https://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/en...g;view=innings
Shan currently 18th in best innings by Asian openers in England. Russel Arnold is thieving a living being on that, the bitter little twat.
https://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/en...g;view=innings
Shan currently 18th in best innings by Asian openers in England. Russel Arnold is thieving a living being on that, the bitter little twat.
Jos Bottler at it again.
A Test match keeper going oh-for-three, as our septic cousins would say, is not good.
That one was regulation as well. Only just seen the stumping now, wasn’t even close
Pakistan such a consistently thrilling side. Nothing better than wily swing bowlers moving it both ways, quick bowlers thudding into the pads and all the Urdu chat rattling around in the stump mic. Just need the leggie on now.
I fucking love Abbas. Love him. Could watch him all year.
Ooof what a nut!
BBC ticker....
7 overs
Eng 16-3
The follow-on is 127, for those asking.
Joe Root, meanwhile, has asked for a new bat. Presumably one that can middle these deliveries from Shaheen. He's still on nought.
I went mental punching the air in the car with the radio on when Abbas bowled Stokes. I think he might have turned me. Absolute magician.
Jesus Christ, three balls in and I'm calling this kid as an all time great quick. Bowls like some sort of freakish Dennis Lillee regen.
Yeah, he's sharp. 17 years old?
I think it's the first time I've actually believed the age of a teenager playing for a sub-continental side.
Pretty special young talent at the crease as well tbf. Love Ollie Pope.
Born when Tatu were number one. Fuck's sake.
Right lads, who wants to say something jinxy first?
Abbas bowled 7 overs for one run until this last one, he's an absolute magician.
It's fine, he's gonna keep stepping on the pitch and get told off and ruin the cricket for you.
He should be allowed to run where he wants.
If this lot can find a couple of batsmen they could piss on everyone in the next 3-5 years.
To be honest we're lucky we haven't just been run over for sub 100 here.
This 80-ball century Broad is about to score.
I hit post literally the exact moment Anderson was given out there.
This is going to be ugly. I'm not sure even if we bowl them out for 80 that we would chase 190.
Buttler's lucky that missed the edge because that would've been a-fucking-nother one.
Well, that lead is probably already a bit much ahead of however many dozen more the tail end grind out tomorrow but I'd have taken that earlier in the day.
We're in with a chance here. Prediction: Root to score a 100 and carry us to victory.
The only way we're winning this is if they go Full Pakistan, which with this attack I just can't see.
We are talking Pakistan here though.
Can't see it myself unless 3 or 4 of their bowlers are spotted on the curry mile tonight.
This was incredibly predictable.
Dreadful shot from Sibley which has brought about this collapse.
Yeah on a pitch (and against an attack) where you going to get some absolute unplayable deliveries as Pope and Stokes have shown.
Chase was 100 too many anyway, lost it on first innings.
Lost it in Buttler's inept 'keeping (that's the 100 run plus difference), so he probably needs to blitz them to victory here to break even.
Early signs is that he’s gonna have a bang so could be a fun few minutes at least
Is Shane Warne Buttler's agent or something?
Grand stand final session.
It's been a cracking match.
Supposed to be going for a barbecue in 20 minutes. Thought we’d have the good grace to lose by now.
Glorious. Great match.
Watched the winning runs be struck on sky go on my phone whilst sipping a beer in the sun. Lovely stuff.
I genuinely can't believe we've won that.
It was tense as fuck at the end.
I thought it was gone before we even got to lunch, really.
Last edited by Ian; 09-08-2020 at 12:13 AM.
Fucking hell what a game at the old bat and ball that was.
Basically lost all hope when that one went through the surface on Pope.
Buttler gets his fare share of stick (which he at least has the good grace to acknowledge and accept as well) but you have to credit him with completely turning the game on its head (even if he then did get out with the job not done in somewhat typical 'dying by the sword' fashion). Both he and Woakes were tremendous in riding their luck and punishing anything hitable. The whole innings had a much better tempo to it than the negative run rate stodge we've been indulging in of late at times. I still don't really buy the pro's-union line that "that's what Buttler can do" because that's a 1 in a hundred (if not longer) effort but it does buy him some time. Get the feeling Jimmy may get a rest for the next one and then one of the bowlers will need to rotate to fit Crawley in and move the whole batting down one. I'd probably prefer to pick a 'keeper and have Buttler as a specialist bat/dressing room presence even though that's a step in the wrong direction in all likelihood.
Credit also to the groundsmen and women who have been preparing the pitches this summer. I don't know if it's the lack of 5-day revenue pressure but they feel like they have all been absolute belters.
Stokes withdrawn for the rest of the series. He's to return to New Zealand for family reasons.
I think the most gratifying thing about that win was the thumb in the eye it provided to Sophie Raworth and the BBC News at Ten editorial team who had England 'facing defeat' after day 2, 4 wickets down in a first innings. Come on now.
I spent ages wanting Buttler (if he plays) as captain/6/not keeper and I'm sticking to that (what's the point in just lambing Crawley).
However, I think the selectors will keep him as keeper as the prevailing moneyball stats wisdom is that glovework simply does not matter at all in the grand scheme of things.
Who would you have at 3?
Root 3 Crawley 4 Pope 5 Buttler 6
I mean, I'd love the alternative of picking more than 3 batsmen in the side but that doesn't look like it's going to happen.
Does Root's average at 3 take any significant hint now that he's so frequently middling anyway?
Opening: 417 at 42
At 3: 1,933 at 38
At 4: 3,397 at 49
5 or lower: 2,038 at 62
What this tells you is that it's easier to bat at 5 than at 4 and easier at 4 than at 3, which is why he doesn't want to do it, but I still don't see the logic in therefore making Zak Crawley do it.
So what you're saying is play him at 11 and watch him amass a 300 average.
Sorted.