Northern Red Posted August 18, 2022 Report Share Posted August 18, 2022 The England players have red lettering and numbering on the back of their shirts instead of the usual blue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin phantom Posted August 18, 2022 Admin Report Share Posted August 18, 2022 10 minutes ago, Northern Red said: The England players have red lettering and numbering on the back of their shirts instead of the usual blue. Yeah, sorry I meant South Africa didn't I'm sure when we were in Australia we changed our colours for the Jane McGrath day Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B1ackbird Posted August 19, 2022 Report Share Posted August 19, 2022 Nice to see Crawley as consistent as ever .. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tin Posted August 19, 2022 Report Share Posted August 19, 2022 5 minutes ago, B1ackbird said: Nice to see Crawley as consistent as ever .. Awful shot from an ‘opener’ facing the third ball off the spinner. Not for the first time in his Test career, he looks mentally shot. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northern Red Posted August 19, 2022 Report Share Posted August 19, 2022 Needs to be taken out of the firing line for his own good. This isn't fair on him or anyone else. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B1ackbird Posted August 19, 2022 Report Share Posted August 19, 2022 I think they've all given up..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northern Red Posted August 19, 2022 Report Share Posted August 19, 2022 That's the drawback with this style of cricket, fun to watch but when it goes wrong it'll go very, very wrong. SA have played well but we haven't helped ourselves. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tin Posted August 19, 2022 Report Share Posted August 19, 2022 (edited) They better play better next week, but I’m glad I only have tickets for the first two days based on that performance. Now let’s see what this new England side are really made of. It’s all good and well playing ‘Baz Ball’ on flat pitches in mid-summer but they need to adapt, especially on pitches that offer a bit of everything (which Old Trafford will). They need to be more watchful and earn the right to play the big shots. Edited August 19, 2022 by tin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super Posted August 19, 2022 Report Share Posted August 19, 2022 Embarrassing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northern Red Posted August 19, 2022 Report Share Posted August 19, 2022 While much of the focus will be on the batting, the bowling was the difference between the two sides. SA prepared and approached it properly, we did not. You can't go into a Test with your 4 seamers having barely bowled a ball in 6 weeks. And then, having initially bowled well after tea yesterday to get back into it, England reverted to default of trying to bounce the tail out, with predictable consequences. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
And Its Smith Posted August 19, 2022 Report Share Posted August 19, 2022 (edited) 17 minutes ago, Northern Red said: While much of the focus will be on the batting, the bowling was the difference between the two sides. SA prepared and approached it properly, we did not. You can't go into a Test with your 4 seamers having barely bowled a ball in 6 weeks. And then, having initially bowled well after tea yesterday to get back into it, England reverted to default of trying to bounce the tail out, with predictable consequences. Can’t really agree there. We bowled them out for a par score so the bowlers did okay. We produced two sub par batting displays where batsmen again got themselves out on my occasions Edited August 19, 2022 by And Its Smith Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lanterne Rouge Posted August 19, 2022 Report Share Posted August 19, 2022 Lord`s will be pretty pissed off missing out on a sellout Saturday with everything that goes with it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
northsomersetred Posted August 20, 2022 Report Share Posted August 20, 2022 Things could be worse 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lanterne Rouge Posted August 20, 2022 Report Share Posted August 20, 2022 6 hours ago, northsomersetred said: Things could be worse Oh well, never mind. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northern Red Posted August 20, 2022 Report Share Posted August 20, 2022 11 hours ago, northsomersetred said: Things could be worse When he scored his last Test ton, Root was something like 12 behind him. Root now has more than him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
northsomersetred Posted August 20, 2022 Report Share Posted August 20, 2022 1 minute ago, Northern Red said: When he scored his last Test ton, Root was something like 12 behind him. Root now has more than him. Also please remember that both you and I and everyone else on this forum has scored as many test centuries as former Aussie test captain Tim Paine, 0 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northern Red Posted August 25, 2022 Report Share Posted August 25, 2022 Fire up Broad by taking the new ball off him, responds with 2 wickets. Piece of piss this captaincy lark. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ralphindevon Posted August 25, 2022 Report Share Posted August 25, 2022 1 hour ago, TomF said: Let’s see how Harmer does away from the Chelmsford turners. Brave to bat first on this type of morning Leach bowling to him just now, I’d love Jack to get him out. He needs Stokes luck, he’s bowled two very average overs and has 2 for 6. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PHILINFRANCE Posted August 25, 2022 Report Share Posted August 25, 2022 11 hours ago, TomF said: Let’s see how Harmer does away from the Chelmsford turners. Brave to bat first on this type of morning I've been out since just before the start, but I saw the toss just before leaving and would have said 'foolhardy', unintelligible even. South Africa's bowling attack destroyed England twice in the first Test; this morning's overhead conditions were conducive to their fast bowling attack, especially as England would surely have been petrified at producing a repeat performance, yet they picked an extra spinner and chose to bat first. 5 hours ago, TomF said: How long before Crawley edges one to slip.. I came back just after England started batting, and when I saw that Lees was out early, I feared the worst. To be fair to Crawley, though, he is still there, which means we have an opener ready to start again tomorrow morning. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
And Its Smith Posted August 26, 2022 Report Share Posted August 26, 2022 South Africa 5/1 to win this test is a good bet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northern Red Posted August 26, 2022 Report Share Posted August 26, 2022 Proper innings that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kid in the Riot Posted August 26, 2022 Report Share Posted August 26, 2022 5 hours ago, And Its Smith said: South Africa 5/1 to win this test is a good bet 18s now! 210 feels like a very healthy lead. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lanterne Rouge Posted August 26, 2022 Report Share Posted August 26, 2022 One of the openers out before stumps would be nice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Midred Posted August 26, 2022 Report Share Posted August 26, 2022 Harmer 1 - 73 off 23 overs, that can't be right! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
And Its Smith Posted August 26, 2022 Report Share Posted August 26, 2022 2 hours ago, Kid in the Riot said: 18s now! 210 feels like a very healthy lead. Yeah it won’t happen now! If they’d got Stokes early ish then it would look very different now. Still think it was a good price! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
And Its Smith Posted August 27, 2022 Report Share Posted August 27, 2022 Unbelievable Jimmy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tin Posted August 27, 2022 Report Share Posted August 27, 2022 Just got back from two days at Old Trafford. SA completely misread the pitch and got their selection totally wrong. So pleased to see Foakes get his second Test ton (I saw his first on debut in Galle coincidentally). Both he and Stokes coped with the conditions the best and made hay while the sun shon. I wouldn’t fancy chasing much, so fingers crossed we keep the ball reversing and get the innings win today. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Army 75 Posted August 27, 2022 Report Share Posted August 27, 2022 What a bowler, what sportsman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super Posted August 27, 2022 Report Share Posted August 27, 2022 Bye bye Harmer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lanterne Rouge Posted August 27, 2022 Report Share Posted August 27, 2022 7 down now and still 89 behind. Will they play on if a result is possible? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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