Cricket Thread

[dadnlad]

Might as well be for 2 with pope facing first thing

 

[cleavers]

Might as well be for 2 with pope facing first thing

It pretty well is 2, as it's very unlikely Woakes will bat.

 

[waspish]

suppose no point in getting angry with Crawley because they won’t drop him and who else is going to play?! Plus seems they like the little and large left right hand opening batters! Crawley never going to be a root a cook or a Duckett!? But maybe when he is 30 he will be more of a serious batter with more tons per series.. think pope is a problem place, maybe Bethel will do better there..

 

[jimharri]

How has Crawley appeared in 58 tests? To quote the legend that is Eamonn Dunphy; the guy's a spoofer.

 

[Alan Harper's Tash]

That had the feel of Harrison bowling Michael Clarke in 2005.

 

[Dr Jacoby]

That had the feel of Harmison bowling Michael Clarke in 2005.

 

[waspish]

How many runs has Crawley got in these 5 test matches? 300 runs?

 

[Alan Harper's Tash]

How many runs has Crawley got in these 5 test matches? 300 runs?

290

 

[Vienna_70]

Great ball, but he missed it by a mile.

As Atherton said, the Indians fooled/tricked him.

He was expecting the bouncer.

 

[waspish]

290

That’s and average of 48 per innings which is not bad, it’s just he not gone on and hit a ton or a big ton to set up a win..

 

[waspish]

As Atherton said, the Indians fooled/tricked him.

He was expecting the bouncer.

You should play each ball in its merit and always expect a double bluff. The guys a bit thick

 

[Alan Harper's Tash]

That’s and average of 48 per innings which is not bad, it’s just he not gone on and hit a ton or a big ton to set up a win..

9 innings, so avg is 32.

 

[jimharri]

How many runs has Crawley got in these 5 test matches? 300 runs?

4 & 65 in the first test, followed by 19 & 0, 18 & 22, 84, and 64 & 14. I make that 290 in 9 innings. Averaging under 30.

 

[waspish]

9 innings, so avg is 32.

Ah yes worked it out wrong, thought it was high average! So like we know piss poor but he is our opener and never to be dropped

 

[lefty goldblatt]

Averages can hide a multitude of sins.
If I remember correctly, Mark Ramprakash's Test career was elongated by his solitary good innings per series, which masked his string of 20dds, the rest of the time

 

[Vienna_70]

You should play each ball in its merit and always expect a double bluff. The guys a bit thick

I remember a similar situation back in 1974, during the West Indies tour.

Late on, during England's innings, Boycott was facing and Clive Lloyd put Alvin Kallicharran out on the deep square leg boundary.

The next ball was a bouncer. Boycott bit and hit it right down Kallicharran's throat.

My uncle was absolutely fuming with Boycott.

 

[Alan Harper's Tash]

You should play each ball in its merit and always expect a double bluff. The guys a bit thick

That is certainly the requirement, but they’re not called test matches for nothing.

If humans could concentrate fully at will, no one would ever get out in theory.

Batters suffer mental fatigue, whereas bowlers it’s more physical tiredness.

That being said, Crawley is far more susceptible to brain fades than others. He’ll no doubt go to Australia and either fail or love the true bounce.

Probably the former.

 

[waspish]

I remember a similar situation back in 1974, during the West Indies tour.

Late on, during England's innings, Boycott was facing and Clive Lloyd put Alvin Kallicharran out on the deep square leg boundary.

The next ball was a bouncer. Boycott bit and hit it right down Kallicharran's throat.

My uncle was absolutely fuming with Boycott.

Am shock he played that shot and not duck

 

[waspish]

That is certainly the requirement, but they’re not called test matches for nothing.

If humans could concentrate fully at will, no one would ever get out in theory.

Batters suffer mental fatigue, whereas bowlers it’s more physical tiredness.

That being said, Crawley is far more susceptible to brain fades than others. He’ll no doubt go to Australia and either fail or love the true bounce.

Probably the former.

Think they think he be good and his made for the Aussie wickets but with the bounce and him love a waft at the ball he’ll be caught in the slips plenty of times

 

[Vienna_70]

Am shock he played that shot and not duck

I don’t know why it has stuck in my memory for all these years.
I’ve found the match report. The incident, to which I referred is near the bottom of the page:

https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/england-v-west-indies-152501