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3rd Investec Test Match - England v West Indies - Lords



Pavilionaire

Pavilionaire

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Jul 7, 2003
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If Malan bags a half-century here he's on the plane to Australia.

That said, it's a big 'if'.
 




Beach Hut

Beach Hut

Brighton Bhuna Boy
Jul 5, 2003
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Living In a Box
24/4 Root caught in the slips
 








jakarta

jakarta

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May 25, 2007
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14 wickets so far today - are there Pitch Inspectors in Test Cricket? ???

EDIT: Off for bad light - probably that is it for the day...
 


Arkwright

Arkwright

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Oct 26, 2010
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The Complete Badger said:
Will England pass 300 in any innings in Australia? I'd like to say yes but I'm not sure I'd bet on it.
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Yes, the wickets are better batting surfaces and we bat a long way down. Stoneman and Westley won't start, Hales will come in with ANother. Root and Bairstow need to bat higher in the order and I would be tempted to play three opening batters.
Our problem will be bowling a side out twice on Australian flat wickets and little swing except for Perth.
 


Beach Hut

Beach Hut

Brighton Bhuna Boy
Jul 5, 2003
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46/4 close
 




Barry Izbak

Barry Izbak

U.T.A.
Dec 7, 2005
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Lancing By Sea
I've got a ticket for tomorrow

Have you seen the weather forecast

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Questions

Questions

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Oct 18, 2006
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hans kraay fan club said:
Firstly, neither you (nor anyone else) have any idea how fast Larwood bowled (other than 'faster than his peers'). Personally given that modern bowlers are better athletes as a rule, and MUCH taller (Steven Finn is almost a FOOT taller than the 5'8" Larwood), its pretty unlikely that he was genuinely quicker than a host of other England bowlers since.

And yes his bowling on the infamous tour caused an incident, but that was really far more down to Jardine's captaincy and tactics than just Larwood's bowling, surely?
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Through old footage it is easy to work out the pace of the older bowlers. It's been done. They are not as quick as the present quickies but it's not fair to compare because of training, diets and all that etc stuff.
 


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Mo Gosfield

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Aug 11, 2010
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The Complete Badger said:
Will England pass 300 in any innings in Australia? I'd like to say yes but I'm not sure I'd bet on it.
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The lower middle order are going to have to get shed loads of runs, as we are going to be 30-3 pretty regularly and on some of those occasions, there will be no recovery.
 




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Mo Gosfield

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Arkwright said:
Yes, the wickets are better batting surfaces and we bat a long way down. Stoneman and Westley won't start, Hales will come in with ANother. Root and Bairstow need to bat higher in the order and I would be tempted to play three opening batters.
Our problem will be bowling a side out twice on Australian flat wickets and little swing except for Perth.
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The problem is that we will be presenting the Aussies with 5 gimme wickets every game. No's 2, 3 , 5, 10, 11. Cook's confidence was shot to pieces last time down under and he may crack again, under constant barrage from the quicks. There is going to be huge pressure on Root, Stokes, Bairstow and Ali and its not fair to expect them to keep rescueing us all the time.
Nobody coming into this England side has the correct technique or the ability to keep leaving the ball. Time and again this summer, we have seen players pushing at the ball with hard hands.
Anderson has never performed well down under and Broad is a busted flush. Too inconsistent with the ball, he has rarely got it right this summer, in conducive conditions. There is not enough quality in the spin department to pose any problems.
Gonna be a long, hard winter and we could fold like a pack of cards again. ( 0 -4, 1-4, 0-5 look reasonable bets again )
 


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Mo Gosfield

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Questions said:
Through old footage it is easy to work out the pace of the older bowlers. It's been done. They are not as quick as the present quickies but it's not fair to compare because of training, diets and all that etc stuff.
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All quicks in history have been capable of bowling at high speed i.e close to 90mph.
Larwood was clearly very hostile and one of the few bowlers to ever make the incomparable Bradman uncomfortable. Frank Tyson bowled as fast as anyone in history in the 54-55 series Down Under, blowing the Aussies away on their own wickets. Keith Miller, who saw a fair array of talent in his time, said that he had never seen anything as quick as that. Fred Truman was bowling close to 90mph in his younger days and Wes Hall and Charlie Griffith could be devastatingly fast.
Jeff Thomson was timed at over 90mph and no-one is going to tell me that he and Dennis Lillee weren't as quick as anything around today. Then throw in all the great Windies quicks, ( Patrick Patterson off 16 yards ) Alan Donald and many others and the argument falls down.
The timing is more accurate now and that creates the perception that bowlers are much quicker now. I am not persuaded.
 








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Habitual User
Oct 18, 2006
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Worthing
Mo Gosfield said:
All quicks in history have been capable of bowling at high speed i.e close to 90mph.
Larwood was clearly very hostile and one of the few bowlers to ever make the incomparable Bradman uncomfortable. Frank Tyson bowled as fast as anyone in history in the 54-55 series Down Under, blowing the Aussies away on their own wickets. Keith Miller, who saw a fair array of talent in his time, said that he had never seen anything as quick as that. Fred Truman was bowling close to 90mph in his younger days and Wes Hall and Charlie Griffith could be devastatingly fast.
Jeff Thomson was timed at over 90mph and no-one is going to tell me that he and Dennis Lillee weren't as quick as anything around today. Then throw in all the great Windies quicks, ( Patrick Patterson off 16 yards ) Alan Donald and many others and the argument falls down.
The timing is more accurate now and that creates the perception that bowlers are much quicker now. I am not persuaded.[/QUOTE

There is no evidence in sport - especially athletics which is timed or measured - that any type of athlete was quicker from 3 or more generations back to subsequently be stronger, faster, or able to throw further than the modern day competitors . Training, coaching and just pure professionalism would ensure that is the case. Btw I don't think being the fastest means you are the best necessarily in cricket. I think that's been born out in the last 15/20 years.
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jakarta

jakarta

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I'll bet Malan is a happy boy, loses his wicket and then 2 minutes later they have to go off.

63-5 at 11.45, bet it will be the same score at Stumps...
 






LlcoolJ

LlcoolJ

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Oct 14, 2009
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jakarta

jakarta

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May 25, 2007
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Sullington
LlcoolJ said:
Hameed coming into form at the right time (yes I realise he was out for 88 today but still).

http://www.espncricinfo.com/series/8052/report/1068570/day/2/

He'd be on the plane if it was up to me. The only partner for Cook who has come in and immediately looked like a test batsman.

Hales also has to go.

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2017/sep/01/alex-hales-t20-cricket-pushed-me-to-next-level

Root to 3, Hales at 4. Suddenly the top order looks more solid.
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Yes but Root has never wanted to play at No.3 and he is now the Captain so can't see it happening.
 


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