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  • guitars4youguitars4you Frets: 12794
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    Ton on your home turf is special - Malan as an adopted Yorkshire lad did well, so lets hope Bairstow can join the party
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    pedalo said:
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    sixstringsupplies said:
    Mark @guitars4you were you there today? Or you going Friday/Saturday. Enjoy it anyway.

    The most dominant day of test cricket I can remember since the Ashes in 2010 when we bowled AUS out for 90 odd and ended up 150 odd for no wicket. 


    Yes I was there - Surprised they decided to bat first - Overhead clouds + some breeze at first  - So a great day out - After the 4th wicket went down straight after lunch I joke that I would not object to us losing 1 wicket before tea - But never expected them to be all out so early

    Ashes 2010 - was that Trent Bridge + Broad on fire 1st innings - Then Shane scaring us near the end 
    Very envious. Must’ve been a great day. 
    luck of the draw isn't it - Can get no play, some play, boring play or a great day - Somewhat ironic in that it was exactly 2 years to the day of the Ben Stokes innings - I was there for the 1st day, again on a Wed and something like 9 Aussie wickets went down on a somewhat stop/start drizzle/light rain day - So yes a great day to remember
    Indeed. I was there for the Stokes day sat in the Kemper stand so I can’t really complain at all about another day of cricket that I do or don’t attend ever again! 
    You'll probably never ever match that again - But you can still have many other great days in some form or another 

    One of my mates, who I went with yesterday is there again today with his son - So he'll be happy with a ton for Root on his turf
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  • guitars4youguitars4you Frets: 12794
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    How often do you put yourself in to bat first - Then find out you are over 250 runs behind only a touch over 24 hours later 
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  • StuckfastStuckfast Frets: 2124
    But English cricket must be healthy. Otherwise senior ECB bods wouldn't be troughing it, surely...


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  • scrumhalfscrumhalf Frets: 10838
    What a catch by Bairstow!!! 
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    scrumhalf said:
    What a catch by Bairstow!!! 
    just seen it on the BBC site - wrong hand as well (assume he is right handed) - Stunning

    Think this 2nd Indian innings will be a long slow grind and ditto for us taking wickets - They may well get 300-400 but it will be a few sessions
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  • pedalopedalo Frets: 177
    I wish people would stop singing that stupid don’t take me home chant. Completely had enough of it this summer. 
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  • HeartfeltdawnHeartfeltdawn Frets: 21788
    scrumhalf said:
    What a catch by Bairstow!!! 
    Irony is he'd probably have dropped it had he been wearing gloves. 



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  • pedalopedalo Frets: 177
    Well I might buy myself a day 5 ticket at this rate!
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    pedalo said:
    Well I might buy myself a day 5 ticket at this rate!

    If it goes to day 5 it could get a bit squeaky bum time.
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  • scrumhalfscrumhalf Frets: 10838
    If India set us 150 to win it'll be very, very tense. 
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    pedalo said:
    Well I might buy myself a day 5 ticket at this rate!
    I'd start thinking of other activities to do !!!
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  • scrumhalfscrumhalf Frets: 10838
    scrumhalf said:
    If India set us 150 to win it'll be very, very tense. 
    On the other hand... 
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  • scrumhalfscrumhalf Frets: 10838
    No Wood, no Archer, no Stokes, no Woakes.

    No matter. 

    Well done England. 
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  • vasselmeyervasselmeyer Frets: 3631
    Overton and Robinson wouldn't have played if Broad, Woakes, Archer and Wood were available. In the second innings, India got demolished by the second string of England bowlers.


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  • crosstownvampcrosstownvamp Frets: 187
    Robinson must surely be first string now, Overton did a fine job too. I wonder if Broad will still go to Aus.
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  • crunchmancrunchman Frets: 10961
    crosstownvamp said:
    Robinson must surely be first string now, Overton did a fine job too. I wonder if Broad will still go to Aus.

    If everyone is fit and available, I would think the first choice fast bowling attack would be Anderson, Robinson, Archer, and Stokes.
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  • pedalopedalo Frets: 177
    Fair play to Robinson. I think he will be one of only a few handfuls for the Aussies
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  • guitars4youguitars4you Frets: 12794
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    Is this the first time in test match cricket that all the wickets have been taken by players names ending in N - Anderson, Curran, Robinson, Overton, Moeen

    Most names were 'on' - Anderson, Robinson, Overton 
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    set sit up nicely for the series Oval next week then Manchester - Hope the weather allows both matches to be played in full
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  • scrumhalfscrumhalf Frets: 10838
    Darren Stevens!

