Midred Posted December 5, 2022 Report Share Posted December 5, 2022 Their gloves don't seem to last long either! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheltons Army Posted December 5, 2022 Report Share Posted December 5, 2022 Wonderful Test Match Cricket at its absolute best 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Port Said Red Posted December 5, 2022 Report Share Posted December 5, 2022 20 hours ago, Robbored said: It’ll be a predictable draw. Right again, it must get boring for you. 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
And Its Smith Posted December 5, 2022 Report Share Posted December 5, 2022 Winners! Leachy baby! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fordy62 Posted December 5, 2022 Report Share Posted December 5, 2022 The timing of that declaration! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
And Its Smith Posted December 5, 2022 Report Share Posted December 5, 2022 One of the all time great test matches. Highest scoring 5 day test match and a win in the last half an hour Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super Posted December 5, 2022 Report Share Posted December 5, 2022 I can't think of a better test match performance from England in recent years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
And Its Smith Posted December 5, 2022 Report Share Posted December 5, 2022 Sun has now gone. Pakistan only had to survive another ten mins! Waqar says Stokes MOTM. Hard to disagree Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PHILINFRANCE Posted December 5, 2022 Report Share Posted December 5, 2022 1 minute ago, And Its Smith said: One of the all time great test matches. Highest scoring 5 day test match and a win in the last half an hour Judging by the light, it was more like a win in the last five minutes, the last five minutes of an absolutely enthralling five day Test Match. I must admit, when Pakistan were batting with 500 runs on the board, I envisaged a rather mundane finale, but I forgot to take in to account Ben Stokes’ new style of captaincy. Long may it continue. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheltons Army Posted December 5, 2022 Report Share Posted December 5, 2022 Atherton making some great points about the magnitude of the win and the performance to do so Fair play to Stokes , not just talking the talk , but walking the walk , or more like running the walk ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northern Red Posted December 5, 2022 Report Share Posted December 5, 2022 Never in doubt 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
And Its Smith Posted December 5, 2022 Report Share Posted December 5, 2022 1 minute ago, Sheltons Army said: Atherton making some great points about the magnitude of the win and the performance to do so Fair play to Stokes , not just talking the talk , but walking the walk , or more like running the walk ! Will be interesting to see how commentators react when it goes wrong in a test which it inevitably will at some point 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
And Its Smith Posted December 5, 2022 Report Share Posted December 5, 2022 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheltons Army Posted December 5, 2022 Report Share Posted December 5, 2022 Anderson post match like a thrilled debutant of 21 Fantastic 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super Posted December 5, 2022 Report Share Posted December 5, 2022 Athers nailed it Former England captain Michael Atherton on Sky Sports: “It has to be one of England’s finest ever Test match wins. I couldn’t think of another England team that would have won the game on this pitch. "Even if the result had gone against England today I don’t think you would have had anyone criticise it. It gave us a fantastic last day. The crowd was brilliant and enthralled. What is the point of sport if it isn’t about that?” 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robbored Posted December 5, 2022 Report Share Posted December 5, 2022 53 minutes ago, Port Said Red said: Right again, it must get boring for you. I wasn’t expecting the pitch to deteriorate as much, nor did I expect Pakistan to collapse in the way they did. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TonyTonyTony Posted December 5, 2022 Report Share Posted December 5, 2022 21 minutes ago, Robbored said: I wasn’t expecting the pitch to deteriorate as much, nor did I expect Pakistan to collapse in the way they did. So the quite brilliant reverse swing of Robinson and Anderson had nothing to do with it? Mastery captaincy as well You've had a 'mare here mate. Its been a fantastic test match from the first ball to the last one 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Globe Trotter Posted December 5, 2022 Report Share Posted December 5, 2022 23 minutes ago, Robbored said: I wasn’t expecting the pitch to deteriorate as much, nor did I expect Pakistan to collapse in the way they did. The pitch didn’t deteriorate at all 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robbored Posted December 5, 2022 Report Share Posted December 5, 2022 4 minutes ago, Globe Trotter said: The pitch didn’t deteriorate at all Yes it did deteriorate. The