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Howzat! Expert cricket analyst gets bowled again - this time at a canter

"Areas to improve," says McCullum How about batting, bowling and fielding for starters?

RIP Tony. A great player for Rovers, one of the best. Played alongside Pele at NY Cosmos IIRC, that’s how good he was

Jonathan Agnew has been reading this messageboard https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/articles/c3r1wg5407lo

Crawley out first over - and I hope that's his last innings for England Innings defeat on the cards?

England have dropped 17 catches so far in this series. Some of them were defining moments in one or two Tests. Dropped catches happen but that big number is symptomatic of a failing team. McCullum staying on after this dreadful series would be endorsing that failure. Get rid.

Will Jacks drops a dolly - go back to T20 with the rest of 'em They can't field, they can't bowl and they can't bat Send 'em home

It's not just the batting - the bowling has been dire too Potts and Carse today bowled too short and wide - and neither of them are natural opening bowlers in the first place. Apart from Root and cameos from or two others this tour has been long one shitshow from start to finish - and that's all down to poor management

Jamie Smith with another brainless dismissal after another ridiculous innings in which he could have been out 3 or 4 times. Smith represents everything that is wrong with England cricket under McCullum and has gone wrong on this tour. Another one for the axe

Can he? He got Barnsley in the playoffs on the back of the work of the previous manager - as any Barnsley fan will tell you At every other club he's flopped - lasting an average of 7 months at each (and we gave him a 3-year contract - why???) Unless he's sacked asap I think Rovers are going down to the third division

Why?

Rule No 1: you do not lose at home to a relegation rival if you want to stay up We are going down

Rovers 0 Charlton 1 Three former Rovers in their line-up so the law of the immutable ex applies JRC or Bell to score and Kaminski to save penalty

You've never seen him play but of course he would

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