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Send in the Early-hours-of-the-morning man.
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Feb 15, 2021 12:22
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England should have sent Stone out next just for a laugh
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Feb 15, 2021 12:23
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Oh my goodness that has to be out somehow
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Feb 15, 2021 12:29
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lmao at that not being out
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Feb 15, 2021 12:29
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Flayer posted:Nightwatchman job done Yet another example of why they are a bad idea! I don't get the moaning about the pitch either. Both sides have to play on it, and as has been said, go to India, expect pitches that turn. Pick your side accordingly - and your tactics, perhaps even more so. It seems that England have not batted thoughtfully on a bouncing turner. Someone on OBO asked the other day if India had the best top 6 in the world. I am sure they do. Does any other team even come close? For that matter. does any team come close to being the best team at the moment? It seems that India are ahead and then there are a good few teams a tier below - Aus, NZ, SA, Eng, then probably SL, then WI and Bangladesh.
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Feb 15, 2021 12:33
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tarbrush posted:Remember when Rashid came up and was a bit crap. Got dropped, developed a wrong un and suddenly became a top notch white ball bowler. Something, something ODI isn't Test, but fair point. The guy who runs the England biometric team is stricter than normal. According the ICC you are allowed 14 degrees of deflection in you arm while bowling but he demands no more than 12 to be considered legal in England. When asked about this he said something along the lines of "Yeah, well we all know jonnie foreigner are cheats but us pure, white Englishmen are more honest than that"
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Feb 15, 2021 12:38
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therattle posted:Yet another example of why they are a bad idea!
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Feb 15, 2021 12:39
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notaspy posted:Something, something ODI isn't Test, but fair point. I was agreeing with you! Rashid left the England team, developed his variations, and was suddenly so good that England were forced to pick him despite his race, working class and variation spinner-Ness.
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Feb 15, 2021 12:54
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The main problem with Rashid in test cricket is that he just wasn't quite good enough. He had a decent day now and again but bloody hell he had a truckload of anonymous innings where he might as well have been bowling actual pies for all the threat he carried.
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Feb 15, 2021 13:18
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therattle posted:Yet another example of why they are a bad idea! India are probably comfortably the best team at the moment because they are the only team I can see touring any country in the world and actually having a chance at winning a series. English batsmen and bowlers can sometimes be hopeless in Australia, Australian batsmen are mostly hopeless everywhere, and NZ always lose in Australia.
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Feb 15, 2021 16:20
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I was going to say that you can't rely on a spinner in a Test Match who is guaranteed to bowl at least one bad ball an over, but it's working out alright for Bess.
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Feb 15, 2021 16:22
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Scylo posted:India are probably comfortably the best team at the moment because they are the only team I can see touring any country in the world and actually having a chance at winning a series. English batsmen and bowlers can sometimes be hopeless in Australia, Australian batsmen are mostly hopeless everywhere, and NZ always lose in Australia. Yeah. Their development of legit quicks puts them ahead of everyone else. All the other countries lack some combination of gun fast bowler, front line spinner, capable opener or capable all rounder.
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Feb 15, 2021 16:28
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Dead Goon posted:I was going to say that you can't rely on a spinner in a Test Match who is guaranteed to bowl at least one bad ball an over, but it's working out alright for Bess. He's been dropped so not that well
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Feb 15, 2021 16:30
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MrL_JaKiri posted:He's been dropped so not that well rested
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Feb 15, 2021 17:05
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notaspy posted:rested
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Feb 15, 2021 17:11
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Was Moeen Ali bowling all those full(er) tosses on purpose or did he just keep missing his length ?
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Feb 15, 2021 17:12
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notaspy posted:rested Anderson was rested, Bess was dropped. BWV posted:Was Moeen Ali bowling all those full(er) tosses on purpose or did he just keep missing his length ? Look inside yourself for the answer
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Feb 15, 2021 17:45
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MrL_JaKiri posted:Anderson was rested, Bess was dropped. yeah I mean obviously it doesn't seem like something you would do on purpose but at one point it felt like he was doing it once every over and then the commentator said "the fuller ball is part of his repertoire" or something like that so I wasn't fully sure what was up with that.
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Feb 15, 2021 17:49
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tarbrush posted:Yeah. Their development of legit quicks puts them ahead of everyone else. All the other countries lack some combination of gun fast bowler, front line spinner, capable opener or capable all rounder. I guess you're saying NZ lacks a spinner but Ajaz Patel is good he just doesn't get to play much with our lineup of seamers and unfavourable home conditions.
