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Post by Marshy on Aug 5, 2019 12:34:42 GMT
Another pathetic collapse on the cards again. Same old same old. Goodnight Irene. |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 5, 2019 12:49:58 GMT
Yesterday, the Aussies scored 364-4. The pitch is not that much different to yesterday.....and we are 87-5 !
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Post by Deleted on Aug 5, 2019 12:50:58 GMT
Another pathetic collapse on the cards again. Same old same old. Embarrassing - especially when they were about 112-7 on day one? Could see us fold over the rest of the series now. |
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Post by Marshy on Aug 5, 2019 12:54:44 GMT
Buttler has got to go I’m afraid, another 2 failures.
Great one day player but test cricket? He’s not even keeping wicket so just a spare part at the mo who’s batting sh**e!
And he can take Denly with him.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 5, 2019 13:02:57 GMT
Buttler has got to go I’m afraid, another 2 failures. Great one day player but test cricket? He’s not even keeping wicket so just a spare part at the mo who’s batting sh**e! And he can take Denly with him. Twice in this game the Aussies were under the cosh. At 124-7 (?) in the first innings and three early wickets down in the second, and both times they showed guts and resolve to haul themselves back up. This England team just doesn't have that I'm afraid. When they are down, they just collapse. We've seen it time and time again. |
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Post by Marshy on Aug 5, 2019 13:13:52 GMT
Buttler has got to go I’m afraid, another 2 failures. Great one day player but test cricket? He’s not even keeping wicket so just a spare part at the mo who’s batting sh**e! And he can take Denly with him. Twice in this game the Aussies were under the cosh. At 124-7 (?) in the first innings and three early wickets down in the second, and both times they showed guts and resolve to haul themselves back up. This England team just doesn't have that I'm afraid. When they are down, they just collapse. We've seen it time and time again. Yep they are on a par with Bolders asshole. |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 5, 2019 13:16:37 GMT
Twice in this game the Aussies were under the cosh. At 124-7 (?) in the first innings and three early wickets down in the second, and both times they showed guts and resolve to haul themselves back up. This England team just doesn't have that I'm afraid. When they are down, they just collapse. We've seen it time and time again. Yep they are on a par with Bolders asshole. You mean collapse, not prolapse ! |
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Post by Marshy on Aug 5, 2019 13:19:57 GMT
Yep they are on a par with Bolders asshole. You mean collapse, not prolapse ! No, they’re ragged and full of sh**e! Unfortunate injury to Anderson, we may well have won this test if he didn’t get injured. 122- 8, I bet Jimmy would have finished them off and then we would have had a commanding 1st innings lead. |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 5, 2019 13:26:07 GMT
You mean collapse, not prolapse ! No, they’re ragged and full of sh**e! Unfortunate injury to Anderson, we may well have won this test if he didn’t get injured. 122- 8, I bet Jimmy would have finished them off and then we would have had a commanding 1st innings lead. Re Bolders. You mean like a ripped out Victorian Fireplace? |
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Post by Marshy on Aug 5, 2019 13:28:53 GMT
No, they’re ragged and full of sh**e! Unfortunate injury to Anderson, we may well have won this test if he didn’t get injured. 122- 8, I bet Jimmy would have finished them off and then we would have had a commanding 1st innings lead. Re Bolders. You mean like a ripped out Victorian Fireplace? Urrrgg that’s enough of that! 👀 |
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Post by trevorgas on Aug 5, 2019 13:30:38 GMT
Buttler has got to go I’m afraid, another 2 failures. Great one day player but test cricket? He’s not even keeping wicket so just a spare part at the mo who’s batting sh**e! And he can take Denly with him. Unfortunately he would have to take Ali,Roy and Bairstow with him. Bairstow averages 16 in test cricket over the last 16 months and he is by test standards a poor keeper. Ali has lost confidence can't bat or ball at the moment and Roy does not have the mental strength for Test cricket,his longest first class innings is around 3.5 hours. We have to face facts we just ain't good enough. |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 5, 2019 13:36:53 GMT
Buttler has got to go I’m afraid, another 2 failures. Great one day player but test cricket? He’s not even keeping wicket so just a spare part at the mo who’s batting sh**e! And he can take Denly with him. Unfortunately he would have to take Ali,Roy and Bairstow with him. Bairstow averages 16 in test cricket over the last 16 months and he is by test standards a poor keeper. Ali has lost confidence can't bat or ball at the moment and Roy does not have the mental strength for Test cricket,his longest first class innings is around 3.5 hours. We have to face facts we just ain't good enough. Given the lack of fortitude in the top order should we be asking Cook to come back for the rest of the series? The players letting us down will probably be replaced like for like as we seem to have a nation of one day specialists and no-one coming through with test match attributes? Ali is awful at the moment. Amazed he was picked for this game. It's like playing with ten men. |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 5, 2019 13:37:31 GMT
Buttler has got to go I’m afraid, another 2 failures. Great one day player but test cricket? He’s not even keeping wicket so just a spare part at the mo who’s batting sh**e! And he can take Denly with him. Unfortunately he would have to take Ali,Roy and Bairstow with him. Bairstow averages 16 in test cricket over the last 16 months and he is by test standards a poor keeper. Ali has lost confidence can't bat or ball at the moment and Roy does not have the mental strength for Test cricket,his longest first class innings is around 3.5 hours. We have to face facts we just ain't good enough. As I said earlier, Archer has to come in for Anderson. Rashid for Ali. Denly has to be replaced. I'd prefer Buttler being given the gloves. Maybe promote Bairstow to open? Last chance for him? |
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Post by Marshy on Aug 5, 2019 13:44:05 GMT
It’s not quite over yet, rain coming in 4 o’clock.
