Comments on: We’ve accidentally made the case for England to drop Moeen Ali

By: Marees

Marees — Tue, 12 Feb 2019 16:36:11 +0000

I agreed with you, before you posted this.

But after Moeen’s 2 in 2 this Test, someone pointed out that Moeen has been troubling Braithwaite consistently.

I rate Brathwaite in some regard as a Test batsman and so in hindsight Moeen’s single dimension has been specialist Kraigg Brathwaite’s wicket taking bowler
And that is good enough for me to retain him in the XI

By: Balladeer

Balladeer — Fri, 08 Feb 2019 15:51:37 +0000

In reply to A P Webster. Bravo. Wait, that was two posts back.

By: Balladeer

Balladeer — Fri, 08 Feb 2019 15:50:45 +0000

Hover captions! Hover captions! 😀

By: A P Webster

A P Webster — Fri, 08 Feb 2019 07:59:52 +0000

In reply to Alphamonkey.

It certainly did seem like some players were – like a swimmer in a sewer – just going through the motions at times.

By: Balladeer

Balladeer — Thu, 07 Feb 2019 21:15:41 +0000

In reply to Balladeer. Ironically that probably makes selection much easier.

By: Fried

Fried — Thu, 07 Feb 2019 20:54:42 +0000

In reply to Balladeer. Last I heard, Stokes, Foakes and Woakes are all injury doubts, so maybe they'll at least get to carry drinks together?

By: King Cricket

King Cricket — Thu, 07 Feb 2019 17:59:56 +0000

In reply to Alphamonkey. Wisden! Don't credit the rivals. It was actually our headline. We thought worlds was better. No idea why.

By: Alphamonkey

Alphamonkey — Thu, 07 Feb 2019 17:52:44 +0000

Did Cricinfo not want stools in the headline because of the reference to defecation? They’ve gone for “worlds” instead which is as satisfying.

By: King Cricket

King Cricket — Thu, 07 Feb 2019 17:19:17 +0000

In reply to Balladeer. If he's still got a slab of brisket for a hand, that's probably fair enough.

By: Sam

Sam — Thu, 07 Feb 2019 16:58:24 +0000

In reply to King Cricket. The perfect amount of injured