Super Posted December 17, 2022 Report Share Posted December 17, 2022 Fine effort from the bowlers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robbored Posted December 17, 2022 Report Share Posted December 17, 2022 304 all out - at least 150 under par. A combination of poor batting and decent bowling. Good from England so far. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Midred Posted December 17, 2022 Report Share Posted December 17, 2022 Crawley back to normal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
And Its Smith Posted December 17, 2022 Report Share Posted December 17, 2022 When Bairstow is back he can come in for Crawley. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Open End Numb Legs Posted December 17, 2022 Report Share Posted December 17, 2022 Turning new ball on Day 1.... could be the 1st innings was a decent score after all? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robbored Posted December 17, 2022 Report Share Posted December 17, 2022 (edited) 16 minutes ago, Open End Numb Legs said: Turning new ball on Day 1.... could be the 1st innings was a decent score after all? Commentators were saying that batting first on a docile wicket Pakistan should have been up and around 450/500. Edited December 17, 2022 by Robbored Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super Posted December 18, 2022 Report Share Posted December 18, 2022 Thats poor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter1450 Posted December 18, 2022 Report Share Posted December 18, 2022 Maybe been posted previously on the thread, but where’s the crowd? Always seem to remember huge crowds in the past…… Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Port Said Red Posted December 18, 2022 Report Share Posted December 18, 2022 1 hour ago, TomF said: My god Brook is some player He has that assurance that set Root apart when he came into test cricket. This wicket has given help to the bowlers, but he is still scoring so freely. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Open End Numb Legs Posted December 18, 2022 Report Share Posted December 18, 2022 3 hours ago, Peter1450 said: Maybe been posted previously on the thread, but where’s the crowd? Always seem to remember huge crowds in the past…… Judging by the TV advertising they are getting their sensitive teeth treated at the dentist followed by a cup of tea. 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Port Said Red Posted December 18, 2022 Report Share Posted December 18, 2022 What a good first innings lead that turned into. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Open End Numb Legs Posted December 18, 2022 Report Share Posted December 18, 2022 Would like to see more flight and loop from Leach. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MichaelRobartes Posted December 19, 2022 Report Share Posted December 19, 2022 More wickets for the village spinner. G'wan Jack! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Open End Numb Legs Posted December 19, 2022 Report Share Posted December 19, 2022 1 hour ago, TomF said: He’s rubbish this Leach guy I assume he read this thread and took my advice! Haven't watched any coverage yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Port Said Red Posted December 19, 2022 Report Share Posted December 19, 2022 Well that was a nice early Xmas present. Ahmed will bowl much better balls without getting a wicket in his career. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super Posted December 19, 2022 Report Share Posted December 19, 2022 Why on earth did Stokes not bowl him earlier? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Port Said Red Posted December 19, 2022 Report Share Posted December 19, 2022 1 hour ago, TomF said: Wicket turns far more towards the end of play so holding him back for the post tea sesssion Well it's worked, great 5fer young man. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kid in the Riot Posted December 19, 2022 Report Share Posted December 19, 2022 3 minutes ago, Port Said Red said: Well it's worked, great 5fer young man. Superb. What a future he has ahead of him. England surely have to be a little cautious chasing this 166. Talk of them trying to topple this total this evening seems daft. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Open End Numb Legs Posted December 19, 2022 Report Share Posted December 19, 2022 5 for in a test match at 18, that's quite something. Hope he has a good mentor who can build on that, could be a great replacement for Rashid, will he fall into the white ball game? Hope not, at least not exclusively. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Open End Numb Legs Posted December 19, 2022 Report Share Posted December 19, 2022 3 minutes ago, Kid in the Riot said: Superb. What a future he has ahead of him. England surely have to be a little cautious chasing this 166. Talk of them trying to topple this total this evening seems daft. Agreed, a bit disrespectful too. Pakistan are a talented team and Abrar has all the tricks to dismantle a batting line up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kid in the Riot Posted December 19, 2022 Report Share Posted December 19, 2022 12 minutes ago, Kid in the Riot said: England surely have to be a little cautious chasing this 166. Talk of them trying to topple this total this evening seems daft. I should've known better. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Open End Numb Legs Posted December 19, 2022 Report Share Posted December 19, 2022 They are batting like they have an option on a flight home tonight. 10 per over. I do like the sweep shot option, covers turn either way, not much bounce to worry about. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Port Said Red Posted December 19, 2022 Report Share Posted December 19, 2022 I know they were laughing in the commentary box and it was a bizarre end to the day, but it did feel a little like England were taking the piss there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northern Red Posted December 19, 2022 Report Share Posted December 19, 2022 10 minutes ago, TomF said: When you think about it that could have been a tricky total to chase, England of old against a spinning ball would have been 50/50 but such was the nature of Englands aggression was the spinners were packed off in less than half a dozen overs. Broad has just made a similar point on Sky, they'd have been poking and prodding around trying not to get out tonight, but instead the openers went out and basically won the game in 8 overs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robbored Posted December 19, 2022 Report Share Posted December 19, 2022 I was bowling this morning so missed the cricket but this test is virtually over with England looking at a very impressive 3-0 victory in Pakistan - I’m not sure if any other test country has ever achieved that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Open End Numb Legs Posted December 19, 2022 Report Share Posted December 19, 2022 In English conditions, if Aus try to replicate Bazball next year the scores in each innings could be something like 75, 100, 90, 65. Tickets for days 3, 4 and 5 anyone? Boycott will be very grumpy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southside Posted December 19, 2022 Report Share Posted December 19, 2022 On 18/12/2022 at 11:03, Open End Numb Legs said: Judging by the TV advertising they are getting their sensitive teeth treated at the dentist followed by a cup of tea. They're at home eating KFC Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super Posted December 20, 2022 Report Share Posted December 20, 2022 What a superb year and finished in some style. Thoroughly enjoyable. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ralphindevon Posted December 20, 2022 Report Share Posted December 20, 2022 Well, what a year of test cricket. Quite a special time in history we’re witnessing. I’m not sure what Strauss’ high performance review can do now. What I do know is every young cricket fan in the country will be begging their parents to get tickets to see this amazing team. A slight problem though as there’s no test cricket in the school holidays next year. The last Ashes test at the Oval is in July. Yes but the 100 is fast scoring entertainment I hear you say. In fact there were loads of occasions during this TEST series where the scoring rate was higher than the average of the 100 last August. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Port Said Red Posted December 21, 2022 Report Share Posted December 21, 2022 (edited) The advantages of Bazball are so enticing, this really could be a complete revolution of Test Cricket. Obviously it's entertaining, which is financially enticing. Potentially there could be more games, why do we need to schedule 5 days, other than for weather? As tense and exciting a battling draw can be, you would imagine the days of the boring ones are fast disappearing. From the batting teams perspective, you are pretty much removing the attacking field option, taking the second new ball out of the equation and constantly moving the fielder's around. When bowling, a greater variety of balls is required, the "length and line" approach is unlikely to get the results of the past. Teams will need more bowling options in their side and to bat all the way down the order. When you look back 5-10 years, T20 was going to "kill test cricket", but it's influence has caused a major overhaul in the way teams approach the longer forms of the game. It's so exciting to see. Edited December 21, 2022 by Port Said Red 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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