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Post by lordb on Aug 16, 2019 11:48:53 GMT
Smith comfortable though.
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Post by estrangedsonoffaye on Aug 16, 2019 12:00:26 GMT
The only thing missing was the Smith wicket, but that’s a fine mornings work that will probably do it for the day too.
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Post by partickpotter on Aug 16, 2019 12:31:36 GMT
The only thing missing was the Smith wicket, but that’s a fine mornings work that will probably do it for the day too. I’ll take that but it’s the least we could have got in those conditions with a new cherry. We were off the mark in the first half of the morning, but got it spot on in the second hour: we’ve taken 3-20 in the last 15 overs, before that none for 50 in the morning. So a good recovery, but we need to get it right from ball 1. It would have been so much better to have Smith in with just 10 overs gone rather than more than 20. Smith is the key to this game though as you say.
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Post by iamcliveclarke on Aug 16, 2019 16:00:15 GMT
I think Archer is going to be the decisive player hopefully removing SS if not removing him unsettling him enough for him to make a mistake under pressure from someone else.
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Post by partickpotter on Aug 16, 2019 19:48:30 GMT
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Post by zerps on Aug 16, 2019 20:10:32 GMT
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Post by partickpotter on Aug 16, 2019 20:18:00 GMT
I think he more needs to remember how to bat.
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Post by claytonscrubs on Aug 17, 2019 8:58:17 GMT
Making rough marks for Nathan Lyon? 🤔
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Post by chuckrocky on Aug 17, 2019 11:29:04 GMT
Dissapointing morning with the ball so far. Is Jack Leach still alive?
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Post by chuckrocky on Aug 17, 2019 11:52:34 GMT
I’d love to know what our plans are to Smith. We’re letting him have a free single whenever he wants it by having mid-wicket and square- leg on the boundary. Anything straight is just being knocked into the leg side for a single.
He’s a fantastic player but we’re constantly waiting for him to make a mistake rather than trying to get him out.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 17, 2019 11:58:12 GMT
Root is a poor captain, we are going to be under pressure yet again on the last day.
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Post by chuckrocky on Aug 17, 2019 12:06:40 GMT
Root is a poor captain, we are going to be under pressure yet again on the last day. I’ve been saying for a while that his captaincy relies solely on the ball hooping around and us running through sides. When it’s a flat pitch and the ball isn’t doing anything he gets shown up. No imaginative fields, no surprise bowling changes and no energy whatsoever. He’s literally just goes into defensive mode and hopes one of the batsmen will make a mistake.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 17, 2019 12:08:39 GMT
Smith reaches 50 yet again - we seem to have no idea or plan whatsoever to try to get him out. Our tactic (do we really have one ?) appears to be to bowl out the other end if possible and just let Smith carry his bat. I know it's not really like that but that's how it's starting to look.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 17, 2019 12:12:17 GMT
Smith reaches 50 yet again - we seem to have no idea or plan whatsoever to try to get him out. Our tactic (do we really have one ?) appears to be to bowl out the other end if possible and just let Smith carry his bat. I know it's not really like that but that's how it's starting to look. It’s starting to get embarrassing.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 17, 2019 13:18:39 GMT
Ouch. Great ball by Archer that’s one way of putting the brakes on Smith.
To be honest with this exaggerated leave Smith has started to do I’d be tempted to beat him round the head with his own bat....
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Post by zerps on Aug 17, 2019 13:43:08 GMT
Got rid of smith by murdering him
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Post by Deleted on Aug 17, 2019 13:47:57 GMT
That was so close to where Phil Hughes got hit 😲
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Post by harrysburrow on Aug 17, 2019 13:49:29 GMT
Ouch. Great ball by Archer that’s one way of putting the brakes on Smith. To be honest with this exaggerated leave Smith has started to do I’d be tempted to beat him round the head with his own bat.... Absolutely mate. Genuinely hope he's okay but what an annoying twat.
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Post by trickydicky73 on Aug 17, 2019 13:51:40 GMT
Got rid of smith by murdering him It's Bradman all over again.
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Post by partickpotter on Aug 17, 2019 13:56:46 GMT
Smith comfortable though. Not any more! Brutal bowling from Archer.
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Post by trickydicky73 on Aug 17, 2019 14:01:46 GMT
Smith comfortable though. Not any more! Brutal bowling from Archer. Only listening, but his speed seems in Brett Lee territory?
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Post by partickpotter on Aug 17, 2019 14:07:47 GMT
Not any more! Brutal bowling from Archer. Only listening, but his speed seems in Brett Lee territory? Maybe beyond - he was sending down an old ball over 70 overs old at 96mph!!!!!! Suddenly Australia have something to fear. Let’s hope Root uses Archer wisely. He is awesome!
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Post by trickydicky73 on Aug 17, 2019 14:12:12 GMT
Only listening, but his speed seems in Brett Lee territory? Maybe beyond - he was sending down an old ball over 70 overs old at 96mph!!!!!! Suddenly Australia have something to fear. Let’s hope Root uses Archer wisely. He is awesome! Wish it was still on BT. Nowt better than seriously fast bowling for me.
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Post by partickpotter on Aug 17, 2019 15:13:56 GMT
Just seen that Archer delivery that hit Smith.
Ouch!
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Post by harrysburrow on Aug 17, 2019 15:22:59 GMT
Anybody else got the horrible feeling we're going to be all out just after lunch tomorrow giving them two sessions to get 150? 😳
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Post by Deleted on Aug 17, 2019 15:26:34 GMT
Just seen that Archer delivery that hit Smith. Ouch! That was a hell of a delivery ! He'd been battered by Archer at high speed around 94 mph. Gives them something to think about for the rest of the series. Did you see the one that hit his arm and the size of the egg that came up ?
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Post by partickpotter on Aug 17, 2019 15:31:55 GMT
Anybody else got the horrible feeling we're going to be all out just after lunch tomorrow giving them two sessions to get 150? 😳 It’s a real possibility. Interestingly, that scenario is also our best chance to win this test!
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Post by GeneralFaye on Aug 17, 2019 15:50:55 GMT
Archer should've done that earlier. The Aussie's were doing that to our batsmen and Woakes in particular.
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Post by GeneralFaye on Aug 17, 2019 15:58:51 GMT
What a shambles our "batsmen" are.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 17, 2019 15:59:25 GMT
What a shambles !
9-2 after 5 overs !
Bloody useless
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