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

Nintendo

Cricketer Of The Year
It was a problem in 2023 as well iirc
Nah it definitely wasn't as bad as it has been here or was in that 2022 summer. Those 22 balls where absolutely horrible. Became dogfood by the 10th over and the #5-#7's of every team made runs for fun.
 

King Kane

International Vice-Captain
Bumrah too good for Jofra and he has got a 5'fer.

It looks like Carse will get stranded, he has batted well and deserves a fifty along with Smith.
 

Spark

Global Moderator
Yeah 370 seems quite a big score given how the pitch has behaved for much of today. Bar of soap instead of a cricket ball notwithstanding, enough movement and slightly inconsistent bounce.
 

cnerd123

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I think a reason why we are seeing so many more ball changes these days is because teams are asking for umpires to use the ball guage a lot more.

Pre covid I remember umpires would rarely use the gauge. Post covid it seems mandatory that when a ball change is requested the umpires must put it through the guage to placate the captain. That's definitely contributed to the increased number of changes.
 

Molehill

International Coach
So they take a wicket and then Gill decides to have a ****ing massage on the middle of the field. You can't pin that **** on the Dukes!!
 

cnerd123

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England definitely have enough runs here. Bazball is dead, long live traditional Test cricket.

If India don't get docked WTC points for overrate this Test I'll be shocked.
 

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