Kellfire
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School cricket and also for the local town team. Cricket wasn’t a well funded sport in Northern Ireland so many teams had one artificial to allow games to be played when weather hadn’t been kind.
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Lets see if Bairstow can hit a straight one!
Mudball
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Crawley crawls back.... Gallows wishes... I am now starting to enjoy how the ball is dominating both sides.. batsman does not have a chance on this. Come on Root, sweep it to another ton..
Captainron
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FFS. You clown.
Kellfire
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This is superb
Kellfire
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Luckily I’m not the sort of person to be offended by being called mentally handicapped but I doubt the mods will appreciate that one. It’s just not cricket.
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HTF can Bairstow walk in as a no. 3 and play two shots like that?
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Because he is from Yorkshire and Roots mate
He has done nothing in Red ball cricket to justify a recall and certainly not at 3 as a specialist batsman
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Its exciting, yes.
Technique is crap. Pitch is crap. Test matches should be about ability not a lottery, and this pitch is a lottery.
Kellfire
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Bairstow’s lack of ability got him out. Going for a premeditated sweep first up then leaving a mile between bat and pad for the next.
DanFST
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If this was a 20/20 pitch it would be fantastic.
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I'm forecasting this is tailor made for Stokes to come in and smash it around.
Kellfire
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Hell yes!
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And that is exactly why he is not a red ball Test batsman and hasn't been for years.
Don Barzini
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Gutted I'm at work and not able to watch this! Having to make do with text updates on BBC cricket website!
Though maybe I'm better off not watching England bat!
Though maybe I'm better off not watching England bat!
Kellfire
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No one has done anything I’d class as batting today on either side.
Mudball
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On the bright side... lead is cut to half and only lost 2 wickets... this is good start by Eng
Kellfire
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I’d be looking to give Bumrah a couple of overs soon if I was India. Mix things up.
I have not followed any of this test, annoyingly busy at work. Is the wicket a mess or are both teams batting badly? The numbers are crazy.
