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

[Darwin Award]

What a catch by Root to bring up the record of most catches now in tests & goes past Rahul Dravid.

 

[wpdavid]

Should be bowling Archer now

Yeah, I was thinking he should have a bowl while Gill is new to the crease.

EDIT
And Stokes agrees. Big moment in the test, you'd think.

 

[SkyBlue]

Disappointing end from Nair. I think he'll be given the whole series and we are probably never going to hear from him again

 

[King Kane]

Jofra back on.

Here we go.

 

[cnerd123]

???

Have we memory holed that tour already?

talking about this tour obviously.

 

[Arachnödouche2.0]

lol Hussain picks on everybody

 

[Spark]

talking about this tour obviously.

Yeah but surely he has more credits in the bank from that tour than anything Nair has shown so far on this one (not that they're in direct competition for a spot or anything)

 

[Arachnödouche2.0]

Disappointing end from Nair. I think he'll be given the whole series and we are probably never going to hear from him again

Think he's had a fair run tbh. Three Tests at age 33 with one glaring shortcoming...simply isn't enough ROI persisting with him.

 

[Daemon]

Pretty typical of technically correct batsmen who have hard hands, these batsmen were a dime a dozen in Aus in the mid 00s and early 10s

His weakness against short of a length balls that move away is pretty terminal though. That's a Test bowler's stock ball when they just want a dot ball, you can't be nicking those with regularity.

It’s bizarre that England abandoned that for a bit to try something unnecessary and gave away 20+ runs in the process

 

[King Kane]

Rahul getting a wake up call from Jofra with a short ball.

 

[Arachnödouche2.0]

Rahul getting a wake up call from Jofra with a short ball.

Nasty isn't it? I can only think of Nortje in the current game with that kind of head-hunting steepling bounce at high pace.

 

[Red_Ink_Squid]

Root going past Dravid's centuries and catches totals on the same day.

 

[Spark]

Nasty isn't it? I can only think of Nortje in the current game with that kind of head-hunting steepling bounce at high pace.

Cummins is more about hitting you on the gloves than the head but he also can get that really steep, disconcerting bounce seemingly from nowhere at times

 

[mackembhoy]

Root going past Dravid's centuries and catches totals on the same day.

Shame wasn't his runs total too 60 odd short

 

[Daemon]

Didn’t expect Stokes the bowler to make as big an impact as he has this series

 

[cnerd123]

Yeah but surely he has more credits in the bank from that tour than anything Nair has shown so far on this one (not that they're in direct competition for a spot or anything)

Don't know. Seems BGT is irrelevant given Thakur started over him.

 

[cnerd123]

Root going past Dravid's centuries and catches totals on the same day.

should have retired out of respect of a real legend like Mulder did

 

[Spark]

Don't know. Seems BGT is irrelevant given Thakur started over him.

That was just a baffling decision tbh and it seems that Indian management belatedly realised that too

 

[Arachnödouche2.0]

Oh forgot Bashir's playing. Come on Stokes, give your boy a bowl.

 

[Calm_profit]

Woakes is done as a bowler.