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Post by Cns on Jan 24, 2021 9:09:53 GMT
Curran is due a half decent knock surely. Still only 22, seems to have been around a while. Sort of. The thing is, he’s never had a decent knock in his career to date - defining a decent knock as a three figure score. Half decent is probably about right then! He’s a useful #8, so at #7 he’s a place too high as a batsman. Yeah I don't think he's a #7 either but think what's behind him in this test batting wise probably best choice today for it. Lovely 6. Edit: oh
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Post by GeneralFaye on Jan 24, 2021 9:13:36 GMT
We need someone to smash a quick fire 30 odd here because we're going to get skittled out rather sharpish if we carry on poking and prodding.
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Post by prestwichpotter on Jan 24, 2021 9:13:38 GMT
He fought hard but we should never see Sam Curran batting at seven in test cricket ever again....
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Post by partickpotter on Jan 24, 2021 9:13:56 GMT
Sort of. The thing is, he’s never had a decent knock in his career to date - defining a decent knock as a three figure score. Half decent is probably about right then! He’s a useful #8, so at #7 he’s a place too high as a batsman. Yeah I don't think he's a #7 either but think what's behind him in this test batting wise probably best choice today for it. Lovely 6. Edit: oh Indeed... oh!!!
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Post by prestwichpotter on Jan 24, 2021 9:14:03 GMT
Our tail is loooooooong in this match. On a side note, am I the only one who gets annoyed by Sam Curran scratching the pitch with his boot after every ball?!... just irks me for some reason. Yeah, the annoyance of having no crowd there.....
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Post by thehartshillbadger on Jan 24, 2021 9:18:19 GMT
One things for sure, whatever happens from here it’s set up for a cracking finish with Sri Lanka needing to win.
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Post by prestwichpotter on Jan 24, 2021 9:19:09 GMT
One things for sure, whatever happens from here it’s set up for a cracking finish with Sri Lanka needing to win. Absolutely. Chasing anything above 200 on this pitch on day five will be a huge ask.....
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Post by chuckrocky on Jan 24, 2021 9:21:17 GMT
Hard to see anything other than a defeat here.
There’s every chance we’ll be bowled out in the evening session with Sri Lanka having a healthy lead.
They could then probably declare an hour before close tomorrow leaving themselves with 100 overs or so to bowl us out.
As for Curran, he’s about as much use as a chocolate tea pot in the sub-continent. I don’t really see much of a future for him in the test side unless he improves his bowling.
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Post by partickpotter on Jan 24, 2021 9:21:38 GMT
Our selection is in a bit of a pickle just now.
Which presents problems for picking a team for the upcoming series in India.
We have a surplus of quicks and wicket keeper batsmen and a deficit of spinners and batsmen notwithstanding the poor form and ability to handle spin of those we have selected, particularly at the top of the order.
This is apparent in the selection of Curran. He is the third seamer when we don’t need a third seamer, and batting too high. So, you might ask, why is he in the team if we don’t need his bowling and his batting isn’t good enough.
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Post by thehartshillbadger on Jan 24, 2021 9:23:42 GMT
One things for sure, whatever happens from here it’s set up for a cracking finish with Sri Lanka needing to win. Absolutely. Chasing anything above 200 on this pitch on day five will be a huge ask..... I foresee England getting bowled out in this innings for around 300. Sri Lanka making 300 tomorrow and England being skittled for 120 mid afternoon on day 5. Hope I’m wrong, again!!!
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Post by partickpotter on Jan 24, 2021 9:23:43 GMT
One things for sure, whatever happens from here it’s set up for a cracking finish with Sri Lanka needing to win. I fear it will be a damp squib with Sri Lanka winning comfortably by 100+ runs. I live in hope though.
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Post by partickpotter on Jan 24, 2021 9:29:53 GMT
Hard to see anything other than a defeat here. There’s every chance we’ll be bowled out in the evening session with Sri Lanka having a healthy lead. They could then probably declare an hour before close tomorrow leaving themselves with 100 overs or so to bowl us out. As for Curran, he’s about as much use as a chocolate tea pot in the sub-continent. I don’t really see much of a future for him in the test side unless he improves his bowling. His bowling is really limited - pretty useful at home with the new ball, but that is about it. There are plenty of other better new ball bowlers; we are fortunate in having lots of options in that department. Away from home anywhere he really doesn’t offer much at any point. He’s a throwback to those 1990s “all rounders” we used to specialise in that weren’t up to the mark with bat or ball.
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Post by thehartshillbadger on Jan 24, 2021 9:31:16 GMT
Hard to see anything other than a defeat here. There’s every chance we’ll be bowled out in the evening session with Sri Lanka having a healthy lead. They could then probably declare an hour before close tomorrow leaving themselves with 100 overs or so to bowl us out. As for Curran, he’s about as much use as a chocolate tea pot in the sub-continent. I don’t really see much of a future for him in the test side unless he improves his bowling. His bowling is really limited - pretty useful at home with the new ball, but that is about it. But there are plenty of other better new ball bowlers; we have lots of options in that department. Away from home anywhere he really doesn’t offer much at any point. He’s a throwback to those 1990s “all rounders” we used to specialise in that weren’t up to the mark with bat or ball. Woakes is better in both departments if we have to play a bowling all rounder.
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Post by partickpotter on Jan 24, 2021 9:35:13 GMT
His bowling is really limited - pretty useful at home with the new ball, but that is about it. But there are plenty of other better new ball bowlers; we have lots of options in that department. Away from home anywhere he really doesn’t offer much at any point. He’s a throwback to those 1990s “all rounders” we used to specialise in that weren’t up to the mark with bat or ball. Woakes is better in both departments if we have to play a bowling all rounder. Absolutely. That’s a change we discussed that they could (should!) have made for this test.
