactory. It wouldn’t have mattered if New Zealand had been skittled, they would have all come in for another bat. At least, though, this was genuine resistance. The recovery, again, raised the question of what this attack can do when the Kookaburra passes about 25 overs. There was some fill-in bowling used at times, but England went 45 overs between actually taking a wicket themselves, and Moeen Ali was treated with some disdain, conceding over four an over. The fact that that period involved a No. 8 without a first-class fifty will raise a few concerns.

Who is Kyle Jamieson?

The 23-year-old six foot six Canterbury fast bowler, who was part of the New Zealand Under-19s squad in 2014, missed the start of this season with injury, has a highest first-class score of 40, and is more known for his exploits with the ball. A few around the ground raised an eyebrow when he batted ahead of Scott Kuggeleijn (three first-class centuries) in this side, but he certainly didn’t look out of place. He took a particular liking to Wood, with a strike-rate of 163 against him, while Anderson did not take kindly to some of his batting – at one stage the umpire had to step in. His century came from 110 balls when he nudged a single off Moeen. It won’t class in his official records, but he can tell the story of this innings for years to come.

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[ad_1] LONDON: England captain Ben Stokes mentioned he was excited by the prospect of Harry Brook's Test debut after confirming the Yorkshire batsman would exchange the injured Jonny Bairstow within the collection finale towards South Africa. Brook is the one change to the England XI that levelled the three-match collection with a commanding victory within the second Test at Old Trafford after Bairstow was dominated out with a freak leg damage suffered taking part in golf. This is how we'll line up for our closing Test of the summer season! 💪🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 #ENGvSA 🇿🇦 https://t.co/Qwm4Zm9Jbs— England Cricket (@englandcricket) 1662546249000Bairstow has been in stellar kind this yr, scoring 1,061 runs, together with six centuries, in 10 Tests. "Harry is someone who has been spoken about a lot as representing England going forward," Stokes mentioned on the Oval on Wednesday, on the eve of the deciding Test. "It's amazing how sometimes people's opportunities get presented to them.... He deserved his opportunity to be in the squad initially and he deserves his opportunity this week." A Test debut for Harry Brook 👏🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 #ENGvSA 🇿🇦— England Cricket (@englandcricket) 1662545699000The skipper mentioned he felt "devastated" for Bairstow, who will even miss the T20 World Cup in Australia, which begins subsequent month. "He's been a massive reason as to why we've had such a successful summer," he mentioned. "It was a freak accident." But all-rounder Stokes added: "The way in which our middle order has been playing this summer, I feel as if Harry is coming in, the way he goes about his game with the bat in his hand is pretty much a like-for-like replacement. "He's at all times going to look to take the bowling on, take the constructive possibility. It's clearly devastating to not have Jonny however I'm very excited we get a alternative with the talent Jonny possesses." Brook, 23, has played four Twenty20 internationals for England. South Africa won the first Test at Lord's by an innings and 12 runs, only for England to bounce back to win by an innings and 85 runs in Manchester during another match wrapped up inside three days. "We know that South Africa are at all times going to remain within the sport and keep within the second," said Stokes. "We put the Lord's defeat behind us and we focused on Manchester so I do know that Dean (Elgar, the Proteas captain) and the South Africa workforce will probably be doing the identical factor right here. "I think it's great for the series that it goes down to the wire. I know that South Africa are going to come out firing but it's how we respond to the questions that they ask us." England workforceZak Crawley, Alex Lees, Ollie Pope, Joe Root, Harry Brook, Ben Stokes (capt), Ben Foakes (wkt), Stuart Broad, Jack Leach, Ollie Robinson, James Anderson !(function(f, b, e, v, n, t, s) window.TimesApps = window.TimesApps )( window, document, 'script', 'https://connect.facebook.net/en_US/fbevents.js', );if(typeof window !== 'undefined') window.TimesApps = window.TimesApps [ad_2] Source link

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The burning Ashes issues: Joe Root’s limp leadership under scrutiny

After the destruction of Edgbaston, the problems now begin to pile up for ragged England.

A first test humiliation was certainly not on the agenda, and now England with a red face must recover.

PAUL NEWMAN of Sportsmail elaborates on the burning Aproblems for Joe Root and his men.

Touching the World Cup Wall

All those investments and prioritizing white-ball cricket were spectacularly justified in the last world championship, but it is now clear that there is a hangover.

Before the first test, Ashley Giles admitted that England should shift its focus to the red-ball game – which clearly suffered – but the question is whether that can be done in time to save the ashes.

It is no surprise that the mental exercises have caught up with a few; Jos Buttler and Jonny Bairstow look out on their feet. The pair scored only 20 points in six innings between them against Ireland and Australia, and Buttler has a century in 18 innings, Bairstow only one in 24. England coach Trevor Bayliss grants the issue only to some extent.

