It slowed down now with the loss of Duckett, But it's been Bazball cricket with England looking to bat once
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It slowed down now with the loss of Duckett, But it's been Bazball cricket with England looking to bat once
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It’s normal test cricket now. Only Duckett went nuts. He just can’t leave the hall, so never looks “in”.It slowed down now with the loss of Duckett, But it's been Bazball cricket with England looking to bat once
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Pope just dropped but 134-2 at lunch - good stuff from England - inexplicably asked to bat on a belter
It’s normal test cricket now. Only Duckett went nuts. He just can’t leave the hall, so never looks “in”.
Look if the game plan was for Duckett to smash it around and make quick runs then ok it sort of worked
400 would be enough to win the test again and be over by the 3rd day
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There isn’t a game plan. It’s literally “vibes”. See ball hit ball. It sometimes works and sometimes doesn’t.Look if the game plan was for Duckett to smash it around and make quick runs then ok it sort of worked
400 would be enough to win the test again and be over by the 3rd day
We’re currently bottom of the World Test Championship. If we win this series 3-0, we move up to 6th.
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We’re currently bottom of the World Test Championship. If we win this series 3-0, we move up to 6th.
That's a bit misleading. We drew the Ashes series and lost away in India. We've also had a big points deduction for slow over rate - though that's on the team.
There isn’t a game plan. It’s literally “vibes”. See ball hit ball. It sometimes works and sometimes doesn’t.
We’re currently bottom of the World Test Championship. If we win this series 3-0, we move up to 6th.
The ranking system in test cricket is wrong and stupid, Why take points away for slow overrates for a start
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The format is nuts as we’re probably the third best team that plays more against the top 2 than everyone else. That being said, we’ve lost more than half of the tests we’ve played in this cycle.That's a bit misleading. We drew the Ashes series and lost away in India. We've also had a big points deduction for slow over rate - though that's on the team.
The over rate penalties are harsh too as we bowl less overs of spin than all other countries, so we’re always likely to have a slower run rate. (Although we know that before we start, so could speed up if we wanted)
With or without Bazball, we will mostly beat the other test playing nations.
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They tried fines and suspensions and it didn’t work. Now it’s points.The ranking system in test cricket is wrong and stupid, Why take points away for slow overrates for a start