hart's shirt
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It's ok.
His mates are looking after him.
His mates are looking after him.
Brace yourselves over Stokes...
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Weststander
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Lovely to see Stokes keeping his head down, concentrating on the cricket. Immense today.
Needs to continue to keep out of situations (bars) where wind-up tossers bait.
Needs to continue to keep out of situations (bars) where wind-up tossers bait.
*Gullsworth*
My Hair is like his hair
Yup credit where it is due 100% effort there. What a player.
Sussex Nomad
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Finally someone stepping into Botham's boots, on and off the pitch, we need people like him.
Mackenzie
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I wonder what his dad made of today.
An absolute hero. Not just today, player of the tournament for us imo.
Made some mistakes but who hasn't?
I remember him as the bloke who took time out between overs to sign an autograph for my son on the boundary during an ODI v India at Headingley.
Stokes had been struggling with the bat but got 60 odd that day. My son (about 7 years old at the time) said "Back in the runs Ben!" and he signed his mini bat and said "Well, it's about time isn't it!" and winked at him.
You've never seen a happier child as when he ran back up to tell me what had happened.
So happy for Stokes. It's more than redemption.
Made some mistakes but who hasn't?
I remember him as the bloke who took time out between overs to sign an autograph for my son on the boundary during an ODI v India at Headingley.
Stokes had been struggling with the bat but got 60 odd that day. My son (about 7 years old at the time) said "Back in the runs Ben!" and he signed his mini bat and said "Well, it's about time isn't it!" and winked at him.
You've never seen a happier child as when he ran back up to tell me what had happened.
So happy for Stokes. It's more than redemption.
Sussex Nomad
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As I said, about time we found a new Botham, he had his shenanigans to, but we all loved him.
Pavilionaire
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- Jul 7, 2003
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Stokes is the X Factor for the England cricket team, and that MOTM performance today is the perfect way to boost confidence going into the Ashes.
Stokes, Roy, Archer. All will play a part in SMASHING the Australians in the Ashes.
Sussex Nomad
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Out of interest, actually no, new thread.
hart's shirt
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Just checked. He's alright.
What about Flintoff? Surely he was the "new Botham"? Stokes is a slightly newer version
Bold Seagull
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It's going to be very interesting how England go into the Ashes.
We played our last test with Jennings and Burns opening the batting with Denly at 3.
Can Roy withstand the technical examination that the first session of a test match throws at you? Would you stick with Burns who was better over the winter to open with Roy, Bairstow at 3, Root coming in at 4?
Starc and Cummins looked in particularly good nick, and England's up front batting over the winter in the long form was pretty dreadful.
SockMonster
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"Technical examination"? I am pretty keen follower of the Cricket as with most sports but I'm by no means even an armchair expert.....so can someone just explain to me what the main differences are between playing short form one day stuff and Test cricket? I mean in terms of what different challenges you face as a bowler or a batsman and thus why one player might be a superb one day player like Roy but would not automatically be considered for the 5 day game?
It's interesting to see the trajectories of both the main protagonists that night in Bristol (Stokes and Hales) in the time since, and where they are at the end of this world cup. One is on top of the world, the other seemingly a long, long way from being so.
Bold Seagull
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One Day International:
Fielding restrictions
Max no. of overs bowlers can bowl
White ball
50 overs innings
1 bouncer per over
Test Match:
No fielding restrictions
No max number of overs a bowler can bowl
Red ball (more movement through the air - swing and reverse swing) changed every 80 overs
5 days to bat and bowl the opposition out twice to win.
2 bouncers per over
In a test match over 5 days you have the potential to play for 450 overs. To be all out within 50 overs is a bit of a disaster, even a score of say 320, excellent as a one day total, is fragile in a test match. The condition of the ball is therefore much more important to the game as after say 30 or 40 overs it becomes easier to play, but as a new ball up to 30 overs, it can be very difficult, it's therefore paramount to have wickets in hand. Bowlers can therefore set plans and fields to a particular batmen's weakness, and these can be exposed far more readily in test cricket than they can in the One Day game.
You have a weakness identified in Test cricket that you don't have the technical skills to correct, that's it, you will be examined on that weakness ball after ball. That just doesn't happen in the same way in limited overs, especially with openers facing the new ball.
beorhthelm
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- Jul 21, 2003
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in one day faster pace, there's a lot more emphasis on getting you out while the batsman is smashing the ball around. in tests the bowler will as likely keep the run rate down, or try lulling you into a traps (bowl different lengths, more fielding in the slips), while the batsman will patiently build a score over hours.