Buttler is starting to pi55 me off. He walks at Lords even though the umpire had given him not out ,and now he doesnt review when a) he's the last batsman b) we've got 2 reviews left and c) we desperately need the runs - and lo-and-behold...the ball was missing the stumps !!! To me , it just shows a lack of guts,mental toughness and resilience. We're playing Oz ffs, try everything not to have to walk - don't just give it to them !!
Buttler is starting to pi55 me off. He walks at Lords even though the umpire had given him not out ,and now he doesnt review when a) he's the last batsman b) we've got 2 reviews left and c) we desperately need the runs - and lo-and-behold...the ball was missing the stumps !!! To me , it just shows a lack of guts,mental toughness and resilience. We're playing Oz ffs, try everything not to have to walk - don't just give it to them !!
Are you Australian? There is something called fair play and spirit of the game old boy.
Tbf in real time and even on slow mo replays it looked absolutely plum. Especially as it was given out on the field, he must have thought there was very little point reviewing.
Tbf in real time and even on slow mo replays it looked absolutely plum. Especially as it was given out on the field, he must have thought there was very little point reviewing.
Exactly. He would have asked Moeen, who would have seen it as absolutely plumb (like everyone else did)
Tbf in real time and even on slow mo replays it looked absolutely plum. Especially as it was given out on the field, he must have thought there was very little point reviewing.
Wot, like thinking that he'll save the reviews for Finn and Anderson ??
Still over 50 overs left today. Unless we get them out, the aussies will be in front come stumps tonight. Just a matter of how many (if any) wickets we can get before they reach our score... I'm still not confident - too many years of watching England fail I think. If we get five by end of play tonight, I will breathe more easily...Still don't want to be chasing much more than 150 in the last innings against this lot!
I've often wondered about Smith, what with his pronounced movement outside off, whether it would be a good move to bowl around the wicket aiming at leg stump.
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190-7
Surprisingly, we never appealed and the predictive tracking says it was going over.
Lyon 3-14, he had 3-3 at one point.
Ali & Broad doing well.
England lead by 85.
He walks at Lords even though the umpire had given him not out ,and now he doesnt review when a) he's the last batsman b) we've got 2 reviews left and c) we desperately need the runs - and lo-and-behold...the ball was missing the stumps !!!
To me , it just shows a lack of guts,mental toughness and resilience. We're playing Oz ffs, try everything not to have to walk - don't just give it to them !!
Ali 47
Broad 23
He bowls to the left ..
Moeen 57
Broad 27
Lead 136
277-8
Well played though to Broady, back to his old batting level. That was a crucial partnership.
278-9
Moeen's out - 59
Anderson c Nevil b Starc 3
Finn 0 no
Last 3 wickets fall for 4 runs. However, the good news is that the ball is swinging/moving.
17-1