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Post by chuckrocky on Jan 24, 2021 9:39:41 GMT
Hard to see anything other than a defeat here. There’s every chance we’ll be bowled out in the evening session with Sri Lanka having a healthy lead. They could then probably declare an hour before close tomorrow leaving themselves with 100 overs or so to bowl us out. As for Curran, he’s about as much use as a chocolate tea pot in the sub-continent. I don’t really see much of a future for him in the test side unless he improves his bowling. His bowling is really limited - pretty useful at home with the new ball, but that is about it. There are plenty of other better new ball bowlers; we are fortunate in having lots of options in that department. Away from home anywhere he really doesn’t offer much at any point. He’s a throwback to those 1990s “all rounders” we used to specialise in that weren’t up to the mark with bat or ball. Yep, unless the ball in swinging he’s just not a threat. Apart from those couple of cameos against India he’s been largely poor with the bat too. With Stokes, Woakes and Archer returning to the squad for India it’s unlikely he’ll be getting in the side.
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Post by chuckrocky on Jan 24, 2021 10:02:51 GMT
We need someone to smash a quick fire 30 odd here because we're going to get skittled out rather sharpish if we carry on poking and prodding. That’s been the problem for most of the batsmen. They get stuck on strike and on this pitch there’s eventually going to be a ball with your name on it. They don’t need to do anything funky but they need to find a way to get off strike. Sibley is probably the worst culprit. He doesn’t have any shots against the spinners and can’t get himself off strike. Root has given a masterclass on how to play the spinners on a turning wicket. Lots of sweeps and constant rotation of the strike.
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Post by prestwichpotter on Jan 24, 2021 11:28:15 GMT
Bess has been really impressive so far (hope I haven't put the kiss of death on him), and we're slowly getting towards their total. Root has found his mojo again and some, really impressive the way he's clearly worked at his game...... EDIT He got out 15 minutes later that doesn't count
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Post by chuckrocky on Jan 24, 2021 11:48:30 GMT
Brainless cricket from Wood.
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Post by thehartshillbadger on Jan 24, 2021 11:48:54 GMT
Bloody hell Woody! What the hell was all that about🤦🏻♂️
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Post by prestwichpotter on Jan 24, 2021 11:49:20 GMT
Brainless cricket from Wood. Root may as well start playing a few shots and get try and get us close to parity, this innings is ending quickly.......
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Post by chuckrocky on Jan 24, 2021 11:52:30 GMT
Brainless cricket from Wood. Root may as well start playing a few shots and get try and get us close to parity, this innings is ending quickly....... Looks like he’s barely got the strength to lift his bat at the moment, see it through to the close and come out swinging in the morning.
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Post by prestwichpotter on Jan 24, 2021 11:56:02 GMT
Root may as well start playing a few shots and get try and get us close to parity, this innings is ending quickly....... Looks like he’s barely got the strength to lift his bat at the moment, see it through to the close and come out swinging in the morning. Yep, a quick 40 minute cameo tomorrow, in fairness to Leach unlike Wood he won't play a rash shot but as a left hander he'd a dead man walking......
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Post by prestwichpotter on Jan 24, 2021 12:02:05 GMT
Ah bollocks another run out for Root.
The Burnley Lara will need to find his form again......
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Post by thehartshillbadger on Jan 24, 2021 12:02:30 GMT
Ow feckin hell! What a way to go🤦🏻♂️
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Post by partickpotter on Jan 24, 2021 12:05:47 GMT
Disappointing end to what had been a good final session for England.
That clatter of wickets could well be decisive. We are still 40 odd behind. I wouldn’t like to see us chasing anything over 200 in the final innings on day 5. Which is quite likely IMO.
Anyway - respect to Root. A second monumental knock.
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Post by chuckrocky on Jan 24, 2021 12:08:23 GMT
Disappointing end to what had been a good final session for England. That clatter of wickets could well be decisive. We are still 40 odd behind. I wouldn’t like to see us chasing anything over 200 in the final innings on day 5. Which is quite likely IMO. Anyway - respect to Root. A second monumental knock. You have more faith than me. I wouldn’t want us chasing anything over 150 on this pitch. We’re as good as 0-2 before the innings has even started with how Sibley and Crawley are playing the spinners.
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Post by partickpotter on Jan 24, 2021 12:33:30 GMT
Disappointing end to what had been a good final session for England. That clatter of wickets could well be decisive. We are still 40 odd behind. I wouldn’t like to see us chasing anything over 200 in the final innings on day 5. Which is quite likely IMO. Anyway - respect to Root. A second monumental knock. You have more faith than me. I wouldn’t want us chasing anything over 150 on this pitch. We’re as good as 0-2 before the innings has even started with how Sibley and Crawley are playing the spinners. 150 would be very tricky - I’d give us an outside chance though. The problem we have is if we bowl Sri Lanka out cheaply in the second innings it will be, most likely, because our spinners take a lot of wickets. And if our spinners are taking wickets you know the pitch is doing something significant which doesn’t bode well for our final knock.
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Post by chuckrocky on Jan 24, 2021 13:38:32 GMT
It seems I’m not the only one who thinks missing games for your country but going to the IPL isn’t a good look.
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Post by partickpotter on Jan 24, 2021 19:08:29 GMT
Joe Root - so far in this series - has scored 415 runs Everyone else (for England) - 383 (Thanks to the BBC for that stat)
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Post by thehartshillbadger on Jan 24, 2021 19:18:17 GMT
Joe Root - so far in this series - has scored 415 runs Everyone else (for England) - 383 (Thanks to the BBC for that stat) That’s what sets him apart. Superb batting and without him we’d be absolutely fucked. Stokes back for India though, that’ll add some gumption 😀
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