England Cricket 2023

DamoNorthStand

We are IN this game now!

Callumcafc

Broad gets Smith!

Leuth

Next fifteen minutes might decide this

killerandflash

I've never been more worried about no ball calls than in this Broad spell 

kinveachyaddick

uncanny how this is mirroring 2005 

Rudders22

Rudders22 said:

Shit. Here comes Smith. Dangerman

and out he goes...

Callumcafc

In comes Boland to see out 15 minutes

Addick Addict

Real chance to get them 4 down tonight

Rudders22

How can we not allow to play until 7.30pm today ?

Addick Addict

England now favourites:

England 1.85
Australia 2.48
Draw 16.00

Chizz

Be honest, who had money on "Smith and Labouchagne will both be averaging less than every England player after one Test"?

killerandflash

Addick Addict said:

England now favourites:

England 1.85
Australia 2.48
Draw 16.00

I'd still have Australia marginal favourites, the way Khawaja is playing, and with Head, Green and Carey to come.

Lincsaddick

terrific fight back from the England bowlers .. it'll be a cracking day tomorrow, win, lose or raindraw

Cafc43v3r

Leuth said:

Spinner for the next Test, anyone?

Mate Stokes could pick Mr Blobby to keep wicket and my cat to bowl off spin and he would find away.

Remember under Stokes we have never not taken 20 wickets.

Addick Addict

killerandflash said:

Addick Addict said:

England now favourites:

England 1.85
Australia 2.48
Draw 16.00

I'd still have Australia marginal favourites, the way Khawaja is playing, and with Head, Green and Carey to come.

At end of play (England have drifted but the draw has seen some action):

England 2.12
Australia 2.38
Draw 9.20

Rothko

What a splendid day of cricket 

Cafc43v3r

Chizz said:

Be honest, who had money on "Smith and Labouchagne will both be averaging less than every England player after one Test"?

Me, I put it in a double with Anderson having the highest strike rate in the 3rd innings 

killerandflash

Our seamers will steam in first thing tomorrow, but at some point they'll get tired and the ball soft. Can we control things with an injured Moeen and Root as the spinners?

golfaddick

Rudders22 said:

How can we not allow to play until 7.30pm today ?

Especially as we didnt bowl the allotted 98 overs. 
 
If it had rained today presumably we could have played until 7.30pm. So, logically, as it rained yesterday & we lost a number of overs (of which we are only making up 8 today & 8 tomorrow) then we should play until 7.30 tonight. But silly me, fancy wanting to play in bright sunshine when we had to bat in gloom & rain yesterday.

Cricket eh ?
 

Gravesend_Addick

Still very much in the balance.  Great Test Match

Todds_right_hook

killerandflash said:

Our seamers will steam in first thing tomorrow, but at some point they'll get tired and the ball soft. Can we control things with an injured Moeen and Root as the spinners?

What happened to Moeen?

Addick Addict

Todds_right_hook said:

killerandflash said:

Our seamers will steam in first thing tomorrow, but at some point they'll get tired and the ball soft. Can we control things with an injured Moeen and Root as the spinners?

What happened to Moeen?

His spinning finger has open blisters. He isn't allowed to tape it so the pronounced seam just digs into it. That comes from not having played red ball for two years. You don't get blisters bowling a maximum four overs with a white ball. 

kentaddick

Addick Addict said:

Todds_right_hook said:

killerandflash said:

Our seamers will steam in first thing tomorrow, but at some point they'll get tired and the ball soft. Can we control things with an injured Moeen and Root as the spinners?

What happened to Moeen?

His spinning finger has open blisters. He isn't allowed to tape it so the pronounced seam just digs into it. That comes from not having played red ball for two years. You don't get blisters bowling a maximum four overs with a white ball. 

In other words, nowhere near match fit 

North Lower Neil

Addick Addict said:

Todds_right_hook said:

killerandflash said:

Our seamers will steam in first thing tomorrow, but at some point they'll get tired and the ball soft. Can we control things with an injured Moeen and Root as the spinners?

What happened to Moeen?

His spinning finger has open blisters. He isn't allowed to tape it so the pronounced seam just digs into it. That comes from not having played red ball for two years. You don't get blisters bowling a maximum four overs with a white ball. 

Be interesting to see what they do for the second Test.

R0TW

BBC 5 live and a couple of beers in the garden, makes for a perfect afternoon.

Addick Addict

North Lower Neil said:

Addick Addict said:

Todds_right_hook said:

killerandflash said:

Our seamers will steam in first thing tomorrow, but at some point they'll get tired and the ball soft. Can we control things with an injured Moeen and Root as the spinners?

What happened to Moeen?

His spinning finger has open blisters. He isn't allowed to tape it so the pronounced seam just digs into it. That comes from not having played red ball for two years. You don't get blisters bowling a maximum four overs with a white ball. 

Be interesting to see what they do for the second Test.

They might go for a four pronged seam attack if Moeen isn't fit. Stokes has bowled just 7 overs in the match and that really does not suggest that he can fulfil that 4th strike bowling position so they might have to rely on Root for spin. The fact that only 2 of the top 46 wicket takers in the country are spinners (and neither of those are available to play for us) doesn't leave us with too many options. I would love to see Reehan Ahmed play but we are unlikely to do that with just three seamers so that would leave Dawson as the obvious choice. 

kentaddick

In other news Matt Parkinson will be joining super Kent at the end of the season. 

Covered End

I believe it was ridiculous starting with 3 players who weren't virtually 100% match fit/up to speed.
Bairstow, Stokes and Moeen.
As ridiculous as that early declaration when Root was hitting 6's for fun.
Add another 50 to our lead and I'd be very confident.
As it stands it's in the balance and it never should have been.

killerandflash

Yes they were worried about preserving players energy for a tough series, but some players were definitely rusty. Jimmy's bowling wasn't at his best, while Stokes batting wasn't that fluent either. Jonny's keeping was very poor while Mooen's spinning finger wasn't up to the job...

England's bowlers are having to work really hard in this, indeed Bazball means that the Aussie bowlers will have bowled fewer overs than England's, which could tell at Lord's. 

golfaddick

If Stokes isnt fully fit then he should drop out & Foakes replaces him to keep wicket & Bairstow plays just as a batsman. Stoke wont be missed as a bowler as he's hardly sent down any deliveries this Test. Bowlers being Anderson, Broad, Robinson and a.n other. Root can be the spinner.