Gerrumonside ref Posted August 18, 2022 Share Posted August 18, 2022 SA been more patient with the bat for sure and have got through the opening salvoes from our attack. Jimmy Anderson bowled really well I thought though and had Dean Elgar ruffled a couple of times. Looking forward to the next session. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattSantos Posted August 18, 2022 Share Posted August 18, 2022 I'm a massive advocate of playing aggressively, and i don't think we we're too bad yesterday with the weather etc, but there's an element of not valuing a wicket and being stoic enough to dig in. You still have to earn the right to be aggressive. I'm confident we'll trend towards this, but it's frustrating as well as entertaining 1 Running the Rob Burrow marathon to raise money for the My Name'5 Doddie foundation: https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/ben-dyas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Futtocks Posted August 18, 2022 Share Posted August 18, 2022 1 hour ago, MattSantos said: I'm a massive advocate of playing aggressively, and i don't think we we're too bad yesterday with the weather etc, but there's an element of not valuing a wicket and being stoic enough to dig in. You still have to earn the right to be aggressive. I'm confident we'll trend towards this, but it's frustrating as well as entertaining Let's just hope we're as much of a second-innings specialist side as we seemed to be earlier in the year. 2 "We are easily breakable, by illness or falling, or a million other ways of leaving this earthly life. We are just so much mashed potato." Don Estelle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gingerjon Posted August 18, 2022 Share Posted August 18, 2022 10 minutes ago, Futtocks said: Let's just hope we're as much of a second-innings specialist side as we seemed to be earlier in the year. Seriously, if SA have a lead of less than 150 then England will think they have a chance of batting them out of the game. Whether that's true or not ... 1 Build a man a fire, and he'll be warm for a day. Set a man on fire, and he'll be warm for the rest of his life. (Terry Pratchett) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidM Posted August 18, 2022 Share Posted August 18, 2022 We’re ( obviously ) going to need a big second innings but the benefit of bowling last is you can put pressure on a side even with a modest target , and SA are notoriously flaky and not a great or experienced batting side . Of course you’ve got to get in to this position first . 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ckn Posted August 19, 2022 Share Posted August 19, 2022 England's best hope here is that the SA team are fairly rubbish in the field, especially slips. "When in deadly danger, when beset by doubt; run in little circles, wave your arms and shout" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattSantos Posted August 19, 2022 Share Posted August 19, 2022 Nothing silly here. Lets just get to 50/0 Running the Rob Burrow marathon to raise money for the My Name'5 Doddie foundation: https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/ben-dyas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattSantos Posted August 19, 2022 Share Posted August 19, 2022 And Crawley goes trying to put pressure on spinner. 3rd ball of his spell. It's just stupid batting. Running the Rob Burrow marathon to raise money for the My Name'5 Doddie foundation: https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/ben-dyas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ckn Posted August 19, 2022 Share Posted August 19, 2022 Just now, MattSantos said: And Crawley goes trying to put pressure on spinner. 3rd ball of his spell. It's just stupid batting. That was ... stupid. "When in deadly danger, when beset by doubt; run in little circles, wave your arms and shout" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ckn Posted August 19, 2022 Share Posted August 19, 2022 That really was a number 10/11 tail-ender "there's no consequences of me getting out" shot "When in deadly danger, when beset by doubt; run in little circles, wave your arms and shout" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattSantos Posted August 19, 2022 Share Posted August 19, 2022 Just now, ckn said: That was ... stupid. He has to be replaced. He looks massively out of sorts. 1 Running the Rob Burrow marathon to raise money for the My Name'5 Doddie foundation: https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/ben-dyas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ckn Posted August 19, 2022 Share Posted August 19, 2022 That's the 2nd wicket that that umpire has got wrong that I thought "that's stone cold out" on first glance. He's not having a great game there. "When in deadly danger, when beset by doubt; run in little circles, wave your arms and shout" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