It is no surprise that the mental exercises have overtaken Jonny Bairstow and others

& # 39; That may have been the case with Ireland & # 39 ;, Bayliss said when asked if his World Cup players were frazzled. "But the intensity with which we approached everything with this competition gave me no indication of that."

There was also an urging from Bayliss that Bairstow, who was also not at his best with the gloves at Edgbaston, would spring back. & # 39; Jonny has a bit in the bank and he is at his best if he can prove the point, & # 39; said the coach. "This is the time that he usually comes back to the top of his game."

Bairstow is determined to be an all-rounder, so he will have to look over his shoulder at Ben Foakes the longer his skinny spell goes on.

Captain Root's weak leadership

Joe Root's leadership, as well as his failure to start like Steve Smith, must be examined. His captain was a bit limp in Edgbaston compared to Smith, who clearly led as much Australia on the field as he with the bat.

The English captain did not abide by a plan against Smith, and his leadership was summarized on the fourth day when he ignored Chris Woakes all morning, bringing him into the bowl immediately after lunch. If you were charitable, you could say that Root saved Savakes for Lord, where his record is excellent.

The leadership from Joe Root, as well as not converting start like Steve Smith, should be questioned

The conspiracy theorists want you to believe that Woakes, who struggled last winter with a & # 39; chronic & # 39; knee problem, fighting an injury again. Or maybe it was just a bad captaincy.

Whatever the truth, England needs their best batsman to score big runs like his contemporaries Smith, Virat Kohli and Kane Williamson usually do as soon as they pass 50. And Root must tighten his captaincy, or it will soon become a problem.

Franchise Fever

England expects too much from their star players and nothing is done to ease the workload. How on earth can they play a test against Ireland between the World Cup and the Ashes, while Australia had a bit of a warm-up among themselves instead of playing a weakened county?

the last great way the English team crashed and burned? Every cricket manager must watch the brilliant movie The Edge before squeezing every last drop in their best possession.

England expects too much from their star players and there little is done to lighten the workload

There is one thing I will say – and every time I say it, I am slammed because I am a dinosaur. But here it goes. Why do our stars insist on playing franchise cricket even when they are incredibly busy and very well rewarded by their country?

Flop Edgbaston Buttler and Bairstow were at the IPL before the biggest summer of their international life. And why did Root start the year at the Big Bash when, more than any other player, he could have done with a break?

We are always told that their games improve by mixing with the best players from all over the world. But is it at the expense of their English form? The way it looks now, they have to be equipped for more and more competitions in England, starting with the fall tour through New Zealand. That is far from ideal.

Pitch less than perfect

So much for England that beat Australia with seam and swing from the 2018 Dukes ball in useful places. Edgbaston was dry and flat and the ball did very little. "I would have liked to see some more live green grass on the wicket to move the ball sideways," Bayliss admitted.

Now Root is confronted with the delicate situation that he has to ask the ground man of the new Lord Karl McDermott for a pitch suitable for the attack of England, just fourteen days after he had beaten him for it kind of surface that England could use now. And any help they receive will have to be earned without their best bowler, Jimmy Anderson, who was officially excluded from the second test on Tuesday.

Could this be the beginning of the end for the greatest bowler in England? It is premature to write off Anderson, but calf problems are an & # 39; old man & # 39; s injury & # 39; s injury and the age creeps at the age of 37. That is a major concern.

Can you be Roy of the unlimited overs?

A coach is expected to support his players and Bayliss certainly did that with Jason Roy on Tuesday. & # 39; If he escapes the way he did here, we have to chin it, & # 39; said the horror of Roy's Bayliss to Nathan Lyon. "If you applaud him for playing recordings like that elsewhere, it's a little hard to be critical when he comes to play that way."

Jason Roy was supported by his coach after a horror shot against Nathan Lyon (right)

Well, there is positivity and there is brainlessness and Bayliss knows privately that this was a breach of duty by Roy with a test that has yet to be conducted. There is certainly room for Roy in Test cricket, but he has to adapt much better.

So there is a lot for England to think for next week's second test and we haven't even mentioned Moeen Ali and Joe Denly. It is a long way back for them.

At least there are reasons to be cheerful …

Exactly, it's not all ruin and gloom – Jofra Archer was in fertile form for Sussex seconds and will definitely return to the scene of his biggest triumph and that World Cup final super next week instead of Anderson.

Then England must be decisive and accept that Denly is not a test player and Moeen has a break.

Bring in left arm Seamer Sam Curran and spinner Jack Leach, with three changes that are almost acceptable and don't look at panic. There are four tests left and England has the habit of bouncing back after a major setback. Everything to play for!

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Cricket News: England selector Ed Smith tips Jason Roy to be Ashes opener

That's enough to bask in the glory of the World Cup, it's Ashes time. That was the message when England named three potential debutants – Jason Roy, Lewis Gregory and Olly Stone – for an inaugural test against Ireland which is basically the practice for the big one against Australia.