Can we survive another hour? :doubt it:
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Post by trevorgas on Aug 5, 2019 13:50:52 GMT
Unfortunately he would have to take Ali,Roy and Bairstow with him. Bairstow averages 16 in test cricket over the last 16 months and he is by test standards a poor keeper. Ali has lost confidence can't bat or ball at the moment and Roy does not have the mental strength for Test cricket,his longest first class innings is around 3.5 hours. We have to face facts we just ain't good enough. As I said earlier, Archer has to come in for Anderson. Rashid for Ali. Denly has to be replaced. I'd prefer Buttler being given the gloves. Maybe promote Bairstow to open? Last chance for him? My limited expertise is based on playing Minor Counties in the late 80s early 90s as an opening fast bowler. Bairstow doesn't have the technique,his bath is away from his pad when he plays the ball and he has no idea where his off stump is. Agree with Butler better keeper,Joffra will play and Rashid needs to come in. The other problem is Root is not a test Captain he has little experience and it showed yesterday, no stopping singles to create pressure and Woakes only bowling 7 overs when not injured? All the Australian batters were allowed to ease themselves in in the afternoon as Root had no plan to create pressure. Rant over😁😁😁 |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 5, 2019 14:02:51 GMT
As I said earlier, Archer has to come in for Anderson. Rashid for Ali. Denly has to be replaced. I'd prefer Buttler being given the gloves. Maybe promote Bairstow to open? Last chance for him? My limited expertise is based on playing Minor Counties in the late 80s early 90s as an opening fast bowler. Bairstow doesn't have the technique,his bath is away from his pad when he plays the ball and he has no idea where his off stump is. Agree with Butler better keeper,Joffra will play and Rashid needs to come in. The other problem is Root is not a test Captain he has little experience and it showed yesterday, no stopping singles to create pressure and Woakes only bowling 7 overs when not injured? All the Australian batters were allowed to ease themselves in in the afternoon as Root had no plan to create pressure. Rant over😁😁😁 I said the same thing about Root earlier. I remember listening to Nassar Hussain, when he was talking about Steven Fleming being Captain of New Zealand. Fleming would quite often move fielders into really odd positions. Hussain was saying that as a batsman, when he saw this he actually started to question, "why". Had Fleming seen a flaw in his technique etc. Fleming was making the batsman think about something other than what he should be doing. It was creative Captaincy. Root's field placings are just so ordinary. With Woakes, it was the same during the World Cup. There were a few games where Woakes had the best England bowling figures, but after 50 overs he hadn't completed his ten overs ! It happened more than once. |
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Post by trevorgas on Aug 5, 2019 14:07:20 GMT
My limited expertise is based on playing Minor Counties in the late 80s early 90s as an opening fast bowler. Bairstow doesn't have the technique,his bath is away from his pad when he plays the ball and he has no idea where his off stump is. Agree with Butler better keeper,Joffra will play and Rashid needs to come in. The other problem is Root is not a test Captain he has little experience and it showed yesterday, no stopping singles to create pressure and Woakes only bowling 7 overs when not injured? All the Australian batters were allowed to ease themselves in in the afternoon as Root had no plan to create pressure. Rant over😁😁😁 I said the same thing about Root earlier. I remember listening to Nassar Hussain, when he was talking about Steven Fleming being Captain of New Zealand. Fleming would quite often move fielders into really odd positions. Hussain was saying that as a batsman, when he saw this he actually started to question, "why". Had Fleming seen a flaw in his technique etc. Fleming was making the batsman think about something other than what he should be doing. It was creative Captaincy. Root's field placings are just so ordinary. With Woakes, it was the same during the World Cup. There were a few games where Woakes had the best England bowling figures, but after 50 overs he hadn't completed his ten overs ! It happened more than once. Agreed It's going to be a long 6 weeks as we have to win 2 out of 4 and I can't see it as the Aussies don't usually let you back in. Unfortunately I have tickets for 2 days at Old Trafford so would like us to be all square by then ,haha |
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Post by trevorgas on Aug 5, 2019 14:09:46 GMT
I said the same thing about Root earlier. I remember listening to Nassar Hussain, when he was talking about Steven Fleming being Captain of New Zealand. Fleming would quite often move fielders into really odd positions. Hussain was saying that as a batsman, when he saw this he actually started to question, "why". Had Fleming seen a flaw in his technique etc. Fleming was making the batsman think about something other than what he should be doing. It was creative Captaincy. Root's field placings are just so ordinary. With Woakes, it was the same during the World Cup. There were a few games where Woakes had the best England bowling figures, but after 50 overs he hadn't completed his ten overs ! It happened more than once. Agreed It's going to be a long 6 weeks as we have to win 2 out of 4 and I can't see it as the Aussies don't usually let you back in. Unfortunately I have tickets for 2 days at Old Trafford so would like us to be all square by then ,haha Ps God knows why Anderson is out batting with 50 overs left will make his injury worse. water poor management |
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Post by chewbacca on Aug 6, 2019 15:08:11 GMT
Jofra bowling against 'shire 2nd XI today;
12.1-4-27-6
He's currently batting;
52* off 41.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 6, 2019 16:11:41 GMT
Jofra bowling against 'shire 2nd XI today; 12.1-4-27-6 He's currently batting; 52* off 41. As I said earlier, apparently the boy is quite a batsman as well. |
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