6.15pm & there is still 12 overs left to bowl. Players will all walk off at 6.30pm in bright sunlight never to see at least 7 of the overs ever again.
Something has to be done about slow over rate.
Play to 7pm Stop players coming on & off with gloves or unscheduled drinks breaks. Double the run rate & add those runs to the score.
I understand that DRS has taken time out if the game. Perhaps a days play should now be 85 overs ? Or start at 10.30 ? Or just finish when all the overs have been bowled.
Bumrah is an excellent bowler, but both batsman got themselves out. Very disappointing after the last game.
Weirdest run up ever. How does he generate so much pace by walking to wicket
Really odd, he does the little Charlie Chaplin duck footed walk, then basically stops so may as well not bother with that bit.
Then a little shuffle that looks like pretend horse riding and yet he bowls at about 85mph. The whippy arm action must generate the speed but its bizarre.
Woakes is proof that genuinely good blokes can be winners
Has taken the new ball a surprisingly small number of times for England. Always been behind Broad and Anderson (understandable) but has also been behind Archer and even Curran/Stone at times. Now Robinson in this test. Not debating the decision to not give him the new ball but in another era he could have been Englands new ball bowler for the last 7 years and considered a true great.
The only thing that prevents me from agreeing is his lack of success overseas
You're not wrong but 2 things to say to that. Hes a swing bowler, yet has never taken the new ball abroad which with balls other than the dukes and away from home effectively negates his skillset. And secondly - he has previously struggled abroad no doubt but just before COVID on the tour of SA he was like a different bowler. Gough was doing a stint as bowling coach and worked hard with him, he said Woakes had finally cracked the differences in bowling abroad in that you can't just put the ball in the right areas and let it happen like you can in England, you have to bowl at 100% every ball. I'm hopeful that continues.
Bumrah is an excellent bowler, but both batsman got themselves out. Very disappointing after the last game.
Weirdest run up ever. How does he generate so much pace by walking to wicket
Really odd, he does the little Charlie Chaplin duck footed walk, then basically stops so may as well not bother with that bit.
Then a little shuffle that looks like pretend horse riding and yet he bowls at about 85mph. The whippy arm action must generate the speed but its bizarre.
The reason is that he practiced bowling indoors as a kid, aiming for the skirting board as it was less noisy than the wall. The front room wasn't very big so he kind of ran on the spot for some of his run up and bowling at the skirting board is how he developed his yorker.
Watching the game last night (from OZ), and what struck me most was how similar-paced all of our bowlers were, consistently between 79-83 MPH -and of course all right arm over as well.
We are going to have to find some variation for over here though, as once the shine has gone off the ball in Oz, that kind of medium-pacers have little effect on quality players, like Smith and Labuscagne.
With no Archer, is Wood our only bowler capable of high-quality pace? What has happened to Ollie Stone, is he injured as well?
Watching the game last night (from OZ), and what struck me most was how similar-paced all of our bowlers were, consistently between 79-83 MPH -and of course all right arm over as well.
We are going to have to find some variation for over here though, as once the shine has gone off the ball in Oz, that kind of medium-pacers have little effect on quality players, like Smith and Labuscagne.
With no Archer, is Wood our only bowler capable of high-quality pace? What has happened to Ollie Stone, is he injured as well?
Olly Stone is out for the summer with a stress fracture of the back. One assumes that rules him out of the Ashes too.
Be interesting what attack goes to Australia. Could they look at a left arm wildcard like George Garton who bowls at a decent pace? Think Broad , Anderson and Robinson are certs if all available.
Be interesting what attack goes to Australia. Could they look at a left arm wildcard like George Garton who bowls at a decent pace? Think Broad , Anderson and Robinson are certs if all available.
Wood will go as well as Broad, Anderson and Robinson - as will Stokes if back. Depending on the make up of the squad that might only leave one place up for grabs
Be interesting what attack goes to Australia. Could they look at a left arm wildcard like George Garton who bowls at a decent pace? Think Broad , Anderson and Robinson are certs if all available.
Wood will go as well as Broad, Anderson and Robinson - as will Stokes if back. Depending on the make up of the squad that might only leave one place up for grabs
And it will probably be Woakes with his extra batting ability for the last slot.
Be interesting what attack goes to Australia. Could they look at a left arm wildcard like George Garton who bowls at a decent pace? Think Broad , Anderson and Robinson are certs if all available.
Wood will go as well as Broad, Anderson and Robinson - as will Stokes if back. Depending on the make up of the squad that might only leave one place up for grabs
And it will probably be Woakes with his extra batting ability for the last slot.
I really hope it is Woakes but, for whatever reason, they seem to like Sam Curran. The only thing Curran has in his favour is that he is a left armer but it there are question marks about Woakes in Australian conditions there have to be even more about Curran including 6-352 with the ball in 5 Tests in the last year and a batting average of 14.50
6.15pm & there is still 12 overs left to bowl. Players will all walk off at 6.30pm in bright sunlight never to see at least 7 of the overs ever again.
Something has to be done about slow over rate.
Play to 7pm Stop players coming on & off with gloves or unscheduled drinks breaks. Double the run rate & add those runs to the score.
I understand that DRS has taken time out if the game. Perhaps a days play should now be 85 overs ? Or start at 10.30 ? Or just finish when all the overs have been bowled.
Agreed there's far too much faffing around. Taking 2 minutes to sort out the field, then changing your mind is another irritation.
Comments
Then a little shuffle that looks like pretend horse riding and yet he bowls at about 85mph. The whippy arm action must generate the speed but its bizarre.
The front room wasn't very big so he kind of ran on the spot for some of his run up and bowling at the skirting board is how he developed his yorker.
We are going to have to find some variation for over here though, as once the shine has gone off the ball in Oz, that kind of medium-pacers have little effect on quality players, like Smith and Labuscagne.
With no Archer, is Wood our only bowler capable of high-quality pace? What has happened to Ollie Stone, is he injured as well?
And it will probably be Woakes with his extra batting ability for the last slot.
Not looking good for either England or for me to see much play on Sunday
I think we all should be banned from talking about a batsman whilst he's at the crease.