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2019 Cricket

Lord Tyrion said:
It is an impressively deep order that holds its nerve well.
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not sure you can get away with batting like the middle order did against better sides too often, might be ok against Ireland but do that against Australia and the games gone.

been refreshing having Carberry on the radio, big improvement on many others they use more regularly
 
fundy said:
not sure you can get away with batting like the middle order did against better sides too often, might be ok against Ireland but do that against Australia and the games gone.

been refreshing having Carberry on the radio, big improvement on many others they use more regularly
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That is a very fair point. Ireland are a nice warm up but not a full test. Saying that we have been consistently good for a while and whilst a few have not sparked this series, Roy being the obvious one, this has been a weird summer so being rusty is forgivable.

I've got the day off today so watching it on sky. They have got the C team out ?. I haven't heard Carberry before on the radio but it is good to have new blood coming through. Anyone who can move Tufnell and Vaughan on gets my vote. I'm not a fan of either.
 
Solid start from Ireland. I'd like to see them make a real fist of the reply and give our bowlers something to think about and see what they can come up with. Only way to see if they really have what they have, especially if we're looking longer term for a few of these going forward
 
Hales over Vince all day. Will be interesting to see if they will pick him after his indiscretions! Vince is a poor mans Ramprakash. Looks a million dollars, but gets out playing poor shots!
Looks like have shortened the boundaries. If Ireland play Rashid and Mo well, they could be in with a shot!
 
Dan2501 said:
England unchanged and bowling first. Stokes must still be carrying a bit of a knock despite bowling in the nets the last 2 days and this morning.
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Feels like theyre doing everything to look after Stokes to ensure he plays every game,leaves us looking a little unbalanced and light on batting.

Being manchester should get some rain later too lol
 
fundy said:
Feels like theyre doing everything to look after Stokes to ensure he plays every game,leaves us looking a little unbalanced and light on batting.

Being manchester should get some rain later too lol
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Yep pretty much, worryingly light on batting, though I do like the bowling attack.

Surprised we've not had rain already tbh, it's pretty grim here this morning. Very grey, overcast and has been raining heavily north of us (my golf club's has been shut this morning), think we'll almost certainly get a bit of delay today.
 
Good to see weve finally arrived at the tv umpire calling all front foot no balls, let hope this carries on everywhere going forward

England could do with a wicket or two this morning, Pak played pretty well so far in tricky conditions. That assuming the rain doesnt start...
 
Dan2501 said:
Haha nope, it's the exact same noise every time. So annoying.

Hope Jof goes well today, feels like it's been a while since he looked really dangerous and ran through a team in a Test innings.
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still sounds like one of them to me haha, could be worse you could have Vaughan on TMS :(

Nice nut that from Jofra
 
Does anybody else think Archer is down on pace? When he came on to the scene he was low 90s consistently, this test and the WI he has been mid high 80s, occasionally hitting 90?
 
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