4th Test (Old Trafford, Manchester) - 23rd to 27th of July

[Johan]

Martin Crowe is still my favourite NZ batsman just like Gower is still my favourite English batsman, they scored less runs but they scored them in style.

Yeah both fantastic batsmen, better than their numbers imo

 

[SkyBlue]

Serious question:

In the last 5 to 10 years how many injuries has Joe Root had that's sidelined him from cricket?

Trying to think at the last 'bad one' or so.

With just circa 2800 test runs to go and with England playing 10-14 tests per year he doesn't even need to average 45 runs per dig to get there.

Just stay healthy.

He will surely get there. Just that he won't be remembered as the greatest test batsman for doing so.

 

[PlayerComparisons]

Martin Crowe is still my favourite NZ batsman just like Gower is still my favourite English batsman, they scored less runs but they scored them in style.

Mark Waugh would be the Aus version of this although not quite as good as Crowe. Laxman for India.

 

[Whistler]

England could put their feet down here and get a 230-250 run lead by stumps.

 

[Darwin Award]

He will surely get there. Just that he won't be remembered as the greatest test batsman for doing so.

Was Tendulkar either?

Not by all.

 

[Agonizingly Awkward]

Mark Waugh would be the Aus version of this although not quite as good as Crowe. Laxman for India.

Damien Martyn

 

[Molehill]

If not for sandpapergate, Root wouldn't even be the best batsman of his generation imo

Never really had a series defining Ashes and no 100s to show in Australia obviously (got smoked down under for his most of his career)

Which is perhaps also a reason why he didn't have a ton in Australia during that period.

Cheating *****!!

 

[Darwin Award]

Honestly can't remember the last time Stokes actually hit a six.

Much more content these days to grind out a 30-60 run score with a few bludgeoning boundaries interspersed between those dot balls.

 

[King Kane]

Damien Martyn

I played against him in junior district cricket in Perth, he was a batting prodigy back then scoring tons for fun.

I nearly ran him out trying to score a ton against my team, that was about the only way we could get him out.

 

[Chin Music]

444-4 @ashley bach @SillyCowCorner1

 

[Darwin Award]

4/444

Double Richie Benaud now .... LOL!

 

[LangleyburyCCPlayer]

Which is perhaps also a reason why he didn't have a ton in Australia during that period.

Cheating *****!!

Pains me to say it but we have to null and void series down there

 

[SkyBlue]

Which is perhaps also a reason why he didn't have a ton in Australia during that period.

Cheating *****!!

Excuses

Lesser players have got hundreds in Australia

Almost 40 hundreds and none against your biggest rival at their home is a major blot on his test career.

Smith on the other hand was greatness in Ashes 2019. Hostile crowd, concussed, yet was the standout player of the entire series.

Root by his standards has been pretty underwhelming in comparison.

 

[Johan]

Excuses

Lesser players have got hundreds in Australia

Almost 40 hundreds and none against your biggest rival at their home is a major blot on his test career.

Smith on the other hand was greatness in Ashes 2019. Hostile crowd, concussed, yet was the standout player of the entire series.

Root by his standards has been pretty underwhelming in comparison.

What's Dravid's average against South Africa and Australia combined

 

[Darwin Award]

Nasser Hussain said on air that there were was a reports of Bumrah tripping on the stairs during drinks break in the previous session. And that's why he stayed off the field."


And I thought Williamson was cursed.

 

[andruid]

Is this the point in the series where India pack it in?

 

[PlayerComparisons]

Excuses

Lesser players have got hundreds in Australia

Almost 40 hundreds and none against your biggest rival at their home is a major blot on his test career.

Smith on the other hand was greatness in Ashes 2019. Hostile crowd, concussed, yet was the standout player of the entire series.

Root by his standards has been pretty underwhelming in comparison.

I don’t think anyone is placing him in the same tier as Smith. He’s in the same tier as ATGs like Dravid.

 

[SkyBlue]

What's Dravid's average against South Africa and Australia combined

I remember Dravid having an elite series against Australia in Australia

Has Root had one? Probably not. He's mostly used to watching his team getting spanked 5-0 and being Cummins' bunny for most of the series.

 

[mackembhoy]

Serious question:

In the last 5 to 10 years how many injuries has Joe Root had that's sidelined him from cricket?

Trying to think at the last 'bad one' or so.

With just circa 2550 test runs to go and with England playing 10-14 tests per year he doesn't even need to average 45 runs per dig to get there.

Just stay healthy.

He's only missed 2 tests since his debut.

One was the 13/14 Ashes early in his career and the second was for the birth of his child against the West Indies in 2020 when Stokes captained his first game

 

[cnerd123]

Is this the point in the series where India pack it in?

That point came some time after Tea yesterday