| Creeket is back 10:55 - Jan 14 with 34305 views | MrSheen |
That crept up on me. Looks like it might be another three day game. Root and Bairstow could do with an upturn in form. |  | | |  |
| Creeket is back on 11:16 - Jan 14 with 6863 views | ted_hendrix |
Root and Bairstow-so far so good-famous last words. |  |
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| Creeket is back on 11:32 - Jan 14 with 6841 views | The_Beast1976 |
Ship has been steadied, for now. Gutted I'm not out there, having barely missed an away Test series since 2006. Anyway, come on England. Let's get a big 2021 off to a flyer [Post edited 14 Jan 2021 11:32]
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| Creeket is back on 12:02 - Jan 14 with 6795 views | CliveWilsonSaid |
Just saw the score and thought we were closing in on a 20/20 match win for a minute! |  |
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| Creeket is back on 12:39 - Jan 14 with 6755 views | toboboly |
Root and Bairstow looking good. Fingers crossed for tomorrow. |  |
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| Creeket is back on 12:57 - Jan 14 with 6746 views | BlackAndGoldRanger |
Sri Lanka did not bat well at all. Think only 1 of their wickets was a decent ball. Saying that Crawley's shot wasn't great. Root and JB looked pretty comfortable for the most part hopefully both get 3 figures and we will be well ahead of the game. Bat once and thank you very much | | | |
| Creeket is back on 13:01 - Jan 14 with 6737 views | flynnbo |
Could be along night ahead with the Australia v India final test starting in Brisbane earlier on. |  | | |
| Creeket is back on 13:32 - Jan 14 with 6699 views | qprd |
| Creeket is back on 12:57 - Jan 14 by BlackAndGoldRanger |
Sri Lanka did not bat well at all. Think only 1 of their wickets was a decent ball. Saying that Crawley's shot wasn't great. Root and JB looked pretty comfortable for the most part hopefully both get 3 figures and we will be well ahead of the game. Bat once and thank you very much |
im not an england cricket fan, (and not saying youre doing this) but ive noticed you guys always go absolutely nuts when a player tries a shot and gets out... the only acceptable dismissals seem to be nicking behind, bowled or lbw'ed.... everything else is a bad shot
let the lad play his game.... you cant be a sitting duck and try to block everything... sometimes its ok to put pressure back on the bowler... clearly didnt get the shot right but dont think you should discourage a player from expressing himself when the opponents only put up 130
separately, ill never understand england selectors' aversion to bairstow.... aside from stokes and root, he seems to be englands most accomplished batsman with multiple centuries, some abroad and some against the likes of australia.... hes also a better keeper than buttler by a wide margin.... dont get how you dropped him while mediocre batsman like burns and denly were playing ahead of him.. id actually take him ahead of buttler [Post edited 14 Jan 2021 13:33]
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| Creeket is back on 13:37 - Jan 14 with 6679 views | toboboly |
Bairstow was dropped due to some abject batting. He needed to go back and sort himself out and seems to have done that. | |
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| Creeket is back on 13:51 - Jan 14 with 6663 views | dm97 |
| Creeket is back on 13:32 - Jan 14 by qprd |
im not an england cricket fan, (and not saying youre doing this) but ive noticed you guys always go absolutely nuts when a player tries a shot and gets out... the only acceptable dismissals seem to be nicking behind, bowled or lbw'ed.... everything else is a bad shot
let the lad play his game.... you cant be a sitting duck and try to block everything... sometimes its ok to put pressure back on the bowler... clearly didnt get the shot right but dont think you should discourage a player from expressing himself when the opponents only put up 130
separately, ill never understand england selectors' aversion to bairstow.... aside from stokes and root, he seems to be englands most accomplished batsman with multiple centuries, some abroad and some against the likes of australia.... hes also a better keeper than buttler by a wide margin.... dont get how you dropped him while mediocre batsman like burns and denly were playing ahead of him.. id actually take him ahead of buttler [Post edited 14 Jan 2021 13:33]
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Trying a shot isnt the issue; it's the context of the situation. Look at Perrera (Sp? The lefty opening) had just lost two partners. First session, First day, 25-2. You then proceed to wildly reverse sweep a young, inexperienced opposition spinner who - lets be honest - hasnt got much in the bank re variation, bounce or turn when you could have milked your way to 50 like Root and Bairstow did. Naive and poorly executed; as was SL's entire innings.
