Getting back in tomorrow morning will be tough. I suspect Australia will come out of the traps hard, so we’ll need to dig in. But to be honest after the first two days making them bat again would be a triumph.
Quote from: PaulWinch again on December 10, 2021, 08:46:59 AMGetting back in tomorrow morning will be tough. I suspect Australia will come out of the traps hard, so we’ll need to dig in. But to be honest after the first two days making them bat again would be a triumph.Agree Paul and we probably need Root and Malan to go big tomorrow. Probably going to need to bat the best part of four sessions to get a result.
Quote from: tomd2103 on December 10, 2021, 10:10:12 AMQuote from: PaulWinch again on December 10, 2021, 08:46:59 AMGetting back in tomorrow morning will be tough. I suspect Australia will come out of the traps hard, so we’ll need to dig in. But to be honest after the first two days making them bat again would be a triumph.Agree Paul and we probably need Root and Malan to go big tomorrow. Probably going to need to bat the best part of four sessions to get a result.We shouldn't get ahead of ourselves, lets just focus on little wins:No wickets down in the first 20 minutes = winGet the runs to make then bat again = winTake the match to day 5 = winGive the bowlers some runs to work with = winWe are still likely to lose the test so now the focus has to be on putting down some foundations for the rest of the series.What I'd pesonally like to see is Root, Malan nd Pope put enough on the boards that Stokes and Buttler can come in and have a bit of a go at their bowlers, try to put a bit of fear into them about what our middle order can do.
Quote from: paul_e on December 10, 2021, 11:02:13 AMQuote from: tomd2103 on December 10, 2021, 10:10:12 AMQuote from: PaulWinch again on December 10, 2021, 08:46:59 AMGetting back in tomorrow morning will be tough. I suspect Australia will come out of the traps hard, so we’ll need to dig in. But to be honest after the first two days making them bat again would be a triumph.Agree Paul and we probably need Root and Malan to go big tomorrow. Probably going to need to bat the best part of four sessions to get a result.We shouldn't get ahead of ourselves, lets just focus on little wins:No wickets down in the first 20 minutes = winGet the runs to make then bat again = winTake the match to day 5 = winGive the bowlers some runs to work with = winWe are still likely to lose the test so now the focus has to be on putting down some foundations for the rest of the series.What I'd pesonally like to see is Root, Malan nd Pope put enough on the boards that Stokes and Buttler can come in and have a bit of a go at their bowlers, try to put a bit of fear into them about what our middle order can do.Nah, I'm getting fully carried away Paul. Root and Malan to give us a 200+ lead, then Stokes and Butter to come in and smash it to all parts! Reality is though, we are still very much up against it, but the partnership between Root and Malan has at least given us a glimmer of hope of getting something out of the game.
How in the name of god has Lyon got 400 test wickets? Don't get me wrong, he's a good bowler, but 400 wickets?!