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Post by weststigersbob on Jun 28, 2022 7:32:08 GMT
England do another number on NZ with a simply sublime chase. WI showing some good signs in another win against a disappointing Bangladesh. India had a easy win in a T20 against a plucky Irish. Good on India for actually playing the Irish. More than Australia does…..
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Post by hoskotafe3 on Jun 28, 2022 8:07:35 GMT
On Morgan, I remember people scoffing a couple of weeks ago when he was #15 on a highly subjective list of best ever international captains. I don't know if he's top 20, but it's arguable. Night and Day was the difference between England's performances from when he started as captain to a few short months later. After getting bungled out of the 2015 World Cup, England were the best ODI team in the world by the end of that year and remained so for the next 5 years.
A lot of people seem to think captaincy is about making field changes and daring declarations. Well, that's all good but the most important quality in a captain is getting people to follow you. Morgan was one of the best at that I've seen.
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Post by hoskotafe3 on Jun 29, 2022 11:45:11 GMT
Interesting start to the test match. Sri Lanka lifted to a lacklustre 212 all out by Dickwella's 58. Australia not exactly flying in reply at 3-83. Smith run out for 6 and Labuschagne managed just 13. Khawaja looking set on 38. Not sure how the rest will go against spin.
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Post by weststigersbob on Jun 29, 2022 14:47:23 GMT
Interesting start to the test match. Sri Lanka lifted to a lacklustre 212 all out by Dickwella's 58. Australia not exactly flying in reply at 3-83. Smith run out for 6 and Labuschagne managed just 13. Khawaja looking set on 38. Not sure how the rest will go against spin. Did you see the run out - Smith absolutely barbecued by Khawaja. I think the Lankans are ahead 55-45. Runs on the board and all that. Australia don’t want to be chasing anything more than 125 batting last on this.
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Post by hoskotafe3 on Jun 30, 2022 1:45:54 GMT
Interesting start to the test match. Sri Lanka lifted to a lacklustre 212 all out by Dickwella's 58. Australia not exactly flying in reply at 3-83. Smith run out for 6 and Labuschagne managed just 13. Khawaja looking set on 38. Not sure how the rest will go against spin. Did you see the run out - Smith absolutely barbecued by Khawaja. I think the Lankans are ahead 55-45. Runs on the board and all that. Australia don’t want to be chasing anything more than 125 batting last on this. He's unlucky as Khawaja should have been out. Absolutely baked himself on a stumping but Dickwella dropped the ball. Didn't like Smith's response either. You can't be demonstrable like that. Just get off the field and save it for behind closed doors.
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Post by hoskotafe3 on Jul 1, 2022 6:32:57 GMT
And Australia set a little south of 120 in the 4th innings. 5 is the victory target.
So looking good for 3-0 to Australia. Lanka's batting just not good enough. Australia's batting just about good enough.
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Post by Carl LaFong on Jul 2, 2022 12:36:42 GMT
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Post by Aj_June on Jul 2, 2022 17:57:27 GMT
Incidentally, it was Broad who went for 6 sixes of 6 balls in a T-20 game against Yuvraj Singh. India seems to be in a commanding position as of now with England 83-5. But England seemed to be in losing position in first 2 games against the kiwis too. Don't why they sent a night watchman with so many overs left.
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Post by Aj_June on Jul 3, 2022 18:40:00 GMT
Another 100 by Bairstow and this time against an even better bowling. England pretty much in the game although India still having a significant advantage. But given that England have just recently chased 3 times, if they can restrict India's total lead to under 325 tomorrow, victory won't be a miracle.
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Post by Carl LaFong on Jul 3, 2022 19:04:07 GMT
Another 100 by Bairstow and this time against an even better bowling. England pretty much in the game although India still having a significant advantage. But given that England have just recently chased 3 times, if they can restrict India's total lead to under 325 tomorrow, victory won't be a miracle. Don’t fancy England from here tbh. 5/1 to win.
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Post by hoskotafe3 on Jul 3, 2022 19:41:23 GMT
Another 100 by Bairstow and this time against an even better bowling. England pretty much in the game although India still having a significant advantage. But given that England have just recently chased 3 times, if they can restrict India's total lead to under 325 tomorrow, victory won't be a miracle. I think India's attack is quite a bit more threatening than NZ's. India will win this easily. Credit to Bairstow though. That boy is in magnificent form.
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Post by weststigersbob on Jul 4, 2022 6:45:30 GMT
Yeah - I can’t see India losing this either. For a start, they have a spinner who is worth throwing the ball to, unlike NZ. For the life of me, I cannot understand why the Kiwis kept picking Bracewell over Ajaz Patel. Secondly, I think the Indian attack has two guys who aren’t easy to “tonk” in Shami and Bumrah as compared to Boult and Southee. The Indian duo can still bowl well and adjust their length making it harder to score. Back of a length, Boult and Southee are military medium trundlers asking to be hit.
