There was literally no need. Just knock the ball about. Rotate the strike. He nearly holed out the four before. Should have realised then that he needed to calm down
Ben Stokes told him too block the last ball. This reminds me of the round Robin game against the Aussies when Stokes ran out of Partners in that WC match at Lord's. Or was he last man out ?
Sigh. We were doing so well. 2 moments of madness has cost us in this innings (bairstow and the the run out). Completely shifted the momentum of the match
Been a much better effort than anyone expected, but ultimately we lost this in our first innings.
Would've probably won the last test but for rain, and would've won this but for that shambolic first innings. Just scoring a pathetic 150 in the 1st innings would've been enough.
If only we still had a couple more batsman left. Why did Archer go for the big 'un ??
Archer was a little bit unlucky. The shot he got out to was a pretty good sweep shot, aimed at keeping it down; it just caught a leading edge and flew. Unlike the other two swings, he didn't mean to hit it in the air. In context, it wasn't the worst shot he played that over!
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This reminds me of the round Robin game against the Aussies when Stokes ran out of Partners in that WC match at Lord's.
Or was he last man out ?
Would've probably won the last test but for rain, and would've won this but for that shambolic first innings. Just scoring a pathetic 150 in the 1st innings would've been enough.
We could be 2-1 up but now we're 2-0 down.
Leach is very good for a number 11, as he showed against Ireland he can defend well
However, if you keep asking and I keep replying then this might happen:
Its genius cricket.
Right.....