But we'd got to 91/0 playing attacking shots, but nothing reckless. And he wasn't even trying to hit a boundary off that one, just wandered down the pitch for no reason.
Worked in the last test
Don’t have to tell me. Was brainless batting at times in the last test but just seems to get defended as “rough with the smooth”.
The only reason we were in a position to win the first test was due to way we put runs onto the board quickly. By rights, scoring at a more ordinary rate would have meant that the game was a draw due to the time lost. We have to win tests to win back the Ashes so you can defend the approach as we were in a position to win the game (the Aussies were at 10/1) when Carey was dismissed. I'd take bowling at 9,10, jack every time with 50+ runs needed to win a game.
I agree to an extent but it was the second innings that was the problem. We could easily have been all out with a lead of just over 200 and definitely lost. We also had to slow down and dig in a bit because we were in deep shit from our own stupidity. If we weren’t stupid we could have in the long run of that innings scored more runs in less time whilst also then having the feel of more momentum in the game.
Yep. No 50s on that pitch in the second dig was criminal, and nearly everyone bar the top three (the openers had to bat in the only bowler-friendly conditions in the entire game and we arguably shouldn't have even been playing, Pope got a cracker of a ball) got themselves out needlessly.
Works again. Brainless.
It is bad execution and that’s what makes it so annoying
It's poor batting intelligence...
