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Online paul_e

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Re: The International Cricket Thread 2019+2020
« Reply #3930 on: July 11, 2020, 04:40:33 PM »
Typical soft dismissal for Denly.

I'd drop him when Root comes back, getting a start and not converting becomes a problem when it's happening almost every match and it's usually through an awful shot. Crawley is much younger and looks a better player for me. I actually really like the look of Burns, Sibley, Crawley and Root  as the top 4 and then behind that Stokes, Buttler, Pope and Bess is a strong middle order as well. Even better all of them are young enough to be around for a few seasons so we can tak some time to find players to bring through around them as the next wave.

On the game we're doing ok, I'd like a bit of a counter attack before the new ball but either way we should finish the day with a lead over 150 and some wickets in the bag, then every over we push towards lunch nudges us closer to the win and lowers the chance of them taking the match. Aside from a couple of poor shots this has been a brilliant display of playing the match conditions after a tough first innings.

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Re: The International Cricket Thread 2019+2020
« Reply #3931 on: July 11, 2020, 06:16:51 PM »
poor half hour here, 3 wickets gone for not a lot which means that we need the tail to wag a bit really. I still think anything over 200 as the lead is game on though.

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Re: The International Cricket Thread 2019+2020
« Reply #3932 on: July 11, 2020, 07:00:55 PM »
Athers stitched up by a rogue message :)

https://youtu.be/ujsi8ksX-eg

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Re: The International Cricket Thread 2019+2020
« Reply #3933 on: July 11, 2020, 07:06:56 PM »
Athers stitched up by a rogue message :)

https://youtu.be/ujsi8ksX-eg

That was funny, Rob Key pissing himself laughing in the background went on for about 2 minutes.

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Re: The International Cricket Thread 2019+2020
« Reply #3934 on: July 11, 2020, 07:07:07 PM »
Best we can hope for now is 5 or 6 overs of Mark Wood slappery tomorrow morning.

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Re: The International Cricket Thread 2019+2020
« Reply #3935 on: July 11, 2020, 07:56:19 PM »
Was any justification given for selecting to bat on the first day?  Is the pitch expected to be unplayable tomorrow?

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Re: The International Cricket Thread 2019+2020
« Reply #3936 on: July 11, 2020, 08:02:12 PM »
Was any justification given for selecting to bat on the first day?  Is the pitch expected to be unplayable tomorrow?
The ball kept low a few times today, and there were a couple of spitters too.  It won't be easy tomorrow, especially if we could somehow get 200+ ahead.

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Re: The International Cricket Thread 2019+2020
« Reply #3937 on: July 11, 2020, 10:03:19 PM »
220 could be tricky with the pitch likely to break up.

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Re: The International Cricket Thread 2019+2020
« Reply #3938 on: July 12, 2020, 11:46:03 AM »
I like Alzarri Joseph, looks a good bowler. He bowls some clever lines and creates good angles.

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Re: The International Cricket Thread 2019+2020
« Reply #3939 on: July 12, 2020, 12:02:55 PM »
So the slappage came from Jofra.  198 looks about 20 runs short to me.

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Re: The International Cricket Thread 2019+2020
« Reply #3940 on: July 12, 2020, 12:15:41 PM »
1st wicket down. Good delivery Jof, nice bit of movement.

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Re: The International Cricket Thread 2019+2020
« Reply #3941 on: July 12, 2020, 12:23:22 PM »
Jof strikes again.

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Re: The International Cricket Thread 2019+2020
« Reply #3942 on: July 12, 2020, 12:26:36 PM »
Brilliant spell from Jof so far, fast, accurate and clever.

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Re: The International Cricket Thread 2019+2020
« Reply #3943 on: July 12, 2020, 12:55:30 PM »
This is bubbling up nicely.

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Re: The International Cricket Thread 2019+2020
« Reply #3944 on: July 12, 2020, 01:52:25 PM »
Hon the Windies!

 


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