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  • kentaddick
    kentaddick Posts: 18,729
    Joe denly right now 
  • Addick Addict
    Addick Addict Posts: 39,761
    Holder and Chase not exactly on the same wavelength
  • StigThundercock
    StigThundercock Posts: 3,722
    Followed immediately by schoolboy catching practice from Crawley
    The cretin's in at 29 for 2
    plus ca change
  • Leuth
    Leuth Posts: 23,313
    What is it with both captains taking their spinner off when they shouldn't in this series?
  • carly burn
    carly burn Posts: 19,454
    Root gone 
  • StigThundercock
    StigThundercock Posts: 3,722
    Any of the rose tinted brigade care to put up a defense for that abrogation by the captain?
  • Johnnysummers5
    Johnnysummers5 Posts: 8,469
    StigThundercock said:
    Any of the rose tinted brigade care to put up a defense for that abrogation by the captain?

    Your boring.
  • North Lower Neil
    North Lower Neil Posts: 22,945
    Sibley dropped on 44.
  • North Lower Neil
    North Lower Neil Posts: 22,945
    carly burn said:
    Root gone 
    StigThundercock right now:


  • killerandflash
    killerandflash Posts: 69,840
    Leuth said:
    What is it with both captains taking their spinner off when they shouldn't in this series?
    Yes, it's as if they have set plans and go with them, despite Chase being the bowler who looked most likely to get a wicket

    Reluctantly bring Chase back due to bad light, and he immediately creates problems
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  • StigThundercock
    StigThundercock Posts: 3,722
    Johnnysummers5 said:
    StigThundercock said:
    Any of the rose tinted brigade care to put up a defense for that abrogation by the captain?

    Your boring.
    My boring... what?
  • StigThundercock
    StigThundercock Posts: 3,722
    North Lower Neil said:
    carly burn said:
    Root gone 
    StigThundercock right now:


    Root's inadequacy brings me no pleasure.
    Highlighting it is unpopular in quarters of this forum.  Memories are vague and unreliable.
    Deafening is the silence when it inevitably reappears.

  • Johnnysummers5
    Johnnysummers5 Posts: 8,469
    StigThundercock said:
    Johnnysummers5 said:
    StigThundercock said:
    Any of the rose tinted brigade care to put up a defense for that abrogation by the captain?

    Your boring.
    My boring... what?

    You go on all the time about how you hate Joe Root, I respect your opinion but you never say who you would have as captain, would you  pick Joe Root for  his batting?, I cant remember seeing you praise  England when they do well.
  • kentaddick
    kentaddick Posts: 18,729
    My guess is ST hears rooooooooot when he comes on to bat and thinks everyone’s booing joe root. He now can’t understand why people think he’s our only genuinely world class batsman. 
  • dickplumb
    dickplumb Posts: 4,835
    Watching Sibley is like watching paint dry.
  • kentaddick
    kentaddick Posts: 18,729
    dickplumb said:
    Watching Sibley is like watching paint dry.
    Good. Love a patient opener. Boycott, Athers, they get the job done. 
  • North Lower Neil
    North Lower Neil Posts: 22,945
    North Lower Neil said:
    Sibley dropped on 44.
    And 68.
  • North Lower Neil
    North Lower Neil Posts: 22,945
    kentaddick said:
    dickplumb said:
    Watching Sibley is like watching paint dry.
    Good. Love a patient opener. Boycott, Athers, they get the job done. 
    Exactly, takes overs out of the new ball, tires out the bowlers - exactly what we need for players like Stokes, Buttler etc. 
  • killerandflash
    killerandflash Posts: 69,840
    As a listener to TMS pointed out, Stokes isn't going much faster than Sibley anyway!
  • Todds_right_hook
    Todds_right_hook Posts: 10,878
    StigThundercock said:
    Any of the rose tinted brigade care to put up a defense for that abrogation by the captain?
    Please have a day off! Look at roots stats, 10th highest run scorer, averages 48. Not bad stats. I bet he has reached a lot higher in his profession than you have/did in yours.

    Maybe joe root should call you stigThundercretin 
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  • Chizz
    Chizz Posts: 28,331
    StigThundercock said:
    Wel gor blimey, who'd a thunk it?
    A captain with some decent bowlers under cloudy skies, with, crucially some actual brain power, wins the toss and inserts the opposition to use the prevailing conditions to best advantage.
    It'll never catch on...

    You're right. With the heavy, overhead conditions, the ball moving about all day and a high-quality seam attack at his disposal, bowling was the only sensible option. 

    That seam attack exploited the conditions brilliantly by taking a wicket. 
  • kentaddick
    kentaddick Posts: 18,729
    killerandflash said:
    As a listener to TMS pointed out, Stokes isn't going much faster than Sibley anyway!
    One of the many great things about his knock at headingly last year was watching him move through the gears from patient playing for a draw and taking no risks to full on destructive batting. Genuinely think stokes is up there with one of the best batsmen we’ve ever had. 
  • Pelling1993
    Pelling1993 Posts: 6,671
    Yesterday was superb, I love gritty test match cricket so much! We need to capitalise here and get 400+ now
  • Carter
    Carter Posts: 14,240
    kentaddick said:
    killerandflash said:
    As a listener to TMS pointed out, Stokes isn't going much faster than Sibley anyway!
    One of the many great things about his knock at headingly last year was watching him move through the gears from patient playing for a draw and taking no risks to full on destructive batting. Genuinely think stokes is up there with one of the best batsmen we’ve ever had. 
    As a batsman he is up there with the best all rounders we have ever had 

    Test cricket is all about mental strength and to come through what the last 18/ 2 years months have been for him and to be performing at the level he is. Is astonishing 

    That's a really valid spot about him adjusting his batting to suit the stage of the game. Always seems to be the opposition who manage to do that against us! 
  • kentaddick
    kentaddick Posts: 18,729
    Carter said:
    kentaddick said:
    killerandflash said:
    As a listener to TMS pointed out, Stokes isn't going much faster than Sibley anyway!
    One of the many great things about his knock at headingly last year was watching him move through the gears from patient playing for a draw and taking no risks to full on destructive batting. Genuinely think stokes is up there with one of the best batsmen we’ve ever had. 
    As a batsman he is up there with the best all rounders we have ever had 

    Test cricket is all about mental strength and to come through what the last 18/ 2 years months have been for him and to be performing at the level he is. Is astonishing 

    That's a really valid spot about him adjusting his batting to suit the stage of the game. Always seems to be the opposition who manage to do that against us! 
    Imo he’s the batting all rounder version of flintoff, who was our best bowler but could stand up and play a vital innings, stokes is our best batsman at the moment and can also bowl a vital spell when needs be. 
  • Johnnysummers5
    Johnnysummers5 Posts: 8,469
    Weather seems better today, no sign of Thundercock.
  • Leuth
    Leuth Posts: 23,313
    Genuinely can't believe anyone bothers responding to Thundercock these days
  • Leuth
    Leuth Posts: 23,313
    Well it's g'day from Thorpey
  • kentaddick
    kentaddick Posts: 18,729
    Leuth said:
    Well it's g'day from Thorpey
    loved his answer to Hussain about what his specialist subject would be on mastermind “the number of drinks bought for me by nasser Hussain over the years”
  • mid_life_crisis
    mid_life_crisis Posts: 3,263
    I can't take much more of Sibley.
    He literally has 1 shot.

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