| Cricket 2026 County/International Thread 10:53 - Jan 31 with 7211 views | Superhoops2808 |
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I've started a new thread for the 2026 season, and I've started it now because the T20 World Cup starts a week today. (And in fact 2 months and we will be chatting county cricket red ball)
In a group with Italy, Nepal and Scotland and a pretty solid squad I expect that we will progress beyond the group stage. After that who knows and will depend on fitness. Curran and Salt played very well in the first game warm up game v Sri Lanka but tougher tests are ahead. Anyway, here is the squad for England (albeit still provisional).
Harry Brook (captain), Rehan Ahmed, Jofra Archer, Tom Banton, Jacob Bethell, Jos Buttler, Sam Curran, Liam Dawson, Ben Duckett, Will Jacks, Jamie Overton, Adil Rashid, Phil Salt, Josh Tongue, Luke Wood.
Be relying on Archer to stay fit (as per usual) - But hope that Brook finally stands up as captain, and Banton and Jacks perfom like we know they can at county level. If all that clicks should be a good watch. |  | | |  |
| Cricket 2026 County/International Thread on 13:05 - Feb 16 with 1445 views | GaryBannister86 |
| Cricket 2026 County/International Thread on 12:58 - Feb 16 by Superhoops2808 |
To be fair, Grant Stewart had us on the ropes after all that 
Still dont think this England side will get past the Super 8's |
He was brilliant. England were really not good. If Stewart's final shot had gone wide of the fielder for 4, I think he would have got them really close. That's Grant Stewart - 2nd Division Kent journeyman.
Not sure what is going on, as much as I am a fan of McCullum, unless we improve quickly in the Super 8s, it is really about time we made use of the best one-day brain in the world - Eoin Morgan. |  | | |
| Cricket 2026 County/International Thread on 17:05 - Feb 16 with 1270 views | GaryBannister86 |
What a chase by Sri Lanka and what a hundred.....can't believe it! Ireland - you know what to do, lose to Zimbabwe. Don't let Oz in! | | | |
| Cricket 2026 County/International Thread on 18:01 - Feb 16 with 1243 views | DiggertheMole |
Dear Mr Hoops, delighted to see another Kent fan on the site. Supported them since a kid, went to Uni in Canterbury (not just for the cricket) and have dovetailed end of the Rs seasons with travelling down to Canterbury. First QPR game (not a cliche) 1967 and despite the Gills/Wet Spam and even Millwall boys at the St Lawrence Ground there are a few familiar QPR faces as well. A bunch of us tend to do pre-match beers in The Uxbridge at Notting Hill and on Kent days now that the Phoenix seems to be in decline, the boozer on Oaten Hill (always forget the name - age!). Will try to meet up although I now live in Hertfordshire and the easiest place is Beckenham. Cheers anyway |  | | |
| Cricket 2026 County/International Thread on 10:16 - Feb 17 with 1101 views | GaryBannister86 |
| Cricket 2026 County/International Thread on 18:01 - Feb 16 by DiggertheMole |
Dear Mr Hoops, delighted to see another Kent fan on the site. Supported them since a kid, went to Uni in Canterbury (not just for the cricket) and have dovetailed end of the Rs seasons with travelling down to Canterbury. First QPR game (not a cliche) 1967 and despite the Gills/Wet Spam and even Millwall boys at the St Lawrence Ground there are a few familiar QPR faces as well. A bunch of us tend to do pre-match beers in The Uxbridge at Notting Hill and on Kent days now that the Phoenix seems to be in decline, the boozer on Oaten Hill (always forget the name - age!). Will try to meet up although I now live in Hertfordshire and the easiest place is Beckenham. Cheers anyway |
Not the only one - QPR and Kent, what a barren two teams to follow. Nigh on 50 years and the only genuine trophy I've got between the two of them was that Sunday League win many moons ago.
