I want to see Root come out tomorrow and play his reverse lap shot first ball.
Bazball his way to a double in half a season.
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Bazball his way to a double in half a season.
fly high
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Playing his way.Terrific knock, in the face of a load of people questioning him.
Rooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooot
Stumps 302/7
Great recovery. Batted Root, and really well batted Ollie R, too.
And perfect timing to now switch over to the Euro draw!
Great recovery. Batted Root, and really well batted Ollie R, too.
And perfect timing to now switch over to the Euro draw!
Root scoring a hundred seemed pretty much a certainty the moment India decided to rest Bumrah.
I'd find it HILARIOUS to see that decision blow up in their faces (to the extent that it hasn't already).
I'd find it HILARIOUS to see that decision blow up in their faces (to the extent that it hasn't already).
Proper good in Session 2 and 3, keep going tomorrow. Get runs on the board and we've got a good chance. Oops might be getting carried away, but you know what I mean.
This pitch is going to keep deteriorating, first innings runs are going to be massive
The perfect time for Joe Root IMHO, something to prove and a situation that called for him to do what he does best (bat a long period)
The perfect time for Joe Root IMHO, something to prove and a situation that called for him to do what he does best (bat a long period)
Machiavelli
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Working hard today?
Kalimantan Gull
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That was a fantastic knock today, on a tricky pitch against bowlers with their tails up. That was Root knowing he owed the team, and Stokes in particular, an innings.
Root will know he f***ed up in the last test, that he played a shit shot at the wrong time, and one that ended up having the whole premise of Bazball and his skipper being questioned for days in the media. That was him paying them back and the celebration spoke to that.
Root will know he f***ed up in the last test, that he played a shit shot at the wrong time, and one that ended up having the whole premise of Bazball and his skipper being questioned for days in the media. That was him paying them back and the celebration spoke to that.
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Ridiculously so. At no time, in the hundred+ year history of the game, has that been considered out. I'm amazed they reviewed it, tbh.
If he tried not playing across the line while on the move first ball he might be less likely to miss a straight ball.
Surprised they reviewed it. Don't see him as unlucky.
Machiavelli
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I haven't seen it, but I followed his scoring rate on the BBC website, and my thoughts that Root was saying that Bazball has its limits, its time and place, and today fell outside of it.
Stumpy Tim
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In India you need to hit 400 in the first innings. Despite our fightback, India are still ahead in this test
If it means anything, Bazball comes down to people playing how they feel most comfortable. That might mean Foakes scoring at about 2.5 an over, it might mean Duckett leaving 7 balls across his first 10 tests or whatever it was.
As it happens, this innings was actually a bit slow by Root's standards over his whole career.
It's worth bearing in mind that England have been drastically less prone to dramatic collapses since Stokes/McCullum took over.
Is that in every single match, irrespective of pitch condition?
Stumpy Tim
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Look forward to the pitch mysteriously playing better when India bat.