Quote from: taylorsworkrate on December 26, 2013, 02:28:09 PMQuote from: paul_e on December 26, 2013, 01:57:35 PMit just seems strange to focus your anger on the one guy who's actually managed to hang around and get a half-century. Bairstow being clean bowled and Cook playing such a poor shot after we'd started decently are the 2 I'm most upset with personally.Oh, don't get me wrong, I'm hugely pissed off again with pretty much all the batsmen. Bell and Root being the biggest offenders in my opinion so far this innings for the way they went about their innings.It's just annoyed me that Pietersen seems to be getting praise when if a fielder wouldn't have thrown the ball into a stand, it would have been up there with one of his worst ever innings. The way that he, Root and Bell batted left the late collapse inevitable. I'm not surprised at how negatively Pietersen and Root played, but Bell was a bit of a shock considering how fluent he has looked the last few months. Maybe the pitch is really slow. Although I'm willing to bet it will look a lot easier to score freely on when the Aussies bat.The Aussies bowl pretty accurately but even so England are very negative in our batting - I loved seeing stokes take on Lyon and despatch him for 6 - bell must bat at 3 instead of root.
Quote from: paul_e on December 26, 2013, 01:57:35 PMit just seems strange to focus your anger on the one guy who's actually managed to hang around and get a half-century. Bairstow being clean bowled and Cook playing such a poor shot after we'd started decently are the 2 I'm most upset with personally.Oh, don't get me wrong, I'm hugely pissed off again with pretty much all the batsmen. Bell and Root being the biggest offenders in my opinion so far this innings for the way they went about their innings.It's just annoyed me that Pietersen seems to be getting praise when if a fielder wouldn't have thrown the ball into a stand, it would have been up there with one of his worst ever innings. The way that he, Root and Bell batted left the late collapse inevitable. I'm not surprised at how negatively Pietersen and Root played, but Bell was a bit of a shock considering how fluent he has looked the last few months. Maybe the pitch is really slow. Although I'm willing to bet it will look a lot easier to score freely on when the Aussies bat.
it just seems strange to focus your anger on the one guy who's actually managed to hang around and get a half-century. Bairstow being clean bowled and Cook playing such a poor shot after we'd started decently are the 2 I'm most upset with personally.
Much better bowling and a good day for the barmy army at last - now lets finish the job and not let them off the hook.
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