Xela Posted September 5, 2021 Share Posted September 5, 2021 Guaranteed to lose a wicket in the first couple of overs tomorrow. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidcow Posted September 5, 2021 VT Supporter Share Posted September 5, 2021 1 hour ago, Xela said: Guaranteed to lose a wicket in the first couple of overs tomorrow. Yep. Or actually score 150 more runs then lose one and a collapse to follow. Christ supporting England leaves you almost as brow beaten as following Villa 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
veloman Posted September 6, 2021 Share Posted September 6, 2021 11 hours ago, sidcow said: Christ supporting England leaves you almost as brow beaten as following Villa Great comment, but not as bad as supporting Warwickshire ! Does anyone down there know what they are doing ? Bowled out against Hants by a player who they let go - Barker. I'm hardly an expert but could never see the sense in that, unless he really wanted to go. Left arm, pacey and could bat. Needs to look at Management I think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blandy Posted September 6, 2021 Moderator Share Posted September 6, 2021 26 minutes ago, veloman said: Great comment, but not as bad as supporting Warwickshire ! Does anyone down there know what they are doing ? Bowled out against Hants by a player who they let go - Barker. I'm hardly an expert but could never see the sense in that, unless he really wanted to go. Left arm, pacey and could bat. Needs to look at Management I think. He wanted to go. As for the game yesterday I tweeted Brian Halford who was twittering from the game and asked if the pitch was "doing a bit" and he said not as much as the score suggested (and that was during Hants innings). All round the country wickets were tumbling, except at the test! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulC Posted September 6, 2021 Share Posted September 6, 2021 Still all three results possible but the draw is favourite. Hameed has batted very well. Malan never looked confident against Jadeja. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tom_avfc Posted September 6, 2021 Share Posted September 6, 2021 43 minutes ago, PaulC said: Still all three results possible but the draw is favourite. Hameed has batted very well. Malan never looked confident against Jadeja. Yeah its not ideal for left handers with the rough being outside their off stump. Much easier for the right handers against Jadeja on this pitch. You'd have thought this would be a draw but I can't help but think that if Root was to get out early then it might start to give England the jitters a bit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OutByEaster? Posted September 6, 2021 Moderator Share Posted September 6, 2021 Three down and that pushes it further in India's direction. I'm hoping England continue to make a fist of it through the afternoon, this is a test match that deserves a little bit of tension at it's ending. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lapal_fan Posted September 6, 2021 Share Posted September 6, 2021 Hameed was scoring a bit too slowly though to be honest. Might not be a bad thing is a weird way! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lapal_fan Posted September 6, 2021 Share Posted September 6, 2021 Yea, ok.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wainy316 Posted September 6, 2021 Share Posted September 6, 2021 Two wickets fell within minutes of me putting it on so I turned it off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OutByEaster? Posted September 6, 2021 Moderator Share Posted September 6, 2021 The flight of the swallow, pretty girls in summer dresses, a cold drink in a warm garden, drumstick tans, the breeze in the trees, a deck chair on a packed beach and an England mid-order collapse - summer is here again and all is right in the world. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidcow Posted September 6, 2021 VT Supporter Share Posted September 6, 2021 15 hours ago, sidcow said: Yep. Or actually score 150 more runs then lose one and a collapse to follow. Christ supporting England leaves you almost as brow beaten as following Villa Like I said............ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wainy316 Posted September 6, 2021 Share Posted September 6, 2021 Do I only notice it because I watch them more or is it only England that suffer catastrophic batting collapses so often? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulC Posted September 6, 2021 Share Posted September 6, 2021 19 minutes ago, Wainy316 said: Do I only notice it because I watch them more or is it only England that suffer catastrophic batting collapses so often? Guess its more normal when you have a weak middle order. In the days of Trott, Bell, KP, Collingwood it didnt happen so often Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidcow Posted September 6, 2021 VT Supporter Share Posted September 6, 2021 So once again we have Woakes right down the order who has already scored more than Moeen, Bairstow, Pope and Malan. Someone is going to have to explain to me why he is always so far down the order. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulC Posted September 6, 2021 Share Posted September 6, 2021 3 minutes ago, sidcow said: So once again we have Woakes right down the order who has already scored more than Moeen, Bairstow, Pope and Malan. Someone is going to have to explain to me why he is always so far down the order. Hes been a bit lucky this second innings to be fair, an lbw decision which could have been given and he could have been caught. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulC Posted September 6, 2021 Share Posted September 6, 2021 and thats the game Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Milfner Posted September 6, 2021 Author Share Posted September 6, 2021 From Andy Zaltzman on TMS: "England lost four wickets in seven overs. There had been 17 wickets in the previous 267 overs, and a rate of one every 16 overs. In terms of England collapses from two down to six down, for just six runs, it is the joint-second worst since 1902, when England crumbled at Bramall Lane." Really pathetic. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulC Posted September 6, 2021 Share Posted September 6, 2021 It started reversing, so makes a huge difference. Illingworth has made some shocking lbw calls. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulC Posted September 6, 2021 Share Posted September 6, 2021 Woakes got suckered there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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