Shami made more than our top five put together and Bumrah scored more than three times as many as all of them bar Root put together
Yes, because Root decided it would be a good idea to try and bounce them out, which was bloody ridiculous.
This. How many of those deliveries would have hit the stumps. Very very few. One of the best ways to get lower order batsman out is to aim at the stumps. You then have both bowled & lbw as means of dismissal. Look at Stuart Broad. All teams have to do now is pitch it up & he gets bowled.
Shami made more than our top five put together and Bumrah scored more than three times as many as all of them bar Root put together
Yes, because Root decided it would be a good idea to try and bounce them out, which was bloody ridiculous.
This. How many of those deliveries would have hit the stumps. Very very few. One of the best ways to get lower order batsman out is to aim at the stumps. You then have both bowled & lbw as means of dismissal. Look at Stuart Broad. All teams have to do now is pitch it up & he gets bowled.
Stuart Broad's batting isn't the reason for England performing badly in this Test.
Shami made more than our top five put together and Bumrah scored more than three times as many as all of them bar Root put together
Yes, because Root decided it would be a good idea to try and bounce them out, which was bloody ridiculous.
This. How many of those deliveries would have hit the stumps. Very very few. One of the best ways to get lower order batsman out is to aim at the stumps. You then have both bowled & lbw as means of dismissal. Look at Stuart Broad. All teams have to do now is pitch it up & he gets bowled.
Stuart Broad's batting isn't the reason for England performing badly in this Test.
This is such awesome classic Chizz, I have to applaud tbh
Shami made more than our top five put together and Bumrah scored more than three times as many as all of them bar Root put together
Yes, because Root decided it would be a good idea to try and bounce them out, which was bloody ridiculous.
This. How many of those deliveries would have hit the stumps. Very very few. One of the best ways to get lower order batsman out is to aim at the stumps. You then have both bowled & lbw as means of dismissal. Look at Stuart Broad. All teams have to do now is pitch it up & he gets bowled.
Stuart Broad's batting isn't the reason for England performing badly in this Test.
This is such awesome classic Chizz, I have to applaud tbh
English batting goes from poor to absolutely shambolic .. BUT who is there to bring in ? .. we might need to import a few Kiwis or South Africans and hope they had a Brit grandparent or two
Shami made more than our top five put together and Bumrah scored more than three times as many as all of them bar Root put together
Yes, because Root decided it would be a good idea to try and bounce them out, which was bloody ridiculous.
This. How many of those deliveries would have hit the stumps. Very very few. One of the best ways to get lower order batsman out is to aim at the stumps. You then have both bowled & lbw as means of dismissal. Look at Stuart Broad. All teams have to do now is pitch it up & he gets bowled.
Stuart Broad's batting isn't the reason for England performing badly in this Test.
But an example of how tailenders can be got out if you bowl at the stumps. Which England didn't do this morning
I've been very critical of the ECB and their obsession with white ball cricket, as you know, but leaving the lack of red ball cricket to one side, who on earth do we have that can bat in the top order (except for Root)? There seems a dearth of quality batsmen across the counties at the moment!
I've been very critical of the ECB and their obsession with white ball cricket, as you know, but leaving the lack of red ball cricket to one side, who on earth do we have that can bat in the top order (except for Root)? There seems a dearth of quality batsmen across the counties at the moment!
The truth is we don't know for the reasons you highlight. There have been two rounds of red ball matches since the 5th June and most of the best red ball batsmen weren't playing in those games anyway because they were either in the England Covid bubble or called up for the white ball international series as a result of the positive cases.
So, basically, there will have been virtually no red ball cricket for a period of 12 weeks during the height of the summer. And that is the ECB's fault because no one can stake a claim if they can't play!
I've been very critical of the ECB and their obsession with white ball cricket, as you know, but leaving the lack of red ball cricket to one side, who on earth do we have that can bat in the top order (except for Root)? There seems a dearth of quality batsmen across the counties at the moment!
I've always thought it was harsh dropping Malan after he top scored for us last time we were down-under. I'm not an avid watcher of the county game but did see he scored 199 earlier in the season. How much harm could it be maybe opening with Hameed (deserves a chance) and slotting Malan in at 3?
Never going to happen, but going purely on county stats, Gary Ballance should be our No.3 - averaging 48 in FC cricket with 40 hundreds and 54 fifties. He was also dropped too soon in my opinion after his form hit rock bottom. (Having said that, I've just had a look and his test average is still - and likely to remain - at a respectable 37.)
I've been very critical of the ECB and their obsession with white ball cricket, as you know, but leaving the lack of red ball cricket to one side, who on earth do we have that can bat in the top order (except for Root)? There seems a dearth of quality batsmen across the counties at the moment!
The truth is we don't know for the reasons you highlight. There have been two rounds of red ball matches since the 5th June and most of the best red ball batsmen weren't playing in those games anyway because they were either in the England Covid bubble or called up for the white ball international series as a result of the positive cases.
So, basically, there will have been virtually no red ball cricket for a period of 12 weeks during the height of the summer. And that is the ECB's fault because no one can stake a claim if they can't play!
perhaps persuade Lord Cook from his Essex retirement palace, but just for home tests ?
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And it rains.
It's going to be a draw.
Good seeing you Saturday by the way.
There seems a dearth of quality batsmen across the counties at the moment!
So, basically, there will have been virtually no red ball cricket for a period of 12 weeks during the height of the summer. And that is the ECB's fault because no one can stake a claim if they can't play!
Never going to happen, but going purely on county stats, Gary Ballance should be our No.3 - averaging 48 in FC cricket with 40 hundreds and 54 fifties. He was also dropped too soon in my opinion after his form hit rock bottom. (Having said that, I've just had a look and his test average is still - and likely to remain - at a respectable 37.)