Crawley's wasnt as bad - but only because of the incoming batsmen's performances. Learning curve and all that [Post edited 14 Jan 2021 13:52]
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| Creeket is back on 13:57 - Jan 14 with 6653 views | qprd |
| Creeket is back on 13:51 - Jan 14 by dm97 |
Trying a shot isnt the issue; it's the context of the situation. Look at Perrera (Sp? The lefty opening) had just lost two partners. First session, First day, 25-2. You then proceed to wildly reverse sweep a young, inexperienced opposition spinner who - lets be honest - hasnt got much in the bank re variation, bounce or turn when you could have milked your way to 50 like Root and Bairstow did. Naive and poorly executed; as was SL's entire innings.
Crawley's wasnt as bad - but only because of the incoming batsmen's performances. Learning curve and all that [Post edited 14 Jan 2021 13:52]
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i wont defend the sri lankan batting... that was moronic, reverse sweeping with a slip in place at 25-2 with a mediocre batting lineup to follow is particularly moronic | | | |
| Creeket is back on 15:03 - Jan 14 with 6595 views | nix |
| Creeket is back on 13:51 - Jan 14 by dm97 |
Trying a shot isnt the issue; it's the context of the situation. Look at Perrera (Sp? The lefty opening) had just lost two partners. First session, First day, 25-2. You then proceed to wildly reverse sweep a young, inexperienced opposition spinner who - lets be honest - hasnt got much in the bank re variation, bounce or turn when you could have milked your way to 50 like Root and Bairstow did. Naive and poorly executed; as was SL's entire innings.
Crawley's wasnt as bad - but only because of the incoming batsmen's performances. Learning curve and all that [Post edited 14 Jan 2021 13:52]
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Exactly. Even a positive batsman like Stokes is clever enough to mostly play himself in when he comes into a difficult situation. At times other English batsmen have come in when we're up against it with three or four quick wickets gone down and played like it's a 20-20. A particular favourite is the one that's high and wide outside off stump that they could perfectly safely leave alone. In fairness we seemed to have learned this a bit and don't tend to be quite so reckless. Even Buttler is playing the situation more now and he's better for it in test cricket. |  | | |
| Creeket is back on 18:00 - Jan 14 with 6528 views | denhamhoop2 |
| Creeket is back on 13:57 - Jan 14 by qprd |
i wont defend the sri lankan batting... that was moronic, reverse sweeping with a slip in place at 25-2 with a mediocre batting lineup to follow is particularly moronic |
I thought Chandimal's was even worse driving to cover 3 balls after Matthews got out having got away with the same stroke just before lunch and he's Captain this is the worst Sri Lankan side since their first days as a Test team | | | |
| Creeket is back on 18:06 - Jan 14 with 6517 views | dm97 |
| Creeket is back on 15:03 - Jan 14 by nix |
Exactly. Even a positive batsman like Stokes is clever enough to mostly play himself in when he comes into a difficult situation. At times other English batsmen have come in when we're up against it with three or four quick wickets gone down and played like it's a 20-20. A particular favourite is the one that's high and wide outside off stump that they could perfectly safely leave alone. In fairness we seemed to have learned this a bit and don't tend to be quite so reckless. Even Buttler is playing the situation more now and he's better for it in test cricket. |
Agreed. Silverwood and root deserve credit for a) beginning to instill a proper mentality for test match batting and b) finally picking players for the format - J Roy ain’t a test batter in any conceivable universe
Suppose there’s a wider discussion at play here about the diverging skills of one day/20-20 and test cricket - too much for one thread though!
