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2nd Test (Edgbaston) - July 2nd

Hungry Llama

Hungry Llama

U19 Vice-Captain
Daemon said:
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567 reactions · 79 comments | Why are the boundaries so short at Edgbaston for this Test? @finnysteve is on hand to explain 🤔 | BBC Test Match Special

Why are the boundaries so short at Edgbaston for this Test? @finnysteve is on hand to explain 🤔.
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Not only do England doctor wickets, they also doctor the boundary ropes. Shameful cheating.
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If so I would have expected England to bat first on winning the toss. Dont think the new Bradman is complaining.

Since England dont do draws we're told, and they cant win from here, i expect them to collapse in a heap like at hamilton.

Bravo to India on learning from their mistakes at headingley, and shame on england for repeating theirs.
 
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cascade

cascade

U19 12th Man
Last night was the earliest I've managed to sleep in ages so these pitches are at least good for something.

Really impressive innings from Gill in any case.
 
cnerd123

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So good to see this ruthlessness in Gills batting. Long may it continue.

Gambhir's weird team selection paying off so far. The fact that England have won every time they've conceded 500+ under Baz and Stokes is very concerning. We'll need to bat well in the third innings to escape with a draw.
 
chris.hinton

chris.hinton

International Captain
Day 3. What England will turn up. As its looks like we are going to lose this one, Weather for Saturday has improved and Sunday is just a few showers now.

We will see
 
RightArmMystery

RightArmMystery

First Class Debutant
Catching up on the highlights from yesterday afternoon. Bashir's ****ing awful, lives off wickets caught in the deep, Root's the best spinner in the side. Shubman Gill's a machine, unreal innings and a heck of a catch. Crawley gonna Crawley. Ollie Pope's a hack but gonna keep getting picked. Have to completely freshen up the bowling attack for the next Test. Woakes, Archer, Atkinson (if he's fit, if not, Cook), and please pick a proper ****ing spinner.

Still think we lose this Test, as I said yeterday morning, but we really shouldn't, this pitch is flat and has draw written all over it, especially given the standards of the bowling attacks.
 
Shri

Shri

Mr. Glass
Singh Is King said:
Exactly, he is a Sikh Jatt. Same as me, hence why he's getting the name Jatt Ji recently.
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TIL

i was under the wrong impression and learned something today

thought it was weird to refer to him by caste when sikhism doesn't have caste but then i went into a few pages of wikipedia and realized i am wrong
 
Shri

Shri

Mr. Glass
RightArmMystery said:
Still think we lose this Test, as I said yeterday morning, but we really shouldn't, this pitch is flat and has draw written all over it, especially given the standards of the bowling attacks.
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root turned a ball from the middle of the pitch slightly. some balls are keeping low. not sure if it means anything yet or is just random stuff that won't happen regularly more as the days pass
 
RightArmMystery

RightArmMystery

First Class Debutant
CricketBadger on Twitter's just shared a list of Bashir's wickets this series so far.
1st Test:
1. Gill caught at deep square
2. Pant caught at long on
3. Krishna caught at deep midwicket

2nd Test:
4. Pant slogging to long on
5. Deep slogging to long on
6. Siraj stumped slogging

Not 1 wicket where he's beaten the bat, turned it through the gate, got a nick, nothing. 6 wickets at 60. Dawson or Leach have to play the next Test, or we play 4 seamers, either way, the Bashir experiment needs to end, and he needs to go back to County cricket to work on his game.
 
Burgey

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If you play four quicks plus Stokes, that has to be ridiculous overkill. I also don't see how you can produce these dead flat decks which they favour to bat like it's a LO game without a spinner to do hopefully do something late in the game on a dry pitch.

I feel sorry for Bashir in the sense he's a kid plucked form nowhere who just isn't ready, and I can't work out why he was picked ahead of Leach, for example, who isn't that great himself but has a lot more to offer. I mean, do they think Bashir bats a ton better than Leach or something? he barely took a wicket in second grade Shires here ffs.

I don't get it. It's like the spin version of Konstas - you risk ruining a potential long term option by playing them too soon instead of letting them develop at FC level and having some nous when they eventually get a game. Leach is there, and he seems perfectly serviceable, in as much as finger spinners are ever worthwhile.
 
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Burgey said:
I feel sorry for Bashir in the sense he's a kid plucked form nowhere who just isn't ready, and I can't work out why he was picked ahead of Leach, for example, who isn't that great himself but has a lot more to offer. I mean, do they think Bashir bats a ton better than Leach or something? he barely took a wicket in second grade Shires here ffs.

I don't get it. It's like the spin version of Konstas - you risk ruining a potential long term option by playing them too soon instead of letting them develop at FC level and having some nous when they eventually get a game. Leach is there, and he seems perfectly serviceable, in as much as finger spinners are ever worthwhile.
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McCullum did the same thing as captain with a young Ish Sodhi.
 
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