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  1. 1. Who will triumph?


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  • Poll closed on 07/07/23 at 04:00 PM

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Posted
2 minutes ago, Frustrated said:

They probably hv.   Head is currently  the most dangerous batsman in test cricket.  His wicket will decide the fate of this test and this series.  

with a big weakness vs offspin. and Eng have 2 offspinners in moeen and root.

Posted
1 minute ago, vvvslaxman said:

wow. Immediately Stokes react. Brings on another offie after seeing Head struggle against off spin

Difference between headless bewda and a real captain. 

Posted
1 minute ago, vvvslaxman said:

wow. Immediately Stokes react. Brings on another offie after seeing Head struggle against off spin

even ben duckett and crawley can bowl offies in stokes team

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Just now, wazza said:

Mambrey is cosch. That's why. 

Bring back arun and we shall emerge victorious again.

Dravid is an idiot, he let go Arun who made one thing which was good in Indian cricket fast bowling and ran into the ground by trundler culture and hiring useless Paras as a coach. 

 

Shami was no less of an idiot instead of credit Bharat Arun for his renaissance was giving himself all the credit for working hard.

Posted
3 minutes ago, vvvslaxman said:

 

Jadeja doesn't take the ball away from Head. Hence slightly less potent

It is called change of pace, any sane captain would give the spin bowler atleast one over before lunch.

 

 

Posted
2 minutes ago, putrevus said:

It is called change of pace, any sane captain would give the spin bowler atleast one over before lunch.

 

 

 

He bowled a lot of overs to him. Hardly effective.  India tactically missed an offie. Even a part time offie would have done wonders that too at oval.  England trusts someone who has a terrible record against these Australian batsmen more than India trusts someone who is an elite bowler against their batsmen.

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I am absolutely not surprised by this at all. I saw the Pak series where ball did absolutely nothing. They created artificial pressure with funky field sets and persistent line and length, variations. Pakistan succumbed to it on a flat road. Australia/NZ also toured there. They couldn't do t he same.

Posted (edited)
3 minutes ago, vvvslaxman said:

 

He bowled a lot of overs to him. Hardly effective.  India tactically missed an offie. Even a part time offie would have done wonders that too at oval.  England trusts someone who has a terrible record against these Australian batsmen more than India trusts someone who is an elite bowler against their batsmen.

You cannot create an offie when you don't have it. Ashwin not playing the test was right decision. 

 

Rohit handling the bowlers was awful, he ran both opening bowlers down by giving them extended spell in first session of test itself.

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Posted
Just now, putrevus said:

You can create an offie when you don't have it. So Ashwin not playing the test was right decision. 

 

Rohit handling the bowlers was awful, he ran both opening bowlers down by giving them extended spell in first session of test itself.

 

Extremely pathetic decision not playing him.

Posted
Just now, vvvslaxman said:

 

Extremely pathetic decision not playing him.

I don't think so, it was 100% correct decision. If Ashwin played Thakur would not have played.

Posted
5 minutes ago, putrevus said:

I don't think so, it was 100% correct decision. If Ashwin played Thakur would not have played.

 

What did Thakur do actually in that Test? Did he contain or dismiss Smith/Head early?

Posted
15 minutes ago, vvvslaxman said:

 

Extremely pathetic decision not playing him.

See the reason ash dint play was due to the previous wtc final and his record in England. If they are basing it on wtc final vs nz that honestly doesn't make sense either cause he actually got a couple of wickets there. 

 

I think we should have used unadkat at 9. Thakur at 8.

Playing bharat over kishan was wrong. Lefties troubl3d Australia. 

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