Chris is probably partially right there, I still think the white balls nee to be reviewed though, 2 of them was supposed to help but really has the opposite effect of giving the batting side 2 balls that come of the bat well for and therefore doubling the early benefit. That the main reason why I've long advocated the Hales approach at the top, come out and thrash at everything for 10-15 overs whilst the ball is new so the ones off the toe of the bat or outside edge still go flying to the rope. Make no mistake we won the game yesterday because Hales put us totally in control after 12overs, from that point just batting sensibly and not losing wickets was going to be enough. It meant Root could just play his natural game of picking the gaps and running singles and Morgan had a period where he could get used to the pitch and punish the bad deliveries and then once it all felt controlled he just opened up.Back to a single ball, make it shinier and give it a more pronounced seam so things start to happen off the pitch and the gap closes as much as it needs to. I still think 300-350 will be standard, that will always be the case from now on (unless they're playing on potato fields) because of the T20 mindset, if you get to 30-35 overs with wickets in hand you go big, that won't change, what might change is how many risks batsmen take in those 30-35 overs.
Hahahahahah!!!!!! Foxes win at Bears!!!!!!!
The cricket thread has gone hopelessly off topic. That's not proper cricket, even though Yorkshire won tonight it's still not proper cricket!
Buttler's out so I assume Bairstow will get his chance.
Terrible last over from Finn, but overall he's bowled beautifully in this series which is really encouraging.
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