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[Cricket] 4th Test v India
- Thread starter BensGrandad
- Start date
Corrected for you.....
Nice psychology by Kohli before the start......'best batting pitch of the series so far....etc'
Bold Seagull
strong and stable with me, or...
Root LBW - given - looked out - reviewed - wasted
15-2
He's losing the plot.
Good, unexpected delivery for sure, but I'm not sure about it being unplayable. Jennings is pinned back, feet nowhere near the ball and in absolutely no position to play the ball. Shocking technique I'm afraid. I don't think we'll see him at this level ever again.
This is getting ridiculous! Surely there must be one or two Safas out there in county cricket the selectors haven't tried yet?
Bairstow gone. 29/3
crodonilson
He/Him
I read the headline on BBC Sport earelier that Root said his batsmen were hungrier than ever for runs.
An absolute shambles, I took 2/1 on India winning the series before it began, they were as big as 66/1 after 2 tests, all the momentum is with them currently. Heads should roll.
An absolute shambles, I took 2/1 on India winning the series before it began, they were as big as 66/1 after 2 tests, all the momentum is with them currently. Heads should roll.
LamieRobertson
Not awoke
Given the form he’s in he might as well not come backCook gone fishing
36-4
Bold Seagull
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We just have no bottle if there is no scoring, so get desperate as soon as there is a ball worth swinging at. Cook had left so well too. Getting out to a wide one though with his experience…
watching the replays, what a truly shocking cricket shot by a former captain when we're already in the shit.
watching the replays, what a truly shocking cricket shot by a former captain when we're already in the shit.
Pavilionaire
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- Jul 7, 2003
- 31,277
It's bizarre that Jennings keeps his place but Pope gets dropped. We'd have been better off recalling Bell or promoting Root to open. I have backed everyone bare Jimmy to score more runs in this test than Jennings.
Mo Gosfield
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- Aug 11, 2010
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Jennings......not good enough.
Cook............well past his best and mentally shot.
Root.............poor captain....immature in attitude and comment....batting like a man too burdened with pressure.
Bairstow.......lacks a tight technique and no.4 is too high for him.
.....just for starters.
Cook............well past his best and mentally shot.
Root.............poor captain....immature in attitude and comment....batting like a man too burdened with pressure.
Bairstow.......lacks a tight technique and no.4 is too high for him.
.....just for starters.
- Aug 8, 2005
- 27,244
The Jennings and Cook issue needs sorting. You can't constantly have your number 3 and 4 having to play effectively as openers. That's what is killing Root now.
We must have openers somewhere who can do better than this.
We must have openers somewhere who can do better than this.
Weststander
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After we won in Australia under Strauss, management went public that the aim was to dominate test cricket in the way the Aussies had in the 90’s to 2014.
Better to keep your gob shut and take each test at a time I thought.
Since that tour, we’ve won and lost home tests, in the main been awful overseas, and there’ve been so many batting collapses.
God help the team when Anderson retires.
Better to keep your gob shut and take each test at a time I thought.
Since that tour, we’ve won and lost home tests, in the main been awful overseas, and there’ve been so many batting collapses.
God help the team when Anderson retires.
- Apr 5, 2014
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I would imagine the selection of those two indicates otherwise. Cook would be gone for a while by now.
Bold Seagull
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We must be at 6 or 7 years and counting since we had a solid opening pairing. We have tied a shed load of players. I don't know whether Cook is the issue really. His records etc. make him a formidable experienced person to go out to bat with, not sure everyone we have tried has felt unable to take control or be on an equal footing.
crodonilson
He/Him
There really is no finer sight in cricket than a rampant Ali Cook, but it's becoming more and more sporadic. He should rightly be remembered as one of, if not, the finest batsmen this nation has ever produced and I am concerned his legacy is currently being torn to shreds.