jaggyness Posted November 21, 2018 Share Posted November 21, 2018 Pretty much spot on. Broad in for the rested Anderson, Bairstow in for the injured Curran.Would have left Stokes at 3 personally, he isn't likely to bowl a lot in this test, and coming in lower down means bairstow is more likely to get runs which he badly needs. A top 8 of jennings, burns, Stokes, root, bairstow, buttler, foakes and Ali on paper should be good enough against any team in the world. Find a bowler with 90mph pace and accuracy (hens teeth I know) and England should easily be number one test team in the world 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Savage Henry Posted November 23, 2018 Share Posted November 23, 2018 That’ll be Bairstow batting at three for the foreseeable future, then? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joey Jo Jo Junior Shabadoo Posted November 24, 2018 Share Posted November 24, 2018 Some of the lbw/caught behind decisions after Sri Lanka ran out of reviews were fucking honking. Even some of the ones that were "proven" correct were ropey to say the least. Moral of the story: Don't waste your reviews. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peasy23 Posted November 24, 2018 Share Posted November 24, 2018 Stunning performance by Jennings fielding at short leg, 4 catches so far. 0.35 seconds reaction time for the latest one. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peasy23 Posted November 24, 2018 Share Posted November 24, 2018 Total collapse by the hosts, losing the last 9 wickets in 111 balls. England lead by 99. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peasy23 Posted November 25, 2018 Share Posted November 25, 2018 England have this one in the bag, lead by 313 with two wickets left. Sri Lanka finally managed to put a review to good use, Rashid being given out caught behind, the ball flicking his glove, or rather it looked like the wrist strap was hanging a bit loose and it caught the edge of that. What has been obvious is that umpires now pay very little attention to no balls. Stokes was caught twice off of deliveries from Sandakan where he had overstepped the line but they were only picked up by asking the third umpire to check, and they showed a load of them during the tea break that hadn't been spotted. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peasy23 Posted November 25, 2018 Share Posted November 25, 2018 England all out with Sri Lanka needing 327 to win. Not impossible but from their showings in the series so far then it has to be highly unlikely. Still plenty of bounce and turn in the pitch. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaggyness Posted November 25, 2018 Share Posted November 25, 2018 Huge innings for Stuart Broad here. Needs a good showing to justify his place in future touring parties. Nothing with the bat and Stokes showing he can be a strike bowler in these conditions and Curran a far better batsman than Broad 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Savage Henry Posted November 25, 2018 Share Posted November 25, 2018 12 minutes ago, jaggyness said: Huge innings for Stuart Broad here. Needs a good showing to justify his place in future touring parties. Nothing with the bat and Stokes showing he can be a strike bowler in these conditions and Curran a far better batsman than Broad The thing going in his favour is that the West Indies are the West Indies, and could be skittled out by any half decent pace attack. But yeah, the level of competition in the middle and lower order is something else. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aubrey Maturin Posted November 25, 2018 Share Posted November 25, 2018 First one gone, Ali does the trick. Now over 160 test wickets, not bad for someone that was seen as a joke bowler not that long ago. I think Broad will tour and retire from tests after next home series. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Savage Henry Posted November 25, 2018 Share Posted November 25, 2018 The umpires are not having a great test. Another decision overturned. England are skooshing this. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaggyness Posted November 25, 2018 Share Posted November 25, 2018 The thing going in his favour is that the West Indies are the West Indies, and could be skittled out by any half decent pace attack. But yeah, the level of competition in the middle and lower order is something else. Is that going in his favour though? You could take a pace attack of Curran, Anderson and Stokes, drop one or two of the spinners and bring in woakes and/or pope which would strengthen the batting without weakening the bowling greatly if at all. Plus it means pope can bat down the order a bit if you want to keep bairstow at 3 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Savage Henry Posted November 25, 2018 Share Posted November 25, 2018 4 minutes ago, jaggyness said: 12 minutes ago, Savage Henry said: The thing going in his favour is that the West Indies are the West Indies, and could be skittled out by any half decent pace attack. But yeah, the level of competition in the middle and lower order is something else. Is that going in his favour though? You could take a pace attack of Curran, Anderson and Stokes, drop one or two of the spinners and bring in woakes and/or pope which would strengthen the batting without weakening the bowling greatly if at all. Plus it means pope can bat down the order a bit if you want to keep bairstow at 3 Yeah, that's a very fair point. But throughout his career Broad has gone through spells of looking ineffective for a while and then, just as he'd look like being dropped, he'd take 6/12 against the top test sides, and look unplayable. I'm not writing his bowling off yet. He never recovered his batting from getting beamed. This is a guy with a test century and multiple 50s who can barely hold a bat. PS: Darren Gough's an absolute idiot. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Savage Henry Posted November 25, 2018 Share Posted November 25, 2018 3 minutes ago, Tynierose said: The coverage has been poor, amateurish at best. Gough is an absolute bellend , that Aussie character doing the stats is a tube too. Bring back Test match special. I really don't care for him giving his opinion on players's dismissals or form. That's not his job. At all. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peasy23 Posted November 25, 2018 Share Posted November 25, 2018 4 down already for the hosts. Broad's first over today was a shocker. I know it's tough conditions for a pace bowler but he chucked in 2 wides and should probably have had a 3rd against him too. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjw Posted November 25, 2018 Share Posted November 25, 2018 What has been obvious is that umpires now pay very little attention to no balls. Stokes was caught twice off of deliveries from Sandakan where he had overstepped the line but they were only picked up by asking the third umpire to check, and they showed a load of them during the tea break that hadn't been spotted. 40% of his deliveries could have been called according to Aggers on twitter. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peasy23 Posted November 25, 2018 Share Posted November 25, 2018 40% of his deliveries could have been called according to Aggers on twitter. Couldn't argue with that going by what they showed at tea, ridiculous for a spinner to overstep that often. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aubrey Maturin Posted November 25, 2018 Share Posted November 25, 2018 With the technology available I would like to see 3rd umpire call no balls and take pressure of on field umpires who have enough to do. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peasy23 Posted November 26, 2018 Share Posted November 26, 2018 Very surprised to get up this morning and find Sri Lanka still with 5 wickets in hand. Need 150 to win. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
die hard doonhamer Posted November 26, 2018 Share Posted November 26, 2018 Mendis just run out by a superb throw from Leach. 184-6. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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