2019 Cricket

[Tongo]

Watching the highlights at the mo and Curran's dismissal was absolutely brainless and typical of the current England team. Wafting at a wide one that he should have left after getting carried away after hitting a couple of boundaries. Even more so with Buttler at the other end.

Nevertheless there was a great eulogy for Trevor Bayliss during the lunch break from TMS who didnt feel the need to ask any difficult questions of Bayliss' record with the test team which is mediocre at best.

 

[Fade and Die]

Watching the highlights at the mo and Curran's dismissal was absolutely brainless and typical of the current England team. Wafting at a wide one that he should have left after getting carried away after hitting a couple of boundaries. Even more so with Buttler at the other end.

Nevertheless there was a great eulogy for Trevor Bayliss during the lunch break from TMS who didnt feel the need to ask any difficult questions of Bayliss' record with the test team which is mediocre at best.

Yep listened to it myself and it was a real love-in

 

[Piece]

a Tim Painesque review to finish too

Love that review. Smashing the stumps in half!

 

[Mudball]

This came up in my FB feed.. had not seen it before. The story of how Sachin overcame his demons to get back into test form.. one of the greatest player - as they say form is temporary while class is permanent

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=775925752743905

 

[IanM]

Deja vu.

Smith v the rest. Awesome performance(s) ...............the swine!

 

[fundy]

Curran been a breath of fresh air, Root been as turgid as ever

No real shocks anywhere

 

[Deleted member 3432]

Curran been a breath of fresh air, Root been as turgid as ever

No real shocks anywhere

Archer over bowled as usual......

 

[fundy]

pretty sure Smith just missed a straight one!

 

[IanM]

pretty sure Smith just missed a straight one!

He did. He's rubbish!

 

[ColchesterFC]

He did. He's rubbish!

Totally agree. He's only averaging 125 now in this series.

Saw earlier that he's scored more than 1/3 of Australia's total runs in the series even though he missed the third test.

 

[fundy]

get Smith out and now Root and England are losing the plot against the tail sigh

 

[Mudball]

Curran been a breath of fresh air, Root been as turgid as ever

No real shocks anywhere

I am a big Curran fan.. would rate him above Woakes .. handy with the bat + left arm swing = what’s not to like. Saw him in the IPL, bowled his heart and looks like he is constantly learning

 

[Swinglowandslow]

I must say from what I saw that Curran is a bowler who must stay in the Test side.
Smith seemed less comfortable facing him than the others.
And he's not a bad batter either.

 

[IanM]

Curran makes stuff happen. He's going to be very very good indeed

 

[fundy]

Curran a good player for sure but going to be far more effective at home than away you would expect relying on the ball to swing, decent pedigree, the old man knew what he was doing

 

[TheDiablo]

"We should all give up trying to explain what Sam Curran is, or will be. He is just very good at cricket."

I read the above earlier and it really resonated.

I dont really understand why, but he makes things happen and times that we need him to.
Almost like Flintoff did - the sort of player you don't judge based on averages but on impact.

Needs to be a fixture in the side for a prolonged period of time now.

 

[fundy]

"We should all give up trying to explain what Sam Curran is, or will be. He is just very good at cricket."

I read the above earlier and it really resonated.

I dont really understand why, but he makes things happen and times that we need him to.
Almost like Flintoff did - the sort of player you don't judge based on averages but on impact.

Needs to be a fixture in the side for a prolonged period of time now.

isnt that Stokes job

 

[TheDiablo]

isnt that Stokes job

No harm having 2 of them - the rest often aren't up to much!!

 

[Imurg]

Best piece of wicket-keeping I've ever seen

https://twitter.com/x/status/1172504274196205568

 

[chrisd]

Yes, enjoyed that too