    107 off 70 balls against Leics at the age of 102.


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  • HeartfeltdawnHeartfeltdawn Frets: 21788

    Our best spinner over the winter won't play a home Test this year, our off spinner who got bigged up against Sri Lanka and then vanished in India only to be in the squad for the first two Indian tests has gone, and the off spinner who played a bit in the winter before disappearing and then not playing any FC county cricket is now vice captain despite playing only three Tests in the last two years and not really doing very much in this series...






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  • guitars4youguitars4you Frets: 12794
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    No Butler - Bairstow takes the gloves and I dare say moves down the order a place - Looks like Pope is coming in at 5

    Then a debate over Curran, Woods and Woakes - And as @Heartfeltdawn mentions above, a guy who was not even in the squad a few weeks ago is now vice captain - Some good strategic planning there 
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  • HeartfeltdawnHeartfeltdawn Frets: 21788
    guitars4you said:
    No Butler - Bairstow takes the gloves and I dare say moves down the order a place - Looks like Pope is coming in at 5

    Then a debate over Curran, Woods and Woakes - And as @Heartfeltdawn mentions above, a guy who was not even in the squad a few weeks ago is now vice captain - Some good strategic planning there 

    Makes sense to have Pope in on his home ground when he's scored so many runs. Curran's done nothing to warrant keeping his spot. 

    Skipping aside the Guardian article on his appointment which apparently failed to recall his time in India over the winter, it is a measure as to how limited England are for senior players at the minute. However it also raises the question as to who would skip should Root be injured now and even more pointedly in Australia. Buttler surely won't be going to Australia, it looks like a Bairstow-Foakes combo for the gloves there. It would be bloody mental to drop the captaincy on Burns if Root were injured so would we really give that responsibility to a guy who hasn't been a Test regular for a couple of years and who got hammered in Australia last time? 

    There is no strategic plan. We're making it up as we go along. Gonna be a fun ol' winter...




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  • crunchmancrunchman Frets: 10961
    I know conventional wisdom is not to give the captaincy to fast bowlers, but if Root was unavailable, then Anderson or Broad could be options.  Hopefully Stokes will be back but I'm not optimistic on that.
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    crunchman said:
    I know conventional wisdom is not to give the captaincy to fast bowlers, but if Root was unavailable, then Anderson or Broad could be options.  Hopefully Stokes will be back but I'm not optimistic on that.
    Am I'm being cynical if I said he'll more than likely be back for the IPL before England 
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  • StuckfastStuckfast Frets: 2124
    Jadeja in at 5 and still no Ashwin. No wonder Root chose to bowl.
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  • HeartfeltdawnHeartfeltdawn Frets: 21788
    crunchman said:
    I know conventional wisdom is not to give the captaincy to fast bowlers, but if Root was unavailable, then Anderson or Broad could be options.  Hopefully Stokes will be back but I'm not optimistic on that.
    Anderson would be the obvious choice as he is a first team pick now whereas Broad isn't. So why isn't Anderson captain now? 

    Stuckfast said:
    Jadeja in at 5 and still no Ashwin. No wonder Root chose to bowl.
    Michael Vaughan said it was the worst non-selection over the course of a series of all-time. Close: I'd still put Michael Hussey's exclusion from the entire Test squad in 2005 as the worst non-selection of all-time. 



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  • StuckfastStuckfast Frets: 2124
    Presumably the plan would originally have been to rest Anderson for one or two Tests in this series, and they want a captain or vice captain who's guaranteed to play?

    Yes not picking Hussey in England was a shocker. Leaving Ashwin out is completely inexplicable. 

    Booked tickets for day three at Old Trafford today, can't wait!
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  • HeartfeltdawnHeartfeltdawn Frets: 21788
    Stuckfast said:
    Presumably the plan would originally have been to rest Anderson for one or two Tests in this series, and they want a captain or vice captain who's guaranteed to play?

    Yes not picking Hussey in England was a shocker. Leaving Ashwin out is completely inexplicable. 



    it's showing a lot of faith in the seam attack. Shades of the final Test in Australia: no Ashwin then, Washington Sundar giving them the spin option, very rookie seam attack, and yet they pulled it off. 

    If India can hang around for another 30 minutes, maybe push 150... then the evening session tonight will be most interesting. 





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