God help me - the Test Cricket thread

[Professer E]

X2....I'll throw the remote through the telly for sure

[northernblue]

Looking good so far…
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[Gointocarlton]

Tail shouldn't have to wag like that but glad it did. Labuschagne, Smith, Head disgraceful.

[Professer E]

Yep....if Head is so good, why does he keep getting out to rubbish spin.  Green the same.  Notwithstanding the fragile batting, no. 8 guiding the pie chucker Robinson down to third man to win the match, oh, that was delicious irony.

[Gointocarlton]

Yep....if Head is so good, why does he keep getting out to rubbish spin.  Green the same.  Notwithstanding the fragile batting, no. 8 guiding the pie chucker Robinson down to third man to win the match, oh, that was delicious irony.

1-0 after what Day 1 looked like is abit of a shock for a nuffie like me. Great result though, skipper showed his metal I guess. Cudo's to Ali for bowling through what looked like a hole in his finger. Broad's a pratt but looked ominous early.

[LP]

They best add the ashes of a bazball to the old urn.

It's amazing the difference that 5th day makes when you work hard to play out the test!

I mentioned earlier in the thread Robinson's send off for Usman was a sign they were frustrated by test cricket batting, to me it's a sign that not all the Pommie squad is up for 5 day cricket, they might have gone a bit too far in the ODI aspect.

Great cricket to watch though, but you must have balance, it's going to be interesting to see what happens with the rest of the pitches!

[ElwoodBlues1]

Great win and I hope Robinson enjoyed it..
Bringing back Ali and leaving out Wood were major blunders from England after they did an India and got the pitch they wanted..Anderson looks like the end is closer too, still accurate but lacks penetration on flat wickets like this test.
If he plays next test they will have to juice up the wicket....

[DJC]

Great effort by the team and particularly Ussy and the skipper.

I guess that the rain would have dictated a draw if it hadn't been for Bazball.

[northernblue]

Admittedly I haven’t watched much of this test.
From what I’ve seen bazball isn’t reinventing the wheel.
Look back to the great windies sides of the 80’s, the Waugh, Ponting teams, India of the same era… they all looked to score quickly and give their bowlers a target that allowed them to bowl to attacking fields.
Some of the bazball fields were pretty unconventional and with two geriatric fast bowlers short spells are the norm but I’m not really seeing the revolution.

[ElwoodBlues1]

Admittedly I haven’t watched much of this test.
From what I’ve seen bazball isn’t reinventing the wheel.
Look back to the great windies sides of the 80’s, the Waugh, Ponting teams, India of the same era… they all looked to score quickly and give their bowlers a target that allowed them to bowl to attacking fields.
Some of the bazball fields were pretty unconventional and with two geriatric fast bowlers short spells are the norm but I’m not really seeing the revolution.

Never seen the Bumbrella field before which is limited behind the wicket fielders but a umbrella arc in front of the batsman with everything pitched up on a driving length trying to get him to lift the ball over the field to score.
The Windies teams played with good technique...eg Greenidge and Haynes were very correct and played authentic shots, no weird fields either.....everyone behind the wicket bar a cover, silly mid on and fine leg or deep square leg. England are trying to bring one day cricket to Test cricket and instead of reinventing the wheel found themselves under it which is what they deserved for trying to be too smart for their own good.
The English fields will only get more weird when they bring the express Wood into the team, I watched Pak vs Eng and Stokes had Anderson bowling 6 bouncers an over at one stage with crazy fields.
The funny thing is we struggle to beat England at home and havent won a series there for ages and thats with them having played normal test cricket because they green the wickets up and have Broad and crew seaming it sideways but Bazball has actually given us a better chance to win a series there.