1st Test (Leeds) - 20th June

[Johan]

they faced weak teams in his 5 tests. the likes of NZ and PAK which is as weak as you can get in Tests (these days). His FC average is 31, usually you dont go 13 ave better than FC, so it means he is coming back to earth now. Fact is there is no bowling depth in FC cricket for England(apart from injury prone players), same issue is happening to Aus once the big 4 retire(cummins, haze, starc and boland) - all injury prone like Morris and Jhye richardson etc.

Gosh can you just go to some Australian thread?

 

[Arachnödouche2.0]

200 was there for the taking. Well played though.

 

[wpdavid]

Bashir deserved that actually. He's bowled has improved since from the DL maximums, and one of those was almost caught.

 

[SkyBlue]

Gift of a wicket

 

[wpdavid]

Only pant. No one else even has 2

Surprised about Gilchrist, but you're right of course.

 

[_Ed_]

Eight years between tests really is extraordinary. Welcome back Nair.

 

[Johan]

dude should be forced to listen to five hours of Nickelback for giving Bashir a wicket.

 

[OverratedSanity]

Surprised about Gilchrist, but you're right of course.

Only got to tour England twice in his career tbf

 

[Arachnödouche2.0]

Nair makes a DHS 50 odd that earns him no credit or a failure that sets tongues wagging again. Should put his skis on fast.

 

[Spark]

The accident has had much more of an effect on his keeping than his batting. His glove work was improving a lot before the accident, it's regressed since.

Yeah the question was more about whether the accident would affect his mentality more than his ball-striking, but he's definitely the same mad genius he was beforehand.

 

[flibbertyjibber]

They're gonna be beaming when they chase 550 to win on Day 5

Gonna be 750 plays 650 and India will just bat out the game.

 

[wpdavid]

Only got to tour England twice in his career tbf

Yes, and 2005 was an entirely different proposition. I suppose I thought he made more than one in 2001, not least because I was at Lord's when our slips kept dropping him. But it turns out he only made 90 in that innings, having made 150 in the first test.

 

[mackembhoy]

Surprised about Gilchrist, but you're right of course.

I still recall being bemused in 2005 when my dad told me that Gilchrist was one of the best batsman and best wicketkeeper in the world.

Flintoff had his number that series and explains why so few centuries.

In 2001 I'm sure he didn't have to do as much batting but I was 8 then and not following cricket!

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

Oh Jamie!

 

[Spark]

oh my god

 

[Johan]

Oh Mother****er

 

[OverratedSanity]

Someone update the zing bail thread

 

[Hungry Llama]

But the stats clearly showed that England should bowl. How could it have gone wrong? Again.

 

[Johan]

This is amazing

 

[The Brian Hardie Stance]

That was abysmal from Smith.