‘It feels a bit like club cricket’: Foakes providing calm amid Bazball storm https://andrewhansen.au/it-feels-a-bit-like-club-cricket-foakes-providing-calm-amid-bazball-storm/ #NewZealandCricketTeam #EnglandCricketTeam #TheGuardian #LatestNews #cricket #sports

“England Secures Thumping First Test Victory Over New Zealand Thanks to James Anderson’s Dominant Performance” https://andrewhansen.au/england-secures-thumping-first-test-victory-over-new-zealand-thanks-to-james-andersons-dominant-performance/ #EnglandCricketTeam #TheGuardian #LatestNews #NewZealand #cricket #sports

For all the dazzling brilliance of #englandcricketteam that has run out of superlatives - each player! - and the unprecedented series cleansweep, we have pause to consider a thunderstruck #Pakistan side and the board under #RamizRaja. Difficult to console. I’ve always respected Ramiz as an an honest forthright player, pundit and head of #Pakistani cricket. I wish him well and a speedy bounce back for Pakistan #cricket

For all the dazzling brilliance of #englandcricketteam that has run out of superlatives - each player! - and the unprecedented series cleansweep, we have pause to consider a thunderstruck #Pakistan side and the board under #RamizRaja. Difficult to console. I’ve always respected Ramiz as an an honest forthright player, pundit and head of #Pakistani cricket. I wish him well and a speedy bounce back for Pakistan #cricket

So it’s settled. #BenStokes’ #englandcricketteam are deservedly #TheSpecials courtesy of the #BarmyArmy #trumpeter’s lament. #TerryHall #Karachi

So it’s settled. #BenStokes’ #englandcricketteam are deservedly #TheSpecials courtesy of the #BarmyArmy #trumpeter’s lament. #TerryHall #Karachi

#englandcricketteam’ ethos is from another dimension. It’s too much. I cannot process it. It #incommensurable. No common measure. Nobody ever played like this. #PAKvENG. As a fan of Test cricket all my life I’ve just totally lost my neurotic fear of anything that #England do. I’m glad #BenStokes and #BrendonMcCullum aligned in my lifetime. Outrageous but good Test #cricket. I also have to come off my high horse a bit, let it chomp at the manger whilst I thank the white ball game.

#englandcricketteam just too hot to handle. #OllieRobinson doing what #KeithBarker does for #HampshireCricket, but right handed. That’s #BabarAzam, new to the crease just minutes after #JimmyAnderson bowled #Rizwan. Among the best Test #batters in the world. Then #MarkWood bowling with searing pace (hi-90s 👀) shatters Shafique’s stumps. Pakistan were favourite before lunch!! England have been doing this all year.

But irritated by discussion on #bbccricket about how to get #Bairstow back into this #englandcricketteam. #WillJacks is a #Pakistan pick given that JB is injured. JB will come in for Jacks immediately upon recovery. WJ will be in squads I’m sure. But he’s in this side as much - if not more - for bowling than his batting. Typically the #Nut and #JoeRoot will suffice outside of Pakistan. Talk of dropping our best wicket keeper #Foakes is absurd. in my opinion. #PAKvENG #Multan

Not criticising #englandcricketteam. 280 is a bit below par. That’s going to happen. I think #Pakistancricketteam will get a 1st inns lead. There’s a part of me that wants #Pakistan to level the #PAKvENG series. The #Pakistani people have been so welcoming. Many have missed seeing a generation play at home. I’d give a limb to travel there and follow #England. Haven’t ruled out an 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 win. Psychologically they’ll be very tough to crack. And losing won’t bother them. #Entertain

@rosamundi : what a one sided game today! England played so well !!! Good all-round performance #englandcricketteam #icct20worldcup2022