When I played Cricket I was an alright bowler but absolutely hopeless as a batsman. I reckon I could do as well as these opening batsmen. Would back myself to score 1 or 2.
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Highlights.
Great century for root.
Batting line up looks a little short to me though, we're 4 down and next man in is a bowler (Curran). I guess that's the benefit of normally having a genuine all rounder like stokes.
Batting line up looks a little short to me though, we're 4 down and next man in is a bowler (Curran). I guess that's the benefit of normally having a genuine all rounder like stokes.
Chris O'Connor
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England's four man batting line up means two walking wickets to open and a gigantic tail beginning at only five down. They're virtually totally reliable on Root with help from Bairstow, Buttler and Lawrence.
Buttler incredibly unlucky but it exposes that massive tail.
Buttler incredibly unlucky but it exposes that massive tail.
Curren got lucky there. Looked out to me.
Sam Curran is absolutely not a test match number 7. His batting ability is a complete myth.
Chris O'Connor
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Agree Curran is no way a number seven. In mitigation any left hander against Embuldinya with a new hard ball on an older 'played on' wicket giving bounce turn and unpredictability is an extremely tough task even for the best of batsmen. The rough outside the left handers off stump is now clearly visible after the best part of three days, the surface has started to give way and will only get even more pronounced.
England went in to this match with effectively a seven man tail, two of whom opened - Crawley is a really proper batsman but has technical deficiencies opening against spin, but five wickets down and one end open is ludicrous.
You can't pack your team with people who can't bat.
To win this match with a weak batting lineup you had to win the toss. Sri Lanka did that and it's really Joe calling incorrectly that went a long way to deciding the outcome of the game before a ball had even been bowled
England went in to this match with effectively a seven man tail, two of whom opened - Crawley is a really proper batsman but has technical deficiencies opening against spin, but five wickets down and one end open is ludicrous.
You can't pack your team with people who can't bat.
To win this match with a weak batting lineup you had to win the toss. Sri Lanka did that and it's really Joe calling incorrectly that went a long way to deciding the outcome of the game before a ball had even been bowled
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It makes all the more baffling Bairstow is not going to India. Remember the terror Nathan Lyon gave Burns last summer?
...brilliant bit of fielding but such a shame for Root getting out just before cop.
Real shame that at the end
All well and good saying that until he gets bowled through the gate by a pacer for 12 - as he typically does by half decent Test cricketers
India is as much about pace as it is spin, and they have plenty who can do us in
Yeah would have fancied them being able to bat another 45 mins if Root had been there. Will probably have to bat out the final day for a draw.
Hes not perfect mate, but I cant have hes not better suited than Sibley and Burns.
Most likely. Both sides could collapse with the form of the openers though.