Eng's fighting spirit

[zen]

Whether chasing in ODIs or Tests

[SK_IH]

You have to respect and admire the resilience. 

[zen]

 

 

That pose reminds me of David Boon's:

 

[Gollum]

Agree, have been superclucth for 14 months now. But need them to do similar stuff outside Eng to draw conclusions. 

[zen]

30 minutes ago, Gollum said:

Agree, have been superclucth for 14 months now. But need them to do similar stuff outside Eng to draw conclusions. 

They did well in SA too in tests iirc .... came back strongly after losing the first test. In one test, Stokes and Pope hit 100s 

 

In one of the T20s, iirc, they chased 220 odd 

[Gollum]

1 minute ago, zen said:

They did well in SA too in tests iirc .... came back strongly after losing the first test. In one test, Stokes and Pope hit 100s 

 

In one of the T20s, iirc, they chased 220 odd 

They have always done well in RSA, and vice versa. Real test will be Ind and Aus, maybe even UAE. 

[zen]

Just now, Gollum said:

They have always done well in RSA, and vice versa. Real test will be Ind and Aus, maybe even UAE. 

Displaying fighting spirit and doing well in certain or difficult conditions are different though 

 

For e.g. even if Eng had lost this test, there are no question marks over their fighting spirit 

 

 

[Real McCoy]

Defo better than rat bewda and his cronies

[Gollum]

19 minutes ago, zen said:

Displaying fighting spirit and doing well in certain or difficult conditions are different though 

 

For e.g. even if Eng had lost this test, there are no question marks over their fighting spirit 

Easier to have fighting spirit when you do well in a country, psychologically. There were a few 50:50 moments in the 2018 Ashes and Eng just gave up without semblance of fight. May have changed but let us wait for a couple of more years. 

[zen]

15 minutes ago, Gollum said:

Easier to have fighting spirit when you do well in a country, psychologically. There were a few 50:50 moments in the 2018 Ashes and Eng just gave up without semblance of fight. May have changed but let us wait for a couple of more years. 

Just like a batsman and a bowler cannot hit a 100 and pick up a 5-er in every game, nor can a team display fighting spirit esp. through desired result in every game (or occasions/conditions) .... If Eng is able to display fighting spirit as a team more often than other teams, it should be good 

 

Now you can be an ATG side and win w/o even having to push (win based on skills rather than ability to fight). Or you can be an underdog that fights even without getting desired results. If among current teams, if people think Eng is one of the top teams that display fighting spirit and pick it esp. to chase totals over many of the other teams, it is helping to build that brand of fighting cricket for it

 

Edited August 8, 2020 by zen

[The Dark Horse]

If there was a crowd they would have choked.

Edited August 9, 2020 by The Dark Horse