Pope clean bowled by Boult. Hardly surprising because despite his century in the last test he is basically a middle order batsman having to come in in the 1st over of a test against a world class bowler.
Pope clean bowled by Boult. Hardly surprising because despite his century in the last test he is basically a middle order batsman having to come in in the 1st over of a test against a world class bowler.
To be fair there aren't many batsmen that could with confidence play those balls from Boult today. In fact, if he were batting at 5, he might have been in by now anyway.
It is time, if only for Crawley's mental health, that he is dropped now. I'm really not sure his confidence could be any lower and the only way to restore it is to take him out of the firing line.
It is time, if only for Crawley's mental health, that he is dropped now. I'm really not sure his confidence could be any lower and the only way to restore it is to take him out of the firing line.
It's almost always better - especially for the player's mental health - to wait until the end of the match before dropping a player.
Absolutely spectacular new ball bowling from New Zealand. I can't see any team coping easily with this spell. It's easy to see how they became World Test Champions.
It is time, if only for Crawley's mental health, that he is dropped now. I'm really not sure his confidence could be any lower and the only way to restore it is to take him out of the firing line.
It's almost always better - especially for the player's mental health - to wait until the end of the match before dropping a player.
Stuart MacGill retired in the middle of his final game tbf!
It must be said that Ben Stokes is proving himself to be an excellent captain. I had my doubts, as I think quite a few did but thus far he’s been top drawer in all departments. 🙂
A bit reluctant on reviews I feel. I think Mitchell was on about 8 when he should have been out lbw & Stokes didn't review it. He looked out to me and he has been their batsman by some way. I thought it bizarre not to review.
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Hardly surprising because despite his century in the last test he is basically a middle order batsman having to come in in the 1st over of a test against a world class bowler.
Fantastic bowling
Root out
I think Mitchell was on about 8 when he should have been out lbw & Stokes didn't review it.
He looked out to me and he has been their batsman by some way.
I thought it bizarre not to review.
I think today is where our attacking mode of play will come a cropper. One or both of these get out before tea then we might be lucky to get to 150.
What is the follow on anyway...?
" Fortune favours the brave".
We need 130. NZ won't enforce it anyway as they won't want to be batting last.