This summer of all cricket summers, England barely allowed to catch a breath after the tumultuous events of Lord & # 39; s before the national selector Ed Smith turned up in Canterbury on Wednesday to remind us of the old enemy who waited for the red ball half of this very important season

It is a shame that a ridiculously debilitating schedule – five axis tests being crammed in just over six weeks – does not allow the country to enjoy the hardly credible World Cup Final any longer , but that's the game obsession with packed programs & # 39; s.

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Jason Roy is going to make his debut for England after having impressed during the World Cup

It is almost as if Ireland, who is England too is faced with a four-day test that begins on the following Wednesday from the Lord, a necessary inconvenience is to avoid all thoughts and planning on the first ash test in Edgbaston on August 1.

To that end, England will have to do without Mark Wood, man of the competition in England & # 39; s Last Test in St. Lucia , for at least the first two Ashes games and probably more because of his side injury, t while Jofra Archer is against the clock for the race to be fit for Birmingham.

But Jimmy Anderson was included in a 13-man squad to face Ireland after he made good progress with his calf injury and allowed to play, with a limit on his workload in a six-man attack.

Perhaps the most significant move was expected – Roy confirmed as the

It says a lot about Roy's scarcity of alternatives. Jos Buttler followed by being picked up for Test cricket on the back of his white ball shape, but, really,

Roy has the ability to take a test away from Australia in a single session and faces Ireland, although he has not fully recovered from the hamstring injury, simply because he needs some sort of red-ball practice before facing Mitchell Starc.

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Roy introduced himself to lifting the World Cup trophy after Sunday's dramatic victory over New Zealand

The Warwickshire pace can read more than 90 mph and has taken 123 first-class wickets at 25 each. to Sri Lanka with England, but did not play before he missed the tour of the Caribbean with a back injury.

LEWIS GREGORY

Gregory has the S omerset attack led fantastically this summer, with 44 wickets at 13.88. The 27-year-old captures the English lions against Australia XI in Canterbury and was last included in the senior squad for an ODI in Ireland in 2015.

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& # 39; The only question with Jason was when it was the ideal would be time to bring him in, & # 39; said Smith. & # 39; I talked extensively with Joe Root months ago about the scenario in which Jason closed the World Cup full of confidence and full runs and went straight into the ashes and that is what we do with him.

& # 39; We & # 39; ve grown up completely in white-ball cricket and he is a more complete player than he has ever been. There has never been any doubt about his talent, courage and presence on the fold. It really feels like a good time for him to come in. "

Gregory is also certainly looking at a nine-hour bowling all-rounder as a reward for a consistently impressive form for Somerset and the Lions – although at 27 he may not have the pace for an extensive testing career. Stone is bowling back for Warwickshire after a back fracture has shortened his engagement with England in the winter and is now a surprising choice.

Stone will complete the trio of debutants if England decides to Anderson or Chris Woakes In the meantime, Jack Leach & # 39; s presence in the 13 is a reminder to Moeen Ali that he must regain his hitting feeling if he is not allowed to lose his test site and his 50-plus.

By letting Ben Stokes and Buttler rest while Smith admitted that coach Trevor Bayliss had a word with Jonny Bairstow, who was a bit ahead of the last World Cup, to see if they were wanted to add to the sidelines. He didn't do it.

Now Bairstow has withheld the gloves from Ben Foakes, he is not going to let them go, and Foakes does not even make Ashes training camp hopeful that England will compete at St George's Park this weekend

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Ed Smith, seen (left) with James Taylor, said that Roy is a more complete player than ever before

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Ed Smith, seen (left) by James Taylor, said that Roy is a more complete player than he ever was

A large number of England greats met in London on Wednesday for the premiere of The Edge, a film about the side that rose to number 1 in the world in 2011 – by Felix White (soundtrack), Swann, Barney Douglas (director), Anderson, Collingwood, Panesar, Bresnan, Bell, Trott, Strauss, Cook and Finn.

But the fact is that Bairstow is a world-class batsman with the ability to solve England's problems in the top three, where Burns and Joe Denly, as well as the untested Roy,

Foakes has not only proven to be the best wicket-keeper in the world, but is arguably a good enough batter to be a better tall.

The big shame is that Archer is not fit to join the debutants after his spectacular World Cup introduction, but England has shown good management to let the 24-year-old superstar rest and recuperate in Barbados instead from St George & # 39; s Park.

& # 39; We are not sure when Jofra will be available for selection again, but he has a fight when he is fit, & Smith added. & # 39; The medical staff is everywhere in the situation.

& # 39; He ran a side strain, but continued to perform at the highest level at the World Cup, there will be full attention to get him back as soon as possible. & # 39;

For the time being, England should have enough to beat Ireland and get some very important thousands in the legs of their bowlers, with experience of the red ball on the highest podium for Roy.

