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England Cricket 2023
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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!!!0
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Poor innings by Pope, looked skittish throughout.
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Oh for fuck sake. That's the worst run out of the match and that's saying something!!0
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And now Brook is run out in farcical circumstances without facing a ball
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Bradman run out without facing a ball
It's like a panicky T20 chase0 -
The way England are batting, yes...Cafc43v3r said:Any chance this is over before lunch?0 -
WTF!!!!0
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I'm afraid Root sold Brook down the river. He has to win the game for us now.1
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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.0 -
New England doing their best to look like old England.1
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Jesus.....didnt realise Brook is out.
Definitely lost it now.0 -
All done
straight red a run out in Test cricket like that is fucking ridiculous
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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.1
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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 seen0 -
We can't be stupid, but I agree with attacking the spinner. Knocking him out of the attack could be crucial2
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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".killerandflash said:We can't be stupid, but I agree with attacking the spinner. Knocking him out of the attack could be crucial1 -
Bracewell looks dangerous against Stokes and a pub bowler against Root
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Root should treat Stokes as a tail ender and no singles off the first five balls.killerandflash said:Bracewell looks dangerous against Stokes and a pub bowler against Root0 -
That's OK from Stokes - soft hands and didn't go hard at the ball so the edge didn't carry0
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Great last day.0
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And who would have said that after the first hour's play!Covered End said:Great last day.0 -
Roy Keane will be doing his nut seeing Stokes having a laugh with Southee immediately after drinks.1
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Blimey Southee took Bracewell off after one over. We still need 150 runs!0
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It nearly paid off as well!Addick Addict said:Blimey Southee took Bracewell off after one over. We still need 150 runs!0 -
It's like Root had Brook run out and by associative properties took his strike rate.0
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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.Addick Addict said: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 AveZ Crawley 2020-2023 58 1 1569 267 27.52 RJ Burns 2018-2022 59 0 1789 133 30.32 MA Butcher 1997-2004 127 6 4214 173* 34.82 MA Atherton 1989-2001 210 6 7691 185* 37.70 JE Root 2013-2022 70 4 2639 254 39.98 N Hussain 1996-2003 65 7 2352 155 40.55 AJ Strauss 2004-2012 177 6 6994 177 40.90 JH Edrich 1963-1976 120 7 4798 310* 42.46 IJL Trott 2009-2015 81 5 3264 226 42.94 C Washbrook 1937-1951 63 6 2465 195 43.24 MC Cowdrey 1956-1975 74 3 3092 182 43.54 MP Vaughan 2000-2008 110 5 4587 197 43.68 ME Trescothick 2000-2006 142 9 5824 219 43.78 GA Gooch 1978-1995 192 6 8158 333 43.86 AJ Stewart 1990-2000 112 7 4655 190 44.33 AN Cook 2006-2018 290 15 12423 294 45.17 G Boycott 1964-1982 191 23 8091 246* 48.16 DI Gower 1981-1991 59 4 2692 215 48.94 ER Dexter 1959-1968 59 3 2868 205 51.21 DL Amiss 1967-1977 70 8 3305 262* 53.30 JB Hobbs 1908-1930 98 6 5153 211 56.01 L Hutton 1937-1955 131 12 6721 364 56.47 H Sutcliffe 1924-1935 83 9 4522 194 61.10 1 -
50 up in exactly 50 balls for Root.
129-5 and halfway to the total required0 -
Next ball, 50 partnership between Root and Stokes. 130-50
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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.0 -
Henry doing his best impression of me getting out of bed in the morning.1
