The Cricket Thread 2014

[PaulWinch again]

Movement and carry, which is good to see.

[PaulWinch again]

I do think England should persevere with Ali, he's a really classy batsmen and different to our other players. I also reckon the more he bowls the better he'll get.

[PaulWinch again]

Dhawan gone, good start.

[PaulWinch again]

Prior drops Vijay, I hope we don't pay for that. We have got to stop dropping catches.

[PaulWinch again]

Jordan would have been perfect on this pitch.

[PaulWinch again]

Right that's two edges missed, first through gap between third slip and gully and then Cook moves gully to fourth slip and the catch goes through gully. Given what the ball is doing, why don't you put the extra catcher in Cook?

[UK Redsox]

Right that's two edges missed, first through gap between third slip and gully and then Cook moves gully to fourth slip and the catch goes through gully. Given what the ball is doing, why don't you put the extra catcher in Cook?

Talking of fielding placements, did you see Alfonso Thomas put in a fly-slip last night and for the very next ball to go straight to him.

[PaulWinch again]

Nope but it's nice to see proactive captaincy. We're bowling far too short and we're going to miss our chance if we don't sort it.

[paul_e]

I'm pretty worried that we're not just bowling full and on off stump, the ball is moving all over the place, let's make the most of it and bring the slips into more.  I'm pretty sure our bowlers have no idea how to play any other way.

[UK Redsox]

Blowers just used the world "couth". I've heard "uncouth" used a lot but I've never heard anyone use "couth" before

[PaulWinch again]

Bowling too short and too wide and Cook is putting in catchers after chances have gone, not good at the moment.

[PaulWinch again]

We needed that wicket.

[PaulWinch again]

Now Prior drops Kohli off Ali. This isn't good enough, that's a double blow. Could you imagine what it would do for Ali's confidence to get Kohli out on the first morning of a Test? and secondly dropping Kohli could be a terrible mistake. Pretty poor morning on the whole, bowled the wrong lengths and lines, poor reactive captaincy and dropping chances.

[Simon Ward]

Prior needs time away from the Test arena I think!

[Villan For Life]

Is that three chances that Prior dropped in that session?