Joe Root - ominous form

[gattaca]

Grated Srilanka bowlers are average. But  on a spinning wicket he scored double and another century in second test. We will be with out Jadeja. It will be tough.  They have new batsman Lawrence as well who is pretty good with back foot game against spin.

[R!TTER]

Those who do not remember their past are condemned to repeat their mistakes.

[Serpico]

All 10 wickets in Sri Lankan first innings are taken by pacers. This is the first time in Galle's history, spinners couldn't take a single wicket in first innings.. that's how bad their spinners are. Not even remotely worried a

[kubrickian]

3 minutes ago, Serpico said:

All 10 wickets in Sri Lankan first innings are taken by pacers. This is the first time in Galle's history, spinners couldn't take a single wicket in first innings.. that's how bad their spinners are. Not even remotely worried a

Embldeniya looks alright and even Perera bowled well in patches. I think Joe Root is in awesome form, double century in first test and unbeaten ton(so far) in 2nd test and also Jos Butler, Bairstow, Stokes are pretty decent against spin. So series against England certainly wont be easy.

[Serpico]

3 minutes ago, kubrickian said:

Jos Butler, Bairstow, Stokes are pretty decent against spin. So series against England certainly wont be easy.

Buttler is going back after first test and Johnny is dropped from the squad. Ben foakes will be keeping for last 3 tests

[R!TTER]

Just because SL is shite doesn't mean Eng cannot beat us, everyone remembers the Pak whitewash of Eng just after the Ind tour (of Eng in 2011) but what they fail to mention is that Eng lost all close tests to Chukmal & Rehman & IIRC in all of them Eng was batting last. You'd also do well to remember that Eng's comeback that series (2012 vs India) is arguably the best after our win down under, with Rahane. They lost two tosses in Mumbai & Kolkata & still won - Eng the only team to beat us after losing the toss last decade, they're also the only team with (multiple) batters good enough to play genuine test innings in India.

Edited January 24, 2021 by R!TTER

[New guy]

23 minutes ago, kubrickian said:

Embldeniya looks alright and even Perera bowled well in patches. I think Joe Root is in awesome form, double century in first test and unbeaten ton(so far) in 2nd test and also Jos Butler, Bairstow, Stokes are pretty decent against spin. So series against England certainly wont be easy.

he is talking about English spinners being unable to take wickets

[New guy]

Roots issue will be facing our pacers and not spinners. People keep forgetting it's our pacers who have dominated at home in last 5+ years 

[R!TTER]

Which pacers? Shami & Umesh are not playing, Ishant barely worth  a mention in India & Bumrah's playing his first test - the test series is not a done deal as some of you are just assuming. That's exactly what happened to Oz down under.

[New guy]

1 hour ago, R!TTER said:

Which pacers? Shami & Umesh are not playing, Ishant barely worth  a mention in India & Bumrah's playing his first test - the test series is not a done deal as some of you are just assuming. That's exactly what happened to Oz down under.

Ishant averages 25 in India in past 5 years. Last 2 years (2018 and 2019) he has averaged 11 and 18

[R!TTER]

That includes some of the green tops I assume? You recall his series vs Oz & Eng?

Here's the relevant stats -

 

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Career averages

	Span	Mat	Runs	HS	Bat Av	100	Wkts	BBI	Bowl Av	5	Ct	St	Ave Diff
unfiltered	2007-2020	97	720	57	8.37	0	297	7/74	32.39	11	21	0	-24.01	Profile
filtered	2015-2019	9	9	6	2.25	0	9	2/42	56.44	0	2	0	-54.19

Career summary

Grouping	Span	Mat	Runs	HS	Bat Av	100	Wkts	BBI	Bowl Av	5	Ct	St	Ave Diff
v Australia	2017-2017	3	8	6	2.66	0	3	1/28	69.66	0	1	0	-66.99
v England	2016-2016	1	-	-	-	-	3	2/42	19.66	0	0	0	-
v South Africa	2015-2019	5	1	1*	1.00	0	3	1/17	80.00	0	1	0	-78.99
in India	2015-2019	9	9	6	2.25	0	9	2/42	56.44	0	2	0	-54.19
in Asia	2015-2019	9	9	6	2.25	0	9	2/42	56.44	0	2	0	-54.19
home	2015-2019	9	9	6	2.25	0	9	2/42	56.44	0	2	0	-54.19
year 2015		3	1	1*	1.00	0	1	1/28	115.00	0	1	0	-113.99
year 2016		1	-	-	-	-	3	2/42	19.66	0	0	0	-
year 2017		3	8	6	2.66	0	3	1/28	69.66	0	1	0	-66.99
year 2019		2	-	-	-	-	2	1/17	62.50	0	0	0	-

Edited January 24, 2021 by R!TTER

[New guy]

3 minutes ago, R!TTER said:

That includes some of the green tops I assume? You recall his series vs Oz & Eng?

