The Cricket Thread

[Dinowolf]

What an over from Broad

 

[Paddingtonwolf]

Fairly decent wasn’t it?

 

[Dinowolf]

Blundell gone 96

265-8

 

[Dinowolf]

Patel gone 4

281-9

 

[Dinowolf]

Southee gone 21

NZ all out 285

England need 277

 

[Tony Towner]

Our bowlers have done well to get them out twice for less than 420 runs on a decent pitch. A chase of less than 300 starting before lunch on day 3 is very gettable. Obviously we won't get 200, but the bowlers have done very well

 

[Dinowolf]

Lees gone 20

31-1

 

[Nando]

Shocker. Was looking decent beforehand too.

Pope will last about five minutes.

 

[Dinowolf]

Lunch

Eng 31-1

 

[Carrotdude]

Jamieson’s very good, similar to peak Tremlett actually

 

[Trips]

Pope gone for 10, 46-3. We'll lose by around 150 here

 

[Tony Towner]

Replace them with what is a fair question, but this top 3 has to go

 

[Trips]

Brook for a start

 

[Tony Towner]

Doesn't bat in the top 3 though so potentially setting another player up to fail. It's an old argument, but I've said for years I'd stop indulging Root and tell him he's at 3.

 

[Carrotdude]

He’s basically at 3 anyway, when have we last had a good partnership for the second wicket?

 

[Trips]

Doesn't bat in the top 3 though so potentially setting another player up to fail. It's an old argument, but I've said for years I'd stop indulging Root and tell him he's at 3.

Yep, Root would be 3 for me. Tell him tough shit, don't know why we dropped him down again (sure I sound like a broken record as I said this on Thursday)

Agree completely on setting players up to fail. We did this to Pope when we first brought him in and have done it again

 

[Dublin Drummer Wolf]

Bairstow seems to be doing well. Couple of nice drives

 

[Dublin Drummer Wolf]

Spoke too soon

 

[Tony Towner]

There's a difference between taking the game to the opposition and playing it like it's a one day game

 

[Trips]

Bairstow seems to be doing well. Couple of nice drives

And gone, missed a straight one going for another big drive