Ashes 2021

[Jay]

1 hour ago, vvvslaxman said:

https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/the-ashes-2021-22-joe-root-admits-i-expected-too-much-from-superhero-ben-stokes-1293391

 

Joe Root: 'I expected too much from "superhero" Ben Stokes'

That's a bit insulting? Ben just came back from a bad mental breakdown. He will bounce back. 

 

Ashwin is the one that mentally scarred him for life though lol. 

 

In India when he played, he purposely got out to sundar to avoid getting pinned by ash.

[Bigg Brother]

Liked the way Cricket.com.au cover their cricket and hype individual players. Look at the way they are celebrating Travis Head. The guy is plain mediocre,smashed hundred against England and already hundred articles about him..

[Vijy]

8 hours ago, Jay said:

If he is injury free he will be the best bowler in the world along with bumrah and Cummins.

yes, BABU will be a beast

[Dery]

This series is so boring & one sided. Somebody give Eng players some   or Oz players some 

[neel roy]

Is Labu the luckiest player alive. I remember India dropping him 6 times in the series. In Gabba itself he was dropped thrice..

[Jay]

1 hour ago, neel roy said:

Is Labu the luckiest player alive. I remember India dropping him 6 times in the series. In Gabba itself he was dropped thrice..

His luck will run out soon. But gee he is a tough cookie.

[neel roy]

9 hours ago, Jay said:

His luck will run out soon. But gee he is a tough cookie.

No dont think so. Somewhere read he has been dropped the highest amongst all batsmen since debut. Also he got out of a no ball today. Lucky 

[Jay]

28 minutes ago, neel roy said:

No dont think so. Somewhere read he has been dropped the highest amongst all batsmen since debut. Also he got out of a no ball today. Lucky 

He was dropped 3 times of bumrah alone last time and he ended up scoring big. Siraj had him twice too bit was unlucky. 

 

Could have been a rout for india. 

[mishra]

Neser was very impressive with bat. He is a good find for Aussies. Gives them one more proper bat

[Vijy]

On 12/17/2021 at 12:25 PM, mishra said:

Neser was very impressive with bat. He is a good find for Aussies. Gives them one more proper bat

he is, after all, a bowling AR. a better batter than Cummins/Starc, although not in the same class with the ball

[Jay]

34 minutes ago, Vijy said:

he is, after all, a bowling AR. a better batter than Cummins/Starc, although not in the same class with the ball

None of them are in the class of starc Cummins and hazlewood. 

Jhye has some potential. He Is a bit slower although he sure has a nasty bumper. 

Neser is no where near the main 3. 

Green might become a good bowler if he forgoes batting. It's going to be hard for him to excel in both. 

[Vijy]

16 minutes ago, Jay said:

None of them are in the class of starc Cummins and hazlewood. 

Jhye has some potential. He Is a bit slower although he sure has a nasty bumper. 

Neser is no where near the main 3. 

Green might become a good bowler if he forgoes batting. It's going to be hard for him to excel in both. 

neser is not same quality in all conditions, but he can do well in home conditions. He has an avg of 21 or so on the relatively flatt-ish domestic tracks over past 3-4 yrs. Again, this is not to say that he can match their top 3.

 

Green will be an excellent player, but he needs to decide whether he wants to be bowling AR or batting AR

[Jay]

53 minutes ago, Vijy said:

neser is not same quality in all conditions, but he can do well in home conditions. He has an avg of 21 or so on the relatively flatt-ish domestic tracks over past 3-4 yrs. Again, this is not to say that he can match their top 3.

 

Green will be an excellent player, but he needs to decide whether he wants to be bowling AR or batting AR

Green is a star I agree. He batted well vs India. 

Neser averages 25 bro in shield. Still decent but yea. Not big 3 quality. 

 

Jhye has a higher ceiling but he needs to increase pace. 

[Vijy]

6 minutes ago, Jay said:

Green is a star I agree. He batted well vs India. 

Neser averages 25 bro in shield. Still decent but yea. Not big 3 quality. 

 

Jhye has a higher ceiling but he needs to increase pace. 

Neser has take wkts at 21.01 since 2018 in FC - it may seem like a minor point, but I wanted to back up my statement.

 

Green will be the next big player to watch out for.

Edited December 19, 2021 by Vijy

[Jay]

19 minutes ago, Vijy said:

Neser has take wkts at 21.01 since 2018 in FC - it may seem like a minor point, but I wanted to back up my statement.

 

Green will be the next big player to watch out for.

I saw on video yesterday. Jhye had 21 last year in shields. Neser had 25. Definitely not blind lol.

Doesn't matter anyway. 

[Suhaan]

3 hours ago, Jay said:

Green is a star I agree. He batted well vs India. 

Neser averages 25 bro in shield. Still decent but yea. Not big 3 quality. 

 

Jhye has a higher ceiling but he needs to increase pace. 

Jhye is very nippy, he's coming back from injury pre injury he was bowling in excess 140+

I see him in Shami's pace category

Bowlers usually take their own time to get back to best

[Vijy]

As per reports, Root is "injured". I just hope that he really is, and that it's not a stunt by ECB (not Root himself) to try and deflect some blame

[LordPrabhzy]

This Haseeb is a fraud.

 

2nd chance in the test team, yet he fluffs it. England first class batting and bowling pipeline is trash- they should be prepared to return to their late 90s quality of their test team which was absolutely rubbish.

[Jay]

australia have a problem. who will they drop now. hazlewood may be out for the series. jhye to come in i reckon. he is the closest to joshy. jhye is a great talent. 

[diga]

9 hours ago, Vijy said:

As per reports, Root is "injured". I just hope that he really is, and that it's not a stunt by ECB (not Root himself) to try and deflect some blame

Root seems broken... even before he got out, he was hit in the box by Starc 3 overs earlier. 

English bowling & fielding was listless. There was a period when Robinson resorted to bowling offspin from his pacy stuff. Last 10 overs were entirely bowled by part timers Root & Malan.   Looks like 5-0 is inevitable.

 

Also, the English cannot play both Broad & Anderson if they have to develop bowlers.  

 

Edited December 19, 2021 by diga