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Post by Aj_June on Sept 1, 2018 12:27:33 GMT
Seems like Stuart Broad has entered their minds! England ahead at the moment. I expect those middle order and lower order batsmen to throw their bats around and get plenty of runs.
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Post by Carl LaFong on Sept 1, 2018 12:37:27 GMT
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Post by Carl LaFong on Sept 1, 2018 12:48:46 GMT
Should give separate odds on a tie. Presumably the draw odds include the scenario of tied scores.
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Post by Carl LaFong on Sept 1, 2018 13:04:31 GMT
Geoffrey Boycott: Bairstow is a number seven at Test level. I want Stokes at six, Bairstow at seven. He's not good enough to bat higher than that.
Out first ball for the second match in succession.
India favourites again.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 1, 2018 14:23:53 GMT
Thank God Bairstow was passed fit for this match so he could contribute with the bat.
Why was Ali in at 3?
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Post by Deleted on Sept 1, 2018 14:26:42 GMT
Geoffrey Boycott: Bairstow is a number seven at Test level. I want Stokes at six, Bairstow at seven. He's not good enough to bat higher than that. Out first ball for the second match in succession. India favourites again. We've got lower middle and all rounder bats in spades.
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Post by Aj_June on Sept 1, 2018 20:15:40 GMT
175 was most India's dismal batsmen could have chased. England has pretty much won it now.
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Post by hoskotafe3 on Sept 1, 2018 20:24:09 GMT
Sam Curran. Showed a bit in Oz and ge's clearly been England's best player in this series with Buttler showibg his metal too.
This series has also shown what bob and I have been saying: you can get away with picking bits and pieces cricketers in England (Woakes, Ali and Curran have all put in significant performances at times in this series) and the argument can even be made that you need bits and pieces cricketers when playing there. But when you're playing attritional test cricket in Oz or the flatter SC pitches pick your best 6 bats, your best 4 bowlers and a keeper at 7.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 1, 2018 21:28:48 GMT
I really like Buttler. He's fought well. Should have had Pope or Vince in over Bairstow, and I think the latter needs to be dropped for the next test. Love Curran, he's got to stick.
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Post by Carl LaFong on Sept 1, 2018 23:23:49 GMT
Should stick Stokes in at 3 or 4.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 1, 2018 23:54:23 GMT
Should stick Stokes in at 3 or 4. Until better options present themselves at a couple of spots: Cook Jennings Pope Root Ali Stokes Buttler Curran Woakes Broad Anderson
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Post by Deleted on Sept 2, 2018 0:11:07 GMT
Nicely balanced game, and nice that England have fought back three times, despite the over-familiar top order batting failures. If they can add another 20 runs I'll like their chances. I think 300 is too much to ask for, even though Broad is handy with the bat.
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Post by weststigersbob on Sept 2, 2018 0:35:11 GMT
Should stick Stokes in at 3 or 4. Until better options present themselves at a couple of spots: Cook Jennings Pope Root Ali Stokes Buttler Curran Woakes Broad Anderson The biggest problem England has with their batsmen across the board is that once they are dropped, they tend to fall further into the mire. Over the last 30-35 years, almost universally across the board every better than average Australian batsman has been dropped at least once, gone back to 1st Class cricket and worked on issues and came back a better player. For some reason, this isn’t happening in England. Where’s Ballance ? Lyth ? Stoneman ? Haseeb ? Eoin Morgan ? These guys should be banging on the door with performances demanding to be picked. Instead they turn to another green horn in Pope, and resurrect Ali who we all know is a bit and pieces player with extensive technique issues. England seemingly now have 6 guys in their side who are ideal numbers 6, 7 & 8 - Buttler, Bairstow, Ali, Woakes, Stokes and now Curran. Pretty soon, the bowling will match the batting up the top because Anderson and Broad cannot go forever....
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Post by hoskotafe3 on Sept 2, 2018 5:13:08 GMT
I'd argue that WAS the case in Australia, but not in recent times. Joe Burns came into the squad technically flawed, got dropped for a year or two and then came back with the same flaws. Most of the guys who get dropped now either never make it back or come back with nothing much changed. There was a time when Sheffield Shield cricket prepared players well for test cricket, in no small part because each state team had 2-3 players who may well have been test players themselves in a different time or different country, but that time has passed.
One of the players you mentioned, Eoin Morgan, decided to concentrate on shorter forms when he got dropped and as a result never improved. We'll see that more and more with so much money in T20.
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Post by pimpinainteasy on Sept 2, 2018 5:29:06 GMT
indian fans will be crying by the end of today. i can guarantee you that.
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Post by pimpinainteasy on Sept 2, 2018 5:29:25 GMT
aj, i am now a worse pessimist than you can ever be, boss.
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Post by Aj_June on Sept 2, 2018 5:42:32 GMT
indian fans will be crying by the end of today. i can guarantee you that. Yeah...but if they were like me then they wouldn't need to cry. The moment England introduced Sam Curran and Ali, any Indian who has experience of watching cricket should have realised they were going to book their place in future by torturing Indian weaklings. I expected Indian defeat all the way. I had predicted 300 by Brendon McCullum when he was in single digits. These players are some of the scumiest people on the planet. They talk big and make you believe as if they have learned everything and are about to deliver finally. But it doesn't happen. Australia B will rout India 4-0 in 6 months time.
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Post by Carl LaFong on Sept 2, 2018 11:13:47 GMT
22/2
India toiling.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 2, 2018 11:39:31 GMT
Three down. Must get Kohli out cheaply.
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Post by Aj_June on Sept 2, 2018 11:40:45 GMT
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