Comments on: The 1990s-est England Test XI https://www.kingcricket.co.uk/the-1990s-est-england-test-xi/2020/04/07/ Independent and irreverent cricket writing Thu, 15 Oct 2020 16:17:35 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.1.3 By: Edward https://www.kingcricket.co.uk/the-1990s-est-england-test-xi/2020/04/07/#comment-263125 Wed, 15 Apr 2020 22:34:26 +0000 https://www.kingcricket.co.uk/?p=23308#comment-263125 Robin Smith versus Shane Warne defined 90s cricket for me. The absolute frustration of watching a player I loved and respected reduced to a quivering wreck by an overweight Aussie beach bum with an earring. We finally found someone who could stand up to the Windies quicks only to slowly start to understand that the rest of the world had moved on ahead of us…again. Smith went from unstoppable to unselectable in a heartbeat…as did just about everyone in the 90s.

]]> By: Dandydan https://www.kingcricket.co.uk/the-1990s-est-england-test-xi/2020/04/07/#comment-263059 Fri, 10 Apr 2020 09:36:34 +0000 https://www.kingcricket.co.uk/?p=23308#comment-263059 In reply to King Cricket.

To me he defines the 90s. He was an established batsmen in the team when I started watching test cricket.

Great natural talent (those square cuts…sigh) but then get out doing something stupid.

]]> By: King Cricket https://www.kingcricket.co.uk/the-1990s-est-england-test-xi/2020/04/07/#comment-263058 Fri, 10 Apr 2020 09:30:13 +0000 https://www.kingcricket.co.uk/?p=23308#comment-263058 In reply to Dandydan.

Smith’s a funny one. He feels like such an outlier.

Arguably, he’s the flip side of everyone’s late Nineties bias. You could probably divide the decade into two eras – the Robin Smith era and the Darren Gough era (there’s a little bit of overlap).

]]> By: Dandydan https://www.kingcricket.co.uk/the-1990s-est-england-test-xi/2020/04/07/#comment-263057 Fri, 10 Apr 2020 09:08:11 +0000 https://www.kingcricket.co.uk/?p=23308#comment-263057 Robin Smith

]]> By: King Cricket https://www.kingcricket.co.uk/the-1990s-est-england-test-xi/2020/04/07/#comment-263054 Fri, 10 Apr 2020 07:19:26 +0000 https://www.kingcricket.co.uk/?p=23308#comment-263054 In reply to Hoopy.

We’d make another comment about people favouring the late Nineties but Daffy’s Test debut was 1986.

]]> By: Hoopy https://www.kingcricket.co.uk/the-1990s-est-england-test-xi/2020/04/07/#comment-263053 Thu, 09 Apr 2020 23:57:17 +0000 https://www.kingcricket.co.uk/?p=23308#comment-263053 Er, bowling attack for me would be Daffy, Gough, Cork & Tuffnell. #justsayin

]]> By: D Charlton https://www.kingcricket.co.uk/the-1990s-est-england-test-xi/2020/04/07/#comment-263049 Thu, 09 Apr 2020 20:16:31 +0000 https://www.kingcricket.co.uk/?p=23308#comment-263049 In reply to Bert.

I’ve always loved Bert.

Brilliant team. Outrageous selection without Lewis, Cork, Gough etc.

We actually had a half decent bowling attack in Gough, Caddick, Fraser, Cork – but quite inconsistent and quite a long tail. I don’t think they ever played together. Might have done in 1998. I’m sure there’s a way to look that up. Anyway, I’m rambling.

I love Bert.

]]> By: Micko https://www.kingcricket.co.uk/the-1990s-est-england-test-xi/2020/04/07/#comment-263040 Wed, 08 Apr 2020 14:00:19 +0000 https://www.kingcricket.co.uk/?p=23308#comment-263040 Australia only had 13 players play 4 or less tests in the 90s, England had 43. Says it all really.

]]> By: Aditya https://www.kingcricket.co.uk/the-1990s-est-england-test-xi/2020/04/07/#comment-263033 Wed, 08 Apr 2020 07:02:34 +0000 https://www.kingcricket.co.uk/?p=23308#comment-263033 I’m sorry KC, but no Gough is an outrage. (I think Bert has expressed why far more eloquently than I could, so I’ll leave it at that)

]]> By: King Cricket https://www.kingcricket.co.uk/the-1990s-est-england-test-xi/2020/04/07/#comment-263032 Tue, 07 Apr 2020 21:09:28 +0000 https://www.kingcricket.co.uk/?p=23308#comment-263032 In reply to Bail-out.

Obvs

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