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Re: The International Cricket Thread
« Reply #14070 on: Today at 07:30:25 AM »
This game isn’t over though. If we run through them again and it’s a low score it’s the sort of freak game where a slight softening of conditions makes the difference.

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Re: The International Cricket Thread
« Reply #14071 on: Today at 08:38:29 AM »
This game is over. They will not crumble second time around. It’s another disgraceful moment in this awful tour.

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Re: The International Cricket Thread
« Reply #14072 on: Today at 08:54:43 AM »
Good bowling effort….shambolic batting

Pretty much reflects the whole series

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Re: The International Cricket Thread
« Reply #14073 on: Today at 09:31:34 AM »
I dunno, bowling efforts have been pretty risible a lot of the time too.

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Re: The International Cricket Thread
« Reply #14074 on: Today at 10:10:04 AM »
They have to use Tongue with the new ball. Carse is too wasteful, don’t really get how they didn’t pick Potts for this.

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Re: The International Cricket Thread
« Reply #14075 on: Today at 10:11:01 AM »
Not exactly had many runs to bowl with tho :-)

Not been in class of Starc obv but in spells have been decent….Atkinson first spell today was very good

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Re: The International Cricket Thread
« Reply #14076 on: Today at 10:21:29 AM »
Oh yeah they’ve had odd good spells. But as a unit it hasn’t worked, I can’t make the logic of Carse playing this game and opening the bowling as well. It’s very weird.

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Re: The International Cricket Thread
« Reply #14077 on: Today at 10:27:04 AM »
Absolutely though I have him an assist for the Head wicket in the that he bowled the over of pies before and Head got carried away :-)

Was with the commentators and would have played Potts over him but he seems to be skips favourite

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Re: The International Cricket Thread
« Reply #14078 on: Today at 10:33:23 AM »
The bowlers should definitely not be getting criticised today

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Re: The International Cricket Thread
« Reply #14079 on: Today at 10:41:40 AM »
No not at all, it was more a general series comment.

Bowlers did well today, but Carse was too loose.

But if we can bowl them out cheaply again, say under 220, then it might flatten out.

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« Reply #14080 on: Today at 10:53:35 AM »
The bowlers should definitely not be getting criticised today
Why not? Carse was mainly wasteful. They allowed Green and Neser to knock up over 50 runs in 10 overs for the 7th wicket. Their bowlers did better by getting a 42 run lead. As a team England have been pathetic.

 


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