The Cricket Thread

[PuntsWolf]

Reprieve!

 

[Wolvensam]

Could see us declaring if we get 250-300 in front. Not sure Australia would get that with a day and a half remaining, only downside is I think England would struggle to bowl them out.

 

[WsWolf]

Could see us declaring if we get 250-300 in front. Not sure Australia would get that with a day and a half remaining, only downside is I think England would struggle to bowl them out.

We might not make it to 250.

Scratch that, not out.

 

[Carrotdude]

250 lead tops now I reckon

 

[PuntsWolf]

Take what we can get here

 

[jd1981]

Stokes gone Australia in the driving seat now you’d have to say

 

[Paddingtonwolf]

I dunno. If we can eke out another thirty somehow then it’s not an easy chase.

 

[Sniffer]

Need to try to eek out another 30-40 runs here as we are short of a defendable target.

Just heard a stat on TMS. Ben Foakes has the highest batting average (36) for an English wicket-keeper in innings 2/3/4 of test matches since before the war.

 

[North Shropshire Lad]

I still think all three options are possible in this game but we've made quite a mess of it throughout in my opinion. I know some will say that you take the rough with the smooth with our new style of play, but there must also be some room for Plan B to be used at times as well.

 

[Tredman]

I'd have Crawley out, Bairstow at top and Foakes in

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

I'd have Crawley out, Bairstow at top and Foakes in

There's no way we're doing this

 

[Tredman]

There's no way we're doing this

I know, just don't really see why we would continue with Zak. He's just not good enough.

 

[WsWolf]

I still think all three options are possible in this game but we've made quite a mess of it throughout in my opinion. I know some will say that you take the rough with the smooth with our new style of play, but there must also be some room for Plan B to be used at times as well.

Not even plan B, just recognising where you are in the game. We were in a position of real strength before Root went, now we are struggling to get a defendable score.

 

[PuntsWolf]

Some have been got out. At least 3 of given it away in this innings. We needed to have at least accumulated something before throwing wickets away. Particularly when you are already 3 down.

 

[Sniffer]

There's no way of knowing that by playing in a more circumspect manner would have given us more runs in this innings. On top of that if we scored at 80-90 per session the chances of winning the game would have meant that draw was favourite.

Shit - Robinson gone - no he hasn't caught it. Oh dear Marnus!

 

[WsWolf]

Labuschagne ya cheating little bastard.

 

[Jinky]

Ali gone. Always the issue with swinging at everything. I feel we're a good 40-50 runs short of setting a winnable total here.

 

[jd1981]

Anything less than 250 is asking for trouble

 

[Carrotdude]

Could do with those runs we didn’t bother trying to get on Friday night right about now

 

[Sniffer]

Could do with those runs we didn’t bother trying to get on Friday night right about now

Missing Green on 0, dropping Carey and bowling Khawaja on a no ball were far more costly.