More importantly, rain at Zim v Ireland. Keep raining, rain, rain, rain again. Then bye bye Australia. Although pretty sure we won't be long behind them in getting on the plane. | | | |
| Cricket 2026 County/International Thread on 18:37 - Feb 18 with 945 views | Superhoops2808 |
Oh how we laughed at the Aussies
Out without a ball being bowled  | | | |
| Cricket 2026 County/International Thread on 10:49 - Feb 22 with 758 views | Superhoops2808 |
Wow this is a painful watch this morning
Shocking by England. Only Phil Salt coming out of this with any resemblance of pride so far | | | |
| Cricket 2026 County/International Thread on 10:59 - Feb 22 with 731 views | GaryBannister86 |
| Cricket 2026 County/International Thread on 10:49 - Feb 22 by Superhoops2808 |
Wow this is a painful watch this morning
Shocking by England. Only Phil Salt coming out of this with any resemblance of pride so far |
Agreed, Sri Lanka will get these spinning on their proverbial. I don't understand how so many excellent players like Buttler have just not fired and not got going. As you say, painful. | | | |
| Cricket 2026 County/International Thread on 11:05 - Feb 22 with 718 views | eastside_r |
SL have an excellent and varied attack and know the local conditions.
Nowhere near enough from England one would think. |  | | |
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| Cricket 2026 County/International Thread on 11:08 - Feb 22 with 709 views | Superhoops2808 |
Looking at Butler, you just wanted to put him out of his misery | | | |
| Cricket 2026 County/International Thread on 11:12 - Feb 22 with 701 views | GaryBannister86 |
Well the McCullum haters are going to get their wish, because we likely now need 2 wins and no washouts from NZ and Pakistan games to get through. Can't see it as we are so flat. | | | |
| Cricket 2026 County/International Thread on 11:52 - Feb 22 with 659 views | GaryBannister86 |
Or not......come on boys! | | | |
| Cricket 2026 County/International Thread on 11:56 - Feb 22 with 650 views | eastside_r |
| Cricket 2026 County/International Thread on 11:05 - Feb 22 by eastside_r |
SL have an excellent and varied attack and know the local conditions.
Nowhere near enough from England one would think. |
Happy to admit, I could be wrong about this. [Post edited 22 Feb 11:56]
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| Cricket 2026 County/International Thread on 11:56 - Feb 22 with 645 views | Superhoops2808 |
Seems I have been guilty of not allowing both sides to bat before commenting  | | | |
| Cricket 2026 County/International Thread on 12:42 - Feb 22 with 611 views | Superhoops2808 |
Got that all wrong, superb bowling by Will Jacks | | | |
| Cricket 2026 County/International Thread on 13:57 - Feb 22 with 567 views | numptydumpty |
After the troubles of our innings, i also had this down as a bad loss and making our qualification unbelievably difficult.
i think one win out of the two left, will do it now.
Didnt think our bowlers were good enough to defend this total, but theu achieved it with ease.
What a shocker.... |  |
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| Cricket 2026 County/International Thread on 18:09 - Feb 22 with 527 views | Superhoops2808 |
| Cricket 2026 County/International Thread on 18:01 - Feb 16 by DiggertheMole |
Dear Mr Hoops, delighted to see another Kent fan on the site. Supported them since a kid, went to Uni in Canterbury (not just for the cricket) and have dovetailed end of the Rs seasons with travelling down to Canterbury. First QPR game (not a cliche) 1967 and despite the Gills/Wet Spam and even Millwall boys at the St Lawrence Ground there are a few familiar QPR faces as well. A bunch of us tend to do pre-match beers in The Uxbridge at Notting Hill and on Kent days now that the Phoenix seems to be in decline, the boozer on Oaten Hill (always forget the name - age!). Will try to meet up although I now live in Hertfordshire and the easiest place is Beckenham. Cheers anyway |
Sorry Digger I should have replied to this and forgot
I live Dartford way so Beckenham is a better ground for me too, always happy to meet up and grab a drink at one of the one day game fixtures scheduled for this year.
However I do go to Canterbury a lot having full membership although last year I tended to find 'other jobs' to do owing to the standard of our cricket but hoping for better this season. Had as many injuries last season as QPR, maybe Ben Williams does the medical side of things at Kent CCC too
Finally, have to pull Gary up with a comment about barren years - We have won the T20 in 2021 and the Metro Cup in 2022 so thats silverware. And in fact we even won silverware in the 2020 season when the counties were divided up and we won Division 3 in the red ball - Best to forget that one though!! Always there or thereabouts for the T20 finals day too | | | |
| Cricket 2026 County/International Thread on 18:30 - Feb 22 with 503 views | denhamhoop2 |
| Cricket 2026 County/International Thread on 18:09 - Feb 22 by Superhoops2808 |
Sorry Digger I should have replied to this and forgot
I live Dartford way so Beckenham is a better ground for me too, always happy to meet up and grab a drink at one of the one day game fixtures scheduled for this year.
