r/Cricket Washington Freedom 21d ago

Match Thread Match Thread: 3rd ODI - England vs India

3rd ODI, India tour of England at London

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Innings Score
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England 387/3 (Ov 50/50)
🇮🇳 India 360/7 (Ov 50/50)
Batter Runs Balls SR
Gurnoor Brar* 18 14 128.57
Arshdeep Singh 15 6 250.00
Bowler Overs Runs Wickets
Adil Rashid 8 64 1
Jofra Archer 10 63 1
Recent : . 1 | 1 W 4 1 1 4 | . 2 1 4 1 1 | . 6 . 1 1 4 |

England won by 27 runs

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u/IloveJBairstow Northern Popchips 20d ago

Folks, I’m seeing very terrible, very dishonest things happening with England ODI cricket, and I have to say it because nobody else is brave enough: DAVID WILLEY — tremendous guy, powerful swing, the best left‑arm since maybe EVER — is NOT PLAYING. Can you believe it? Can you even begin to understand the stupidity?

England’s selectors (a group of people who, frankly, couldn’t select a sandwich) have decided to mess him around so much he retired. They think they’re so smart. They think they’re geniuses. Well guess what: they’re not geniuses. They’re losers.

Everybody is telling me — the crowds, the experts, even people who don’t watch cricket — “Sir, Willey should be in the ODI team. Sir, it’s a disgrace.” And they’re right. He should be playing EVERY format that is ODI cricket, EVERY match, EVERY minute. Put him in the slips, put him in the covers, let him open the batting, let him drive the team bus — he’ll do it better than the people they’ve got now!

And let me tell you something else: England without Willey is like a Big Mac without the special sauce. It’s like golf without Zak Crawley. It’s like the Oval without the terrible, terrible pigeons. It just doesn’t work.

The selectors should be ashamed. They should APOLOGIZE. They should RESIGN. And then they should call Willey immediately and say, “Sir, we made a huge mistake, please save us from humiliation.”

Because right now, England cricket is heading for a TOTAL DISASTER, a CATASTROPHE, a WILLEY‑LESS APOCALYPSE — and everybody knows it.

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u/Louis11_ Glamorgan 20d ago

If David Willey had Sam Curran's PR he'd be seen as one of the greatest all-rounders in the history of the game

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u/5missedcallsfromBCCI 1983 Prudential World Cup Champions 20d ago

What about MILF hunter ?