3rd Test (Lord’s) - 10 July to 14 July

[RossTaylorsBox]

Kyle is just as bad tbh

 

[LangleyburyCCPlayer]

Something very Scottie Scheffler about Bumrah. You watch just their actions without any context and there's no way you'd expect them to be generational talents in their respective sport, yet they're both incredible. Love to see these unconventional sports people at the top of the game.

Normally you wouldn’t want someone to copy an action as unorthodox as that, but if you can do what Bumrah does, absolutely copy it, it’s incredibly effective and must make his deliveries seem 5mph quicker

 

[LangleyburyCCPlayer]

thing is who do we have that can come in to replace him

go with a longer tail with Atkinson/Potts?

Replace him with Bethell?

At this rate, replacing Woakes with Atkinson absolutely doesn’t make the tail longer, Atkinson is a genuine number 8, Woakes looks like a bowler who can occasionally biff it around these days

 

[wpdavid]

Btw sorry if already mentioned but did anyone hear Stuart Broad saying he hates the ball being changed

That's great. Up there with his view that the 2021/22 Ashes didn't count due to the COVID restrictions.

 

[GIMH]

That's great. Up there with his view that the 2021/22 Ashes didn't count due to the COVID restrictions.

Never heard of it sorry

 

[silentstriker]

Don't be a divvy mate, you know full well it's not played with a red ball

Wait you can get non red cricket balls?

 

[Spark]

So I looked around at what Dukes have been saying and apparently this is an actual quote from the actual CEO:

If I made a really hard ball, it would have broken bats.

I think we might have a slight problem here.

 

[Johan]

So I looked around at what Dukes have been saying and apparently this is an actual quote from the actual CEO:



I think we might have a slight problem here.

Why are there so many Braindead People in power?

 

[GIMH]

Club cricket balls have been shite this year too

 

[Spark]

Club cricket balls have been shite this year too

It's been a problem in WI too, both sides have been complaining constantly about the ball in the current series apparently (they also use Dukes)

 

[Nintendo]

Jersey have just beaten Scotland in the t20WC qualifiers for anyone interested, chased down the target with 1 wicket on the last ball of the game. If you can, watch the highlights when you can. Great game.

 

[LangleyburyCCPlayer]

Surely not. Maybe move him up to number 6 so he's not spending so much of his innings hoping that the tail will stick around.

He might work his way up the order eventually, but there’s no rush

 

[Darwin Award]

was dropped on 0 mind so this innings shouldn't count tbf

Smith actually was on 5 when he was dropped by Rahul.... not that it makes any difference to your point.

It's still costed India a fair bit in this test with an extra 80+ runs put on by this partnership.

 

[wpdavid]

That's huge.

 

[Johan]

Nice innings Jamie, Jofra, swing it.

 

[mackembhoy]

Surely not. Maybe move him up to number 6 so he's not spending so much of his innings hoping that the tail will stick around.

Yeah Smith and Stokes swapping around until Ben finds his mojo again wouldn't be a bad idea.

Stokes has been very much at his best in last few years batting with the tail. I thought at the time him and Foakes should have swapped places in India.

Ahh bollocks man

 

[Red_Ink_Squid]

It's been a problem in WI too, both sides have been complaining constantly about the ball in the current series apparently (they also use Dukes)

They had this exact problem back in the first year of Bazball (2022? - New Zealand were touring) where the new balls behaved fine but they went too soft too quickly and it was very hard to take wickets with the old ball. Seems like this year's batch have the same issue.

 

[OverratedSanity]

Bumrah getting punished

 

[Spark]

They had this exact problem back in the first year of Bazball (2022? - New Zealand were touring) where the new balls behaved fine but they went too soft too quickly and it was very hard to take wickets with the old ball. Seems like this year's batch have the same issue.

It was a problem in 2023 as well iirc

 

[wpdavid]

Sensible from Archer when the bloke at the other end has 44.


EDIT
Difficult for Carse here. He can't really turn down singles, but Archer was never likely to survive long against Bumrah. Ditto Bashir.