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2ND ASHES TEST: LORDS

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Why is Archer bowling and not Woakes? Waste of Woakes talents for these conditions and and it also puts Archer on pressure on his first test in a situation where he already has masses of it on his shoulders. Utterly braindead.
 
cooky said:
Our bowling is nowhere near the standard of Cummins and hazlewood.
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It is.

The problem here is the f***ing captain. They - Archer especially - is only executing the plan. The plan is wrong.

I'm sorry but Root just isn't good enough. Hazelwood and Cummings were backed up superbly by Paine yesterday.
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And our batting. Aussies making this pitch look easy now
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It is an easy pitch. It's flat and even-paced. It was a 450 pitch - and it was sunny yesterday.

This batch of dukes ball aren't helping mind. They barely swing.
sonson said:
Why is Archer bowling and not Woakes? Waste of Woakes talents for these conditions and and it also puts Archer on pressure on his first test in a situation where he already has masses of it on his shoulders. Utterly braindead.
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It's crazy captaincy. I got it last night, crowd-up, pace, hostile - seemed right.

This morning was a morning for accurate seam, challenge the off-stump, see if their's swing. Root is branded, I agree. Not sure who we turn too - only thinking cricketer there is Stokes but the history of making superstar all-rounders the skipper is not promising. Buttler perhaps, but for me he's only clinging on to this place by his fingertips. We're an absolute f***ing mess.
 
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Comeback_Kenwyne said:
It is.

The problem here is the f***ing captain. They - Archer especially - is only executing the plan. The plan is wrong.

I'm sorry but Root just isn't good enough. Hazelwood and Cummings were backed up superbly by Paine yesterday.


It is an easy pitch. It's flat and even-paced. It was a 450 pitch - and it was sunny yesterday.

This batch of dukes ball aren't helping mind. They barely swing.


It's crazy captaincy. I got it last night, crowd-up, pace, hostile - seemed right.

This morning was a morning for accurate seam, challenge the off-stump, see if their's swing. Root is branded, I agree. Not sure who we turn too - only thinking cricketer there is Stokes but the history of making superstar all-rounders the skipper is not promising. Buttler perhaps, but for me he's only clinging on to this place by his fingertips. We're an absolute f***ing mess.
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Regardless of plan the only bowler we have anywhere near as good as hazelwood and cummins isnt fit
 
I don't understand how Test class bowlers can't understand that if you build pressure, line and length, you make it hard for batsmen, you grind them down, they lose their focus, you get wickets. Changing things up all the time only relieves pressure on a wicket like this in these conditions.

It's a long f***ing game, famously so. 5 Days a Test is scheduled for. You don'y need to try and get someone out every ball, or hit everything for 6. How is this so hard to understand?
 
sonson said:
I don't understand how Test class bowlers can't understand that if you build pressure, line and length, you make it hard for batsmen, you grind them down, they lose their focus, you get wickets. Changing things up all the time only relieves pressure on a wicket like this in these conditions.

It's a long f***ing game, famously so. 5 Days a Test is scheduled for. You don'y need to try and get someone out every ball, or hit everything for 6. How is this so hard to understand?
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It's a similar mindset to the batsmen, they don't have the patience to stick it out and build pressure. Again it could be the ODI mentality of having to mix things up that hampers them from bowling line and length consistently and getting rewards.
 
Also just seen (been listening up to this point) we've got catching mid-on, leg slip short leg and short leg set up for a fast bowler. I mean...f***ing hell. Archer is such a talent but without support he's going to be wasted on us.
 
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