Cricket Thread

[supercity88]

I'd like to see us get a lead well in excess of 250. However, with rain forecast tomorrow we could perhaps lose 40 or 50 overs so unless Australia skittle us in the meantime, if we can keep scoring at 4 or 5 runs per over I wouldn't be surprised to see another declaration from Stokes before tea

We'll want to dangle the carrot of enough runs to make it a challenging chase but not too many that they don't try and do it. We got that balance wrong in NZ, and with the stakes being so high I would imagine we're slightly more cautious on the declaration. But the weather that's around tomorrow could reduce the overs and also make bowling a lot easier. Yesterday's 20 minute spell was horrific for the batsmen.

 

[trueblue1972]

We'll want to dangle the carrot of enough runs to make it a challenging chase but not too many that they don't try and do it. We got that balance wrong in NZ, and with the stakes being so high I would imagine we're slightly more cautious on the declaration. But the weather that's around tomorrow could reduce the overs and also make bowling a lot easier. Yesterday's 20 minute spell was horrific for the batsmen.

Im not sure that caution is in stokes vocabulary

 

[domalino]

Hopefully Brook plays as an anchor now and let’s Bairstow and Stokes go wild, if no one occupies a crease we could be all out for 200.

 

[Don Karleone]

Ah shit

 

[Iassel]

13 wickets now for England and still only 2 that were caused by the batter having to play a shot…

 

[M18CTID]

Oh shit

 

[Dr Jacoby]

What with Root, Brook and Bairstow couldn’t the yorkies find us a couple of openers and a spin bowler?

There’s Lyth (not the worst in fairness) and Dom Bess….

 

[DMA's]

Just stupid from root. Why do that? Every time we are getting on top we do something stupid and gift them a wicket

 

[Dr Jacoby]

The dark side of Bazball there.

Root never looked like getting out.

 

[BringBackSwales]

Does winviz take any account of tomorrow’s weather forecast?