However I do go to Canterbury a lot having full membership although last year I tended to find 'other jobs' to do owing to the standard of our cricket but hoping for better this season. Had as many injuries last season as QPR, maybe Ben Williams does the medical side of things at Kent CCC too
Finally, have to pull Gary up with a comment about barren years - We have won the T20 in 2021 and the Metro Cup in 2022 so thats silverware. And in fact we even won silverware in the 2020 season when the counties were divided up and we won Division 3 in the red ball - Best to forget that one though!! Always there or thereabouts for the T20 finals day too |
F### me if you think that's barren try supporting Middlesex bar the 1 County Championship it's like following the Rs | | | |
| Cricket 2026 County/International Thread on 17:04 - Feb 24 with 382 views | stowmarketrange |
Well done England on qualifying for the semifinal.And well done to Harry Brook for getting us over the line with a fine century. |  | | |
| Cricket 2026 County/International Thread on 17:11 - Feb 24 with 363 views | Superhoops2808 |
When Harry got his 50 I noted he had never scored a 100. Great time to do it
And who would envisage we would be the first into the semi final and still not performing at our best | | | |
| Cricket 2026 County/International Thread on 17:27 - Feb 24 with 336 views | GaryBannister86 |
Brilliant by Brook. Well done England and Baz, good on you. First to qualify and I'm not sure we've actually played more than 70% of our best yet.
What we really need is for Jos to get some runs against NZ. [Post edited 24 Feb 17:43]
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| Cricket 2026 County/International Thread on 17:49 - Feb 24 with 313 views | CFW |
| Cricket 2026 County/International Thread on 17:27 - Feb 24 by GaryBannister86 |
Brilliant by Brook. Well done England and Baz, good on you. First to qualify and I'm not sure we've actually played more than 70% of our best yet.
What we really need is for Jos to get some runs against NZ. [Post edited 24 Feb 17:43]
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Totally agree a fantastic innings especially given he came into this match in poor form and had done nothing of note to date. Think that makes the innings even better. Unfortunately, it kind of papers over some very serious cracks in our batting performance. Buttler looks shot as a player at the moment and Salt (last innings apart) has looked poor. Today slashing at a wide ball when it was first ball up - sorry that is poor.
Having said that we are into the semi-finals even though we have been poor and in 20/20 cricket one player can win or lose you the match.
On our day we can win this - so come on boys step it up!!!! | | | |
| Cricket 2026 County/International Thread on 18:55 - Feb 24 with 247 views | Superhoops2808 |
| Cricket 2026 County/International Thread on 17:27 - Feb 24 by GaryBannister86 |
Brilliant by Brook. Well done England and Baz, good on you. First to qualify and I'm not sure we've actually played more than 70% of our best yet.
What we really need is for Jos to get some runs against NZ. [Post edited 24 Feb 17:43]
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I would drop Butler for the 3rd game and move Jacks to open
Give someone else a chance to try out | | | |
| Cricket 2026 County/International Thread on 19:06 - Feb 24 with 229 views | GaryBannister86 |
| Cricket 2026 County/International Thread on 18:55 - Feb 24 by Superhoops2808 |
I would drop Butler for the 3rd game and move Jacks to open
Give someone else a chance to try out |
Drop Buttler? No way. Form is temporary, class is permanent. The bloke's our best ever one day player, won us so many games. Back him! | | | |
| Cricket 2026 County/International Thread on 09:20 - Feb 25 with 141 views | CFW |
| Cricket 2026 County/International Thread on 19:06 - Feb 24 by GaryBannister86 |
Drop Buttler? No way. Form is temporary, class is permanent. The bloke's our best ever one day player, won us so many games. Back him! |
I really like Buttler as a player and as a person, you are quite right he is undoubtably a class white ball player but his last 10 innings are 2, 7, 3, 3, 21, 26, 25, 39 and 17. In his last two innings he looked like he had never played cricket before in his life. He is totally out of touch and something needs to change. Perhaps moving him down the order to protect him might help? I am no expert but this cannot continue if we want to win this tournament.
Also, on balance, it should also be pointed out that his opening partner (Salt) apart from one innings has also failed which has not helped. | | | |
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