GIMH
Norwood's on Fire
We won by 8 wickets in Karachi 2022. Last time I checked that was outside England.
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5th Test (The Oval) - 31st July to 4th August
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Arachnödouche2.0
State Vice-Captain
He looks a jittery, overanxious batsman at the best of times. Not a surprise he melts under pressure in second innings. For a while I used to think of him as Ian Bell's successor but turns out Bell, fragile as he could be, was a model of composure compared to this guy.
LangleyburyCCPlayer
International Debutant
Supposedly he’s like Steve Smith in that he gets so fixated that he struggles to sleep over the course of a Test match, although that’s where the similarities to Smith end (he hasn’t been banned from captaining his country for one)
Nintendo
Cricketer Of The Year
He's not great vs the ball coming back in, isn't amazing vs spin, and a shaky starter. These become exhaserbated in 3th/4th innings when there's more in it for the spinners/pacers get more inconsistent bounce.
LangleyburyCCPlayer
International Debutant
He seems to get a lot of good balls, is he unlucky, or is it more that his balance issues make the good balls look unplayable?
RossTaylorsBox
Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
@grok is this true?
Prince EWS
Global Moderator
Kimber did a video on it recently. Apparently he suffers from the same thing as Smith where he really struggles to sleep during a Test. Smith has a similar second innings drop off.
Pope also has a serious issues with spin, which is more pronounced in the second innings.
Prince EWS
Global Moderator
Karachi? That's in Queensland.
GIMH
Norwood's on Fire
I think you mean Kingsland
Bahseph
International Debutant
I must watch this because I catch a few Kimber vids and articles and he does not rate Pope. I think he is kinder to Crawley!
Prince EWS
Global Moderator
Bairstow used to do the same. He got bowled so often you thought the bowler was bowling magic deliveries. He just got in poor positions really.
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I would say Michael Vaughan was the one who made his dismissals look like wonder balls because he would constantly play inside balls hitting off stump. Bairstow and Pope get out playing across straight balls and it mostly just looks like it’s their first time ever batting.
silentstriker
The Wheel is Forever
What the hell am I going to do with myself now? I have to wait until almost winter?
In other news, when are Australia or England due to tour India again? 2027? Or is someone coming over in 2026?
In other news, when are Australia or England due to tour India again? 2027? Or is someone coming over in 2026?
GIMH
Norwood's on Fire
Sadly not until 2032
Victor Ian
International Coach
Everyone can gambhir. If you pay attention to the experts, a proper employment of gambhiring begins before a ball is bowled.
Victor Ian
International Coach
On the other hand, there was a ball.
It's a great video. Why aren't England's stats nerds compiling stuff like this and sending it to Baz, Stokes and Key? This gives a lot of indications that Pope is not the right man at three.
Chin Music
State Captain
Definitely that. I have been raging over the last couple of months that he hasn't been taken aside earlier in his career and had serious sessions on trying to sort this out. He doesn't play white ball cricket for England so he has sufficient downtime to try and address this, but he has barely evolved as a player.