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The Ashes 2021/22
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I'm not a keeper but the keepers in my group chat were all full of praise for Pope. Apparently his foot movement was excellent which is a sign of a good keeper.
Suspect they will give Pope the gloves for the last test assuming Bairstow isn't fit. Even if Buttler is fit stick him on a flight home (commercial, economy, delayed, next to a crying baby).
Just shows how confused our selection and planning has been. We had 2 keepers in the main squad and 3 in the lions but we had to call up Billings who just happened to be out there in the BBL (I rate Billings and would like him to have a go but the point still stands) and end up using a part time keeper for a test and a half.
Wouldn't surprise me if they asked Burns to keep for a innings next.
Surprised stokes spent so much time in the field when he has a side strain and can't bowl and is a doubt for the next test. I'd be having him massaged permanently from now until the last test to make sure he can bat if nothing else.2 -
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I don't think he'll play the 5th Test.cantersaddick said:I'm not a keeper but the keepers in my group chat were all full of praise for Pope. Apparently his foot movement was excellent which is a sign of a good keeper.
Suspect they will give Pope the gloves for the last test assuming Bairstow isn't fit. Even if Buttler is fit stick him on a flight home (commercial, economy, delayed, next to a crying baby).
Just shows how confused our selection and planning has been. We had 2 keepers in the main squad and 3 in the lions but we had to call up Billings who just happened to be out there in the BBL (I rate Billings and would like him to have a go but the point still stands) and end up using a part time keeper for a test and a half.
Wouldn't surprise me if they asked Burns to keep for a innings next.
Surprised stokes spent so much time in the field when he has a side strain and can't bowl and is a doubt for the next test. I'd be having him massaged permanently from now until the last test to make sure he can bat if nothing else.0 -
Pope did well and his foot movement was good. The catch to dismiss Harris was very good because he stayed down - the sign that he hasn't been doing it regularly is the closing of this knees as a backstop just in case! But we have to have someone doing it for England who is doing it regularly in red ball - not Pope, not Buttler and not Billings unless he is doing so for Kent. And you're right Foakes should have been out there. In fact, there is an argument that Buttler should have been honest and admitted that he didn't want to go because he wasn't in the right frame of mind to go.cantersaddick said:I'm not a keeper but the keepers in my group chat were all full of praise for Pope. Apparently his foot movement was excellent which is a sign of a good keeper.
Suspect they will give Pope the gloves for the last test assuming Bairstow isn't fit. Even if Buttler is fit stick him on a flight home (commercial, economy, delayed, next to a crying baby).
Just shows how confused our selection and planning has been. We had 2 keepers in the main squad and 3 in the lions but we had to call up Billings who just happened to be out there in the BBL (I rate Billings and would like him to have a go but the point still stands) and end up using a part time keeper for a test and a half.
Wouldn't surprise me if they asked Burns to keep for a innings next.
Surprised stokes spent so much time in the field when he has a side strain and can't bowl and is a doubt for the next test. I'd be having him massaged permanently from now until the last test to make sure he can bat if nothing else.
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To be fair it's extraordinary bad luck that Buttler and Bairstow picked up hand injuries in the SAME matchcantersaddick said:I'm not a keeper but the keepers in my group chat were all full of praise for Pope. Apparently his foot movement was excellent which is a sign of a good keeper.
Suspect they will give Pope the gloves for the last test assuming Bairstow isn't fit. Even if Buttler is fit stick him on a flight home (commercial, economy, delayed, next to a crying baby).
Just shows how confused our selection and planning has been. We had 2 keepers in the main squad and 3 in the lions but we had to call up Billings who just happened to be out there in the BBL (I rate Billings and would like him to have a go but the point still stands) and end up using a part time keeper for a test and a half.
Wouldn't surprise me if they asked Burns to keep for a innings next.
Surprised stokes spent so much time in the field when he has a side strain and can't bowl and is a doubt for the next test. I'd be having him massaged permanently from now until the last test to make sure he can bat if nothing else.
I imagine Stokes fielded so that he can bat in his normal position. If he didn't field, then would all 3 have to bat down the order, with Wood at 5 and Leach at 6?1 -
We'd win it sooner if Wood was at 5.killerandflash said:
To be fair it's extraordinary bad luck that Buttler and Bairstow picked up hand injuries in the SAME matchcantersaddick said:I'm not a keeper but the keepers in my group chat were all full of praise for Pope. Apparently his foot movement was excellent which is a sign of a good keeper.
Suspect they will give Pope the gloves for the last test assuming Bairstow isn't fit. Even if Buttler is fit stick him on a flight home (commercial, economy, delayed, next to a crying baby).
Just shows how confused our selection and planning has been. We had 2 keepers in the main squad and 3 in the lions but we had to call up Billings who just happened to be out there in the BBL (I rate Billings and would like him to have a go but the point still stands) and end up using a part time keeper for a test and a half.
Wouldn't surprise me if they asked Burns to keep for a innings next.
Surprised stokes spent so much time in the field when he has a side strain and can't bowl and is a doubt for the next test. I'd be having him massaged permanently from now until the last test to make sure he can bat if nothing else.
