Anag Ram Posted May 30, 2015 Share Posted May 30, 2015 New Zealand have bowled full and straight. England 163-0 at tea. So much for that theory. Accept your point and the spirit in which it was meant but NZ are bowling at 1 and 2 not 10 and 11. So few yorkers too. It's a good batting pitch but the bowling from both sides has been decidedly average. And down on pace. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddie Posted May 30, 2015 Share Posted May 30, 2015 Accept your point and the spirit in which it was meant but NZ are bowling at 1 and 2 not 10 and 11.So few yorkers too.It's a good batting pitch but the bowling from both sides has been decidedly average. And down on pace.For the last two or three years (probably longer - maybe since Fred and Harmy packed up) England have struggled to blow away the tail - and so have other teams. I'm not sure why that is, but twice in the last 3 years England have conceded over a hundred in taking the last wicket (Best & Ramdin 143 in 2012, then Hughes and Agar 163 in 2013 - and then of course Root and Jimmy adding 198 against India last year). Of course, the absence of a quality spin bowler doesn't help either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curtains Posted May 30, 2015 Author Share Posted May 30, 2015 Cook out for 75 England 177-1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DEL Posted May 30, 2015 Share Posted May 30, 2015 Cook out for 75 England 177-1 Sigh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curtains Posted May 30, 2015 Author Share Posted May 30, 2015 Sigh. Given out LBW after a review. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DEL Posted May 30, 2015 Share Posted May 30, 2015 Given out LBW after a review. Was hoping he reach 100 runs though. Oh well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curtains Posted May 30, 2015 Author Share Posted May 30, 2015 Well done to Lyth who gets a Century 194-1 Lyth 102 no Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DEL Posted May 30, 2015 Share Posted May 30, 2015 Well done to Lyth who gets a Century 194-1 Lyth 102 no At his home ground. Well done Lyth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curtains Posted May 30, 2015 Author Share Posted May 30, 2015 Lyth run out for 107 215-2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PistoldPete2 Posted May 30, 2015 Share Posted May 30, 2015 For the last two or three years (probably longer - maybe since Fred and Harmy packed up) England have struggled to blow away the tail - and so have other teams. I'm not sure why that is, but twice in the last 3 years England have conceded over a hundred in taking the last wicket (Best & Ramdin 143 in 2012, then Hughes and Agar 163 in 2013 - and then of course Root and Jimmy adding 198 against India last year). Of course, the absence of a quality spin bowler doesn't help either.Two of those were Trent bridge , where the pitch has got slower and slower which makes it easier later in the innings. Taile Enders have got better since the old days too. Also if we only play four front line bowlers then the bowlers get tired which makes it easier later in the innings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curtains Posted May 30, 2015 Author Share Posted May 30, 2015 239-3Ballance out clean bowled by Trent Boult Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curtains Posted May 30, 2015 Author Share Posted May 30, 2015 239-4Root out caught behind off Southee for 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddie Posted May 30, 2015 Share Posted May 30, 2015 Ballance has seriously got to sort his foot movement out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curtains Posted May 30, 2015 Author Share Posted May 30, 2015 Ballance has seriously got to sort his foot movement out.I think that's classic Lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddie Posted May 30, 2015 Share Posted May 30, 2015 Two of those were Trent bridge , where the pitch has got slower and slower which makes it easier later in the innings. Taile Enders have got better since the old days too. Also if we only play four front line bowlers then the bowlers get tired which makes it easier later in the innings. Yes I agree about that being the norm Trent Bridge, but the Aussie partnership was on the morning of day 2, and the West Indies one at Edgbaston was on the equivalent of day 2 (the first 2 days having been washed out without a ball being bowled).Completely agree about the 'four bowlers' nonsense - my biggest gripe about the current negative England philosophy of trying to cram extra batsmen into the side Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddie Posted May 30, 2015 Share Posted May 30, 2015 Collapse of Derbyshireesque proportions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curtains Posted May 30, 2015 Author Share Posted May 30, 2015 Stokes out at 1833 caught in slips for 6 off Trent Boult 247-5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curtains Posted May 30, 2015 Author Share Posted May 30, 2015 England 253-5 close of play. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddie Posted May 31, 2015 Share Posted May 31, 2015 The collapse continues….257-6, Bell gone in the second over of the morning.Will they make 300? Unlikely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddie Posted May 31, 2015 Share Posted May 31, 2015 266-7, Buttler gone - a feeble batting performance apart from the openers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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