- May 7, 2006
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Could be over today.
Yeah, but bazball it doesn't matter if they lose theyll still go for it even if it means they look shit in the process!I don't want to sound pessimistic, but 28/4 doesn't look good when we need another 529.
All too predictable.Could be over today.
I find a lot of parallels between the way England play cricket and Spurs play football. Both are undeniably better to watch than the previous version, but the balance is a bit off. When we (I mean both cricket and football) play against disorganised and surprised teams in favourable conditions we can blow them away. But when the opposition has got its shit together and starts to implement its own counter-plans and strategies we begin to look wide open.Seems like the first test really woke India up, even after injuries and withdrawals.
This was a real battering though, which is gonna happen occasionally playing this way. But you've got no hope in India with 2 or 3 players so hopelessly out of form. That middle order with Root and Bairstow are giving nothing, and it's killing Englands chances. Only hope is it's usually on the brink of being dropped when Bairstow hits a selection saving ton. It's a big hope.
Also, I love watching the way England go about playing now. But scoring at the rate they do means very little rest time for the bowlers when they have collapses with the bat. I think they paid for that in this test also.
I find a lot of parallels between the way England play cricket and Spurs play football. Both are undeniably better to watch than the previous version, but the balance is a bit off. When we (I mean both cricket and football) play against disorganised and surprised teams in favourable conditions we can blow them away. But when the opposition has got its shit together and starts to implement its own counter-plans and strategies we begin to look wide open.
I think a little humility wouldn't go amiss. There's a line between taking the game to the opposition and not respecting their ability, and we're more and more often on the wrong side of that line.
Every single excuse imaginable. It seems like India is the only place that has a climate and pitches that are not prepared to favour tourists. The food? Do you really think touring cricketers are forced to eat roti and daal makhani? Why is none of this ever a problem when they're earning a fortune sitting on the bench in the IPL?India is a very hard tour for sure. The Sun is starting to move into the Northern hemisphere and the pre monsoon heat starts to build up and it’s unbearable in South Asia if you are not used to it - saps all your energy, so things aren’t getting any easier. Add into that the pitches, the food and inevitable homesickness as the tour wears on and we could find ourselves on the end of a severe beating if we don’t get a grip on it.
oh and India are a top side as well - there’s no getting away from it.
Don’t get me wrong - I’m not making excuses, and I highlighted that India are a top side, who comprehensively outplayed us, but they are even more difficult to beat on their own turf for a reason.Every single excuse imaginable. It seems like India is the only place that has a climate and pitches that are not prepared to favour tourists. The food? Do you really think touring cricketers are forced to eat roti and daal makhani? Why is none of this ever a problem when they're earning a fortune sitting on the bench in the IPL?
Yes. That was just silly. Players played aggressively long before the concept of Bazball came along.Comments like this from Duckett need to be stopped too, so bloody cringe-
Duckett on Jaiswal’s knock: England should take credit for teams batting aggressively in Tests
Bairstow will never dig you out of a hole; if you're 300-3 then he'll stride out to the crease and make a swashbucklingly-fast 80, almost bullying the attack. If you're 30-3 he'll get bowled through the gate for a single-figure score trying to hit through midwicket.it's the line between being aggressive and being reckless. we all love it when it comes off, but perhaps when you're 200 behind a notoriously difficult place to bat 4th might be a time to play the situation a bit better, especially when, in Roots case, he's short on runs.
I'm more disappointed in Bairstow who just seems devoid of technique and ideas at the moment.
plus we're letting possibly the worst international captain I've ever seen in Rohit, off far too lightly.