While I dont want to see someone get hurt (not even Warner) its great to see us having a bowler that can have them hopping around for once.
While I dont want to see someone get hurt (not even Warner) its great to see us having a bowler that can have them hopping around for once.
Genuinely scary bowling for the Batsman there. Great stuff.
Oh God he's coming back.
Well that was odd all round.
He didn't seem all there when he came back out to bat. A wild hoik over mid-wicket, a couple of edges, and a huge error of judgement on line for his dismissal. Definitely felt as if he wasn't fit to be out there with regards to concussion.
It's pretty ridiculous the amount of abuse being chucked Archer's way for that ball and his reaction after. Aussies (and Indians) outraged that he wasn't immediately by his side after the delivery, and that he had a chuckle with Buttler some minutes later.
Jason Roy. That’s a problem...
Jesus Christ we could play a 3.5 day test and still have it lost by tomorrow lunch at this rate.
As if we're gonna fucking lose from second innings starting on the evening of day 4.
Jesus Christ.
Start as you mean to go on and all that.
Sounds like this Archer spell is worth trying to see.
I eagerly anticipate the crying if Archer trying to kill them turns into a thing.
'AW BUT MATE IT'S COMPLETELY DIFFERENT WHEN STARC DOES IT'
caps.
We are absolute bollocks.
But it's fine, into our superstar 5/6/7 combo now.
Punchy counter-attack time.
All out before 7pm at this rate.
I didn't see that hitting leg whatsoever, strange from the ball tracking.
Jesus, that Archer ball that hit Smith on the neck wasn't a million miles away from where Phil Hughes got hit.
Does he not have those little extra flap bits on his helmet I thought they brought in after that?
Jofra is our king.
If nothing else, we could do with a good bit of Jimrage when we lose 5-0
Great spell by Archer absolutely no.complaints or double standards from me but I hope he realises that he is fair game for the rest of the series now...
He already received a bit of chin music in the first innings from Cummins so I'm sure he's ready for it.
That was what surprised me when I saw some grumblings about that because... Well, not to go all playground but in terms of Archer himself he didn't start it.
Maybe it was a "get your retaliation in first."
When they bounced him first ball I did get a whiff of 'you guys are history' about the whole thing.
It was great fast bowling, just as it was when Mitchell Johnson did it to us.
I see Aussie twitter has actually lost its shit, mainly because they were all asleep and didn't watch a single second of it. Jog on, cobbers.
Plenty of mongs in both countries that prefer the whinge over anything else.
That is most sports fans on the internet to be fair.
....
Other than us, obviously.
Declaration is in. Pitch didn't seem to offer much though.
I think a fair declaration there. 48 overs is just enough to potentially induce a collapse. Can't see it happening but was nice to watch Stokes really move through the gears today, class century.
Warner offers nothing much again.
A couple more quickly and this could be on.
Fuck me, welcome to the crease.
Even if we don’t win this test Archer could well have changed the momentum of the whole series over the past 2 days.
All Hail Jofra Archer.
They've got that Romanian guy on TMS.
I feel we’ve landed some telling blows in this draw. Like Brisbane 2010 but different.
Cue a revitalised smith double ton at headingley ofc
If a couple fall soon can we ask for added time?
I thought it was 48 overs minimum. Then light decides it.
Scummo with his daily does of being the head victim.
Edit: This sums us up as a country.
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Of course that guy would be from Collingwood.
Okay so as an England fan it's easy to be a bit giddy about Archer's performance in this test but where is all the "changing fast bowling / cricket / life as we know it forever" chat coming from? Just English over excitement or is he doing anything different to when we were getting terrorised by Johnson, say?
We haven't had anyone as exhilarating to watch as him in fast bowling terms since, well, you can go back as far as you like really.
He is a genuine threat. His type of pace is as exciting as any of our blokes that I have watched over the years.
Yeah but I mean I'm seeing that he's going to change fast bowling, change test cricket, etc. Which is a bit of a step beyond 'Bloody hell this boy's a bit good."
I was killing time in the pub waiting for a friend yesterday and listening to TMS for the first bit of the evening session was great because every ball felt like it could bring a wicket with it. Of course in typical Australian fashion they had to go and ruin by not collapsing in a heap but you can't have everything.
Managing his workload will be the key. I can see him being the most feared bloke for as long as his body holds together.
I love genuine fast bowling so Im rooting for him.
Are there any other blokes like him in County cricket?
Unrelated but there was a bit of quality Bob Willis during the lunch break piece on the '83-'83 Ashes.
Talking about Botham and how he felt he was riding the high of the '81 series and not preparing properly, etc. So he said he and the manager (or whatever) tried to have a word with Botham in the treatment room one day but we told not to worry and that "You could turn the tap on and the water would be boiling hot. Of course as it turns out for the rest of that series the water was.... pretty tepid."
Love a bit of Bob.
It's not going to change Test cricket, if anyone is saying that. There have been many such fast bowlers over the years: Johnson, Donald, Shoaib, Marshall, Thomson, Holding and others.
They are pretty rare beasts though and even rarer in England where lateral movement is usually the key weapon.