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Post by weststigersbob on Jul 4, 2022 13:11:29 GMT
England 20/0 chasing 378
India has given them a sniff. They should be chasing 450 …..
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Post by weststigersbob on Jul 4, 2022 17:10:40 GMT
England giving it a red hot crack at 228/3 - they only need 150 more with Root and Bairstow well set and proven 4th innings star Stokes yet to grace the crease.
Bazball is a definite thing now, and frankly, Test Cricket might be the better for it.
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Post by hoskotafe3 on Jul 4, 2022 17:41:28 GMT
England giving it a red hot crack at 228/3 - they only need 150 more with Root and Bairstow well set and proven 4th innings star Stokes yet to grace the crease. Bazball is a definite thing now, and frankly, Test Cricket might be the better for it. I'm stunned. Shocked that India didn't take the game away from India with 500 lead. Looks like my man Stokes sparked the collapse. Guess his promotion to captain hasn't been the personal and team disaster I prophesied.
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Post by Aj_June on Jul 4, 2022 18:13:56 GMT
This is exactly what I was talking about. 3 match in a row England chased targets that previously used to be chased only once in 25 matches. So now England 4 successful chase in 4 consecutive games. This is nothing short of extraordinary.
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Post by hoskotafe3 on Jul 4, 2022 19:34:39 GMT
This is exactly what I was talking about. 3 match in a row England chased targets that previously used to be chased only once in 25 matches. So now England 4 successful chase in 4 consecutive games. This is nothing short of extraordinary. No fait accompli yet. 2 wickets tomorrow puts them amongst the non batters. If they fall early I think India win by about 55. If these two put on another 50 then that's pretty tough for India.
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Post by weststigersbob on Jul 5, 2022 11:39:50 GMT
England romps home by 7 wickets - YBJ and Root with a ton each. 3/378 is an impressive score. England’s best ever chase to win.
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Post by Carl LaFong on Jul 5, 2022 11:41:51 GMT
www.theguardian.com/sport/2022/jul/05/root-and-bairstow-ease-england-cricket-to-record-run-chase-against-indiaOn a cool, overcast morning at Edgbaston this reborn England team climbed their highest fourth-innings mountain of all time, the final steps of their ascent to a target of 378 runs sealing a seven-wicket victory over India like it was a casual stroll in the park. As Joe Root and Jonny Bairstow scampered the final run at exactly midday it not only drew a five-match series played out over the best part of a year 2-2 but surely sent a shock wave through the game; England, under new management in Ben Stokes and Brendon McCullum, are a now side to seriously fear on the chase in Test cricket. After all, this was their fourth such feat this summer, surpassing the 277, 299 and 296 they knocked off against New Zealand and also their greatest ever chase, the day when Stokes pulled off his career-defining Ashes heist at Headingley in 2019 and 359 was taken down. This time there was not nearly as much drama. Instead, Stokes could sit on the balcony as the next man in and watch an ice-cool pursuit driven by celestial centuries from Root, 142 not out from 173 balls, and Bairstow, unbeaten on 114 from 145. In the case of the former it was his 11th since the start of 2021 and a 28th overall, the latter a fourth in five innings of relentless form. India, so dominant at Lord’s and the Oval when they took a 2-1 lead last summer, were practically powerless to prevent the two Yorkshiremen from finessing the final 119 runs in the space of 90 minutes on the fifth morning. The inevitability was remarkable once the early exchanges failed to produce the breakthrough the tourists so craved. Great effort, lads. Not sure this type of gung-ho approach is sustainable though. Can't see it working in Australia.
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Post by hoskotafe3 on Jul 5, 2022 17:30:41 GMT
I can't see it working in Australia (I think the bounce would bring them undone), but we should have a pretty good idea of how well it will work against Australia in England in the upcoming Saffer series. SA have a similar pace attack to Australia. If they can thrash Rabada and Ngidi around the English grounds then they can thrash Cummins and Hazlewood around as well. Mind you, I doubt Maharaj or Lyon will bowl as poorly as Jadeja did. And let's address the Elephant: Ashwin wouldn't have either. That particular selection is driven by Kohli's ego. It didn't cost them when England were timid and defensive last year, but it did here and I'll just leave that there. Anyway, picking a decent spinner who can contain and buy wickets should be key to countering ultra aggression.
And the other issue is Root. Will have been 8 years and 16 tests since he's scored a hundred against Australia when the next Ashes rolls around. Lees, Crawley and Pope as support players is fine when Root's scoring hundreds for fun. Can they carry the batting with Root not dominating?
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