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*Official* England in West Indies
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Prince EWS
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Foxtel are a joke, etc etc.
ozone
First Class Debutant
I reckon England need at least 5 more wickets between now and tea to give themselves a better chance at the win. New Ball will then be available and hopefully will let us knock the tail over fairly quickly. We should still be over 200 ahead and have the choice to enforce the follow-on.
four_or_six
Cricketer Of The Year
Why, when we are 500 runs ahead, do we have no second slip?!
Richard
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I don't mind about having just 3 fielders in the cordon (it's unlikely you're going to get anything much edged wider on this sort of deck), but I do generally prefer to have them in a row rather than spaced-out. I'm a Botham\Holding POV merchant rather than a Hussain\Atherton one.
If anything only because it's less frustrating for a bowler to see one going well wide of all three than just between two. But I do think - although clearly I'm no logger and there are people who are paid good money to do that job so have presumably noticed the important patterns - that more edges just tend to go through second\third-slip than fourth-slip\gully.
Richard
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IIRR that's the exact same number Mark Butcher went without a half-century for, between 1998/99 and 2001. Striking similarities as well - highly talented left-hand openers who were often made to bat three and had many barren Test spells.
And Devon Smith now given out and referred.
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The batsman can pick gaps to third man really easily in a three slips+no gully field. But I don't understand having a gap between 1st and 2nd slip.
Prince EWS
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Important innings for Hinds.
As much as I think he's a good batsman, though, and as much as I think he deserves his place, I don't feel very confident about his chances today at all.
As much as I think he's a good batsman, though, and as much as I think he deserves his place, I don't feel very confident about his chances today at all.
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Richard
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You reckon? You're playing very dangerous games indeed trying to hit the ball to third-man with more than 2 catchers (wherever they are) behind the bat.
four_or_six
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Agreed, way too slow. God, I hate these referrals.
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Not on the drive, that would be suicidal, but every single cut shot would go for four if the bowler dropped even marginally short.
Prince EWS
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Grrr, I reiterate. They started showing the game for a little while, then went back to the Australian-based commentators to talk about Day 3 of the South Africa/Australia Test which finished some time ago.
shivfan
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If Ryan HInds can't produce a big innings on a dead batting track that also happens to be his home ground, then he never will....I'd never be in favour of no cover.
Anyway, Ryano needs to play with the bat here.
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Ah yeah, you're a perma-thirdman one. Fair enough then.I'd never be in favour of no cover.
Anyway, Ryano needs to play with the bat here.
Richard
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Apparently even if they were showing it, both you and us would soon be likely to lose pictures, because a certain vital satellite may soon have some interference from the sun.
Richard
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And Strauss actually has one in currently, well I never. Small mercies so far today.