17 stone giant Posted August 19, 2022 Share Posted August 19, 2022 Are we not winning just from being super duper positive and having lots of belief and a great team spirit and no fear and stuff? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ckn Posted August 19, 2022 Share Posted August 19, 2022 9 minutes ago, 17 stone giant said: Are we not winning just from being super duper positive and having lots of belief and a great team spirit and no fear and stuff? This is a fairly devastating exposure of England, mainly because I can see that SA are clearly misfiring in some areas. SA taking all their chances would have finished this by now. "When in deadly danger, when beset by doubt; run in little circles, wave your arms and shout" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ckn Posted August 19, 2022 Share Posted August 19, 2022 60 partnership from Broad and Stokes, and they'll be in the dressing room saying "we need more of that!" when they were actually damnably lucky, and not in an "I earned that fortune" lucky way "When in deadly danger, when beset by doubt; run in little circles, wave your arms and shout" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ckn Posted August 19, 2022 Share Posted August 19, 2022 Nice for Anderson to walk off onto the next wicket along to give SA the last wicket. "When in deadly danger, when beset by doubt; run in little circles, wave your arms and shout" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Futtocks Posted August 19, 2022 Share Posted August 19, 2022 All over. Given the time lost to rain, that's pretty close to being a 2-day test. 1 1 "We are easily breakable, by illness or falling, or a million other ways of leaving this earthly life. We are just so much mashed potato." Don Estelle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ckn Posted August 19, 2022 Share Posted August 19, 2022 9 minutes ago, Futtocks said: All over. Given the time lost to rain, that's pretty close to being a 2-day test. This is awful for the ground itself who'll be out of pocket on the tickets from the weekend, along with all the hospitality money. "Bazball" might be entertaining, and good for flat-track bully games, but it's shocking as a sustainable way to play test cricket. "When in deadly danger, when beset by doubt; run in little circles, wave your arms and shout" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattSantos Posted August 19, 2022 Share Posted August 19, 2022 17 minutes ago, ckn said: This is awful for the ground itself who'll be out of pocket on the tickets from the weekend, along with all the hospitality money. "Bazball" might be entertaining, and good for flat-track bully games, but it's shocking as a sustainable way to play test cricket. I don't think Bazball was massively at fault. We were just ######. Running the Rob Burrow marathon to raise money for the My Name'5 Doddie foundation: https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/ben-dyas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gerrumonside ref Posted August 19, 2022 Share Posted August 19, 2022 I took time off work to watch that tame submission this week with the bat! Aaargh! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THE RED ROOSTER Posted August 22, 2022 Share Posted August 22, 2022 I did try to tell you all that SKY have been the prime movers in Engfish Cricket and now there is proof in the print media https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/cricket/article-11132447/Sky-Sports-ECB-decision-stop-staging-England-matches-August.ht Most interestingly : Quote And executives expressed a preference for their most valuable cricket content taking place earlier in the summer, when their schedule is less packed. So contrary to the agitprop from supporters of the and the ECB . It is not the that is the main driver behind the extended Cricket deal, which depreciates in value due to inflation,each year, but Test Cricket.. Still on the positive side no clash with the Rugby League Challenge Cup final on 12th August.... Quote When the pinch comes the common people will turn out to be more intelligent than the clever ones. I certainly hope so. George Orwell You either own NFTs or women’s phone numbers but not both Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
17 stone giant Posted August 23, 2022 Share Posted August 23, 2022 I'm happy with that. It made no sense playing matches while The Hundred is taking place. It's supposed to be an elite competition, so you're devaluing it when some of the best players are dropping out half way through, or pulling out entirely. Likewise, it's great that the Test Series won't clash with either The Hundred or the Premier League. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gingerjon Posted August 23, 2022 Share Posted August 23, 2022 Darren Stevens playing his last game for Kent today, it seems. Build a man a fire, and he'll be warm for a day. Set a man on fire, and he'll be warm for the rest of his life. (Terry Pratchett) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolford6 Posted August 23, 2022 Share Posted August 23, 2022 It's not the end of the world. Us fat-gits in the crowd have have still got Paul Sterling as our standard bearer. Under Scrutiny by the Right-On Thought Police Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidM Posted August 23, 2022 Share Posted August 23, 2022 1 hour ago, 17 stone giant said: I'm happy with that. It made no sense playing matches while The Hundred is taking place. It's supposed to be an elite competition, so you're devaluing it when some of the best players are dropping out half way through, or pulling out entirely. Likewise, it's great that the Test Series won't clash with either The Hundred or the Premier League. No offence but I find that so sad 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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