bluemoon32
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Fuck me, collapse was epic
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Alan Harper's Tash
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A 4-1 loss is better than my 5-0 prediction.
We were never going to win in India slogging whilst having 2 novice spinners.
Taking the fear out of losing your wicket doesn’t work long term. There’s a reason it’s never been done long term in the 150 years of test cricket.
We were never going to win in India slogging whilst having 2 novice spinners.
Taking the fear out of losing your wicket doesn’t work long term. There’s a reason it’s never been done long term in the 150 years of test cricket.
A 4-1 loss is better than my 5-0 prediction.
We were never going to win in India slogging whilst having 2 novice spinners.
Taking the fear out of losing your wicket doesn’t work long term. There’s a reason it’s never been done long term in the 150 years of test cricket.
We had a chance if the players used there brain more at certain points in the matches!
Alan Harper's Tash
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Test cricket is the ultimate mental challenge.We had a chance if the players used there brain more at certain points in the matches!
The scary thing is England took all their best spin bowlers to India and played all of them and we still got smashed.
England has always struggled in India and nobody said this tour would be any different. India are levels above England and they even rested their best player Kohli. But we must not forget we won the first test and all our hopes were high that maybe we could give them a run for their money, hahaha
Why do England batsmen struggle with spinners and the mental challenge?
Bazball does not work, Sitting in and defending does not work, Hoping our bowlers get you out of a hole does not work, Our coaching does not work, Something major is wrong in the whole setup from top to bottom.
If it was just playing overseas in places like in India then I would say go and play over there and learn the conditions. But it is not just India or overseas, it is playing spin bowlers everywhere and it's down to Bad technique and the coaching setup from an early age,
Getting rid of all the bowling machines would be the first option for me, The ball and the spin are not the problems, It's the bowler's arm and angle and the build-up that is the major problem, Then add the pressure cooker of mind games and other players getting in your head like the wicket-keeper chipping in with banter, I have never seen a bowling machine using banter and talk to get in the batsmen head.
One big thing we can all take from this tour is ? Nothing will ever change with England and our problems of spin
England has always struggled in India and nobody said this tour would be any different. India are levels above England and they even rested their best player Kohli. But we must not forget we won the first test and all our hopes were high that maybe we could give them a run for their money, hahaha
Why do England batsmen struggle with spinners and the mental challenge?
Bazball does not work, Sitting in and defending does not work, Hoping our bowlers get you out of a hole does not work, Our coaching does not work, Something major is wrong in the whole setup from top to bottom.
If it was just playing overseas in places like in India then I would say go and play over there and learn the conditions. But it is not just India or overseas, it is playing spin bowlers everywhere and it's down to Bad technique and the coaching setup from an early age,
Getting rid of all the bowling machines would be the first option for me, The ball and the spin are not the problems, It's the bowler's arm and angle and the build-up that is the major problem, Then add the pressure cooker of mind games and other players getting in your head like the wicket-keeper chipping in with banter, I have never seen a bowling machine using banter and talk to get in the batsmen head.
One big thing we can all take from this tour is ? Nothing will ever change with England and our problems of spin
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175 for 3, 218 all out. Thats pathetic
heslops barnet
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Won’t be getting up at 4 tomorrow……
Bazball does not work
They're kind of stuck with it now though aren't they? Too committed to change path. Not good enough to make the current path work and they burned their bridges by coming out and saying how much they hated playing for England before Bazball.
I fear we're in for a real period of stagnation until Stokes & friends are all retired, which could be 4/5 years.