Yeah you've definitely got to try to get the bowlers out of a rhythm.Difficult to do under lights when the red ball is harder to pick up though in fairness
From the little bit I've seen the conditions and the pitch really aren't suited to trying to dig in, look at cook, he played it safe and then got done by an absolute beauty that was almost unplayable.When Stokes and Malan played a little more aggressively it looked a little easier.
In fairness it was horrendous conditions to bat in, and only Root can be classed as giving his wicket away. Shannon Gabriel in particular bowled one or 2 brilliant balls at around 92/93 mph and seaming all over the placeGreat days cricket
Quote from: taylorsworkrate on September 07, 2017, 06:40:55 PMIn fairness it was horrendous conditions to bat in, and only Root can be classed as giving his wicket away. Shannon Gabriel in particular bowled one or 2 brilliant balls at around 92/93 mph and seaming all over the placeGreat days cricketThis is all true, and what a fine sight for us cricketing purists it is to see a West Indian fast bowler steaming in and bowling 90+mph seamers.But the fact is our top order, with the exception of Cook and Root, have looked brittle for a long, long time and we don't look anywhere near finding a new opener or number 3. It's a worry heading for Australia and we now have no more time to correct it.