And Its Smith Posted February 8, 2021 Report Share Posted February 8, 2021 Beauty from Jack Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super Posted February 8, 2021 Report Share Posted February 8, 2021 Beauty Jack Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dolman_Stand Posted February 8, 2021 Report Share Posted February 8, 2021 Come on lets get one more tonight and a big first session tomorrow, another 4am start FFS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super Posted February 8, 2021 Report Share Posted February 8, 2021 2 minutes ago, Dolman_Stand said: Come on lets get one more tonight and a big first session tomorrow, another 4am start FFS Be great to get Pujara he really is the one who could bat all day tomorrow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dolman_Stand Posted February 8, 2021 Report Share Posted February 8, 2021 4 minutes ago, Super said: Be great to get Pujara he really is the one who could bat all day tomorrow. Yep him and Kohli are the big one's Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
And Its Smith Posted February 8, 2021 Report Share Posted February 8, 2021 Deep point on the boundary is an embarrassing tactic Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
And Its Smith Posted February 8, 2021 Report Share Posted February 8, 2021 Joe Root is a wonderful batsman but an average tactician Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kid in the Riot Posted February 8, 2021 Report Share Posted February 8, 2021 Genuinely seems we're not too fussed about winning this Test, more concerned about not losing it. Very strange. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob k Posted February 8, 2021 Report Share Posted February 8, 2021 90 overs to win the game - i think they will but disappointed with the urgency Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dolman_Stand Posted February 8, 2021 Report Share Posted February 8, 2021 The hope must be that the pitch will completely detriorate tomorrow, think we need a minimum of 2 wickets in the first session tomorrow. The back end of today seems to have lifted a bit of the pressure on India, very bizarre. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lew-T Posted February 8, 2021 Report Share Posted February 8, 2021 59 minutes ago, bearded_red said: Decent delivery that for a ‘village spinner’. Got plenty of tap first innings but I didn’t come on here and gloat... wasn’t great until that one ball that got the wicket this innings... Let’s see if he can win us the game tomorrow and not the odd ball he gets right... Been impressed with Bess however. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bearded_red Posted February 8, 2021 Report Share Posted February 8, 2021 5 minutes ago, Lew-T said: Got plenty of tap first innings but I didn’t come on here and gloat... wasn’t great until that one ball that got the wicket this innings... Let’s see if he can win us the game tomorrow and not the odd ball he gets right... Been impressed with Bess however. Yeah getting slapped about by Rishabh Pant proves that’s he’s village. Good point. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robbored Posted February 8, 2021 Report Share Posted February 8, 2021 15 minutes ago, Lew-T said: Got plenty of tap first innings but I didn’t come on here and gloat... wasn’t great until that one ball that got the wicket this innings... Let’s see if he can win us the game tomorrow and not the odd ball he gets right... Been impressed with Bess however. Pant on that form would have smacked Shane Warne all over the park. Leach just happened to be victim of some top batting from a very classy batsman - could have happened to any spinner. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lew-T Posted February 8, 2021 Report Share Posted February 8, 2021 18 minutes ago, Robbored said: Pant on that form would have smacked Shane Warne all over the park. Leach just happened to be victim of some top batting from a very classy batsman - could have happened to any spinner. Pant and others were obviously targeting Leach. Pant was even giving Bess respect at the other end... 33 minutes ago, bearded_red said: Yeah getting slapped about by Rishabh Pant proves that’s he’s village. Good point. Let’s see if he can win us the game seeing as it’s a minefield. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robbored Posted February 8, 2021 Report Share Posted February 8, 2021 9 minutes ago, Lew-T said: Pant and others were obviously targeting Leach. Pant was even giving Bess respect at the other end... Let’s see if he can win us the game seeing as it’s a minefield. I can’t recall how many balls faced from Bess. It seemed like he was facing Leach for far more deliveries than Bess. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bearded_red Posted February 8, 2021 Report Share Posted February 8, 2021 6 minutes ago, Lew-T said: Pant and others were obviously targeting Leach. Pant was even giving Bess respect at the other end... Let’s see if he can win us the game seeing as it’s a minefield. It wasn’t ‘Pant and others’ was it, it was Pant. His economy was under two against every other batsman. If he was targeting Leach (I’m not sure you’ve seen much of Pant if you think he targets specific bowlers), it’s because he spins it into him and Bess is the more dangerous bowler to left handers as he spins it away. Bearing in mind Pant’s dismissal, I’m not sure how much respect was being shown there, but there we go. Yeah because if he doesn’t bowl out Gill, Pujara, Kohli, Rahane, Pant and Sundar in India that will definitively prove you right that he’s village.. A bloke with 44 wickets in 12 tests and over three hundred first class wickets at twenty six. Village. I’d hate to know how you describe the utter dross that bowled spin for England before Swann. If Leach is village I fear for the likes of Richard Dawson, Gareth Batty and Chris Schofield. