The U19s have beaten Zimbabwe by 146. Taz Ali, who I have mentioned in the last week or so as another of our up and coming spinners, returned the remarkable figure of 7.5-1-29-7. That makes him our leading wicket taker in the World Cup with 14 wickets and some 9 wickets more than our second most successful bowler.
I suspect he won't do that again, ever, in his entire career. But it's painful to listen to two experienced commentators being absolutely baffled by what's going on, and then exacerbating the situation by quoting, at length, the wrong law.
Law 37.4 succinctly covers what happened. Correct decision by the umpires; embarrassing mistake by - but big learning opportunity for - the batter.
This time England review an lbw decision on Gill. He survives on umpire’s call on height. Half a cm lower and he was gone. Anderson couldn’t believe it.
Whether by design or accident as a result of the field set by Stokes, Gill, who isn't the best at reverse sweeping, manages to glove a ball to Foakes to give Bashir his first wicket of the innings for 104 (147). Foakes actually only caught the ball as an afterthought, having appealed for the LBW before doing so.
Somewhat even more of a concern, is the fact that Root is off the pitch having hurt a finger attempting a catch in the morning session. How serious it is remains to be seen.
I know you have your Jack Dee persona to keep up but can you seriously not see what great experience this is for our 3 young Spinners with Leech and Root missing ?
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His father is Bill Hartley former GB 400 metre hurdler and his mother, Donna, was a GB 400 metre runner and she later became a bodybuilder.
Bit of Saturday afternoon trivia for you...
29-1
Sharma 13 (21) b Anderson
Jaiswal plays a drive and nicks off to slip.
30-2
Jaiswal 17 (27) c Root b Anderson
102-2, lead by 245 now
Gill 43 (55)
Shreyas 29 (50)
111-3
Shreyas 29 (52) c Stokes b Hartley
122-4
Patidar 9 (19) c Foakes b Ahmed
Gill 60 (78)
Axar 2 (13)
201-4 and a lead of 344
211-5 for a lead of 354
220-6 and a lead of 363
It looked plumb but did the umpire think there was an inside edge ?
228-7 and a lead of 371
I know you have your Jack Dee persona to keep up but can you seriously not see what great experience this is for our 3 young Spinners with Leech and Root missing ?
229-8 for a lead of 372
Edit - it was Ashwin and not Bumrah