Jennings and Malan gone cheaply again. The pitch doesn't look great for the left handers though, seems to have cut up pretty badly.
Quote from: paul_e on August 06, 2017, 02:10:36 PMJennings and Malan gone cheaply again. The pitch doesn't look great for the left handers though, seems to have cut up pretty badly.Mo seems to be enjoying it tho :-)
Mo is such an important player for us.
I must confess I have always had doubts about Moeen making it at highest level however these are some interesting snippets from BBC:*Moeen Ali is only the second England Test player to score more than 200 runs and take 20 wickets in a four-match series*Sir Ian Botham was the only other player to achieve that feat - against India in 1979The last England player to score more than 200 runs and take 20 wickets in a series was Andrew *Flintoff in the 2005 Ashes (over five Tests)
Quote from: PaulWinch again on August 06, 2017, 05:17:14 PMMo is such an important player for us.This test has again shown the advantage of having Bairstow and him at 7 and 8 respectively. Both could bat higher, but just when the opposition think they have a glimmer of hope, those two have come in and put us back in control.
Quote from: tomd2103 on August 06, 2017, 06:35:24 PMQuote from: PaulWinch again on August 06, 2017, 05:17:14 PMMo is such an important player for us.This test has again shown the advantage of having Bairstow and him at 7 and 8 respectively. Both could bat higher, but just when the opposition think they have a glimmer of hope, those two have come in and put us back in control.Indeed. It's just a shame that it seems that we always need them to bail the team out recently, rather that coming in with the score at 400 and quickly batting the opposition out of contention.
Interesting discussion during the rain delay regarding playing Hales at five