fundy
Ryder Cup Winner
61/1 after 29 overs at lunch, its like someones turned the clock back a decade lol
Promising early signs from Sibley and Burns has battled hard
Promising early signs from Sibley and Burns has battled hard
2019 Cricket
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Sibley looked out of his depth to anything on our outside off stump. on his pads pretty good, i can see sides just bowling wide to him TBH. Burns workd hard, but didn't make the most of his couple of breaks. Denley looked pretty good from what i saw some nice pull shots of Wagner. Lets hope Stokes and Pope can get a descent total
HomerJSimpson
Hall of Famer
Hard to be tough on Sibley on debut and 20+ not the worse return I've seen from an England opener in their first innings. I thought he was patient and he'll obviously look at the innings again on film. I am sure he'll work on thechnique outside the off stump (think a few need to look at that). All said a good solid base going forward. What a lovely setting too
sure, but the way he set up almost closed off the off side and De Grondwhateverhescalled, was bowling 70 ish and looked like i struggled to be able to like anything up.
one thing i did notice was the number of no balls bowled by Wagner that were not called, mostly the ones he beat the bat and hurried the batsman... when are the ICC going to do something about this sides are missing out on a fair few runs
Mudball
Assistant Pro
what happened... Went to bed after hearing England choosing to send in a debutante on a green pitch .... Was expecting to wake up to the news of a Eng collapse and Kiwis safely negotiating the the last session of play.
None of that happened
The pitch was not green, looks brown and flat... already signs of breaking down.
Sibley seems to have played well... very interesting technique. I am assuming his county run wagon wheel is fully on the leg side. I wonder if the opposition did not just bowl outside offstump as well as packing the leg side. Planning to watch highlights tonight.
We have an opener who scored a 50
We have 2 others who scored a 50..
Dream start for Silverwood
... game on. I might even buy a lottery
None of that happened
The pitch was not green, looks brown and flat... already signs of breaking down.
Sibley seems to have played well... very interesting technique. I am assuming his county run wagon wheel is fully on the leg side. I wonder if the opposition did not just bowl outside offstump as well as packing the leg side. Planning to watch highlights tonight.
We have an opener who scored a 50
We have 2 others who scored a 50..
Dream start for Silverwood
... game on. I might even buy a lottery
3offTheTee
Tour Rookie
Stayed near there a few years’ ago when some of the lesser known teams were trying to qualify. Fantastic place. Went out a night and Jeff Crowe who was involved was at the same restauran. He was so full of himself and nobody could get a word in edgewis!
Tongo
Journeyman Pro
Listened to some of the first day on TMS last night. Sounded like a good, solid start. Steve Finn was very good as an analyst whilst Ramprakash was quietly impressive too.
England will need to be patient with Sibley in the same way they have been patient with Burns and Denly. They are starting to progress and i think Sibley will too.
England will need to be patient with Sibley in the same way they have been patient with Burns and Denly. They are starting to progress and i think Sibley will too.
of course they have to stick with him for a couple of series. But De Grond, servered up some floaty half vols outside of and he just clothed them, Denly on the other hand looked classy
Mudball
Assistant Pro
Just watched the highlights... Roots was poor. I am not sure with the fascination to change batting stance, trigger movements and setup. Don’t know if this is an impact from T20.. now he seems to be moving to the off and back. Unless this is something that the batting coaches are focussing on due to conditions and NZ bowlers
fundy
Ryder Cup Winner
Stokes and Pope both gifted their wickets in the first hour 
Dangerous rest of session ahead and could do with Buttler getting in
Dangerous rest of session ahead and could do with Buttler getting in
fundy
Ryder Cup Winner
Curran using the "blond left hand tailenders" review up lol
Piece
Tour Winner
Not sure why he thought that wasn’t out! Banking on a no ball
fundy
Ryder Cup Winner
Not sure why he thought that wasn’t out! Banking on a no ball
felt very much along the lines of weve still got 2 left i may as well chance my arm
Piece
Tour Winner
Ah, England collapse. I’ve missed you my old friend.
fundy
Ryder Cup Winner
see the new approach lasted one whole day then lol
was watching live and you would have though southee bowled two balls of the century.. wide long hops the pairStokes and Pope both gifted their wickets in the first hour
HomerJSimpson
Hall of Famer
Disappointing Stokes didn't show enough composure to get to the ton and another disturbing batting collapse. Good wicket for Curran to get rid of Williamson and so I suppose England are on top (just) but need early wickets tomorrow. Elsewhere Aussies well on top against Pakistan at 300+ for 1 in reply to 240 all out from the Pakistan batsmen
fundy
Ryder Cup Winner
Yeah pretty sure Stokes has a few credits in the bank to be too critical lol
Leach up to 10 in the order and only a matter of time before hes above Archer too surely, yet again he showed batting really isnt that hard if you apply yourself
Mudball
Assistant Pro
Tuned into watch India v Bangladesh first D/N match.. looks like Bangladesh played a T20.. 106 all out!!! I dont know if it is a visibility thing or pitch/pace. I like the concept of a D/N match. But when i think about it, i dont want to watch a test match after a day's work and a beer. I would rather watch a crash-bang-wallopp T20 instead of a D/N Test match...
... any views on D/N matches? future or gimmick?
... any views on D/N matches? future or gimmick?
fundy
Ryder Cup Winner
gimmick for me, but then im a purist
give it 10 years and well be watching 5 overs a side and be done inside an hour, heck lets just go straight to the super over lol, the irreversible dumbing down of a great sport gone too far sadly and only going to continue
and the more they dumb it down the more it gets corrupted, i see they abandoned a T10 (yup that format already exists) because they couldnt print out the over by over DLS targets in a rain affected match, and people say golf shoots itself in the foot.............
