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Offline taylorsworkrate

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Re: The International Cricket Thread 2019
« Reply #2775 on: August 23, 2019, 12:57:07 PM »
Couldn't have asked for a better batting day, and this is the shit they produce?

If Crawley, Sibley, Pope etc aren't upgrades on this then they themselves should be fucking embarrassed.

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Re: The International Cricket Thread 2019
« Reply #2776 on: August 23, 2019, 01:04:26 PM »
Re our openers, we looked like we'd found one in Haseeb Hameed but his after that he couldn't buy a run and I just read that he's been released by Lancashire.  What a shame.

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Re: The International Cricket Thread 2019
« Reply #2777 on: August 23, 2019, 01:06:42 PM »
Root’s last game.   

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Re: The International Cricket Thread 2019
« Reply #2778 on: August 23, 2019, 01:08:46 PM »
Useless and gutless.

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Re: The International Cricket Thread 2019
« Reply #2779 on: August 23, 2019, 01:11:25 PM »
One thing I've noticed in the modern game is that you don't seem to get quite as many good cricket brains as you used to.  People like Atherton, Hussain, Brearley and maybe even Vaughn, who can dissect what's going on in the field and be ahead of the play or to know how to deal with situations as they arise.  Going back further there were people like Ray Illingworth and Tony Greig.  I'm certain this is as a result of the marginalisation of county cricket, as so many of England's problems are.

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Re: The International Cricket Thread 2019
« Reply #2780 on: August 23, 2019, 01:13:47 PM »
We haven’t lost a wicket for while.   Oh it’s lunch.

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Re: The International Cricket Thread 2019
« Reply #2781 on: August 23, 2019, 01:17:38 PM »
You watch us be all out for under 100.

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Re: The International Cricket Thread 2019
« Reply #2782 on: August 23, 2019, 01:19:49 PM »
90.

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Re: The International Cricket Thread 2019
« Reply #2783 on: August 23, 2019, 01:22:01 PM »
So is the pitch a nightmare to bat on, or are we just playing terribly? Can't watch it as I'm at work.

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Re: The International Cricket Thread 2019
« Reply #2784 on: August 23, 2019, 01:23:32 PM »
It’s a fucking disgraceful and a characteristically loose display. Do they actually talk about how to bat.

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Re: The International Cricket Thread 2019
« Reply #2785 on: August 23, 2019, 01:30:42 PM »
I've said it before, but there really is no team in world sport like the England cricket team for chucking it away so dramatically. The fact that we can't find an even remotely competent top 4 would be like the England football team not being able to put out a back four defence.  Shambles, absolute pathetic shambles.

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Re: The International Cricket Thread 2019
« Reply #2786 on: August 23, 2019, 01:32:40 PM »
The Stokes dismissal doesn't get any better with repeat viewings.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/av/cricket/49449465

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Re: The International Cricket Thread 2019
« Reply #2787 on: August 23, 2019, 01:36:09 PM »
So is the pitch a nightmare to bat on, or are we just playing terribly? Can't watch it as I'm at work.
Playing terribly against some disciplined bowling and fielding.  Some of the shot selection beggars belief.

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Re: The International Cricket Thread 2019
« Reply #2788 on: August 23, 2019, 01:39:12 PM »
So is the pitch a nightmare to bat on, or are we just playing terribly? Can't watch it as I'm at work.

Been a little seam, as you would expect with a new ball, but all in all, very good batting conditions.

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Re: The International Cricket Thread 2019
« Reply #2789 on: August 23, 2019, 01:46:14 PM »
First ball after lunch!!!!!!!!


 


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