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[trundler]

Foakes haters in tatters.

 

[BazBall21]

He’s got lucky facing mostly spin but is capitalising.

 

[weeman27bob]

So this partnership is 65 runs so far which makes it somewhat surprisingly the highest Stokes-Foakes partnership ever, having only batted five times together.

It needs to beat 75 to get past the best Foakes-Woakes partnership (3 innings) and 83 to topple the best offered by Stokes-Woakes (8).

The question is, what's the best ever Test partnership between two rhyming cricketers? Sadly Peter Willey never put on a fifty stand with Graham Dilley, and after that I was all out of ideas.

It's an ODI match but Stuart Law and Mark Waugh put on 145 together.

AUS vs WI Cricket Scorecard, 7th Match at Brisbane, January 05, 1997

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[Bahseph]

Elgar has to own up to this selection blunder. No way around it.

 

[nick-o]

So this partnership is 65 runs so far which makes it somewhat surprisingly the highest Stokes-Foakes partnership ever, having only batted five times together.

It needs to beat 75 to get past the best Foakes-Woakes partnership (3 innings) and 83 to topple the best offered by Stokes-Woakes (8).

The question is, what's the best ever Test partnership between two rhyming cricketers? Sadly Peter Willey never put on a fifty stand with Graham Dilley, and after that I was all out of ideas.

Would you count Knott and Boycott? 215 at Trent Bridge, 1977

 

[Dendarii]

Elgar has to own up to this selection blunder. No way around it.

Boucher as well. It's not like Elgar was the only one who had a say in picking the team.

 

[BazBall21]

Lungi is very stiff in the field. Scott Boland was immobile too.

 

[BazBall21]

Stokes clearly nicked it but good clever bowling from big Lung

 

[flibbertyjibber]

This has been a fun partnership. Brilliant umpiring by Illy today, not.

 

[weeman27bob]

So this partnership is 65 runs so far which makes it somewhat surprisingly the highest Stokes-Foakes partnership ever, having only batted five times together.

It needs to beat 75 to get past the best Foakes-Woakes partnership (3 innings) and 83 to topple the best offered by Stokes-Woakes (8).

The question is, what's the best ever Test partnership between two rhyming cricketers? Sadly Peter Willey never put on a fifty stand with Graham Dilley, and after that I was all out of ideas.

250 for Mudassar Nazar and Qasim Umar?

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[trundler]

Waaaa drop the best WKB in England for the bloke who played 60 tests to effect 1 stumping and make 2 tons waaaaaa

 

[Nintendo]

2 balls into the new ball and in the 90's and stokes decides to run down the pitch and try to slam the pacer. Odd decision. Especially after the boundary the ball before.

 

[Heboric]

You know you are bowling **** if these two are scoring against you. Come on boys pull finger

 

[GIMH]

You know you are bowling **** if these two are scoring against

Yeah Ben Stokes has never scored runs against anyone ever

 

[GIMH]

Waaaa drop the best WKB in England for the bloke who played 60 tests to effect 1 stumping and make 2 tons waaaaaa

Who said that? (Genuine question not sarcasm)

 

[BazBall21]

Harsh on Stokes decent bat

 

[Gremlin]

Actual Test cricket today. Utter madness.

 

[BazBall21]

Waaaa drop the best WKB in England for the bloke who played 60 tests to effect 1 stumping and make 2 tons waaaaaa

Buttler in Tests is so forgettable

 

[Uppercut]

Who said that? (Genuine question not sarcasm)

IIRC Grecian wanted Foakes dropped, but for Billings with Bairstow taking the gloves.

 

[StephenZA]

Good 100 that. Largely a proper hundred with a few swipes in between.