The Cricket Thread

[jd1981]

Just got to avoid defeat now. Maybe have a biff after tea if only 4 down.

Unless the pitch really breaks up our bowling attack isn’t good enough to skittle India for under 300 so probably need to bat to a point it puts them out the game.

 

[PuntsWolf]

Fuck him off, seriously

 

[Wolftone]

Crawley out caught driving at a wide delivery. Surprise, surprise.

 

[PuntsWolf]

Is there honestly no one better in the last 5 years than Zak Crawley?

 

[jd1981]

Again it probably falls on Root and Stokes shoulders to dig this side out the crap.
Crawley out again to a bad ball that he swishes at.
Reality is once this ball is 20+ overs old then batting becomes a lot easier

 

[Carrotdude]

completely moronic from Brook, that. He’s so good but he isn’t half stupid at times

 

[jd1981]

It’s really stupid, just see out until lunch. But no,no play a daft shot and put a new batsmen in with 10 minutes to bat out.
They’ve tried to put themselves on in a position where India can’t chase them but what they’ve done is almost lost the game in 2 hours.

 

[WarwickWolf]

Is there honestly no one better in the last 5 years than Zak Crawley?

Can't see that it would do any harm to drop Crawley and put Bethell or Smith in to open. Ideally Smith to open with Bethell at three and get shot of Pope as well.

 

[sycophantia]

Byes doing a lot of heavy lifting on the England scorecard.

 

[sycophantia]

Thats the game for India surely.

 

[jd1981]

Thats the game for India surely.

Anything over 200 gives England a chance

 

[sycophantia]

Anything over 200 gives England a chance

I like to think so but I don't have much faith in our bowling attack to create as much pressure as India.

 

[Wilf Wolf]

I like to think so but I don't have much faith in our bowling attack to create as much pressure as India.

We miss a really good spinner which would help compensate for the mediocrity of our seam attack.

 

[jd1981]

Yeah even if one bowler is having a good spell they’re not backed up by another doing a similar job at the other end so it allows the opposition rest bite.
Stokes is being forced to bowl way more than he should also.

 

[jd1981]

Is this one of the most insipid bowling attacks we’ve ever had?

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

Is this one of the most insipid bowling attacks we’ve ever had?

Not if you remember the late 80s and the entire 90s

 

[jd1981]

Not if you remember the late 80s and the entire 90s

Outside of Darren Gough I remember some very inconsistent to crap bowlers, Andy Caddick was a bit hit and miss as was Devon Malcolm. Likes of Shaun Udal, Ilot, Ealham, Mcagugue, Bicknell all got picked.
Lots of going back to old timers also remember John Emburey being picked in 95 and Gus Fraser drifting in and out. Obviously days before central contracts.

 

[Wolftone]

Most of the wickets today have been the result of bad shots.

 

[jd1981]

I think anyone going tomorrow will be paying to watch India knock off the winning runs.
Piss weak stuff and “that’s how we play” isn’t going carry much gravitas’s

 

[PuntsWolf]

India were doing to chase down any total that was below 4 an over. They’ll do this 3 down max. Rahul will probably carry his bat