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| Creeket is back on 18:37 - Jan 14 with 6483 views | denhamhoop2 |
| Creeket is back on 13:32 - Jan 14 by qprd |
im not an england cricket fan, (and not saying youre doing this) but ive noticed you guys always go absolutely nuts when a player tries a shot and gets out... the only acceptable dismissals seem to be nicking behind, bowled or lbw'ed.... everything else is a bad shot
let the lad play his game.... you cant be a sitting duck and try to block everything... sometimes its ok to put pressure back on the bowler... clearly didnt get the shot right but dont think you should discourage a player from expressing himself when the opponents only put up 130
separately, ill never understand england selectors' aversion to bairstow.... aside from stokes and root, he seems to be englands most accomplished batsman with multiple centuries, some abroad and some against the likes of australia.... hes also a better keeper than buttler by a wide margin.... dont get how you dropped him while mediocre batsman like burns and denly were playing ahead of him.. id actually take him ahead of buttler [Post edited 14 Jan 2021 13:33]
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When it comes to selection I would imagine Bairstow will always have more chance away from home as generally 3 selectors of which 1 is Root as captain so only needs one of the others to vote for him and he's in | | | |
| Creeket is back on 19:38 - Jan 14 with 6458 views | danehoop |
I enjoyed the honesty from Bess who basically said he bowled really badly and was both surprised and a little embarrassed to have taken 5 wickets. It was like watching lemmings fall off a cliff today. |  |
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| Creeket is back on 09:28 - Jan 15 with 6353 views | toboboly |
Dan Norcross ruins TMS for me.
Root doing well as is Lawrence. | |
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| Creeket is back on 09:30 - Jan 15 with 6352 views | toboboly |
| Creeket is back on 09:28 - Jan 15 by toboboly |
Dan Norcross ruins TMS for me.
Root doing well as is Lawrence. |
Put the mockers on that | |
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| Creeket is back on 10:22 - Jan 15 with 6316 views | MrSheen |
It sounds a bit like the Under 16s against the Under 18s at the moment. | | | |
| Creeket is back on 11:11 - Jan 15 with 6295 views | MrSheen |
It seems we are done for the day, pelting down. | | | |
| Creeket is back on 14:48 - Jan 15 with 6248 views | qprd |
| Creeket is back on 10:22 - Jan 15 by MrSheen |
It sounds a bit like the Under 16s against the Under 18s at the moment. |
sri lanka may be sh*te, but winning test matches away from home is never easy, so good on england for this dominating performance | | | |
| Creeket is back on 15:02 - Jan 15 with 6229 views | BlackAndGoldRanger |
Cricket is a very contextual game and sometimes England, as most teams, don't play the situation well. Crawley didn't but Root, Bairstow and Lawrence were all superb. Calm, composed and intelligent play. Shame about the weather, love watching Root bat when he's in his groove. The top order runs also give license for Butler, Curran etc. to play some shots down the order against a tiring Sri Lanka attack. | | | |
| Creeket is back on 16:43 - Jan 15 with 6180 views | BlackCrowe |
It's too one-side this match-up but it's good time in the middle and for the bowlers in preparation for the big one next month. |  |
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| Creeket is back on 20:49 - Jan 15 with 6122 views | plasmahoop |
Definitely fancy going to galle one day though for a holiday. Looks great.
Sri Lanka are a bit weak at the moment, but you can only beat what's in front of you(not that we've won yet) | | | |
| Creeket is back on 23:13 - Jan 15 with 6080 views | The_Beast1976 |
| Creeket is back on 20:49 - Jan 15 by plasmahoop |
Definitely fancy going to galle one day though for a holiday. Looks great.
Sri Lanka are a bit weak at the moment, but you can only beat what's in front of you(not that we've won yet) |
It is great. Stay in Unawatuna or Hikkaduwa. Tuk tuk to and from the cricket each day | | | |
| Creeket is back on 23:56 - Jan 15 with 6059 views | CiderwithRsie |
| Creeket is back on 23:13 - Jan 15 by The_Beast1976 |
It is great. Stay in Unawatuna or Hikkaduwa. Tuk tuk to and from the cricket each day |
Gonna do that before I die | | | |
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