***Official*** 1st Test at Brisbane

[stephen]

Must be so frustrating for him. In a parallel world where finger spin was outlawed he'd probably be bossing it.

He really needs to do a Tendulkar and have spooning pitches prepared for him and face hours and hours of spin bowling.

 

[Prince EWS]

Imagine if Khawaja had have been given another test in Bangladesh to learn how to play spin better.

Not sure how much learning he would've managed in those five balls he would've faced, tbh.

 

[Starfighter]

Hope we get this pitch when we tour next time.

And I hope not. It's time we actually prepared decent pitches. They were pretty favourable to you last time as well.

 

[Spark]

Funnily enough, it was the attempted offbreak, but because Moeen isn't as good at Lyon at landing the ball on the seam, it hit the side and just skid on.

Lyon's offbreak is just too good for his own good.

That's what I meant by my scrambled seam post before. He doesn't need an armball, he just needs natural variation. Swann got about a hundred of his wickets just like that.

 

[Daemon]

Funnily enough, it was the attempted offbreak, but because Moeen isn't as good at Lyon at landing the ball on the seam, it hit the side and just skid on.

Lyon's offbreak is just too good for his own good.

Yeah but Lyon refuses to even try scrambled seam

 

[Starfighter]

Couple of beards going on there.

 

[Burgey]

Anderson off the field apparently

 

[Starfighter]

Anderson off the field apparently

Retirement break.

 

[social]

Dont care what type of bowling you're facing, a forward defence that involves a tiny step forward and pushing your hands at the ball is not going to be good enough against a moving ball

Just goes to show the state of the roads in Oz cricket that Uzi gets away with it so often here

 

[cnerd123]

That's what I meant by my scrambled seam post before. He doesn't need an armball, he just needs natural variation. Swann got about a hundred of his wickets just like that.

yea I made that point earlier too.


I think he's aware of this option, there must be something stopping him from bowling it.

 

[Prince EWS]

Anderson off the field apparently

>inb4 Smith run out

 

[Starfighter]

Dead grass clippings rolled into the surface don't create seam movement Mark. It needs to actually be alive.

 

[NotMcKenzie]

Now that's how the Barmy Army should dress.

 

[the big bambino]

Usman falls to spin again. I blame racism

 

[Starfighter]

Usman falls to spin again. I blame racism

^ about as logical as most posts in the politics subforum.

 

[Burgey]

^ about as logical as most posts in the politics subforum.

#freedom

 

[Daemon]

Broad should be bowling

 

[Starfighter]

Stanley Jackson.

 

[cnerd123]

Usman falls to spin again. I blame racism

What if Usman's inability to play spin is rooted in a deep seated refusal to confirm to cricketing stereotypes he had faced growing up

"Hey look now, you're the brown kid, you're kind are naturally gifted at playing spin"

"NO!"

 

[Gnske]

Warner looking rather subdued for a home innings.

I want DLF maximums and big wallops, **** this test cricket.