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  • Steven81
    Steven81 Posts: 1,027
    Pelling1993 said:
    Steven81 said:
    Yep poor shot from duckett not sure I could control myself with that prick siraj in my face and can see a Crawley bottle job incoming usually happens when he loses his partner early.
    Both Pope & Crawley are really bad just after a wicket has fallen. They need to dig deep today. Wouldn't want to bat last on this based on what it is doing today. 280-300 would be a very good score I think.
    Agreed they need to show to more metal but I'm thinking with the uncertainty of the bounce atm maybe scoring fast is better than falling to balls with your name on them every over possibly,hopefully the ball gets blunted a bit and we can see this through.
  • Addick Addict
    Addick Addict Posts: 39,934
    Steven81 said:
    Addick Addict said:
    In all seriousness, this pitch has suddenly turned into an absolute nightmare for batters. It doesn't fulfill the criteria for being "dangerous" but it is so hard to be able to play proper cricket shots. 
    Its suddenly turned into that early 90s windies pitch that got called off lol.
    The sadly departed former Cl poster, Mike Wren, aka ChirpyRed & Riviera, was at that game. 
  • Steven81
    Steven81 Posts: 1,027
    Addick Addict said:
    Steven81 said:
    Addick Addict said:
    In all seriousness, this pitch has suddenly turned into an absolute nightmare for batters. It doesn't fulfill the criteria for being "dangerous" but it is so hard to be able to play proper cricket shots. 
    Its suddenly turned into that early 90s windies pitch that got called off lol.
    The sadly departed former Cl poster, Mike Wren, aka ChirpyRed & Riviera, was at that game. 
    Oh bless him hope he had many great memories.
  • Pelling1993
    Pelling1993 Posts: 6,765
    edited July 13
    Steven81 said:
    Pelling1993 said:
    Steven81 said:
    Yep poor shot from duckett not sure I could control myself with that prick siraj in my face and can see a Crawley bottle job incoming usually happens when he loses his partner early.
    Both Pope & Crawley are really bad just after a wicket has fallen. They need to dig deep today. Wouldn't want to bat last on this based on what it is doing today. 280-300 would be a very good score I think.
    Agreed they need to show to more metal but I'm thinking with the uncertainty of the bounce atm maybe scoring fast is better than falling to balls with your name on them every over possibly,hopefully the ball gets blunted a bit and we can see this through.
    Certainly think Zak is better off being aggressive I agree
  • Pelling1993
    Pelling1993 Posts: 6,765
    I love Nasser Hussain but what on earth is he talking about blaming Duckett for walking into Siraj. He's come all the way down the pitch and got in his face!
  • fenaddick
    fenaddick Posts: 11,767
    These two need to see off this ball really but as said above for Crawley that means being more aggressive. It’s a risk but if it works he could be quids in 
  • Steven81
    Steven81 Posts: 1,027
    Yeah agreed bell is more conventional,Crawley seems to get better the more he feels bat on ball and attacks ,sometimes looks lost at sea when being indecisive.
  • Chizz
    Chizz Posts: 28,366
    Six wickets in the last eighteen overs. The draw is quickly disappearing. 
  • Steven81
    Steven81 Posts: 1,027
    Pope out lbw thought it looked close in live play was surprised it wasn't given,good review also don't rate pope at all like a temu Ian bell.
  • fenaddick
    fenaddick Posts: 11,767
    Pope now averaging under 20 in second innings

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  • fenaddick
    fenaddick Posts: 11,767
    fenaddick said:
    These two need to see off this ball really but as said above for Crawley that means being more aggressive. It’s a risk but if it works he could be quids in 
    That was not what he needed to do
  • FishCostaFortune
    FishCostaFortune Posts: 10,814
    Crawley and Pope are so boom or bust. 

    We really can’t afford to have two players like that in our batting line up. 
  • Steven81
    Steven81 Posts: 1,027
    They both should have been dropped a while ago imo.
  • DennisBooth
    DennisBooth Posts: 146
    Oh dear, really loose drive from Crawley. He will still be picked for the first Test in Australia. Pope again looked like a wicket waiting to happen. He is a terrible starter. Surely there is a better opener in England than Zac Crawley?
  • Steven81
    Steven81 Posts: 1,027
    The replay on the Crawley shot no foot movement at all and open face bat atleast Trescothick made up for his lack of foot movement with proper shots and timing.
  • North Lower Neil
    North Lower Neil Posts: 23,012
    FishCostaFortune said:
    Crawley and Pope are so boom or bust. 

    We really can’t afford to have two players like that in our batting line up. 
    More bust than boom.
  • Bedsaddick
    Bedsaddick Posts: 24,817
    Crawley does it again. Fucking useless . We deserve to lose by picking him every test much . Things have to change 
  • fenaddick
    fenaddick Posts: 11,767
    Problem is having both of them at the top of the order, especially when Duckett is prone to also throw away his wicket on occasion 
  • MarcusH26
    MarcusH26 Posts: 8,123
    Get Tom Haines on the phone and in at the top of the order. They won't though and they'll try Bethell. 
  • Bedsaddick
    Bedsaddick Posts: 24,817
    MarcusH26 said:
    Get Tom Haines on the phone and in at the top of the order. They won't though and they'll try Bethell. 
    I have no problem with Bethell as he’s a better player than Crawley even though he hasn’t got a century yet. Is he an opener though.  

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  • MarcusH26
    MarcusH26 Posts: 8,123
    Bedsaddick said:
    MarcusH26 said:
    Get Tom Haines on the phone and in at the top of the order. They won't though and they'll try Bethell. 
    I have no problem with Bethell as he’s a better player than Crawley even though he hasn’t got a century yet. Is he an opener though.  
    Nah I wouldn't mind Bethell at 3 in lieu of Pope but this England management loves to do the left field stuff. 
  • fenaddick
    fenaddick Posts: 11,767
    Brook trying to hit Deep out of the attack here
  • DennisBooth
    DennisBooth Posts: 146
    MarcusH26 said:
    Get Tom Haines on the phone and in at the top of the order. They won't though and they'll try Bethell. 
    I haven’t seen enough of him to make a judgement.
  • fenaddick
    fenaddick Posts: 11,767
    fenaddick said:
    Brook trying to hit Deep out of the attack here
    Deep gets his revenge
  • MarcusH26
    MarcusH26 Posts: 8,123
    Stupid from Brook. 
  • Chippycafc
    Chippycafc Posts: 14,172
    Middle order again relied upon to get us out of the do-do
  • Steven81
    Steven81 Posts: 1,027
    Chucking the game.
  • Addick Addict
    Addick Addict Posts: 39,934
    Live by the sword, die by the sword. As Sangakkara says, Brook might have won the battle with the scoop but that sweep, exposing his stumps as he did to that seamer, had inherently more risk.   
  • carly burn
    carly burn Posts: 19,508
    They persist with Crawley and Duckett purely for their little and large, left and right combination imo.
  • golfaddick
    golfaddick Posts: 33,817
    When I said yesterday that the Draw was odds on favourite I didnt take into account our batters being brain dead. For that I apologise. 

    Cant see us getting to tea at this rate. India will need less than 200 to win in 100+ overs.

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