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New Zealand vs England | 2nd ODI | Napier | 20/2/2013

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I was talking about ODI. I think Root is better than Trot.

Yeah but you don't have to choose one. You can have both.

Root was brought in to replace garbage like Bopara and Patel, not a quality player like Trott.
 
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Root and Trott too good for NZ. Impressive stuff. Showing just why Eng will be one of the faves to take out the Champions Trophy later in the year.
 
Root or Jimmy for MotM, depends on who you think swung the game the most for us. Probably Jimmy.
 
thanks for the updates Justcrazy......without them i wouldn't know what i would do :asif
 
What a thrashing! Great start to the day for us Englanders.

Cook, Trott, Root, Finn and Anderson - the backbone to our team doing its job. Add Pietersen in and you have a top quality side.

Looking forward to the decider.
 
There are better ODI players in Eng than Trott.

Trott averages 50 in ODI cricket at an SR of 77. Every quality ODI side has a similar player in the anchor role.

If you say there are better players who would displace him in this position, name them.
 
Trott averages 50 in ODI cricket at an SR of 77. Every quality ODI side has a similar player in the anchor role.

If you say there are better players who would displace him in this position, name them.

Butler and Bairistow both good impact players.


I am not saying drop Trot , just make sure give others also a chance. So that bench players are also match fit.
 
Butler and Bairistow both good impact players.


I am not saying drop Trot , just make sure give others also a chance. So that bench players are also match fit.

Impact players like that are already in the side including Buttler and Morgan. Our openers also play at an 85 SR. So you need a top order anchor in there as well, which is what Trott does.

There is just not a great argument to drop him, as you originally suggested.
 
What a thrashing! Great start to the day for us Englanders.

Cook, Trott, Root, Finn and Anderson - the backbone to our team doing its job. Add Pietersen in and you have a top quality side.

Looking forward to the decider.
You guys bowl awful at the death, also why on earth do you keep picking Broad? He's so over rated, I can't recall the last time he played well.
 
You guys bowl awful at the death, also why on earth do you keep picking Broad? He's so over rated, I can't recall the last time he played well.

Cause he's our Mitchell Johnson. When the moon is aligned with Saturn or some such crazy nonsense while there is a mystic force in the Oval similar to the Perth breeze that gets MJ going..

Only difference is, he performs superbly for one series and not one match at a time. Then fades to below mediocre otherwise.

Anderson, Finn, Onions, Swann, Panesar should be the core of our Test Team, and Anderson/Finn for ODIs, Woakes perhaps needs some work, and I honestly can't think of another mediocre pacer to throw into the mix. We're all terrible at death bowling. And we only win when Anderson bowls well. If he bowls terribly (as he is prone to do when not in NZ, Eng or SA for ODIs), the others don't pick up the slack.
 
Great performance from England after an ordinary outing with the ball, Root looks like a very good prospect for English cricket.
 
You guys bowl awful at the death, also why on earth do you keep picking Broad? He's so over rated, I can't recall the last time he played well.

He's our best ODI quicker bowler. Just not in the last six months.
 
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