Re: Cricket fred
Posted: Sat Oct 26, 2024 7:41 am
Really fell apart since lunch yesterday- abject after Root and Brook
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Re: Cricket fred
Posted: Sun Oct 27, 2024 1:21 am
Credit to Pak. for taking the series seriously and adjusting to their strengths, and going for Eng weaknesses - different to other hosts admittedly but very effective. Not sure if such vast pitch variation is acceptable at elite stages in sport, though it's used in other field sports to some degree.
Re: Cricket fred
Posted: Fri Nov 01, 2024 7:54 am
'New look' white-ball team has a bit of an old-look with the first outing at the Sir Viv Stad...absoloute pasting.
They get another chance there tomorrow before a final match in sunny Barbados...( organisers do like deciders so Eng. will probably somehow scrape the 2nd..
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They get another chance there tomorrow before a final match in sunny Barbados...( organisers do like deciders so Eng. will probably somehow scrape the 2nd..
)Re: Cricket fred
Posted: Mon Nov 25, 2024 12:31 pm
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2024/ ... onal-score
All out for 7 runs is a hell of an accomplishment. I wouldn't've credited it possible at any level, before it happened.
Puja
All out for 7 runs is a hell of an accomplishment. I wouldn't've credited it possible at any level, before it happened.
Puja
Re: Cricket fred
Posted: Thu Nov 28, 2024 11:19 pm
Tough for Eng. that the ball start swinging at the start of their innings - a Quack for Zak already 
Re: Cricket fred
Posted: Fri Nov 29, 2024 11:21 am
Re: Cricket fred
Posted: Fri Nov 29, 2024 1:37 pm
Certainly needed that luck - he's sure on a roll at the moment.Pope looks more comfortable below 3, but it will be interesting to see how long they run with the Bethell experiment.
Re: Cricket fred
Posted: Sat Nov 30, 2024 8:18 pm
Unfortunately all bar Duckett look uncomfortable at 1-3. Suspect Crawley would be awesome at 6
Re: Cricket fred
Posted: Sun Dec 01, 2024 1:47 am
Nearly home n 'hosed which seemed most unlikely early in Eng 1st inns...the latest imports have both done a bit too, which will please those doing the picks.
Re: Cricket fred
Posted: Sun Dec 01, 2024 5:41 pm
Good win.
Big performance from Carse, runs for Pope and Stokes and a nice 50 from Bethel to round things off.
Big performance from Carse, runs for Pope and Stokes and a nice 50 from Bethel to round things off.
Re: Cricket fred
Posted: Fri Dec 06, 2024 8:43 am
Brook on fire, and we could have been in an even stronger position. 1st hour the wicket was maaad
Re: Cricket fred
Posted: Fri Dec 06, 2024 1:44 pm
Yeah - there's a lot of people castigating the England top order for losing their wickets and criticising Bazball, but frankly that was a hell of a bowling wicket and I don't think defending your way our of that one would've got anyone anywhere. The tail possibly need to have a word with themselves though - they're better than they showed.
Brook really is such a good player. Had a brief flirtation with a slump earlier in the year during the end of the WI series, against Sri Lanka, and for some respects in Pakistan, but that was still "Harry Brook's only had one 50 in 8 innings and keeps getting out in the 30s" and "Harry Brook's not scored very much this tour other than that innings of 317 off 322" rather than a slump by anyone else's standards (Crawley would kill for that run of scores right now!). But now he looks right back to his best and seeing it like a beachball.
Puja
Re: Cricket fred
Posted: Fri Dec 06, 2024 3:18 pm
Bazball had nothing to do with the top 4 not scoring as you say. Lower order....well going from 217-4 to 280 all out is careless.Puja wrote: ↑Fri Dec 06, 2024 1:44 pmYeah - there's a lot of people castigating the England top order for losing their wickets and criticising Bazball, but frankly that was a hell of a bowling wicket and I don't think defending your way our of that one would've got anyone anywhere. The tail possibly need to have a word with themselves though - they're better than they showed.
Brook really is such a good player. Had a brief flirtation with a slump earlier in the year during the end of the WI series, against Sri Lanka, and for some respects in Pakistan, but that was still "Harry Brook's only had one 50 in 8 innings and keeps getting out in the 30s" and "Harry Brook's not scored very much this tour other than that innings of 317 off 322" rather than a slump by anyone else's standards (Crawley would kill for that run of scores right now!). But now he looks right back to his best and seeing it like a beachball.
Puja
Re: Cricket fred
Posted: Sat Dec 14, 2024 9:35 am
Decision to field now makes the 3 - 0 series win not so easy - seamers ok considering, but the Kiwis have let it slip a bit.
Alot may rest on how the pitch holds up over the course; Smart catch that out deep by the magic-man!
Alot may rest on how the pitch holds up over the course; Smart catch that out deep by the magic-man!
Re: Cricket fred
Posted: Sun Dec 15, 2024 12:26 pm
Yeaaaaah, I think 3-0 might've gone now anyway!
Puja
Re: Cricket fred
Posted: Mon Dec 16, 2024 3:50 pm
Re: Cricket fred
Posted: Tue Dec 17, 2024 12:10 am
Victory now slipping from England's grasp - HB defies the ICC batsman rankings again.. 