rynny Posted February 25, 2021 Share Posted February 25, 2021 2 hours ago, AndyinLiverpool said: This may seem a radical team selection but I think I agree. There was never any point in 3 quicks anyway and Archer is showing more and more that might just be a waste of space. Drop him, Broad and Anderson and Bairstow as well (tell him not to come back until he can play properly). If we want some better batting and a bit of medium pace, pick Woakes. Not sure who's available for the next one. Anyone going home or coming back? Think Woakes is due to come home now. Batters we have to come in are Burns and Lawrence. Think we've missed Buttler and we should have left Bairstow at home until the white ball stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevinhectoring Posted February 25, 2021 Share Posted February 25, 2021 10 hours ago, angieram said: It's easy to be mardy when we look like losing, but surely there will be an enquiry into this wicket? It isn't a five day test wicket, that's for sure! if there is an enquiry, it will be an internal Indian enquiry into the pitch for the first test angieram 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Comrade 86 Posted February 26, 2021 Share Posted February 26, 2021 Joe Roots favourite song... Clowns to the left of me! Jokers to the right! Here I am stuck in the middle with you... SKRam 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rynny Posted February 26, 2021 Share Posted February 26, 2021 6 minutes ago, 86 Hair Islands said: Joe Roots favourite song... Clowns to the left of me! Jokers to the right! Here I am stuck in the middle with you... Wish he had someone that would stick in the middle with him Anag Ram and Comrade 86 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Comrade 86 Posted February 26, 2021 Share Posted February 26, 2021 5 minutes ago, rynny said: Wish he had someone that would stick in the middle with him True story. He's carried the team in recent weeks but in all honesty I think we've just run out of puff. Spending the thick end of a year in a bubble, it was never going to end well and finishing that process with series in India and Oz is just madness. It's really horrible seeing all the progress made being undone by a combination of fatigue, poor team selections and Indian umpires. It seems to me that greed has trumped good sense but in fairness, the cricket has helped to ease the tedium of lockdown. Deej, SKRam and kevinhectoring 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curtains Posted February 26, 2021 Share Posted February 26, 2021 (edited) https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&ved=2ahUKEwih4a_XyofvAhUVRxUIHdL0Bm4QFjACegQIAxAD&url=https%3A%2F%2Ftwitter.com%2FMichaelVaughan%2Fstatus%2F1364916182588010496&usg=AOvVaw1qn85qTL4oJsd7UrgqZEiG Well-said Vaughan about terrestrial TV implications for test cricket Edited February 26, 2021 by Curtains Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevinhectoring Posted March 4, 2021 Share Posted March 4, 2021 On 26/02/2021 at 12:47, Curtains said: https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&ved=2ahUKEwih4a_XyofvAhUVRxUIHdL0Bm4QFjACegQIAxAD&url=https%3A%2F%2Ftwitter.com%2FMichaelVaughan%2Fstatus%2F1364916182588010496&usg=AOvVaw1qn85qTL4oJsd7UrgqZEiG Well-said Vaughan about terrestrial TV implications for test cricket Indians have tried to produce the same pitch but the pundits are saying it’s already behaving differently. Maybe we’ll miss our quicks ! Massive pressure on Bess - if he bowls pies again the fat lady might be singing about his test career Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anag Ram Posted March 4, 2021 Share Posted March 4, 2021 45 minutes ago, kevinhectoring said: Indians have tried to produce the same pitch but the pundits are saying it’s already behaving differently. Maybe we’ll miss our quicks ! Massive pressure on Bess - if he bowls pies again the fat lady might be singing about his test career Yes, this is a more balanced pitch. Some turn and bounce but England have made a pig’s ear of their first innings advantage. They will need 250 at least but don’t look like getting that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anag Ram Posted March 4, 2021 Share Posted March 4, 2021 Brilliant spin bowling by India but I can’t help thinking we are still too defensive. We wait for the four ball but take too few ones and twos. If you just defend, the bowlers can try all their variations. Those who have scored runs in these conditions are the ones that kept the scoreboard ticking along. rynny and SKRam 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curtains Posted March 4, 2021 Share Posted March 4, 2021 2 