Ridiculously bad tactics here, full and straight, especially when they are swinging. the odd short ball and slower ball to keep them thinking.
They have basically given 2 proper tail enders a settling in period here.
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Ridiculously bad tactics here, full and straight, especially when they are swinging. the odd short ball and slower ball to keep them thinking.
They have basically given 2 proper tail enders a settling in period here.
Root letting himself down badly here. Inexplicable tactics and the match is now right in the balance
Why has an injured Wood bowled and not Anderson? They've let emotion take over from logic and common sense.
Why has an injured Wood bowled and not Anderson? They've let emotion take over from logic and common sense.
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His field placings are horrendous for an experienced captain. Hardly anyone on the square putting pressure on the batsmen. When you deny easy singles that’s when someone will have a heave and sky one. Instead, fielders stationed around the boundary means easy runs. And don’t even get me started on not having a third man.
Where is Anderson
Why has he barely bowled
Why has he barely bowled
Draw now almost certain IMO.
Sibley will be playing for it
It's been poor tactics but to be honest I couldn't see England chasing down anything near 200 on the final day regardless. Game had draw written all over it yesterday.
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Yep, Bumrah & Shami have basically batted an England win out of the equation. Draw or India win the only possible results now.
Our traditional problem of not being able to get tail enders out is exacerbated by the fact they seem to be finding it easy to score runs. Pitch the ball (every ball) up and on the stumps.
Its about time we started practising getting tail enders out.
Its about time we started practising getting tail enders out.
The game was right there for England with India about 175-8. The bowling and captaincy since the 8th wicket fell has been diabolical. Root is obsessed with bowling short at tailenders even though it never works.
The bowling is dictated by the field set. If you place 4 men on the boundary you are basically taking catches behind the wicket out of the equation. The only men who should be deep to the tail is the deep fine leg, and the deep third man.
Roots head is frazzled. He just dropped an absolute dolly
50 from 72 balls says it all really, so many easy runs given. Yes, credit to Shami and Bumrah but England have not really made it even the remotest bit difficult for them.
Sibley is going to have to do something unselfish for once now, and actually score some runs rather than chewing balls up.