fundy
Ryder Cup Winner
great session, lets hope for another after tea
2019 Cricket
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Rooter
Money List Winner
Looks like they have finally learnt its a test match and non an ODI!
fundy
Ryder Cup Winner
Malinga just taken 4 wickets in 4 balls against NZ, again!
fundy
Ryder Cup Winner
until we lose another wicket anyway..............
Piece
Tour Winner
Burns played well. Can’t see Roy lasting long at this rate...
fundy
Ryder Cup Winner
Pretty sure Burns has done enough now to be guaranteed a decent run in the side, now the fun challenge of finding him a partner lol
Got a little work to do to ensure he watches the short ball, the Saffers will certainly want to test him there on what should be a bit quicker wickets
Deja Vu
Piece
Tour Winner
Time to hide behind the sofa...?
Mudball
Assistant Pro
Root gone.. A follow on tonight?
Roy is just clueless at test level.
fundy
Ryder Cup Winner
some things dont change, just so vulnerable once the partnership breaks. going to be tough in the morning especially with the new ball due after 10 overs
Cummins and Hazlewood been superb today
Cummins and Hazlewood been superb today
Mudball
Assistant Pro
stumbled onto this .. Smith visit to a bat factory in India. Completely understand that it is PR stunt, but it is interesting to see how keen he is. Curiously peeking over the technicians shoulders to understand what makes a good bat.. Maybe its the engineer in me but i find this very interesting
fundy
Ryder Cup Winner
used to love going down the Gray Nicholls factory each spring to pick up a bat or two for the season! They dont press them like they used to though, current ones are twice as thick!!!
Mudball
Assistant Pro
never been to a factory.. but would love to.. On another note, found this one on Captaincy. Very interesting to see how different the Eng and Aussies look at Captaincy. The most poignant piece is a short bit by Swann about Root around the 6-6:30 mark.
fundy
Ryder Cup Winner
I was fortunate to get a trip to GN and a free bat as a prize when playing U13 representative cricket I think it was. Shrewd investment from them that 1 free bat, must have bought 10+ more over the years!
Test captaincy woefully undervalued in English cricket currently, Root only has the job currently because there is no one else, not helped at all that most of the test side have barely played a game of county championship cricket for many years
Tongo
Journeyman Pro
Rory Burns showing that if certain players are persisted with they will progress in test cricket. He could have reached this point earlier had the selectors picked him when they should have done (i.e. a year to 18 months ago) rather than conveniently ignoring his consistent run scoring.
Sibley could be another but we've got to go through the continued trying to give Roy as many chances as he wants to prove he's not up to test cricket rather than picking players that could be up to it.
England missed the chance to have James Hildreth as a test player; they run the risk of doing the same with players like Sibley and Sam Northeast.
Sibley could be another but we've got to go through the continued trying to give Roy as many chances as he wants to prove he's not up to test cricket rather than picking players that could be up to it.
England missed the chance to have James Hildreth as a test player; they run the risk of doing the same with players like Sibley and Sam Northeast.
HomerJSimpson
Hall of Famer
Better day than it could have been after 3 balls. Good grinding by Burns and Root but work to be done in the morning to avoid the follow on
fundy
Ryder Cup Winner
follow on totally irrelevant, no sense in them enforcing it with a 4 man attack on the 4th day of the 4th test in a 5 test series and a short turn around until the next one, more a case of us being able to take as much time out of the game to shorten how long we have to bat on the last day
the real glimmer of hope for England has been Lyons form, if he turns that round were in serious trouble
fundy
Ryder Cup Winner
Bit early to say that about Sibley, youre not the first to say it about Southeast today! Still stick with the top 7 Id pick for the winter from a few weeks ago including no one from the ODI WC side (whilst assuming Root and Stokes walk back in next summer)
fundy
Ryder Cup Winner
For someone gone at the game Moeen Ali timing the utter pants off it again at Hove tonight (plse no jinx)