I imagine Stokes fielded so that he can bat in his normal position. If he didn't field, then would all 3 have to bat down the order, with Wood at 5 and Leach at 6?1 -
Play starts at 11pm, TMS from 10.30oohaahmortimer said:What time does it start tonight ?2 -
Presentation at 11:45pm. After all the players have had a shower and changed.IdleHans said:
Play starts at 11pm, TMS from 10.30oohaahmortimer said:What time does it start tonight ?8 -
Indeed. Our selection and planning has been woeful. So many players unprepared for the one series we care about above all others. So little to choose from when things go wrong, as they inevitably have. Part-time keepers, part-time spinners and part-time opening batsmen. I really think the management needs to go.cantersaddick said:I'm not a keeper but the keepers in my group chat were all full of praise for Pope. Apparently his foot movement was excellent which is a sign of a good keeper.
Suspect they will give Pope the gloves for the last test assuming Bairstow isn't fit. Even if Buttler is fit stick him on a flight home (commercial, economy, delayed, next to a crying baby).
Just shows how confused our selection and planning has been. We had 2 keepers in the main squad and 3 in the lions but we had to call up Billings who just happened to be out there in the BBL (I rate Billings and would like him to have a go but the point still stands) and end up using a part time keeper for a test and a half.
Wouldn't surprise me if they asked Burns to keep for a innings next.
Surprised stokes spent so much time in the field when he has a side strain and can't bowl and is a doubt for the next test. I'd be having him massaged permanently from now until the last test to make sure he can bat if nothing else.1 -
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Love it, Sam.0
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"Joe, all out for 53, you must be really disappointed."Chizz said:
Presentation at 11:45pm. After all the players have had a shower and changed.IdleHans said:
Play starts at 11pm, TMS from 10.30oohaahmortimer said:What time does it start tonight ?
"David, we'll keep on working hard, and learning lessons."3 -
"We're doing a lot of things right but not often enough."killerandflash said:
"Joe, all out for 53, you must be really disappointed."Chizz said:
Presentation at 11:45pm. After all the players have had a shower and changed.IdleHans said:
Play starts at 11pm, TMS from 10.30oohaahmortimer said:What time does it start tonight ?
"David, we'll keep on working hard, and learning lessons."0 -
"We have to take the positives and build on them."North Lower Neil said:
"We're doing a lot of things right but not often enough."killerandflash said:
"Joe, all out for 53, you must be really disappointed."Chizz said:
Presentation at 11:45pm. After all the players have had a shower and changed.IdleHans said:
Play starts at 11pm, TMS from 10.30oohaahmortimer said:What time does it start tonight ?
"David, we'll keep on working hard, and learning lessons."0 -
“The real problem is we bowled too short”killerandflash said:
"We have to take the positives and build on them."North Lower Neil said:
"We're doing a lot of things right but not often enough."killerandflash said:
"Joe, all out for 53, you must be really disappointed."Chizz said:
Presentation at 11:45pm. After all the players have had a shower and changed.IdleHans said:
Play starts at 11pm, TMS from 10.30oohaahmortimer said:What time does it start tonight ?
"David, we'll keep on working hard, and learning lessons."2 -
Lot of doom and gloom on here.
I reckon we will bat all day and get a well deserved draw.0 -
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Presume it's raining?blackpool72 said:Lot of doom and gloom on here.
I reckon we will bat all day and get a well deserved draw.
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If we somehow manage to bat all day, what sort of time would close of play be? 6:30am? 7am?0
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I would think closer to 7:30am unless there are biblical thunderstorms around 5-6am.killerandflash said:If we somehow manage to bat all day, what sort of time would close of play be? 6:30am? 7am?1 - Sponsored links:
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7am U.K. I think…killerandflash said:If we somehow manage to bat all day, what sort of time would close of play be? 6:30am? 7am?0 -
What’s the weather like at the mo?0
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1 Aprilkillerandflash said:If we somehow manage to bat all day, what sort of time would close of play be? 6:30am? 7am?1 -
"Bit overcast but dry and shouldn't be an issue for the start. Most of the rain is further north but we may get showers. 98 overs scheduled."AFKABartram said:What’s the weather like at the mo?
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I might go to bed earlier then and set my alarm for 6.
Zak and Hameed should be near their centuries by then
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Poor crowd, especially for a Sunday1
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So, no one thinking this is similar to Headingley 2019.
Could we get 358 runs in a day...? We still have Root, Bairstow, Stokes & Butler (if fit).
I reckon we have a sniff of getting out of there with a win.2 -
You ok poppette 😉golfaddick said:So, no one thinking this is similar to Headingley 2019.
Could we get 358 runs in a day...? We still have Root, Bairstow, Stokes & Butler (if fit).
I reckon we have a sniff of getting out of there with a win.4 -
Hameed's painful innings at an end. Burns back in at Hobart?3
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How's stat?!
Andy Zaltzman
BBC Test Match Special statistician
This is Zak Crawley's 18th Test innings since he made 267 against Pakistan. It is only the second time he has reached 30.
He has had 11 single-figure scores and hasn't scored as many runs in those 18 innings as he did in that one innings against Pakistan at Southampton.
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