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Post by hedleyverity on Feb 27, 2023 22:20:15 GMT
England keeping it interesting, could be a long night Long nights sleep…
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Post by wnm on Feb 27, 2023 22:27:15 GMT
Absolutely ridiculous decision to enforce the follow on when the pitch was at the best of batting and you’d just seen Southee get 70+ on it.
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Post by Duncan McOchin on Feb 28, 2023 2:13:28 GMT
Absolutely ridiculous decision to enforce the follow on when the pitch was at the best of batting and you’d just seen Southee get 70+ on it. If it comes off it's bravery, if it doesn't come off then it's carelessness. The right choice at the time for an aggressive side. If any fingers are going to be pointed, the first targets should be Stokes and Root for those needless shots when your RRR is so low
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Post by hedleyverity on Feb 28, 2023 3:08:06 GMT
Well that was fun
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Post by bighead on Feb 28, 2023 6:33:42 GMT
Stokes needs to sort his knee out or the balance of the side is at risk.
If you take England deep on good pitches then we look vulnerable.
Mind, a Wood or Archer in this test probably knocks 100 off that chase
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Post by hedleyverity on Feb 28, 2023 8:40:56 GMT
Was hoping for a tie, might well have got one if the 2nd last ball had been called a wide as it probably should
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Post by slomasscfc on Feb 28, 2023 10:07:06 GMT
Stokes needs to sort his knee out or the balance of the side is at risk. If you take England deep on good pitches then we look vulnerable. Mind, a Wood or Archer in this test probably knocks 100 off that chase It's a worry, if it basically means he can't bowl as it seems to be more often than not these days then how do you accommodate him as captain he plays as he is the whole identity Do you say go and open batting in Ashes instead of Crawley, he is good enough technically and a good player of extreme pace bowling Then pick Woakes or Curran as your all rounder? But then that leaves the problem of where Bairstow fits in do you drop Foakes or be unbelievably harsh on Duckett, if drop Duckett then have completely new opening pair in Ashes who aren't natural openers His knee certainly won't stand up to rigours of 5 tests of bowling so then its either create green seamers and play 4 seamers use Root as spinner and drop Leach or you are travelling a bowler light and Aussies could easily target and smash Leach out the attack
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Post by desmond on Feb 28, 2023 11:03:18 GMT
Absolutely ridiculous decision to enforce the follow on when the pitch was at the best of batting and you’d just seen Southee get 70+ on it. If it comes off it's bravery, if it doesn't come off then it's carelessness. The right choice at the time for an aggressive side. If any fingers are going to be pointed, the first targets should be Stokes and Root for those needless shots when your RRR is so low Still annoyed with Root for that ridiculous run out.
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Post by wnm on Feb 28, 2023 12:05:32 GMT
Absolutely ridiculous decision to enforce the follow on when the pitch was at the best of batting and you’d just seen Southee get 70+ on it. If it comes off it's bravery, if it doesn't come off then it's carelessness. The right choice at the time for an aggressive side. If any fingers are going to be pointed, the first targets should be Stokes and Root for those needless shots when your RRR is so low I don’t see what’s brave or aggressive about it? Had they been short of time and it was done to stop the Chances of a draw and force a result either way then fair enough but it just didn’t make sense.
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Post by desmond on Mar 31, 2023 15:01:40 GMT
If it comes off it's bravery, if it doesn't come off then it's carelessness. The right choice at the time for an aggressive side. If any fingers are going to be pointed, the first targets should be Stokes and Root for those needless shots when your RRR is so low I don’t see what’s brave or aggressive about it? Had they been short of time and it was done to stop the Chances of a draw and force a result either way then fair enough but it just didn’t make sense. Michael Vaughan cleared of the charge he racially abused Azeem Rafiq.
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