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  • golfaddick
    golfaddick Posts: 33,599
    golfaddick said:
    Guess the score at close of play tonight, assuming no more stoppages & they go on until 7.30 (light permitting).

    Probably around 20 overs. 3 an over approx.

    60 runs. 2 wickets. 

    Spread......

    Good.   50 for 3 or 4
    Bad       80 for 0 or 1.
    So 70/2. 

    Evens. Or India's session ?  3 drops didnt help.
  • Addick Addict
    Addick Addict Posts: 39,734
    killerandflash said:
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    killerandflash said:
    Why is Dawson our sub fielder anyway? Haven't they got a local gun fielder who could be out there? 
    All the others are quicks - Archer, Carse and Cook - and they are probably too delicate to risk. 
    I mean having a local Surrey youngster. A  Gary Pratt type.
    I appreciate that they are used, on occasions, but there is even more pressure on them than there is an England international. In the same way as Pratt is remembered for running Ponting out, a youngster would carry a drop like Dawson's wherever he went, even more so if the player in question went on to make a big score. Those England squad players are paid tens of thousands whereas a young kid would probably be lucky to get a selfie!!! 
  • PrincessFiona
    PrincessFiona Posts: 5,432
    Chizz said:
    PrincessFiona said:
    Chizz said:
    PrincessFiona said:
    Addick Addict said:
    Seriously, how do we get to a situation in August where an England international (and a batter at that) has played one red ball game all season and that was six weeks ago? Bethell might be capable of producing the goods without previous time in the middle but we really aren't giving him the best tools with which to prove himself.  
    How do we get to the situation when the main test series has to be crammed into a ridiculously short period of time with far too short a rest period between tests. No wonder Stokes, Woakes etc have injuries - its not good for the players well-being
    Woakes' injury can't really be out down to playing too many Tests in a short period of time. 
    Maybe, maybe not. Tiredness and stress on the body makes it much less resilient, even to a fall. It can't be good for any of the players to be cramming in such intense cricket in such a short time. It is disgraceful
    But Woakes' injury can't be put down to playing too many Tests in a short period of time. 
    It's not just about Woakes and yes, it could still have contributed
  • killerandflash
    killerandflash Posts: 69,816
    Bad news for England's depleted bowling attack that tomorrow is bright and rain free, as they could have done with the rain breaks of the last 2 days to give their bowlers a rest.

    I think we're in trouble by say 12:30, when we're having to rely on Bethell or Root to hold an end. 
  • Chizz
    Chizz Posts: 28,322
    edited August 2
    PrincessFiona said:
    Chizz said:
    PrincessFiona said:
    Chizz said:
    PrincessFiona said:
    Addick Addict said:
    Seriously, how do we get to a situation in August where an England international (and a batter at that) has played one red ball game all season and that was six weeks ago? Bethell might be capable of producing the goods without previous time in the middle but we really aren't giving him the best tools with which to prove himself.  
    How do we get to the situation when the main test series has to be crammed into a ridiculously short period of time with far too short a rest period between tests. No wonder Stokes, Woakes etc have injuries - its not good for the players well-being
    Woakes' injury can't really be out down to playing too many Tests in a short period of time. 
    Maybe, maybe not. Tiredness and stress on the body makes it much less resilient, even to a fall. It can't be good for any of the players to be cramming in such intense cricket in such a short time. It is disgraceful
    But Woakes' injury can't be put down to playing too many Tests in a short period of time. 
    It's not just about Woakes and yes, it could still have contributed
    Explain to me how Woakes' injury could have been down to playing too many Tests in a short period of time. 

    It's clear that stress injuries or mental or physical exhaustion might be caused by too much intense cricket. For example Ben Stokes missing the current Test. 

    But not an awkward fall while chasing a ball. That's not caused by the fact he played last week as well. 
  • North Lower Neil
    North Lower Neil Posts: 22,927
    Is it just me, ir does Prasidh Krishna look like an Indian Abraham Lincoln?
  • cantersaddick
    cantersaddick Posts: 16,903
    Feel for Tongue here. Bowling well. LBW not out on umpires call. Next ball Crawley drops a relatively easy one.

    4 drops in this innings already. Just catch the flipping thing
  • golfaddick
    golfaddick Posts: 33,599
    No wickets in the first hour ?  I'm off out soon & wont be back until 1.30. Last Sat when that happened Woakes got 2 in 2....

    (You can thank me later) 😉
  • iaitch
    iaitch Posts: 10,212
    Can't see Woakes doing that today.
  • Rudders22
    Rudders22 Posts: 3,863
    Bowling is shit. Even at only 4ft 11, I would fancy batting against our  bowlers. 
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  • cantersaddick
    cantersaddick Posts: 16,903
    I'd back myself to bowl better as well to be fair
  • MrOneLung
    MrOneLung Posts: 26,818
    This is crying out for the guile of @Leuth or @PaddyP17
  • cantersaddick
    cantersaddick Posts: 16,903
    Why have we just not moved gully to a 5th slip position as that's where everything is going?
  • cantersaddick
    cantersaddick Posts: 16,903
    Breakthrough. Finally. 

    And fair play to Overton. Taken a bit of stick here but 9th over of his spell and his pace is still well up in the mid-high eighties.
  • Rudders22
    Rudders22 Posts: 3,863
    golfaddick said:
    No wickets in the first hour ?  I'm off out soon & wont be back until 1.30. Last Sat when that happened Woakes got 2 in 2....

    (You can thank me later) 😉
    I mean this in a nice way, can you go out for the whole day please? We have just taken a wicket. 
  • Rudders22
    Rudders22 Posts: 3,863
    These will add another 100 and have a nice lead of 254.
  • Rudders22
    Rudders22 Posts: 3,863
    I have already accepted the game is over. Shows how much we miss Stoke. 
  • iaitch
    iaitch Posts: 10,212
    Rudders22 said:
    I have already accepted the game is over. Shows how much we miss Stoke. 
    Stoke on a rainy night in November is not much to miss.
  • blackpool72
    blackpool72 Posts: 23,659
    Game not over yet
  • killerandflash
    killerandflash Posts: 69,816
    edited August 2
    England's squad management can definitely be questioned.  Playing both Carse and Archer at OT, then resting both here was odd. Not getting overs into the reserve bowlers by letting them play either.
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  • golfaddick
    golfaddick Posts: 33,599
    Only the weather can save us now. 
  • blackpool72
    blackpool72 Posts: 23,659
    This is actually turning out to be an entertaining Test. 
    All 3 results still possible. 
  • Covered End
    Covered End Posts: 51,956
    If Tongue could bowl successfully at the stumps more than occasionally, he would be very good.
  • MrOneLung
    MrOneLung Posts: 26,818
    This bowling is shite. Just letting him hit sixes 
  • Croydon
    Croydon Posts: 12,722
    Washington is a great watch
  • MrOneLung
    MrOneLung Posts: 26,818
    Bowling is getting shitter. 

    Bowl at the fucking stumps 
  • Croydon
    Croydon Posts: 12,722
    The sound off the bat for that last six
  • MrBurns
    MrBurns Posts: 1,285
    India will get to 450 at this rate 
  • Covered End
    Covered End Posts: 51,956
    Phew!
    Come on, we all thought they were going to bang heads and drop the ball  :)
  • KBslittlesis
    KBslittlesis Posts: 8,579
    Creepy ffs

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