The Cricket Thread 2014

[olaftab]

The one thing Ali needs to iron out from his game is occasional lapses in concentration.

Aha the essential difference between the great and the good.

I'd say it's far too early to judge. For instance his 100 at Headingley was one of the greatest I've seen, but then he's done some average stuff too.

That's it really. Potential greats more often than not never attain that status due to inconsistency of concentration and tendency to chase futility. Moeen is still young, has the talent, but now needs to work on his weaknesses.

[PaulWinch again]

Put a short leg in Cook.

[PaulWinch again]

Another one goes, but bad decision.

[spangley1812]

lucky break there.......no where near out

[Chris Jameson]

lucky break there.......no where near out

Shame. If only there was a system they could use to review such a decision.

[spangley1812]

I don't have a lot of sympathy as they should have agreed to use the DRS system but the umpire HAS to get those sort of decisions right

[spangley1812]

one or two more quick wickets and we may have a chance here

[Steve R]

I have no idea what the rules really is, but is there something about armguards that touch the glove are effectively part of the glove? That decision was so far out could it be something like that?

[PaulWinch again]

It was just a bad decision.

[PaulWinch again]

I'd say it's advantage India, but not over yet.

[tomd2103]

Time was you believed Anderson or Broad could rip through a side, but they just don't look like they have that now.

With Plunkett and Stokes not established at international level and Ali only really a part-time option, our attack doesn't look too clever. 

[tomd2103]

It was just a bad decision.

Yep, but again no sympathy for the Indians.  I just hope that one of these decisions end up costing them big time or the ICC finally stand up to them and enforce DRS across the board. 

[taylorsworkrate]

good ball from Plunkett, who looks so much more threatening when he bowls normal lengths

[PaulWinch again]

We needed that badly, we need to get Vijay out and try and knock them over for a lead of less than 250-270.

[PaulWinch again]

We need to keep bowling on those lengths, Plunkett has bowled well.