English cricket thread
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Well well
Breakthrough !!
That came from nowhere
Nice one Root.
Again, the umpires. It's not as if it's even a fast bowler to make it a difficult spot with the pace.
Again, the umpires. It's not as if it's even a fast bowler to make it a difficult spot with the pace.
Finally.
Why doesn’t Root bowl more? Seems better than Mo?
Well done Joe, another couple today would be great!
Think he was shocked Bairstow held onto one.
His history of back issues won't help, they do have to be careful with him.
Marnus gone. Here we go.
I disagree. The Australian bowling has looked pretty ordinary in my view in this series. The last test when Bairstow chopped onto the stumps with about 70 runs to defend they let Chris Woakes get a quick and risk free 20 runs to swing the momentum back while Brooks was at the other end.
Do we really need to take tea?
Yeah it's stupid.
They need to change the rules around Lunch and Tea anyways - shouldn't be able to go for it until you've bowled at least 30 overs in the session.
Well we have one more wicket today than I expected this morning.
They don’t even drink tea, just a glorified extended drinks break.
You can't just not take tea - they've already revised the session times.
Next 6 overs of spin have gone for 5 runs and England are 9 overs away from the new ball.
It’s raining again as well.
Ah big covers going on now. Fantastic to get the big wicket ahead of tomorrow though.
It’s raining and now the Met Office forecast says no rain until after 2000, useless.
Assuming there's some play tomorrow then obviously the new ball will be crucial. I still think they can't afford to bat again, even if they have the time it's likely to be similar conditions to this and Aus will just say they want to bowl pace.
I'm starting to believe Australia can make England bat again.
If there’s enough time they won’t set enough to make it interesting, we will however see some all time time-wasting potentially.
That looks the most likely outcome.
The worst thing that's happened today is that the umpires have a reading when light will be offered. If England bat again they'll be constantly asking for play to be stopped and refusing to stop their quicks from bowling.
Also an umpire saying it's too dark whilst wearing sunglasses
Also an umpire saying it's too dark whilst wearing sunglasses
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The worst thing that's happened today is that the umpires have a reading when light will be offered. If England bat again they'll be constantly asking for play to be stopped and refusing to stop their quicks from bowling.
Also an umpire saying it's too dark whilst wearing sunglasses
Used to be that you offer the bats the light, in which case England would bat on, but now it’s the umpire’s, wearing sunglasses, call. So many sub optimal things about the game that they just don’t bother to fix.
That was hardly a good rule. Australia would only be 4 down if they still applied that.
Think pink ball is the only solution.
Oh yeah, I agree, was just showing how they’ve thought about it but not enough to implement something actually decent. The fact that they push the weather much more when they play shorter formats show how stupid it is.
Ridiculous situation awaits us tomorrow. Imagine light starts to dim and England want to knock runs off then Australia put their quicks on, forces the players off. Ludicrous.
Not the umps fault, it's the ICC. They'd get hauled in front of a committee if they didn't apply the laws.
Should absolutely be playing days of cricket out with whatever ball and lights are required to get a full day of play. Isn't good enough for spectators or paying media. I'd have them playing in snow and hail personally but that might be going a bit far.
Not the umps fault, it's the ICC. They'd get hauled in front of a committee if they didn't apply the laws.
Should absolutely be playing days of cricket out with whatever ball and lights are required to get a full day of play. Isn't good enough for spectators or paying media. I'd have them playing in snow and hail personally but that might be going a bit far.
Aren't there flood lights?
Yes.
Given we have day/night tests now there must be a better way to handle bad light than this. Switching to a white or pink ball is preferable to no play at all, or spin only.
how's weather looking tomorrow? small window if we can get 2 hours of play. very small but series on the line .
So what's all this bad light talk about ? Flip the switch.
Red ball in the dark under the lights limits the visibility.
Think they'll escape with a draw and retain the ashes , which is very annoying.
Been a great performance by England though. Hopefully they can draw the series at the Oval.
Been a great performance by England though. Hopefully they can draw the series at the Oval.
Yeah that really deters teams,the punishment for this needs to be harder
Yeah that's also a fair shout,so what's the feeling about that Brook chance to dismiss Marsh
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