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Post by Balladeer on Jan 17, 2020 13:53:16 GMT
Mark Wood to injure himself batting and be unable to bowl.
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Post by pierredelafranchesca on Jan 17, 2020 14:07:26 GMT
Eh....does the declaration stand if that's a no ball!?!? Ah, I see, no it doesn't, proper lolz time that one.....tho says a lot about the faith in Broad's batting that he's not even trusted to go throw the bat around in the search of a few more runs
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Post by Balladeer on Jan 17, 2020 14:10:07 GMT
Tremendous. Best cricket.
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Post by aneesh on Jan 17, 2020 19:49:58 GMT
His Holiness batting at No 6 with such fluency and timing. Gradually easing him into the top order seems to be much better than throwing him down the river at No 4, it seems. Who knew?!
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Post by pierredelafranchesca on Jan 18, 2020 8:26:08 GMT
Ahhh makes sense....and we will once more likely have a bizarre situation where, on the back of a decent showing, Bess will nail down the England spinner slot over the coming tests, only to go back to county stuff in (a frankly ludicrous 12 weeks time) and find himself playing (or not) second fiddle to Leach once again. Nailed on...... 4 for BESS!
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Post by nemouk on Jan 18, 2020 9:41:34 GMT
He's taken the first five. Watch out Jim Laker...
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Post by Balladeer on Jan 18, 2020 10:04:24 GMT
Poor Leach. Again.
Look out Sri Lanka!
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Post by nemouk on Jan 18, 2020 11:14:09 GMT
Just a reminder that Somerset got docked points for producing spinning pitches.
Reckon we'd have brought through Bess and Leach on green tops? Anyone?
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Post by aneesh on Jan 19, 2020 10:16:39 GMT
Well, that escalated quickly. Broady should rip out the top order like that.
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Post by waughandpeace on Jan 19, 2020 15:47:47 GMT
Root showing off the Cricket Captain 2017/18 version of himself here! I look forward to the rest of the 500 Test wickets at 23 now.
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Post by Balladeer on Jan 20, 2020 8:53:44 GMT
Why Bowlers Don’t Captain: A Demonstration
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Post by nemouk on Jan 20, 2020 9:45:22 GMT
Three balls hitting the stumps at the last wicket pair, England doubling down on being hilarious.
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Post by pierredelafranchesca on Jan 20, 2020 9:48:09 GMT
Curran potentially bowling himself out of the team here if Archer is fit for the last one.....that thrown away first innings with the bat could really come back to haunt him
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Post by nemouk on Jan 20, 2020 9:52:23 GMT
Root had a go at bowling himself out of the team earlier on.
Run out going for the hundred partnership, that's a shame. Good win though, great performance despite a sloppy ending.
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Post by Balladeer on Jan 20, 2020 10:24:10 GMT
Curran potentially bowling himself out of the team here if Archer is fit for the last one.....that thrown away first innings with the bat could really come back to haunt him I didn’t realise you were being serious about throwing that away! He was going for quick runs, like the team required, and doing the job Jos Buttler’s in the team for because Jos isn’t doing anything right now. I agree that his bowling hasn’t been great (too slow for the pitch?), but I think it’s ludicrous to criticise his batting this game. That said, Wood to 8 if him and Jofra play?
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