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Feb 16, 2021 07:00
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Lol, Alec Stewart was never one of Englands best wicketkeepers.
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Feb 16, 2021 07:23
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Smorgasbord posted:I guess you're saying NZ lacks a spinner but Ajaz Patel is good he just doesn't get to play much with our lineup of seamers and unfavourable home conditions. I'll be honest, I've never seen him play! I guess that's why they're the teams likely to play the final
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Feb 16, 2021 08:39
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Moeen is a Good Lad™, but he doesn't fancy any more time in the bubble.
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Feb 16, 2021 12:13
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Don't blame him
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Feb 16, 2021 12:17
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This quote from Ashwin is some good shadequote:"I didn't think I would say this but I am coming out and saying it," Ashwin said. "But because you are asking me this question, I couldn't think of anything else. About two months ago we had a cricketer called Cameron Green who made his debut for Australia. Even before he made his debut, everybody said he was the next big thing. And as he was playing, I think he got one fifty in the entire series. I don't think he got a wicket through the series. But how much he was built up and how much confidence he was given back in Australia made me reflect and think about how we as a community treat our cricketers when they come through, the young ones. It gave me a massive perspective.
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Feb 16, 2021 13:00
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Seems to me that the English commentariat only deem a pitch dogshit and not fit for test match cricket when England get rolled on it twice
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Feb 16, 2021 13:52
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ShaneMacGowansTeeth posted:Seems to me that the English commentariat only deem a pitch dogshit and not fit for test match cricket when England get rolled on it twice and if the people who made it are a funny tinge.
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Feb 16, 2021 14:00
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Tourists moan about the state of the pitch the home team has prepared for them. In other news Pope shits in the woods.
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Feb 16, 2021 14:18
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ShaneMacGowansTeeth posted:Seems to me that the English commentariat only deem a pitch dogshit and not fit for test match cricket when England get rolled on it twice The ball was going through the top on day 1. It was a bad test match pitch regardless of who won.
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Feb 16, 2021 17:03
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jazzyhattrick posted:Tourists moan about the state of the pitch the home team has prepared for them. In other news Pope shits in the woods. That's definitely leaving the bubble if he's going into the woods
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Feb 16, 2021 17:06
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MrL_JaKiri posted:That's definitely leaving the bubble if he's going into the woods Guess that's Ollie out of the 3rd Test then.
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Feb 16, 2021 17:08
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Sounds to me like Moeen has been thrown under the bus by the ECB.
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Feb 16, 2021 23:56
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Seams posted:Sounds to me like Moeen has been thrown under the bus by the ECB.
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Feb 17, 2021 11:34
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Flayer posted:How do you mean? From what I've read he wanted to go home. Maybe not the entire board, but the selectors (and to a lesser extent Root) put him in a bad spot. https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/...ia-tour-1252037
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Feb 17, 2021 11:39
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Flayer posted:How do you mean? From what I've read he wanted to go home. Yes but he's been publicly victimised for it in a way that, eg, Buttler, Wood, etc haven't been
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Feb 17, 2021 11:40
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https://twitter.com/collinsadam/status/1362194469655703554?s=20
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Feb 18, 2021 01:28
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Maxwell's career batting average in the IPL is 22, with an average of 15 last year and 14 in 2018 (he didn't play in 2019). He only took 3 wickets last year as well, and somehow he went for 1.94 million USD in the ipl auction today. The IPL auction is always so weird, Dawid Malan the top ranked t20 batsman goes for 1.5 crore, but Jhye Richardson went for 14 crore
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Feb 18, 2021 17:56
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Scylo posted:Maxwell's career batting average in the IPL is 22, with an average of 15 last year and 14 in 2018 (he didn't play in 2019). He only took 3 wickets last year as well, and somehow he went for 1.94 million USD in the ipl auction today. The IPL auction is always so weird, Dawid Malan the top ranked t20 batsman goes for 1.5 crore, but Jhye Richardson went for 14 crore What's his batting strike rate and bowling economy?
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Feb 18, 2021 18:06
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The IPL auction is always going to be weird due to how the teams are run. If the team owners have particular preferences or prejudices they are going to manifest directly, I doubt many of these teams have a proper committee deciding who to go for.notaspy posted:What's his batting strike rate and bowling economy? Flayer fucked around with this message at 19:59 on Feb 18, 2021 |
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Feb 18, 2021 19:54
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Good for Kyle Jamieson .
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Feb 19, 2021 01:52
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Jamieson got picked because Kohli wants to work him out before the test championship. What I'm saying is he should bowl trash on purpose.
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