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[CosbehFox]

Great finish to Windies v Pakistan 

[Voll Blau]

9 hours ago, Cardiff_Fox said:

Great finish to Windies v Pakistan 

Some game for Seales. Becomes the first teenager to take a fivefer for the Windies then involved in winning the game with the bat.

[CosbehFox]

44 minutes ago, Voll Blau said:

Some game for Seales. Becomes the first teenager to take a fivefer for the Windies then involved in winning the game with the bat.

Was surprised Roach let him face so many balls. 
 

Was genuinely great to see the ground staff there so happy. Particularly given Windies as a test team are firmly on the rebuild and all but abandoned that side of the game until recently. 

[StanSP]

I love this guy and some of the stats he churns out

 

 

 

[Voll Blau]

Was just about to post we need Pant gone ASAP. 

 

Love watching the guy bat, mind.

[Super_horns]

Already got India 8 down.

 

Will this be our day ?

[Voll Blau]

Feel like I say this every other week but why are we bowling short at tailenders?! They're going to swing at everything so just bowl on the stumps!

[deejdeej]

This is how test cricket should be, day 5 and all 3 outcomes very possible. Just a shame it's on a Monday.

[Voll Blau]

15 minutes ago, deejdeej said:

This is how test cricket should be, day 5 and all 3 outcomes very possible. Just a shame it's on a Monday.

It's a shame, but you can see why it is that way. Day five is never a guarantee and grounds need to maximise the weekends as best they can.

[EastAnglianFox]

33 minutes ago, Voll Blau said:

Feel like I say this every other week but why are we bowling short at tailenders?! They're going to swing at everything so just bowl on the stumps!

 

So true, Anderson, Broad etc are all guilty of this over the years, what I'd give now for a Collingwood type just to amble in and bowl wicket to wicket at these tail enders 

Edited 16 August 2021 by EastAnglianFox

[winteriscoming]

As good Root is currently with the bat have to agree with Michael Holding that his field is far too negative. 

[deejdeej]

18 minutes ago, Voll Blau said:

It's a shame, but you can see why it is that way. Day five is never a guarantee and grounds need to maximise the weekends as best they can.

Good point.

Frustrating that we're giving away so many runs to tailenders.

[LVFox]

Abysmal tactics to the tail enders, to allow India to pass 250 is a huge dissapointment

[EastAnglianFox]

Surely somebody out there could have a word with Root, wtf are we doing 

[purpleronnie]

well at least my bet on the draw looks a little safer now.

[ealingfox]

**** sake

[StanSP]

I can't work out what is happening today so far

 

And also what may still happen in the next 5-6 hours. 

[RowlattsFox]

Well that's Root now letting India bat on as long as possible to take time out of the game so he can get a draw. 

 

I don't know if Root is negative or he's too easily influenced by the likes of Anderson or whether they have plans from above that they don't deviate from. Not a new problem. 

[deejdeej]

This is ridiculous, fair play to Shami and Bumrah, but embarrassing from us.

[EastAnglianFox]

Actually laughable now. 

 

Imagine if we lose this from here

[RowlattsFox]

How many tailenders have their highest test score against England FFS  Sure we see that stat at least once every series 

[RonnieTodger]

Bloody hell. Shami and Bumrah turning into Bradman and Sachin

[EastAnglianFox]

Let Root concentrate on his batting. 

 

His captaincy is woeful

[Lionator]

3 minutes ago, RonnieTodger said:

Bloody hell. Shami and Bumrah turning into Bradman and Sachin

That's what you get when you allow tailenders to get their eye in. Everyone should've been around the bat!

[Sunbury Fox]

Seemed that we were more interested in bowling short at them in retribution for Bumrah hitting Anderson on the head in our innings than on getting them out with line and length bowling and men round the bat. Ridiculous to allow rabbits like these two to get so many.