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Re: The International Cricket Thread
« Reply #4560 on: January 24, 2021, 01:41:44 PM »
Credit where it's due.  That was a great, instinctive piece of fielding.
Bizarrely the throw actually missed the stumps and hit the stump mic positioned on the ground directly behind.

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Re: The International Cricket Thread
« Reply #4561 on: January 24, 2021, 02:20:52 PM »
Credit where it's due.  That was a great, instinctive piece of fielding.
Bizarrely the throw actually missed the stumps and hit the stump mic positioned on the ground directly behind.

Didn't see that at the time, but did think it was a bit strange the one bail only just about came off.  After watching it again, that is what happened, the ball missed the stumps.

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Re: The International Cricket Thread
« Reply #4562 on: January 24, 2021, 04:07:16 PM »
It’s been a stunning start to the year from Root. Hopefully the first two of 8-10 Test tons.

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Re: The International Cricket Thread
« Reply #4563 on: January 24, 2021, 04:23:38 PM »
Well done Joe Root. This could be remembered as the Root v Embuldeniya test match.

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Re: The International Cricket Thread
« Reply #4564 on: January 25, 2021, 07:27:48 AM »
This is remarkable, but we don’t want to be chasing anymore than 140.

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Re: The International Cricket Thread
« Reply #4565 on: January 25, 2021, 07:32:21 AM »
Definitely in the box seat now. Fair play to Leach and Bess for delivering after they bowled poorly in the 1st innings.

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Re: The International Cricket Thread
« Reply #4566 on: January 25, 2021, 07:48:46 AM »
This lead is creeping.

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Re: The International Cricket Thread
« Reply #4567 on: January 25, 2021, 07:54:40 AM »
It’s now increasing fast.

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Re: The International Cricket Thread
« Reply #4568 on: January 25, 2021, 08:03:45 AM »
Getting Wood into the attack against Embuldinya is so breathtakingly obvious.

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Re: The International Cricket Thread
« Reply #4569 on: January 25, 2021, 08:07:25 AM »
I fear this is getting out of our reach.

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Re: The International Cricket Thread
« Reply #4570 on: January 25, 2021, 08:09:56 AM »
Good game this.

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Re: The International Cricket Thread
« Reply #4571 on: January 25, 2021, 08:15:06 AM »
Root does the job. It’s in the balance - we could do with the openers getting more than 5 between them.

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Re: The International Cricket Thread
« Reply #4572 on: January 25, 2021, 08:42:50 AM »
Coughing up the chance to get a lead (or far closer) yesterday looks like it will be crucial.

Bess batted well with Root. But Wood coming in and trying to go T20 looked horribly misjudged at the time and even moreso now. Durability and backing up the captain was the order of the day, He's a bowler though, so what can you do. Probably should have been batting lower.
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Re: The International Cricket Thread
« Reply #4573 on: January 25, 2021, 09:12:55 AM »
In the SL 1st innings, England took all 10 wickets with seam
In the SL 2nd innings, England took all 10 wickets with spin

I wonder if they've ever done that before ?

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Re: The International Cricket Thread
« Reply #4574 on: January 25, 2021, 09:23:48 AM »
Sri Lanka had a perfect plan with Embuldeniya as their main weapon but they have messed up their second innings. England will finish this one today.

 


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