***Official*** 3rd Test at the WACA

[Starfighter]

Haze looked rather winded during that spell.

 

[OverratedSanity]

Why is snicko being given such a massive role nowadays?

More reliable than hotspot

 

[ImpatientLime]

Time to drop Root from the top four convo. Bloke simply isn't in the other threes class.

Interesting to see if his career average follows other blokes who played for England and flirted with greatness like KP and Cook.

 

[TNT]

Why is snicko being given such a massive role nowadays?

Because tradition was you accepted the umpires call, then India cried a lot.

 

[morgieb]

**** SD cricket looks like ****.

 

[Starfighter]

Oh how I have not missed that lumbering runup and ugly bowling action.

 

[fredfertang]

If I have to listen to Boycott explain how to duck a bouncer after every bouncer for the rest of this match I might actually just die.

Boycs seems quite restrained today so far, or is that just because he likes Bairstow?

 

[OverratedSanity]

Marsh is a spud batsman but an underrated and under-used bowler imo.

 

[stephen]

Marsh is a spud batsman but an underrated and under-used bowler imo.

Agreed. It's definitely his strong suit.

The problem is that he's averaging 10 runs too few to bat top 7.

 

[Compton]

Scorecard doesn’t look that bad for England at a glance, but if the quicks get going again after tea then it’s not hard to imagine one wicket quickly turning into 3/4/5...

 

[Woodster]

Time to drop Root from the top four convo. Bloke simply isn't in the other threes class.

Interesting to see if his career average follows other blokes who played for England and flirted with greatness like KP and Cook.

Oh absolutely, a bad half a series completely rules out anything that’s gone before, couldn’t agree more!

 

[flibbertyjibber]

Boycs seems quite restrained today so far, or is that just because he likes Bairstow?

He is a father figure to Bairstow and very rarely says anything bad about him but will have a go at virtually everyone else.

 

[S.Kennedy]

Time to drop Root from the top four convo. Bloke simply isn't in the other threes class.

Interesting to see if his career average follows other blokes who played for England and flirted with greatness like KP and Cook.

You're not allowed a 'bad' series?

 

[Spikey]

no

 

[OverratedSanity]

He is a father figure to Bairstow and very rarely says anything bad about him but will have a go at virtually everyone else.

Tbh, Bairstow also hasn't done much, if anything wrong, in the last year or two.

 

[OverratedSanity]

You're not allowed a 'bad' series?

Not if you want to be compared with Virat 'averaged less than Mohammad Shami in England' Kohli

 

[fredfertang]

You're not allowed a 'bad' series?

I think the post is best viewed as an invitation to Root to get a double ton in the second dig

 

[Woodster]

Story of our series/last couple of years in that opening session. Batsmen getting in, looking good, then finding a way to get out, a real lack of anyone taking responsibility and going on.

Cook looks all at sea, caught sitting well back to a full, quick and straight one. Stoneman looked really good, shades of Trescothick with the minimalistic footwork but good momentum into the shot and punished anything loose especially early on. Sadly he was very well worked over in the end.

James Vince, I’m sure we can all just copy and paste exactly the same comments we’ve made after each innings, looked really good, left the ball well early, couple of stunning drives through the offside, then can’t help himself and pushes at a drive that isn’t really there for it. Such a frustration.

Root was a tad unlucky, now we need a real partnership from these two, get in again after tea and take advantage of these conditions.

 

[flibbertyjibber]

Tbh, Bairstow also hasn't done much, if anything wrong, in the last year or two.

Even when he has he doesn't get as bad a grilling as some of the others. Not saying it a bad thing as Bairstow has been good for that period and often when he has given it away it is because he is batting with the tail and looking to score some quick runs anyway.

Need him to go big here if we are to have any chance in this match.

 

[Daemon]

Time to drop Root from the top four convo. Bloke simply isn't in the other threes class.

Interesting to see if his career average follows other blokes who played for England and flirted with greatness like KP and Cook.

Kohli's been allowed absolutely disgraceful performances in two high profile series, not sure why Root doesn't get a pass in one where he's averaging 32.