Cricket Thread

[waspish]

It's moments like this when you can see the reason Bazball can be so effective - this pitch has probably got 2 to 3 good days before it starts spinning round corners and the bounce goes and with most test sides conceding 450 runs innings 1 would end the test.

But when you can go along a 6rpo you can just create so much more time in the game. They can give themselves a platform to win.


The problem is they only have one speed. If they ever work out when to slow things down as well, or that they can take the occasional slow 5-10 overs to get new batsmen in, they might really be a great team.

Agree years gone by we be going for 1.8 runs per over going nowhere! 1st innings big runs is so important in places like India

 

[Dr Jacoby]

100 for Duckett off just 88 balls. Fantastic effort. Hopefully he can go big.

 

[BringBackSwales]

That’s a fantastic innings from Duckett, so far. I really hope he goes on to make it a big or double hundred. Interesting style, I can’t think of another test batsman who basically never lets a ball go by, has there been one?

 

[domalino]

I can’t think of another test batsman who basically never lets a ball go by, has there been one?

No, and for good reason.

 

[Dr Jacoby]

That’s a fantastic innings from Duckett, so far. I really hope he goes on to make it a big or double hundred. Interesting style, I can’t think of another test batsman who basically never lets a ball go by, has there been one?

Shahid Afridi? But he was an all-rounder, not an out and out batsman.

 

[waspish]

Great ton for Ducket but he needs a daddy one and if he gets a double 100 we be within Indian score

 

[Dr Jacoby]

Not sure I’ve ever seen a batsman score so many boundaries so freely in test cricket. It’s like watching David Warner (in Australia) on steroids.

 

[discopop]

Only this England team can concede 445 before tea on the second day and it still feels like they are in command. Result of this game aside I’ve not seen a team since the Aussie bastards really give it the big one in India.

Edit spoke too soon.

 

[waspish]

This England treat test match cricket like a 90 over on dayer

 

[waspish]

Wow that look like it was missing!