Frustrated Posted July 31, 2023 Posted July 31, 2023 No test team can ever achieve what Team Ind achieved in Eng...'Being unable to defend 375'. LOL. AKane 1
vvvslaxman Posted July 31, 2023 Posted July 31, 2023 Just now, rageaddict said: 37 year old Broad looks much younger than 32 year old Mohammed Shami. very true. Only explanation is Shami is not 32 lol
Nikola Posted July 31, 2023 Posted July 31, 2023 Australia will feel really unlucky with all the conditions they got (except last test). Can you imagine ball swinging and seaming and spinning too against crawleys and duckets. All they got was gun barrel straight bowling under bright sunshine.
Lord Posted July 31, 2023 Posted July 31, 2023 3 minutes ago, vvvslaxman said: Ishant is a hole that we will struggle to fill in a while. That height, natural bounce, miserly bowling, great inswingers. When he combined with Bumrah and Shami they were complimenting each other well. Siraj is not a fully developed seamer unfortunately. Going after glory ball every single ball and losing the plot. Prasidh and Sen can fill Ishant's gap easily. Infact Ishant was floaty bowler and didn't use his height (except Lords 2014) to get bounce. Prasidh bangs it in. Bumrah is always tough to replace. We need someone who can be calm and think well. Siraj isn't that.
Kothili Posted July 31, 2023 Posted July 31, 2023 Man of the match is that 6 over cricket ball fixed by the umps and Poms. Lord 1
wazza Posted July 31, 2023 Posted July 31, 2023 5 minutes ago, Lord said: how does this affect your original point No I am just saying. We should just let them choose this. I am sure drav will love this. Fulfil his dream. Let's keep prolonging careers of big 3 fails in rahan ghuja and kohli. That should be the aim. Yes England have matured and changed personnel apart drom jimmy love but jimmy was good until he played ashes. We still adore our past it old farts. Why not. Just keep the tradition going. Lord 1
Lord Posted July 31, 2023 Posted July 31, 2023 3 minutes ago, vvvslaxman said: Injuries, weather, freak dismissals, bizarre decisions so many aspects decided the outcome rather than actual skills in this series. Australia in my view was way below par. They are lucky to get away with 2-2. I can't remember one good spell from Australia that sticks out. That Starc's spell briefly. Otherwise pathetic bowling. Got butchered a lot of times. They missed Lyon a lot. Murphy isn't on the same level.
vvvslaxman Posted July 31, 2023 Posted July 31, 2023 1 minute ago, Lord said: Prasidh and Sen can fill Ishant's gap easily. Infact Ishant was floaty bowler and didn't use his height (except Lords 2014) to get bounce. Prasidh bangs it in. Bumrah is always tough to replace. We need someone who can be calm and think well. Siraj isn't that. Prasidh's fitness is a massive "If". Ishant did not go out for injury since he made debut if i am right. Atleast he was mostly available. Can't say the same about current crop who break down even in T20 games
rollingstoned Posted July 31, 2023 Posted July 31, 2023 3 minutes ago, vvvslaxman said: Injuries, weather, freak dismissals, bizarre decisions so many aspects decided the outcome rather than actual skills in this series. Australia in my view was way below par. They are lucky to get away with 2-2. I can't remember one good spell from Australia that sticks out. That Starc's spell briefly. Otherwise pathetic bowling. Got butchered a lot of times. You can always expect an older team like Australia to suffer from a lack of freshness as a long series goes on. Woakes and Wood have swung it decisively in England's favor after they joined the squad while Lyon was a miss for Australia after he got injured.
AKane Posted July 31, 2023 Posted July 31, 2023 Hey is anyone here in England? Is anyone questioning why Broad is retiring and "Jimmy" is not? Boycott? Anyone?
vvvslaxman Posted July 31, 2023 Posted July 31, 2023 England has some scope for fine tuning their bazball approach. Crazy declaration is one thing they should address first. Under Stokes they have not lost any series yet.
Lord Posted July 31, 2023 Posted July 31, 2023 Just now, vvvslaxman said: Prasidh's fitness is a massive "If". Ishant did not go out for injury since he made debut if i am right. Atleast he was mostly available. Can't say the same about current crop who break down even in T20 games Ishant got injured right after that Lords 2014 spell lol. Otherwise Played within himself to avoid injury. Also playing only one format helped.
Kothili Posted July 31, 2023 Posted July 31, 2023 Looking forward to bozoball in Australian conditions. Would be fun to see some teeth knocked out.
rollingstoned Posted July 31, 2023 Posted July 31, 2023 9 minutes ago, vvvslaxman said: Ishant is a hole that we will struggle to fill in a while. That height, natural bounce, miserly bowling, great inswingers. When he combined with Bumrah and Shami they were complimenting each other well. Siraj is not a fully developed seamer unfortunately. Going after glory ball every single ball and losing the plot. Ishant took a long time and a lot of backing to become that bowler though. Credit has to be given to MSD for persevering with him and seeing something no one else did at the time when he was flattering to deceive. It's a simple matter of finding someone for a role and giving them the backing to fulfil it.
vvvslaxman Posted July 31, 2023 Posted July 31, 2023 1 minute ago, rollingstoned said: You can always expect an older team like Australia to suffer from a lack of freshness as a long series goes on. Woakes and Wood have swung it decisively in England's favor after they joined the squad while Lyon was a miss for Australia after he got injured. Smith's form and Labu's form (bar that 100) also palyed a factory. They are their go to batsmen recent times.
Austin 3:!6 Posted July 31, 2023 Posted July 31, 2023 What a series...what great pitches...test cricket at its very best. I just hope when England tour us next year for 5 test series, we give sporting wickets rather than taking short cuts. If we lose, so be it. I hate those 2 day test matches in India cricspirit 1
vvvslaxman Posted July 31, 2023 Posted July 31, 2023 1 minute ago, Lord said: Ishant got injured right after that Lords 2014 spell lol. Otherwise Played within himself to avoid injury. Also playing only one format helped. Fitness comes first. Bumrah had a fantastic career. But it is only 30 Tests. We have no replacement. His absence is still costing us. Bhuvi could have been useful in SA and England. He was never fit even with his trundling speeds. Shami in that regard someone i apprecaite despite poor record in England. Umesh is fit. But he is more suitable for Indian pitches where he can reverse Lord 1
vvvslaxman Posted July 31, 2023 Posted July 31, 2023 Australia lost by 49 runs. Not walloping like we received against Australia at the same ground
Lord Posted July 31, 2023 Posted July 31, 2023 1 minute ago, vvvslaxman said: Fitness comes first. Bumrah had a fantastic career. But it is only 30 Tests. We have no replacement. His absence is still costing us. Bhuvi could have been useful in SA and England. He was never fit even with his trundling speeds. Shami in that regard someone i apprecaite despite poor record in England. Umesh is fit. But he is more suitable for Indian pitches where he can reverse yes reason these youngsters aren't being picked as they are very unreliable wrt fitness.
Lord Posted July 31, 2023 Posted July 31, 2023 Just now, vvvslaxman said: Australia lost by 49 runs. Not walloping like we received against Australia at the same ground They aren't playing deadwood in name of eggsperience. cricspirit 1
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