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*Official* 2nd Test at Lord's
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flibbertyjibber
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Expect a slightly quicker pitch but still slow and low, won't be as quick as the one v NZ anyway.
This game may well be decided by which side is bowling when the cloud comes in, there will be very little in the deck for the bowlers but look up and they may have a chance if it is gloomy. Hard one to call but I wouldn't be at all surprised to see a high scoring bore draw here.
This game may well be decided by which side is bowling when the cloud comes in, there will be very little in the deck for the bowlers but look up and they may have a chance if it is gloomy. Hard one to call but I wouldn't be at all surprised to see a high scoring bore draw here.
ImpatientLime
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inb4 the only change is siddle for starc
also, am i the only one not quite getting the wood hype yet?
also, am i the only one not quite getting the wood hype yet?
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Depends what you mean by hype, if it is him being much better than Jordan/Woakes/Plunkett then yes it is just you.
Swingpanzee
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early reports that Starc's injury is minor, he should be okay for Lord's i think
flibbertyjibber
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Yeah, nobody has called him world class or anything just that he is a big upgrade on Jordan. Think Woakes did ok last summer but is injured and Plunkett has widdled on the chips a bit this summer by being a bit silly.
Spark
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I reckon the English press are overrating him by implying that he'll be more dangerous than Broad just because he hits the deck, but he complements the attack really well.
Begs the question as to why you lot persisted with Jordan for so long though. Imagine him playing in the last Test, could easily have provided the release valve our bats needed to pile on a big score.
flibbertyjibber
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Well I asked the question in the match thread and the answer I got was we had to check the data.
Sums Moores up really.
Howe_zat
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I was a bit of a Jordan apologist. He bowled really well in his first few one-day matches and he's a great allround athlete. You say he was persisted with 'for so long' but really he only got 3 series and deserved the first two.
Mark Wood has been a smidge overrated because he's so likeable. I don't mind that.
Lillian Thomson
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England have named an unchanged 13.
Gob
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Yeah thank **** if he is. Starc seems to bowl well when he is angry at something first at Shane Warne then at that ankle injury. Bruce Banner of cricket
flibbertyjibber
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I prefer the Bill Bixby version to the Lou Ferrigno one.
Anyway wasn't it David?
Anyway wasn't it David?
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The way Stokes is playing should be a huge worry for the Aussies, honestly.
The Aussie bats, I think, need to be better at controlling the tempo against the English guys who are having a go. Reckon Rogers it the only one doing well at just absorbing the stabs of pressure from guys like Broad and Wood. Putting the onus back on the English to bowl to them, I think we'll find a distinct lack of a Plan B but there's many years of instincts to fight against so we'll see if they can do it.
The Aussie bats, I think, need to be better at controlling the tempo against the English guys who are having a go. Reckon Rogers it the only one doing well at just absorbing the stabs of pressure from guys like Broad and Wood. Putting the onus back on the English to bowl to them, I think we'll find a distinct lack of a Plan B but there's many years of instincts to fight against so we'll see if they can do it.
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Why?
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Smashed the bones out of a top NZ attack couple of months ago at the same venue they're playing at in a couple of days and took a couple of good knackers from Starc to stop him repeating the dose at Cardiff. The controlled aggression he has right now is looking dangerous. Bowling okay too.
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Furball
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Are you actually watching the series?