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One stat from TMS sums us up now: Between 1938 and 2016 England were never bowled out in a session. It is the third time in last two years it has happened.
Yes the wrong choice to start of with bringing in Stokes for Curran - possible other options but certainly not Curran - What has the young lad done to deserve it - Plus left arm swing is a good option compared to what was on offer elsewhere - Then to be so far behind after putting in India - At the time one commentator questioned the decision, on the basis that as we are 2 nil up we should bat first to put down a dominate marker
But for the decision alone of Stokes v Curran I said before the match started that I hope we loose and looks like that will be the case - I hope we still win the series - But it all feels so wrong to me this decision
Today's performance in this series isn't an isolated incident, India in the first innings at Lords had their huge disaster and in the series against Pakistan earlier this year there were two very one sided test matches where pretty much from the first ball bowled there was little doubt to the outcome of the test match.
IMO, this has been happening in English conditions for a few years now as well - the 3-2 Ashes a few years ago was a prime example where there were 5 very one sided test matches.
This. The art of the non shot is vital in Test cricket, letting the ball pass through, but one day batting does not really allow for this. It's always push push push. Keaton Jennings today is a perfect case. Bumrah's bowling over the wicket, wide on the crease. The ball is way short of a length outside of leg stump, it's going across him, it's not swinging in one bit. Jennings ends up nicking it to the keeper and the body is horrific. He's on the crease, no real weight shift back or forward, the front foot is pointing at mid off, the back foot pointing at extra cover, and he's bringing the bat across the ball with the face going toward extra cover.
One other thing: if you push at the ball rather than dead bat it, then an edge with these larger bats will carry. Watching more of the old footage from the 1960's I posted up between England-Australia, a lot of edges don't carry. The modern bat design helps strokeplay with the big middle and light pickup but one wonders if the design doesn't facilitate defensive play.
People understand swing far better now from a bowling perspective, both conventional and reverse swing. The importance of wrist position is really understood. Anderson's always had that great position but you can see it in Broad since the Ashes debacle, how he's gone and worked at this and it has proven very positive.
I laughed. I also said it'd be detrimental to Test match bowling as well.
The anti-Cook crowd were out in force after his dismissal. He is past his best, no doubt, but he's still second highest run scorer in this innings and he's facing the new ball.
Cook's past record does give him some credit in the bank. He's proved he can do it at this level and he's still only 33.
Look at someone like Adam Voges for Australia. He made his test debut at 35, and averaged 61.9 in the 20 tests he played. Gooch is another example. His best years were when he was around 37 or 38. They are probably the exceptions but it's too soon to say Cook is washed up. I think bowlers have worked him out a bit now, and his stats have been padded by lots of double centuries on pitches where it wasn't doing much, but at the moment he's still worth his place in the team. It's not like there are any young openers bashing the door down.
Talking of older players, Ian Bell would probably improve the batting line up in the short term. He looks back to his best this season.
Bairstow has broken his finger. That opens up a spot in the team for the next test. Who do you bring in?
My preference would be Foakes. Buttler is not a good keeper.
I suspect they will give the gloves to Buttler though, and there will be dropped catches and/or missed stumpings.
If they do give the gloves to Buttler, then which batsman comes in?
if it goes to the 5th day, I’d be amazed.
i can’t blame Root for winning the toss and bowling first...England bowlers have dominated India in the last 2 tests, exposed their poor technique against swing bowling, cloudy conditions on the first morning and at Trent Bridge, where England’s two front line bowlers have dominated. India batted very well, and England didn’t.
bowlkng attack looking very one dimensional this game (Curran would’ve mixed it up a bit)
Rashid looks a bit average...there is a hit me ball every over.
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On July 23rd Foakes batted against Notts, scoring 0 from 3 balls. His next FC innings was yesterday, scoring 12 against Lancashire.
In between those knocks, he's had 5 T20 innings of varying levels of success. His longest innings from July 23rd has been 39 balls for 59 against Gloucestershire.
So perfect preparation for playing innings of length against the best Test side in the world.
personally I wouldn’t go back to Ali...played plenty of matches and his record is pretty average. Unless you play him purely as a batsman (Ali for Bairstow) because to be fair to Ali he has always batted low down with the tail, which is why is batting average isn’t the best.
Curran for Rashid, bring in a specialist batsman for bairstow....I’m going for Ian Bell. Lol!
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