Cricket Thread

[domalino]

It did for me…

I said mph not kmh...easy mistake to make.

 

[M18CTID]

One would have to say a Very Good day for England, though there will be that nagging feeling that it could have been Excellent. Tail was certainly docked. Have a feeling this one won't be going to Day 5, maybe not even Day 4...

I’m reserving judgement on how good or bad a day it has been until stumps!

 

[DMA's]

Brilliant from wood. Let’s see how we go with the bat. Can Crawley get a decent score

 

[trueblue1972]

Has there ever been a 95mph bowler who could stay fit?

Bret Lee was always injured, Shoaib Akhtar had plenty of injuries and can't even walk now because of all the anti inflammatory injections he used to take, Sean Tait got upto 100 mph and retired in his early 20s.

Mohammed Shami was always injured, Mitchell Johnson missed big spells.

Joffra Archer...


The human body isn't supposed to bowl at 95mph+, the forces through their ankles, knees and backs just ruins them.

And I 100% get the point its not a criticism but a reflection on the attack we would have that I listed in a separate post ,

 

[kippaxwarrior]

Wood's average speed for the innings was 91.5 mph. Only Brett Lee has bolwed a faster innings since records began

 

[M18CTID]

Terrific from Wood. Pace alone isn’t good enough - you need accuracy too and he’s emphatically delivered on that front today.

 

[MCFC1993]

Jesus the movement on that from Starc, won't be easy for England this.

 

[Gabriel]

Great pity the game has seen so little of Wood. Wood and Starc are both 33 yet the former has played 28 Tests to the latter's 79 Tests, admittedly starting earlier. Wood's only bowled 11.4 overs today, so he should be fresh enough to do similar in the second.

 

[trueblue1972]

Back to other news Boady about to win.

 

[Gabriel]

I’m reserving judgement on how good or bad a day it has been until stumps!

Australia's lowest score in the five innings to date, though I understand the reticence.