ZeroTheHero
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Ouch. Went to bed knowing we'd won the toss and chosen to bat and had a bit of an idea what the news might be when I woke up!
I do hope soSo we go to Australia and the weather gives us the perfect English pitch and overcast skies. Luckily we have two of the best bowlers the game has ever seen in such conditions.......
Leave them out and save them for when the series is lost and they are bowling on a road, bet Warner slept well last night.
I can see this being 5-0 and Silverwood being out of a job before the summer. We had next to no chance with our batting but the weather gave us an opportunity, we handed it back.
That first ball set the tone - a decent but not unplayable yorker and bowled around his legs. That horrible technique takes him right across the stumps and he ends up falling away.Wasn`t good was it?
It did set the tone. If Burns had got in he'd have clipped it for four, one of his favourite shots.That first ball set the tone - a decent but not unplayable yorker and bowled around his legs. That horrible technique takes him right across the stumps and he ends up falling away.
Yes very predictable.
The problem with Burns and Malan is do we have anybody better?
Sure we can all come up with names , but most have been tried and failed!
It sounded as if Robinson, wood and Woakes bowled well and were unlucky.343/7 looking ominous, and not looking forward to watching our 2nd innings with the bat around lunch time tomorrow.
The bowlers on the whole did well, bit disappointed with Leach. He doesn’t have the ability to block and end and stop the flow of runs, and he’s been very expensive.
We are a worse team but it's hardly surprising.We’ve got 23 more days of this!*
Stokes and Robinson limping off, Leach targeted (the poor bloke has got pretty good at bringing the drinks on over the summer), Burns dropping things again, Travis Head going into Gilchrist/Haddin mode. They had enough when they passed a lead of 150. I expect to wake up tomorrow and it’ll all be over. It’s a shame as I thought the weather would at least stretch it out further - England have no hope of that.
Question - are we a worse team under Silverwood than we were were Bayliss? To me, it’s a definite yes.
*the maximum figure of course. We know England can barely make it to day four in most instances.
It's due to the system in England, the favouring of white ball cricket, The Hundred and T20 in particular taking all the money. The County Championship isn't fit for purpose - too many teams spreading the talent too thinly. This has been coming for at least the last 5 years.We are a worse team but it's hardly surprising.
Broad and Anderson near the end (Robinson has been a really good find), no spinner to speak of and despite trying a load, no batsmen that can seem to bat long (notable exception of Root)
Is it due to the coach or is it due to a paucity of players?