***Official*** 2nd Test at Adelaide

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All those geniuses saying England couldn't have bowled it fuller.

They could have.

 

[stephen]

Herath is a good bowler in friendly conditions. But he's the only decent bowler Sri Lanka have right now. So there is always a pressure valve for batsmen at the other end.

 

[Spark]

Doesn't that prove the quality of Kohli and India then? The logic is circular and incorrect. Kohli isn't good because his runs against Herath don't matter as he only does well against bad batsmen.

That's not what he said at all.

 

[Burgey]

Haze’s mum is operating the radar gun here.

 

[Cow]

Malan not moving his feet at all. The short stuff has defo pushed him back into his crease.

 

[ajdude]

what’s the go with Haze bowling mid 140s? is this gonna be like that 2011/12 summer where Siddle and Hilfenhaus were bowling 150s?

 

[Burgey]

Lara wouldn't allow Lyon to settle in on a length like the English batsmen had. Lyon would have more to worry about after he had been lifted into the Adelaide stands a few times.

If Warne and Murali struggled against Lara, it's madness not to conclude that he would have marmalised Lyon.

Yeah but Lara is several orders of magnitude better than anyone in the England line up tbf.

 

[Zinzan]

how much would Smith love that Root got single figures haha

Man the ashes is over already unless Ben Stokes appears next test.

Would Stokes really make that much of a difference? I'm not sure his bowling would be great shakes against Aust on these flat wickets, but perhaps his middle order batting would have be handy.. I guess. As for really making a difference from what we've seen between these two sides... I doubt it.

 

[Spark]

what’s the go with Haze bowling mid 140s? is this gonna be like that 2011/12 summer where Siddle and Hilfenhaus were bowling 150s?

He's always been this speed iirc

 

[Motorwada]

I don't think anyone could seriously argue that Kohli is not a great batter, particularly in limited over games, but he hasn't really proven himself to be quite as good of a test match batter as others.

All of the matches India played against Sri Lanka help him a lot. They have a weak bowling attack right now and he's played a ton of matches against them.

The reason they look weak is because India/Kohli are so good against them.

Joe Root averaged 21 in the 2016 home series against them.
Smith averaged 41 against them in the 2016 away series

Kohli averaged 54 in the 2017 away series and 139 in the current home series.

The fact that he hasn't proven himself as good a test match batter as the others is pure rubbish.

 

[Cow]

Yeah but Lara is several orders of magnitude better than anyone in the England line up tbf.

Lara is the greatest batsmen of all-time.

 

[Zinzan]

Smith is statistically number 1

As opposed to?

 

[Zinzan]

Smith is on his own as the number one batsmen in the world. Incredible record in the last 3 years.

That being said, if he was playing cricket in my backyard I'm not even sure I would open the curtains to watch.

But record wise, can't fault him.

A point you've made about 15 times in the last week or so.

Got it.

 

[Cow]

As opposed to?

A box office draw of a player.

 

[Starfighter]

That's a drop all right.

 

[Burgey]

Watch him slow one up the next over or two and hit the shoulder of the bat.

 

[adub]

He's averaging about 20 this year. On friendly pitches, tbf, but he's at that level.

Yeah, has seriously ratcheted up his level. Can still get a bit to much on the legs against righties but no where near as much as previously. Deadly against the lefties. In the last two years he's averaging 21.8 against lefties.

 

[Burgey]

Lara is the greatest batsmen of all-time.

I don’t agree with that but I think he belongs in the argument for second. Had a level he went to which very few players ever could. He was so good to watch.

 

[Burgey]

Yeah, has seriously ratcheted up his level. Can still get a bit to much on the legs against righties but no where near as much as previously. Deadly against the lefties. In the last two years he's averaging 21.8 against lefties.

I think he became a better bowler once he started bowling around the wicket to right handers a lot more and was able to bottle them up.

 

[adub]

I don’t agree with that but I think he belongs in the argument for second. Had a level he went to which very few players ever could. He was so good to watch.

and went to that level more often than the few others who could also go to those heights.