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Predictably struggling to get Head out. No idea why we're bowling crap at them. They'll just knock Moeen around instead of skying him 

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We hsve got ourselves back in the game through good persistent bowling. A good spell from Moeen too. Keeping one end tight so the seamers could rotate. Fancy our chances of chasing down anything up to about 300, it's what we are good at.

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18 hours ago, PaulC said:

Mo 200 test wickets, not bad for a part time spinner 

200 wickets and 2000 runs for England in Tests - only the fourth player to do that after Flintoff, Botham and Broad - he's keeping good company.

 

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Wicket for Woakes early on. Mitch Marsh out, good stuff.  If we can make inroads and keep a lead below 240, 250 you'd have to fancy us, assuming rain holds off next two days

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Need to weasel these two and Cummins out. And Starc can flog it so with some clever bowling we can get a chaseable target. Whether our idiot batters can chase it down without pulling everything up in the air and being all out for 150 is another matter

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35 minutes ago, Rodders said:

Wicket for Woakes early on. Mitch Marsh out, good stuff.  If we can make inroads and keep a lead below 240, 250 you'd have to fancy us, assuming rain holds off next two days

Exactly what I was thinking, but you just know we will find some way to **** it up.

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Literally just been talking on Sky about how Bairstow needs to stand further over if they're trying to catch Head on the leg side. And the blockhead still doesn't move over and another goes through him. Honestly done with him 

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Ball was hooping around, would be difficult for test match openers with good line and length bowling

So lets keep banging it in short to Head and watch as he hits it into the stands.

I know its just continuing a tactic they did for him in previous tests, but adapt to the conditions. He was ready for the short stuff and took advantage.

Thats said, 250 is gettable even playing super cautiously with the time left. Even defensive pushes are flying to the boundary with the quick outfield so no reason to do stupid stuff.

 

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Yeah really not a clue why we didn't double up with Broad and Woakes and swing it around Head, who can't seem to resist nicking off. Instead we run Mark Wood into the ground bowling short balls at Travis Head who can just slog 6s. 

 

Target 250ish meaning we have to hope the Chuckle Brothers resist tossing their wickets away in the next half an hour 

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