World Cup? Which World Cup?

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Jason Roy has got Australia’s number and should play in the Ashes

How to describe it? Maybe just like the shot. Possibly from the tournament, certainly from the day.

It was not so much the importance of The Shot, given England's full dominance in this semi-final, won with 17.5 overs to save, or even its strength, as impressive as that was.

The Shot spoke about everything that England will record in Sunday's final at Lord & # 39; s, the core of this team will hope to bring to the Ashes series this summer too. And it spoke about the protagonist. What is this team? The Shot said that Roy has the Australia number; that he is not intimidated by them, their pace, their attitude, their reputation.

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Jason Roy sparkled when England hit Australia with eight wickets to reach the World Cup Final

The Shot said the hosts have found their opening batsman for the tests and tests ahead of them. The bowlers of England had already done considerable damage, but it was Roy who took this game away from Australia. His 85 – wrongly contained – left England in an unassailable position, just for victory, whether or not intervened. They sailed past Australia's score as it was only eleven, the game reached 20 overs with England with 147-2, only an inexplicable collapse could have denied the Eoin Morgan team. Their superiority on the Duckworth-Lewis method was so great that it was almost comical. The clouds carried no horrors, nor the bowling of Australia. The Shot, and its significance, continued to ricochet around the stadium.

It was the fifth ball of the sixth. Jonny Bairstow had already cut Starc at the border and grabbed a straight forward single with a send to the third man. Roy was on strike now, England 25 without a loss and taps nicely. Yet nobody expected The Shot. Starc waved one at Roy's legs, not his biggest ball, but also not to invite a cavalier response. It was set up, not short, demanding for safety, a look of the blocks at best. Instead, Roy went full of MS Dhoni. Maybe not the complete helicopter, but certainly the same principle;

The Shot was all about those flexible joints, lifting the ball from the bottom of Roy's bat with such a force that it flew over Nathan Lyon on wide, fine leg for six. In short, Roy stood up to admire his handiwork, almost impressed. Then he pursued his lips in recognition of a successful job, the ball tore the rope and hit the perimeter board. Many great sights would follow soon; but nothing made a statement like The Shot.

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Opener Roy confidently threw Mitchell Starc for six in the sixth with a brilliant recording

That Roy sent out the 35th ball of the innings for six was also Recently played out, with only Steve Smith screwing up the innings, it took until the 32nd round of Australia to clear the boundaries, it was a very poor performance of them in the circumstances, they lost stickets, scoring slowly.

Virat Kohli said that only 45 minutes of India eventually took their place this week, but it was reminiscent of a good period of any significant length recorded by Australia, or part of the game where n England was not superior. Chris Woakes was named man of the competition for his huge breakthrough wickets, but Roy & # 39; s 85 cemented them. Australia needed early casualties and Roy and Bairstow refused to play the role.

It will be inevitable that this will inevitably be unavoidable. talk about getting the band back for the Ashes. Roy & # 39; s selection is becoming more and more inevitable, but he can understand Bairstow – and this destruction of an Australian attack – puts Rory Burns berth under threat, especially if it could also afford to place wicket keeper Ben Foakes ? A discussion for maybe after Sunday. Yet the form of Roy in this tournament has at least given voters a question of less debate.

He is a young man, and he is a man,

Roy batted Thursday five Thursday and five in his at bat and looks to enjoy playing Australia six and nine in his turns on Thursday and seems to enjoy playing Australia "

Roy beat sixty-five and nine four in his exhibition halls on Thursday and seems Enjoy it playing Australia

Rising up Lyons, still the best test spinner in Australia and an outspoken figure in the Ashes series, Roy hit him over the head for six, the first ball. he turn it over to Kevin Pietersen-style for four – 13 coming from Lyon & first 39 balls. See you in August, friend.

And who doesn't like being an Australian captain for six see Whose it doesn't like to see it three times, in fact – in three balls. It was a pandemonium at that time, with Smith surrendering 21 in one, including three powerful Roy influence systems. The latter hit the top layer of Edgbaston's largest stand – the first time it happened since the structure was built, according to club officials. He didn't have the chance to grab his bat or make him his, and he wouldn't have to. his full competition costs – deducted by 30 percent – for an angry response to an early end.

Bairstow had already used the referral from England, unnecessary given that he was a plumber and at that time was largely working on one leg when Roy was supposed to have left a glove. Roy, and unsuccessfully referenced, repetitions did not touch, referees explained that this information was useless because of Bairstow's earlier thoughtlessness. A batsman who must be persuaded to leave the field is never really a sight and Roy can expect to hear more of this. Some speculated and could be suspended for the final. Those with New Zealand addresses, most likely; or the many Australians who for some mysterious reason felt the need to leave early.

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