hours ago, kevinhectoring said: Indians have tried to produce the same pitch but the pundits are saying it’s already behaving differently. Maybe we’ll miss our quicks ! Massive pressure on Bess - if he bowls pies again the fat lady might be singing about his test career England struggling again 188-8 SKRam 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curtains Posted March 4, 2021 Share Posted March 4, 2021 Make that England 189-9 Bess out for 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyinLiverpool Posted March 4, 2021 Share Posted March 4, 2021 Fear not, here comes the Burnley Lara kevinhectoring 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevinhectoring Posted March 4, 2021 Share Posted March 4, 2021 5 minutes ago, Curtains said: Make that England 189-9 Bess out for 3 More than ever on these pitches you only know if you’ve scored enough after the oppo have batted ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyinLiverpool Posted March 4, 2021 Share Posted March 4, 2021 Bess starts with a no ball. I hope that's not a sign of things to come. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoetheRam Posted March 4, 2021 Share Posted March 4, 2021 We're 100 runs short of par at least. That pitch did almost nothing for 50 overs. Then there was a bit of extra turn and bounce, but we just played poorly. Crawley - completely gave it away, Sibley fell for the straight ball again, Bairstow - caught on the crease, Root - likewise (although was a good ball), Stokes - straight ball playing a lazy shot, Pope - extremely unlucky, Lawrence - moment of madness after playing nicely, Foakes - didn't get in, Ashwin had started to make it talk by then... Should have been 250-5 on that pitch at the close. They look demoralised and not in the frame of mind required to really push the best side in the world at home. To be fair though, being locked in a bubble probably doesn't help. SKRam and Anag Ram 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anag Ram Posted March 4, 2021 Share Posted March 4, 2021 Too reliant on Root and Anderson. I’m pleased Pope and Lawrence got a few, but a few isn’t what they’re there for. India will get 300 and we will be the nervous kittens again in the second innings. Harsh lessons for our chaps. We continue to struggle against spin. I note Trescothick has a coaching role now, following on from Ramprakash and Thorpe. Maybe it’s time to get an Indian batting coach. The commentary team seemed to pick up on their failings pretty quickly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Comrade 86 Posted March 4, 2021 Share Posted March 4, 2021 Poor again. We seem to have reverted to type. We win the toss and fail spectacularly to capitalise and having dominated the first teat, we now look favourites to lose the last three and with them, the series. Too many batsmen playing T20 cricket in a test match IMO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Van der MoodHoover Posted March 4, 2021 Share Posted March 4, 2021 38 minutes ago, 86 Hair Islands said: Poor again. We seem to have reverted to type. We win the toss and fail spectacularly to capitalise and having dominated the first teat, we now look favourites to lose the last three and with them, the series. Too many batsmen playing T20 cricket in a test match IMO. ? rynny, kevinhectoring, Comrade 86 and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Comrade 86 Posted March 4, 2021 Share Posted March 4, 2021 13 minutes ago, Van der MoodHoover said: ? Meant to use anudder word completely Van der MoodHoover and kevinhectoring 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SKRam Posted March 4, 2021 Share Posted March 4, 2021 4 hours ago, JoetheRam said: We're 100 runs short of par at least. That pitch did almost nothing for 50 overs. Then there was a bit of extra turn and bounce, but we just played poorly. Crawley - completely gave it away, Sibley fell for the straight ball again, Bairstow - caught on the crease, Root - likewise (although was a good ball), Stokes - straight ball playing a lazy shot, Pope - extremely unlucky, Lawrence - moment of madness after playing nicely, Foakes - didn't get in, Ashwin had started to make it talk by then... Should have been 250-5 on that pitch at the close. They look demoralised and not in the frame of mind required to really push the best side in the world at home. To be fair though, being locked in a bubble probably doesn't help. Lawrence - ‘moment of madness after playing nicely’ ...... I did begin to think of Derby County again for a moment then ? Comrade 86 and JoetheRam 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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