ball began to swing and there was nothing happening during the first 3.5 days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robbored Posted December 5, 2022 Report Share Posted December 5, 2022 9 minutes ago, TonyTonyTony said: So the quite brilliant reverse swing of Robinson and Anderson had nothing to do with it? Mastery captaincy as well You've had a 'mare here mate. Its been a fantastic test match from the first ball to the last one I’m as delighted at the win as any cricket fan. It was very unexpected given the docile wicket. Good captaincy, excellent swing bowling that only began to happen pretty much on the last day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Globe Trotter Posted December 5, 2022 Report Share Posted December 5, 2022 16 minutes ago, Robbored said: Yes it did deteriorate. The ball began to swing and there was nothing happening during the first 3.5 days. That was because of the ball that England had roughed up bowling bouncers earlier in the innings and their skill, and nothing to do with the pitch Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Port Said Red Posted December 5, 2022 Report Share Posted December 5, 2022 19 minutes ago, Robbored said: Yes it did deteriorate. The ball began to swing and there was nothing happening during the first 3.5 days. What has swing got to do with the pitch? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
And Its Smith Posted December 5, 2022 Report Share Posted December 5, 2022 36 minutes ago, Robbored said: Yes it did deteriorate. The ball began to swing and there was nothing happening during the first 3.5 days. The movement was through the air not off the pitch Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PHILINFRANCE Posted December 5, 2022 Report Share Posted December 5, 2022 45 minutes ago, Robbored said: Yes it did deteriorate. The ball began to swing and there was nothing happening during the first 3.5 days. If you look carefully, you should be able to note that, as is usually the case, the ball actually starts swinging before it even touches the pitch. That is the point of swing bowling. Sometimes the ball moves when it touches the pitch, due to the revolutions the bowler puts in to the ball. This is commonly known as spin bowling. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robbored Posted December 5, 2022 Report Share Posted December 5, 2022 49 minutes ago, And Its Smith said: The movement was through the air not off the pitch The commentary guys were saying that the during the first three day the pitch was “gun barrel” straight. Then the ball began move just a fraction off the pitch as it deteriorated - enough to make a difference to the batsman. Add to that the ball becoming worn on one side which enabled the likes of Anderson to get some swing. However swing became available fairly late in the match. There was no swing in either of the first innings despite both sides working on the ball - explain that……….…….. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheltons Army Posted December 5, 2022 Report Share Posted December 5, 2022 (edited) 2 hours ago, Robbored said: I wasn’t expecting the pitch to deteriorate as much, nor did I expect Pakistan to collapse in the way they did. Uhmmmm The pitch didn’t deteriorate.... Have another go Apologies @Globe Trotterhas already pointed this out to you , amazing that someone had to really Edited December 5, 2022 by Sheltons Army 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
And Its Smith Posted December 5, 2022 Report Share Posted December 5, 2022 35 minutes ago, Robbored said: The commentary guys were saying that the during the first three day the pitch was “gun barrel” straight. Then the ball began move just a fraction off the pitch as it deteriorated - enough to make a difference to the batsman. Add to that the ball becoming worn on one side which enabled the likes of Anderson to get some swing. However swing became available fairly late in the match. There was no swing in either of the first innings despite both sides working on the ball - explain that……….…….. England fired in bouncer after bouncer which helped wear the ball and enable reverse swing later in the innings. The pitch did not deteriorate at all. Maybe look up what that word means! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BanburyRed Posted December 5, 2022 Report Share Posted December 5, 2022 Bloody test match cricket, boring! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robbored Posted December 5, 2022 Report Share Posted December 5, 2022 3 minutes ago, And Its Smith said: England fired in bouncer after bouncer which helped wear the ball and enable reverse swing later in the innings. The pitch did not deteriorate at all. Maybe look up what that word means! So comments from Atherton, Hussain, Gower don’t know what they’re talking about then? 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kid in the Riot Posted December 5, 2022 Report Share Posted December 5, 2022 1 hour ago, Robbored said: So comments from Atherton, Hussain, Gower don’t know what they’re talking about then? Nope, just you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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