Here's the relevant stats -

 

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Opposition team Australia or England or New Zealand or South Africa

Home or away home venue

Start of match date greater than or equal to 31 Dec 2014

Ordered by default (ascending)

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Career averages

	Span	Mat	Runs	HS	Bat Av	100	Wkts	BBI	Bowl Av	5	Ct	St	Ave Diff
unfiltered	2007-2020	97	720	57	8.37	0	297	7/74	32.39	11	21	0	-24.01	Profile
filtered	2015-2019	9	9	6	2.25	0	9	2/42	56.44	0	2	0	-54.19

Career summary

Grouping	Span	Mat	Runs	HS	Bat Av	100	Wkts	BBI	Bowl Av	5	Ct	St	Ave Diff
v Australia	2017-2017	3	8	6	2.66	0	3	1/28	69.66	0	1	0	-66.99
v England	2016-2016	1	-	-	-	-	3	2/42	19.66	0	0	0	-
v South Africa	2015-2019	5	1	1*	1.00	0	3	1/17	80.00	0	1	0	-78.99
in India	2015-2019	9	9	6	2.25	0	9	2/42	56.44	0	2	0	-54.19
in Asia	2015-2019	9	9	6	2.25	0	9	2/42	56.44	0	2	0	-54.19
home	2015-2019	9	9	6	2.25	0	9	2/42	56.44	0	2	0	-54.19
year 2015		3	1	1*	1.00	0	1	1/28	115.00	0	1	0	-113.99
year 2016		1	-	-	-	-	3	2/42	19.66	0	0	0	-
year 2017		3	8	6	2.66	0	3	1/28	69.66	0	1	0	-66.99
year 2019		2	-	-	-	-	2	1/17	62.50	0	0	0	-

That was before Ishant 2.0

[R!TTER]

Here's another one -

 

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Overall figures

Player	Span	Mat	Inns	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	5	10
Mohammed Shami (INDIA)	2016-2019	9	18	253.0	53	687	31	5/35	6/116	22.16	2.71	48.9	1	0
UT Yadav (INDIA)	2015-2019	15	30	399.5	83	1180	43	4/32	6/59	27.44	2.95	55.7	0	0
TA Boult (NZ)	2016-2016	3	6	106.4	20	333	10	3/38	5/84	33.30	3.12	64.0	0	0

Edited January 24, 2021 by R!TTER

[R!TTER]

6 minutes ago, New guy said:

That was before Ishant 2.0

What 2.0, you're kidding if you think Ishant 2.0 is Dale Styen in India 

 

Hint - look where Ishant's taken those wickets, also look at the opposition bowler's S/R & you'll fine the answers.

Edited January 24, 2021 by R!TTER

[Serpico]

Bumrah got root twice with avg 22 and SR 63.. and that is in england. He is going to destroy Root's 50 avg in India

 

 

[Lone Wolf]

Series is gonna be tough & England are clearly shooting themselves in the leg if they are resting impact players like Buttler & Bairstow who both play spin well & can score at a fair clip. 

It's gonna be a batting shootout I reckon..  But Eng are not helping themselves with stupid selections.  Sibley Burns Lawrence type guys will be no match to us but Stokes Buttler Bairstow & root will be. 

Horrible policy adopted by English selectors to rest impact players. 

[R!TTER]

3 minutes ago, Lone Wolf said:

 

Horrible policy adopted by English selectors to rest impact players. 

As long as we beat them 2-zip or 3-1 I'm good, it's not our fault English selectors did a Kohli & decided to play roulette on unarguably the most difficult place to tour in the last 3 decades 

[Serpico]

15 minutes ago, Lone Wolf said:

Series is gonna be tough & England are clearly shooting themselves in the leg if they are resting impact players like Buttler & Bairstow who both play spin well & can score at a fair clip. 

It's gonna be a batting shootout I reckon..  But Eng are not helping themselves with stupid selections.  Sibley Burns Lawrence type guys will be no match to us but Stokes Buttler Bairstow & root will be. 

Horrible policy adopted by English selectors to rest impact players. 

buttler is a very very avg test batsman and not a good keeper either, England wouldn't miss him at all. Bairstow used to be great but then did a KL and sacrificed test batting skills for LOIs. Honestly they are better off with a proper keeper considering their tail bats till 10

[sage]

Root's biggest problem was the mental block of failing to convert 50s. He's always looked very good. Now he seems to be getting in the groove and turning them into daddy hundreds

[Samcric]

Wow, the hubris shown by a few fans in this thread actually reminds me of Aussies after Adelaide. England have prepared well for this India tour and they have a good team with Root in prime form. We should expect plenty of fight.