Comments on: Which cracks will England’s Polyfilla Moeen Ali be asked to fill in the T20 World Cup semi-final https://www.kingcricket.co.uk/which-cracks-will-englands-polyfilla-moeen-ali-be-asked-to-fill-in-the-t20-world-cup-semi-final/2021/11/09/ Independent and irreverent cricket writing Wed, 10 Nov 2021 16:11:18 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.1.3 By: sam https://www.kingcricket.co.uk/which-cracks-will-englands-polyfilla-moeen-ali-be-asked-to-fill-in-the-t20-world-cup-semi-final/2021/11/09/#comment-268430 Wed, 10 Nov 2021 16:11:18 +0000 https://www.kingcricket.co.uk/?p=26345#comment-268430 Woakes. It’s got our name on it.

]]> By: Sam https://www.kingcricket.co.uk/which-cracks-will-englands-polyfilla-moeen-ali-be-asked-to-fill-in-the-t20-world-cup-semi-final/2021/11/09/#comment-268429 Wed, 10 Nov 2021 10:50:36 +0000 https://www.kingcricket.co.uk/?p=26345#comment-268429 In reply to Ged Ladd.

In honour of today’s semi-final:

Glenn Phillips-head
Mowing Morgan
Mark Woodwork
Plane Williamson
Adrill Rashid
Trent Bolt
Liam Living Room
Frustration Roy

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Arthur Screwsbury
Drillhara Fernando
Trent Bolt
Shane Dowelrich
Staplegundappa Viswanath

]]> By: Ged Ladd https://www.kingcricket.co.uk/which-cracks-will-englands-polyfilla-moeen-ali-be-asked-to-fill-in-the-t20-world-cup-semi-final/2021/11/09/#comment-268427 Wed, 10 Nov 2021 09:03:49 +0000 https://www.kingcricket.co.uk/?p=26345#comment-268427 In reply to sam.

I fancy a nice stroll around Lord’s visiting the DIY honoured players’ stands…after entering through the W G Grease gate, obviously:

Gubby Allen-head
Plum Slate Warner
Dennis Artificial Grass Compton
Build Edrich

]]> By: A P Webster https://www.kingcricket.co.uk/which-cracks-will-englands-polyfilla-moeen-ali-be-asked-to-fill-in-the-t20-world-cup-semi-final/2021/11/09/#comment-268426 Wed, 10 Nov 2021 07:35:22 +0000 https://www.kingcricket.co.uk/?p=26345#comment-268426 In reply to A P Webster.

I meant to say ‘slightly different’ rather than ‘slightly difference’ there.

I am choosing to blame the early hour and the return of work-based intercity travel for that, rather than face up to the possibility of my own incompetence – facing up to the possibility of one’s own incompetence is really not the done thing these days.

]]> By: A P Webster https://www.kingcricket.co.uk/which-cracks-will-englands-polyfilla-moeen-ali-be-asked-to-fill-in-the-t20-world-cup-semi-final/2021/11/09/#comment-268425 Wed, 10 Nov 2021 07:33:15 +0000 https://www.kingcricket.co.uk/?p=26345#comment-268425 The opening bowler role is notable, but – and I’m trying not to sound like a curmudgeon here – is there really much difference between batting at 3, 4, 5 or 6 in T20?

Maybe batting at number 3 is slightly difference because of the possibility of facing the second ball of an innings, but 4 to 6 seem more or less interchangeable.

I am genuinely surprised that Moeen has never opened the batting for England in T20 though – for a while it seemed like everyone in the country was given an opportunity to do that, like National Service or being in the Sugababes.

]]> By: sam https://www.kingcricket.co.uk/which-cracks-will-englands-polyfilla-moeen-ali-be-asked-to-fill-in-the-t20-world-cup-semi-final/2021/11/09/#comment-268424 Tue, 09 Nov 2021 16:13:34 +0000 https://www.kingcricket.co.uk/?p=26345#comment-268424 DIY XI? Go on then.

Chris Nail
Sandrew Strauss
Ikean Bell
A B&Q De Villiers
Flat pack Russell
Gerpaint Jones
Polyfilla DeFreitas
Spanner Peterson
Rawl plug Lewis
Shelf Valentine
Drill Tufnell

A bit bowling-heavy, and two keepers is a luxury. But they’d give it a bloody good go, before getting a proper man in to clean up the mess.

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