flibbertyjibber
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Never fear Broad to troll with a 30 in the morning and get us up to 360.
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*Official* England Tour of Sri Lanka 2018
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MW1304
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I'd be interested to see an analysis of how consistent our totals have been for the last few years. Ever since we've had no top order but a long lower-middle order we always seem to scrape our way to similar scores, around 250-300ish. The odd absolute horror show too but not that much way above.
I get that most teams probably hit around 300 the majority of the time but still, some sort of analysis as to how consistent different teams' scores are over a long period would be a good exercise.
I get that most teams probably hit around 300 the majority of the time but still, some sort of analysis as to how consistent different teams' scores are over a long period would be a good exercise.
Howe_zat
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Since the start of the 2015 summer England have scored 250-350 in 33 out of 93 innings. That's a much higher rate than Australia (13 out of 75) and India (19 out of 71).
That supports you but it's also worth pointing out that Aus and India have recent records all about crushing it at home before flopping away, which is less true of England.
Other nations don't play as much so it's hard to compare the spread.
theegyptian
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Bairstow comes off as a bit of a self entitled douchebag in his interview after the day. Might have to give him the nickname the big cheese v 2.
A bit of time out of the side seems to have worked wonders with Bairstow as it did with Ali. Broad too seems to have benefited from the threat of being dropped in the last year. Too much coasting along possibly in the setup. TBF it must be tough for those who play all 3 formats like Ali and Bairstow to keep at high levels of skill and motivation across the three formats. Competition for places always good at keeping people on their toes - although lets hope Bairstow doesn't headbutt Foakes to try and get back the gloves.
Bairstow a little reminscent of Hussain and the three finger salute.
A bit of time out of the side seems to have worked wonders with Bairstow as it did with Ali. Broad too seems to have benefited from the threat of being dropped in the last year. Too much coasting along possibly in the setup. TBF it must be tough for those who play all 3 formats like Ali and Bairstow to keep at high levels of skill and motivation across the three formats. Competition for places always good at keeping people on their toes - although lets hope Bairstow doesn't headbutt Foakes to try and get back the gloves.
Bairstow a little reminscent of Hussain and the three finger salute.
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Prince EWS
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Yeah it'd solve a lot of problems if he could be a decent #3 so it was a massive innings. He's never going to be quite as effective there as he would be at #5-7 with his technique, and obviously new ball bowling will be more testing of that than it was here in most conditions he plays in, but England have lots of players who can do a similar job there, so if he could even average mid to high 30s there it'd do wonders for the team. I think he can do it as well as long as he commits to it.
Take the gloves away from Bairstow, bat him 3 and he scores 100. Imagine my shock.
Hopefully he can keep that up, and this isn't a one off performance motivated by his obvious disdain with being put in a less secure position in the team. A no.3 who can average 40+ would significantly improve our team and make us more consistently competitive in all conditions.
Hopefully he can keep that up, and this isn't a one off performance motivated by his obvious disdain with being put in a less secure position in the team. A no.3 who can average 40+ would significantly improve our team and make us more consistently competitive in all conditions.
mr_mister
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What did he say in the interview?
Howe_zat
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Basically what he's been saying all week, that's he's worked hard on his keeping and doesn't mean to give it up. Scandalous stuff.
egyptian just hates everyone.
Burgey
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Did he celebrate with a head butt?
mr_mister
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Yeah, still a far better batsman than Mitch Marsh too
It's just a pity because he had the promise to be a bloke who averages 40 at one stage. Scoring tons coming in at 4 and stuff. He even said at one stage he considered himself a batsman who bowls
Least he's quite penatrative with the ball now.
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Oh look what happened
flibbertyjibber
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Brilliant catch but should a fielder be allowed to move like that when they are so close to the batsman?
fredfertang
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Give Stokes the ball
wpdavid
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Yeah, I don't understand why he hasn't bowled at all.
According to 5Live they've dropped a couple of catches, which is always depressing.
EDIT
Apparently Root dropped both of these guys off Broad's bowling. No wonder SB's left the field for a breather.
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fredfertang
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The one not too long ago by Root from Broad looked pretty straightforward too