dorlomin Posted September 7, 2019 Share Posted September 7, 2019 2 hours ago, DeeTillEhDeh said: Burns a walking wicket gone, http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/batting/most_runs_career.html?id=12492;type=series Burns is the third highest run scorer of the series and has about as many runs as every other opener combined. He is way down the list of most talented batsmen out there but I will always have time for players who knuckle down and grit out the tough runs. Englands batting has been horrific and often from players with big reputations. Burns has done the job. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benjamin_Nevis Posted September 7, 2019 Share Posted September 7, 2019 http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/batting/most_runs_career.html?id=12492;type=series Burns is the third highest run scorer of the series and has about as many runs as every other opener combined. He is way down the list of most talented batsmen out there but I will always have time for players who knuckle down and grit out the tough runs. Englands batting has been horrific and often from players with big reputations. Burns has done the job. Yup. There are much bigger names than him that need to be taking a long hard look at their batting. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benjamin_Nevis Posted September 7, 2019 Share Posted September 7, 2019 7 minutes ago, Tynierose said: Correct the lack of application and guts has been pitiful to be honest. The bowlers should kick f**k out of them. Should the Aussies retain/win Broad and Stokes have every right to be utterly seething at the top order. And probably also the selectors for persisting with Jason Roy opening, an utter shambles of an idea. This is the beat Broad's bowled in year and Stokes has bowled and at times batted his guts out. There's probably only two batsmen from either side you'd say have performed well, Stokes and Burns for England, Smith (obviously) and Labuschagne for the Aussies. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peasy23 Posted September 7, 2019 Share Posted September 7, 2019 Should the Aussies retain/win Broad and Stokes have every right to be utterly seething at the top order. And probably also the selectors for persisting with Jason Roy opening, an utter shambles of an idea. This is the beat Broad's bowled in year and Stokes has bowled and at times batted his guts out. There's probably only two batsmen from either side you'd say have performed well, Stokes and Burns for England, Smith (obviously) and Labuschagne for the Aussies. I honestly can't remember Broad bowling as consistently well through a whole series. Yes he has had ridiculously good spells like the 8-15, but his length in this series has been spot on more often than not. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benjamin_Nevis Posted September 7, 2019 Share Posted September 7, 2019 Just now, Tynierose said: Broad has been a revelation. Hasnt dipped at all and if he can do this for another couple of years will be fantastic. I think he just finds that bit extra for the Ashes tbh 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flybhoy Posted September 7, 2019 Share Posted September 7, 2019 41 minutes ago, Tynierose said: That's very true, the Aussies love him too. Yeah, he gets the 'cheat' treatment down under similar to Smith in England after he didn't walk when he blatantly knicked a delivery from Ashton Agar to first slip in the 2013 Ashes when Australia had no reviews left and the umpires inexplicably missed an obvious wicket. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Tarmo Kink Posted September 8, 2019 Share Posted September 8, 2019 Spin god Rashid Khan with his 7th wicket and Afghanistan close in on their second ever Test win. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Savage Henry Posted September 8, 2019 Share Posted September 8, 2019 I’m no gambler, but I reckon you could find some decent odds on England to win the Ashes at this point in proceedings. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeeTillEhDeh Posted September 8, 2019 Share Posted September 8, 2019 First hour in - and, surprisingly, no wicket lost. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Moomintroll Posted September 8, 2019 Share Posted September 8, 2019 I’m no gambler, but I reckon you could find some decent odds on England to win the Ashes at this point in proceedings. When one goes there will probably be a domino effect, If Denly & Roy can keep out the next spells from Hazlewood & Cummins then they might have a chance of escaping with a draw. A bit harsh on Leach but they need to bring Curran in for the Oval, his home ground & will reduce the length of the tail. It is also usually such a pace friendly pitch that Root & Denly can get away with the odd spell alongside 5 pace bowlers. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Moomintroll Posted September 8, 2019 Share Posted September 8, 2019 Well aren't I quite the wee jinx. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pandarilla Posted September 8, 2019 Share Posted September 8, 2019 First hour in - and, surprisingly, no wicket lost.Odds on a calypso collapso before lunch? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peasy23 Posted September 8, 2019 Share Posted September 8, 2019 Well aren't I quite the wee jinx.Thought they had played a replay from the first innings, Roy bowled between bat and pad again.Denly dropped two balls later. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aubrey Maturin Posted September 8, 2019 Share Posted September 8, 2019 Roy's technical flaws do him once again. He looks like being another Michael Bevan. No extras yet either. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Tarmo Kink Posted September 8, 2019 Share Posted September 8, 2019 Roy's technical flaws do him once again. He looks like being another Michael Bevan. No extras yet either.A lot of people rightly point out that Warner ironed out these flaws and became a decent Test player, but there’s also plenty of examples the other way such as Aaron Finch, Yuvraj Singh etc. Even Rohit Sharma (a much better ODI opener than Roy) had to find his place well down the middle order. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeeTillEhDeh Posted September 8, 2019 Share Posted September 8, 2019 Roy gone - surprised he lasted as long as he did.Should be nowhere near the team for the Oval. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeeTillEhDeh Posted September 8, 2019 Share Posted September 8, 2019 First priority is to get too lunch without losing a wicket - Stokes needs to the same as last test. And Denly needs to stop the idiotic 20-20 shots. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peasy23 Posted September 8, 2019 Share Posted September 8, 2019 Roy gone - surprised he lasted as long as he did.Should be nowhere near the team for the Oval.If England somehow manage to get a draw here there's no way they will drop Roy for the last test. Only change would likely be Overton dropping out again. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
parsforlife Posted September 8, 2019 Share Posted September 8, 2019 Stokes gone. Really little chance from here(been said before...) 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aubrey Maturin Posted September 8, 2019 Share Posted September 8, 2019 Well that's the Ashes gone now. Warner was able to adjust but I feel that at 29 Roy is too deeply entrenched to change his technique. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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