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex_BCFC Posted February 8, 2021 Report Share Posted February 8, 2021 I don't particularly rate either Leech or Bess at Test level but hopefully they prove me wrong and do it consistently. There have been odd signs they can however I get the feeling it was just luck which won't last. No idea what England were doing during that period Bess was batting. Anderson sitting there padded up etc. Archer trying to defend (the one time you want him to have a swipe too ffs). Very strange - hopefully it won't matter come mid-morning tomorrow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super Posted February 8, 2021 Report Share Posted February 8, 2021 5 minutes ago, Alex_BCFC said: I don't particularly rate either Leech or Bess at Test level but hopefully they prove me wrong and do it consistently. There have been odd signs they can however I get the feeling it was just luck which won't last. No idea what England were doing during that period Bess was batting. Anderson sitting there padded up etc. Archer trying to defend (the one time you want him to have a swipe too ffs). Very strange - hopefully it won't matter come mid-morning tomorrow. Have to agree, they are good bowlers but not sure either will step up to the next level, Still think they want Moeen to find his form again and he will be first choice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lrrr Posted February 8, 2021 Report Share Posted February 8, 2021 1 hour ago, Super said: Have to agree, they are good bowlers but not sure either will step up to the next level, Still think they want Moeen to find his form again and he will be first choice. I really hope not, Moeen hasn't performed with the bat at anything like a consistent level at international level for at least a few years and his bowling for me is perhaps only marginally better, he bowls too many full tosses to tie down an end as he will always help relieve the pressure they've built up. Turning 34 in June usually a player at that age would be starting to get phased out unless they're exceptional. Even Broad is taking rotation and missing games as someone whose got over 500 test wickets. I'd rather we spent the time focusing on making Leach/Bess even better and work with any other young spinner who emerges on the county circuit. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B1ackbird Posted February 8, 2021 Report Share Posted February 8, 2021 4 hours ago, Lrrr said: I really hope not, Moeen hasn't performed with the bat at anything like a consistent level at international level for at least a few years and his bowling for me is perhaps only marginally better, he bowls too many full tosses to tie down an end as he will always help relieve the pressure they've built up. Turning 34 in June usually a player at that age would be starting to get phased out unless they're exceptional. Even Broad is taking rotation and missing games as someone whose got over 500 test wickets. I'd rather we spent the time focusing on making Leach/Bess even better and work with any other young spinner who emerges on the county circuit. Have to agree, as much as I like MA as a one day all rounder, I remember Joe Root ignoring him on more than one occasion after he struggled to hold an end down... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bearded_red Posted February 9, 2021 Report Share Posted February 9, 2021 That is an absolute nonsense from Jimmy. What a bowler. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bearded_red Posted February 9, 2021 Report Share Posted February 9, 2021 1 minute ago, bearded_red said: That is an absolute nonsense from Jimmy. What a bowler. He’s gone and done it again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PHILINFRANCE Posted February 9, 2021 Report Share Posted February 9, 2021 I am relieved that Jimmy A has got these two wickets. Unfortunately, whilst Jack Leach is bowling particularly well, Dom Bess was quite loose and posing little threat and, with Gill looking well set and the huge talent that is Kohli batting alongside him, I feared that India were going to put on quite a stand. One of these two together quickly with Pant and it might be over before lunch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Army 75 Posted February 9, 2021 Report Share Posted February 9, 2021 How long left has Jimmy got. Retire after the Ashes maybe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PHILINFRANCE Posted February 9, 2021 Report Share Posted February 9, 2021 There's one of the two. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Army 75 Posted February 9, 2021 Report Share Posted February 9, 2021 Boy are we going to miss him Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Army 75 Posted February 9, 2021 Report Share Posted February 9, 2021 Archer giving Ashwin a good going over Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B1ackbird Posted February 9, 2021 Report Share Posted February 9, 2021 You think we'd go easy on Ashwin given his profligacy with no balls previously.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lew-T Posted February 9, 2021 Report Share Posted February 9, 2021 Jimmy is breathing down the neck of Kumble for test wickets. Quite incredible! Home track bully they say... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob k Posted February 9, 2021 Report Share Posted February 9, 2021 (edited) 37 minutes ago, Lew-T said: Jimmy is breathing down the neck of Kumble for test wickets. Quite incredible! Home track bully they say... Could have had another wicket too as the ball that was given not out was hitting middle Stump about 12” up Edited February 9, 2021 by Rob k Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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