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  • What was that Pope? That's the shot that you play pre-match to warm the slips up before you go out to field. Play proper cricket shots!!!
  • Poor innings by Pope, looked skittish throughout.
  • edited February 2023
    Oh for fuck sake.  That's the worst run out of the match and that's saying something!!
  • And now Brook is run out in farcical circumstances without facing a ball

    80-5
  • Bradman run out without facing a ball  :#

    It's like a panicky T20 chase
  • Cafc43v3r said:
    Any chance this is over before lunch? 
    The way England are batting, yes...
  • I'm afraid Root sold Brook down the river. He has to win the game for us now.
  • Said this could be tricky. 

    Unless we decide to play it as a pre Bazball match and use the remaining 80 overs rather than try & win before tea then I reckon we lose.  
  • New England doing their best to look like old England.
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  • Jesus.....didnt realise Brook is out. 

    Definitely lost it now.
  • All done 
    straight red a run out in Test cricket like that is fucking ridiculous 
    beyond pathetic 
  • Playing without fear doesn't mean that you have to forget the basics of defence, running etc etc especially on a wicket that is doing a bit, mainly because of variable bounce, but isn't unplayable. The bowlers will tire and the ball will go soft but you have to earn the right to be there to cash in when that happens. Otherwise you end up with this situation of Root and Stokes at the crease with just Foakes to come and 9, 10, Jack who are highly unlikely to get any sort of score between them.  
  • I've not seen a live test for ages and have missed loads of this newer generation especially Harry Brook, tune in and its like I haven't been away! 

    I was really interested in seeing Brook and Root really take the game to New Zealand and then I get to see one of the daftest run outs I've ever seen 
  • We can't be stupid, but I agree with attacking the spinner. Knocking him out of the attack could be crucial
  • We can't be stupid, but I agree with attacking the spinner. Knocking him out of the attack could be crucial
    Absolutely. Bracewell has 18 Test wickets at 45. This isn't Ashwin or Jadeja and they have no one else to turn to. But it only takes one ball like the first one that Root tried to sweep that bounced and it could be the end. A question of "who blinks first". 
  • Bracewell looks dangerous against Stokes and a pub bowler against Root  :D
  • Bracewell looks dangerous against Stokes and a pub bowler against Root  :D
    Root should treat Stokes as a tail ender and no singles off the first five balls. 
  • That's OK from Stokes - soft hands and didn't go hard at the ball so the edge didn't carry
  • Great last day. 
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  • Great last day. 
    And who would have said that after the first hour's play!
  • Roy Keane will be doing his nut seeing Stokes having a laugh with Southee immediately after drinks.
  • Blimey Southee took Bracewell off after one over. We still need 150 runs!
  • Blimey Southee took Bracewell off after one over. We still need 150 runs!
    It nearly paid off as well!
  • It's like Root had Brook run out and by associative properties took his strike rate.
  • In the 146 years of Test cricket, just 23 England batsmen have batted in positions 1-3 as many times as Zak Crawley (58 times) and his average of 27.52 is the worst of those. None of those, though, have had their average "skewed" by one innings to the extent that Crawley has by that 267 against Pakistan and without that his average in those positions drops to 23.25.

    Crawley's average is 25.19 from 48 innings when opening and that is also the worst from the 18 players that qualify with Burns, once again, 2nd in that list with the same average of 30.32 as he has only ever opened. That demonstrates the perceived lack of options but, there again, the fact that it has taken over six years to give Duckett, a player who was dropped after just 7 innings back in 2016, a second chance suggests that there might be others from left field who could be given that opportunity.

    That said, I remain of the opinion that Bairstow should be the next on the rank to open as he does fit the "Bazball" profile and is a very experienced opener and Test batsman. It would also mean no disruption to the batting order and the retention of probably the best keeper in the world. 

    The 23 qualifiers who have batted 58 or more times at 1-3:

    Name                      Span            Inns   NO     Runs      HS       Ave

    Z Crawley2020-2023
    581156926727.52



    RJ Burns2018-2022
    590178913330.32



    MA Butcher1997-2004
    12764214173*34.82



    MA Atherton1989-2001
    21067691185*37.70



    JE Root2013-2022
    704263925439.98



    N Hussain1996-2003
    657235215540.55



    AJ Strauss2004-2012
    1776699417740.90



    JH Edrich1963-1976
    12074798310*42.46



    IJL Trott2009-2015
    815326422642.94



    C Washbrook1937-1951
    636246519543.24



    MC Cowdrey1956-1975
    743309218243.54



    MP Vaughan2000-2008
    1105458719743.68



    ME Trescothick2000-2006
    1429582421943.78



    GA Gooch1978-1995
    1926815833343.86



    AJ Stewart1990-2000
    1127465519044.33



    AN Cook2006-2018
    290151242329445.17



    G Boycott1964-1982
    191238091246*48.16



    DI Gower1981-1991
    594269221548.94



    ER Dexter1959-1968
    593286820551.21



    DL Amiss1967-1977
    7083305262*53.30



    JB Hobbs1908-1930
    986515321156.01



    L Hutton1937-1955
    13112672136456.47



    H Sutcliffe1924-1935
    839452219461.10





    Agree Bairstow is next in line but I'm gonna keep banging the Sam Robson drum as an option. Another like Duckett tried too young and dropped too early.
  • edited February 2023
    50 up in exactly 50 balls for Root.

    129-5 and halfway to the total required
  • Next ball, 50 partnership between Root and Stokes. 130-5
  • edited February 2023
    Oh we are half way there, ooohhhh 

    I love Stokes, the test batsman, when he bats properly.  I think batting with Root is good for him.
  • Henry doing his best impression of me getting out of bed in the morning.
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