India v England series

[Scunny Dan]

just switched it on and Greame Swann is on comms..................... tv now on mute.

Story about the reviews from Swann there. When the openers were bowling he used to try and discourage close reviews to ensure the reviews were still in place when he bowled! Don't know if I'm amused or a bit disgusted!

 

[mackembhoy]

How’s the pitch lads?

Not 165/5

Just a relatively ordinary Indian wicket.

 

[Deleted member 41188]

Story about the reviews from Swann there. When the openers were bowling he used to try and discourage close reviews to ensure the reviews were still in place when he bowled! Don't know if I'm amused or a bit disgusted!

It’s a real shame some of my favourite cricketers have gone in to the media.

Id prefer to remember them for how they played the game, not their horrendous banter.

People like Swann, Vaughan, even Shane Warne.

 

[brandon]

Pope needs to be dropped, his brain is completely scrambled.

 

[SAFC11]

That was shit pope

 

[Jack Torrance]

Unlucky that

 

[mackembhoy]

Pope yet again moving a hell of a lot and nowhere near the f***ing pitch.

 

[GordonMuchallNo1Fan]

Absolutely shite

 

[Silly Point]

Fuck sake what the fuck was that? Unlucky or not it was a shit shot

 

[smoker]

Top 3 in this Team are nowhere near good enough for this level. 3/4 down before we get to 100 most games.

Sibley and Crawley are young and talented but inexperienced and should improve. The lack of a quality senior player up there is concerning. It's a shame Sibley neither of them had a chance to play with Cook.

 

[Scunny Dan]

Thats unfortunate.

 

[mackembhoy]

Unlucky that

It is but it's been coming.

Scratchy as hell. He'd have been just as effective standing still that innings rather than dancing all over the place very ineffectively

 

[SAFC11]

166-6 on this wicket just isnt good enough. Poor batting again, seemingly confused how to play

 

[Jack Torrance]

Top 3 in this Team are nowhere near good enough for this level. 3/4 down before we get to 100 most games.

Burns and Sibley are the best openers we have. Crawley scored 200+ in the summer. We had started making big totals up until this tour

 

[mackembhoy]

Top 3 in this Team are nowhere near good enough for this level. 3/4 down before we get to 100 most games.

That hasn't been the case though under silverwood though. Just crap against spin.

We've also played a different top 3 in every series under him. In this series we've played about 4.

Burns and Sibley had the most ton partnerships I believe since Strauss and Cook.

Need to get a settled top 3 for starters and hope they can play in Australia if they do well again in England

 

[rentaghost]

I thought Pope batted well, used his feet really well, had a plan and was a bit unlucky. He has been a bit all over the place prior to this innings but I think he is receiving harsh criticism for today.

 

[Salem Street South]

Men against boys all over the park. Weak as piss they are

 

[Scunny Dan]

I thought Pope batted well, used his feet really well, had a plan and was a bit unlucky. He has been a bit all over the place prior to this innings but I think he is receiving harsh criticism for today.

Totally agree. Cannot understand the criticism of the lad for using his feet to smother, or attempt to smother, the spin.

 

[rentaghost]

Men against boys all over the park. Weak as piss they are

Its like Billy Smarts circus out there

 

[mackembhoy]

I thought Pope batted well, used his feet really well, had a plan and was a bit unlucky. He has been a bit all over the place prior to this innings but I think he is receiving harsh criticism for today.

He used his feet pretty poorly.

I don't think he got to the pitch once cleanly. Ended up playing a lot on the back foot.

He stayed in though so it's an improvement