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classic england bottle job, feels like the 90s all over again!
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There has to be an inquest here
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Man of the match should go to the head groundsman for producing a good pitch that lasted 5 days.
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Christ almighty. England were heavy odds on even today. I layed England yesterday at 1.88 large! Didn't look so great for a long time!
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Man of the match should go to the head groundsman for producing a good pitch that lasted 5 days.
and the weather God! Yes Notts had 10mm of grass, far too much. |
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India first innings so far back it is hard to remember how important that first innings was under extremely testing conditions. I do understand why mom was given to KL
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This one is awesome Kev Bowen
Root: 1,244 Test runs in 2021. Second most for Eng: Burns, 363. The 881-run margin between a team's 1st & 2nd highest scorers in a calendar year is, currently, the joint most in Test history - alongside Viv Richards in 1976 (1,710 runs, 881 more than Roy Fredericks). |
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Joe Root on TMS: "It was a disappointing day. At the start of the day we were very much in control of things and to get Rishabh early, as we did, was exceptional. In the first hour of play we were brilliant again and I thought we were in a very strong position to go on and win the Test match.
"Tactically I got a few things wrong, and a lot falls on my shoulders in that respect. The game could have looked very different at lunch time if I had managed things slightly different and I will learn from that experience and make sure that in similar scenarios I deal with it better. "Sometimes it can be quite difficult because they score in quite unusual areas. You are trying to manage the game and holding the rate with finding ways of taking wickets. I probably got that slightly wrong." |
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Got to feel sorry for Root though, scores 173 runs at Trent Bridge, followed by 213 at Lords, and comes away with a draw an a humbling defeat.
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Finding two openers is a nightmare with Ashes round the corner, think Vince is a runner for 3, Foakes would be wicket keeper full stop, Leach been badly treated, apart from his bowling if he had been batting late on today he would have doggedly hung around. We need a Pujara from somewhere to just stay at the crease.
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Don5 fell sorr6 for Root at all. Great and I mean great player. Might well get into my all time England 3rd Xl but his Captaincy is really poor. Shows how much we needs Stokes.
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tendy, i should have added a smile to my post, of course i agree with what youre saying,
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English Test Cricket is at crisis point. Morale has to be rock bottom at present, and limited over games and now the 100 are probably the root cause (pardon the pun). But the public seem to want the limited over game. Watching the Indian tail enders smash our bowlers to smithereens was bad enough, but then to watch our batsmen capitulate.........its like taking candy from babies and we would probably lose to a taliban best XI right now, let alone Afghanistan.
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new zealand and india clearly head and shoulders above anyone else in test cricket at the moment. they know how to win the big moments which have england have completely forgotten how to. beating even an average australia side away from home with mostly a 2nd string side was a phenomenal effort and they did it twice chasing down big totals on day 5 i seem to remember
his personal form aside root and silverwood don't seem to have a clue what they're doing in running the team. rotation, selection and tactics all a complete shambles. sure we ain't exactly got riches in the batting department but should be doing better than this. recalling moeen was a joke - he hasn't played a red ball game for nearly 2 years. jack leach should be playing every single game. you don't weaken one part of the side to try and fix another |
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just to add you cannot have a top 3 who are all completely shotless. get in malan or vince or whoever someone who will take the initiative to the bowlers. even if we make a reasonable start it's always at a snail's pace and the bowlers always retain control
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Incidentally, did anyone notice Bumrah put the ball under his shirt and push it up near his underarm? He had an undershirt on and the ways they get the ball to move it made me wonder a bit......
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You badly need a keeper England.
If Butler doesn't open, what's the point. Best bowlers all in red zone or worse. Too much weight on Root, surely some tactical nouse in squad. He should bat at three really. And that's just the basics. I don't like the top 3, none of them. Really need to keep No in squad too. |
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Well that's 2 of the three dropped.
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Yorkshire batsman Dawid Malan has been recalled to the England squad for the third Test against India, with Dom Sibley and Zak Crawley both dropped from the 15-man squad.
Malan, 33, played the last of his 15 Tests in August 2018. Seamer Saqib Mahmood is included, while spinner Jack Leach misses out but will be on standby as back-up to Moeen Ali. England fell to a 151-run defeat in the second Test, having drawn the first match in the five-Test series. The third Test will begin at Headingley in Leeds on Wednesday, 25 August. Malan has scored 724 runs in Tests at an average of 27.84, including one century and six half-centuries. "Dawid Malan deserves his opportunity in the Test arena," said England head coach Chris Silverwood. "He has a lot of experience across all formats and, if called upon, I am confident that he can come and do well on his home ground." Sibley - who averages 28.94 in 22 Tests - has struggled against India this summer, scoring just 57 runs in four innings. "Dom Sibley needs some time away to regain his confidence after a challenging period," Silverwood said. "He will return to Warwickshire to spend time in the middle without the scrutiny and find some rhythm and confidence. "Dom offers a lot of value to the Test environment and some time away should help him. However, he remains part of our plans." Kent batsman Crawley has 15 Test caps and scored 267 against Pakistan in August 2020, but lost his place in the team after the first Test against India and will also now head back to his county. "Zak is still a massive part of our plans moving forward, but we feel he would benefit from time outside the pressure of international competition to get some time working on his skill," Silverwood added. "He has a bright future and I do not doubt that his time will come again in the Test arena." England are also hopeful that Mark Wood will be recover from a shoulder injury sustained in the second Test, while Lancashire's Mahmood could be in line for a Test debut. "He is confident, highly-skilled and will not be overawed if he is to make his Test debut. His temperament and attitude are suited to the international arena," Silverwood said of Mahmood. England squad: Joe Root (capt), Moeen Ali, James Anderson, Jonathan Bairstow, Rory Burns, Jos Buttler (wk), Sam Curran, Haseeb Hameed, Dan Lawrence, Saqib Mahmood, Dawid Malan, Craig Overton, Ollie Pope, Ollie Robinson, Mark Wood |