Cricket Thread

Ajm1985 said:
Not sure that's been the case with Stokes for the past year, he tends to be aggressive and run down the pitch. I agree it hasn't been lost and would have taken the current situation at the start of today! Like I said though, no shame or harm in reading the situation and not playing into the most painfully obvious, last-ditch trap.
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Sure. Always a moment in sports. Maybe they thought with Lyon out they should go fter the bowling. As you said, it hasn't been lost.
 
Gabriel said:
Only have access to TMS so spared that.
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I'm evenly split. TMS at work Sky for the last 1 1/2 sessions. If the game is just drifting I'll just switch back to TMS but there's not been much of that so far .... much to the annoyance of Mrs PP !
 
Blue Tooth said:
Michael Vaughan is a miserable Yorkshire ****. It's like the old guard ( him) cannot accept the new way England play. Yes it is risky and yes it cost a few wickets today but plenty of runs were added in the process and the team are now in a solid position to go after the Aussies. I hope they make the twat eat his words.

Duckett on being asked the question: "Frustrated at seeing three of you go similarly in quick succession?:"

"I'm not sure how to answer that, I'm surprised about the question. We've played positive cricket for 12 months and we're certainly not going to change. If we get close or a lead, we're certainly in this game."
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I still think Vaughan's aim in all things is to be in charge of English cricket. Anything goes that helps towards that end.
 
Blue Tooth said:
Michael Vaughan is a miserable Yorkshire ****. It's like the old guard ( him) cannot accept the new way England play. Yes it is risky and yes it cost a few wickets today but plenty of runs were added in the process and the team are now in a solid position to go after the Aussies. I hope they make the twat eat his words.

Duckett on being asked the question: "Frustrated at seeing three of you go similarly in quick succession?:"

"I'm not sure how to answer that, I'm surprised about the question. We've played positive cricket for 12 months and we're certainly not going to change. If we get close or a lead, we're certainly in this game."
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Is that not the default setting for all folk from Yorkshire?


SORRY, "YAAAAAAAAWKSHAAA".
 
Gabriel said:
The Australians have shown that they can be flexible with their tactics, but England seem to have one tactic and I'm not sure that will be enough across the series. As for this Test, it might be decided by Lyon's calf. Intriguing contest.
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They do return to type when in a sticky situation and try to bounce the batsman out, Lyons's injury could be the key for England in winning this test, England batting last without Lyons bowling will be a hard workload for their quick bowlers if we are only chasing 200 to win
 
ancoats said:
They do return to type when in a sticky situation and try to bounce the batsman out, Lyons's injury could be the key for England in winning this test, England batting last without Lyons bowling will be a hard workload for their quick bowlers if we are only chasing 200 to win
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It would be a peculiar twist of fate if both sides played out the rest of the summer without their best spinner.
 
Blue Tooth said:
Michael Vaughan is a miserable Yorkshire ****. It's like the old guard ( him) cannot accept the new way England play. Yes it is risky and yes it cost a few wickets today but plenty of runs were added in the process and the team are now in a solid position to go after the Aussies. I hope they make the twat eat his words.

Duckett on being asked the question: "Frustrated at seeing three of you go similarly in quick succession?:"

"I'm not sure how to answer that, I'm surprised about the question. We've played positive cricket for 12 months and we're certainly not going to change. If we get close or a lead, we're certainly in this game."
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Pleased to hear that from Duckett. This England team have made Test cricket unmissable, with games shifting by the minute. At least they're giving themselves a chance to win every test; 18 months ago they were being hammered.
 
unicorn said:
Pleased to hear that from Duckett. This England team have made Test cricket unmissable, with games shifting by the minute. At least they're giving themselves a chance to win every test; 18 months ago they were being hammered.
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Good points. The only problem might be if they play this way and still lose this Ashes series; will England supporters still be happy if the loss is heavy, say 3-0? I’m not so sure. For me, they need to show greater flexibility and recognise that not all fires need to be fought with fire.

The Australians will cheekily counter that they are playing the type of cricket that is in their DNA, not a philosophy named after a New Zealander, so I think it would also be prudent for the English commentators to stop mentioning ‘Bazball’ and ‘new brand’ and just start calling it ‘English cricket’.

You’re right about the shifting, though. Seven nights out of a possible twenty-five, and only on one so far did any of us know who was in the box seat. Long may that continue.
 
domalino said:
There’s nothing actually positive about trying to slog pull/hook a load of short balls when Australia have set up to catch you off the pull/hook.

They played really positively before Lyon went off, when they were scoring 5 an over just building their innings.

The more I hear England players talk about Bazball the less I believe in it.

It was supposed to be modern players playing their natural, T20 influenced games without feeling bullied into playing old fashioned test cricket.

But we seem to have ended up with players thinking that taking stupid shots on at every possible moment is positive, or premeditating reverse sweeps for shock value or declaring early just because it’s traditionally the wrong thing to do.

It’s the definition of throwing the baby out with the bath water.
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I wouldn't read too much into Duckett's comments. I think deep down that he, Pope, and Root will be a tad disappointed at how they got out but as Duckett said, that's a shot that has brought him a lot of runs in the past. On another day it goes for 6. I'm not denying that that spell made for frustrating watching yesterday as I think all those players are actually capable of putting a lot of those short balls away a lot better, and as such there's an argument that the players got out to what were as much miscues as brain dead shot selections. These little spells are part of the ebb and flow of test match cricket. Sure, it could've gone proper pear-shaped and 222-4 could've ended up 260-8 at stumps but they steadied the ship and there's perhaps too much talk of losing 3 wickets for 34 runs compared to losing just 1 for 244 either side of that.
 
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