2nd Test, Lord's, London

[TheJediBrah]

Archer is one of those weird fielders. Most of the time he's truly horrid, and he can hardly move to save his life, but then he'll occasionally do something remarkable that no one else could

 

[Spark]

funny with that play and miss, if Smith was getting right forward and defending he probably would have edged it, but playing from the crease the ball had enough time to move well wide of the edge and he didn't follow it

He may have really figured this batting thing out

In the 2013 Ashes he actually was quite productive doing exactly that a lot of the time. Was when I first noticed that, hey, actually he might actually be really really good somehow

 

[Prince EWS]

Archer is one of those weird fielders. Most of the time he's truly horrid, and he can hardly move to save his life, but then he'll occasionally do something remarkable that no one else could

So you mean he's a fast bowler?

 

[Burgey]

I’m about nine vodkas in, too. So this will either be entertaining g for you ****s until I’m banned again, or I’ll be punching out zzzz’s within the hour

 

[TheJediBrah]

ooh kept a bit low. I think they should keep attacking the stumps to Smith and just put up with the free singles.

 

[Prince EWS]

I’m about nine vodkas in, too. So this will either be entertaining g for you ****s until I’m banned again, or I’ll be punching out zzzz’s within the hour

My money's on entertaining for an hour, then zzzz, then banned again tomorrow after the mods deal with all the reports.

P.S. find my old man a steak and lobster meal.

 

[Burgey]

funny with that play and miss, if Smith was getting right forward and defending he probably would have edged it, but playing from the crease the ball had enough time to move well wide of the edge and he didn't follow it

He may have really figured this batting thing out

If you look at a lot of the really good players pre-helmets, they played a shitload more off the back foot than blokes do today. Orders of magnitude more

 

[Bijed]

It’s like saying Broad influences the umpire because he looks like the broad who runs Tranny Bingo at the Balmain of a Tuesday night. Just a ****wit thing to say

Well, yeah

 

[Starfighter]

Holding is on an absolute roll here. How does he have any breath left? That's an essay in the space of an over.

 

[social]

funny with that play and miss, if Smith was getting right forward and defending he probably would have edged it, but playing from the crease the ball had enough time to move well wide of the edge and he didn't follow it

He may have really figured this batting thing out

Not from the crease

Smith gets way back or way forward

Best thing is that he rarely follows ball

Guy is just seriously good

 

[vcs]

Even when Smith's been beaten a couple of times, the ball hasn't really threatened the outside edge. It feels like he's batting with a bigger margin of error than everyone else right now.

 

[TheJediBrah]

So you mean he's a fast bowler?

haha I don't think most fast bowlers would take that one handed return catch he did in the BBL. Also confident that every other fast bowler in this game would stop those ones at mid off a lot easier

 

[Burgey]

My money's on entertaining for an hour, then zzzz, then banned again tomorrow after the mods deal with all the reports.

P.S. find my old man a steak and lobster meal.

Oh yeah, sorry I meant to get back to you. look i would go to Kingsley’s on the wharf t wooloomoloo. Been a staple for years and still very good for if as turf, imho

 

[Prince EWS]

haha I don't think most fast bowlers would take that one handed return catch he did in the BBL. Also confident that every other fast bowler in this game would stop those ones at mid off a lot easier

Haha yeah I get what you're saying and its application to Archer, but your post did describe the typical athletic fast bowler.

 

[TheJediBrah]

Not from the crease

Smith gets way back or way forward

Best thing is that he rarely follows ball

Guy is just seriously good

He seems to pretty much be playing everything from the crease, or very slightly on the back foot

 

[social]

I’m about nine vodkas in, too. So this will either be entertaining g for you ****s until I’m banned again, or I’ll be punching out zzzz’s within the hour

Me too except gin

School fete today so deserve it

 

[the big bambino]

How tall is Archer? He’s releasing the ball at a higher point than Broad but doesn’t look as tall as him.

 

[Spark]

Even when Smith's been beaten a couple of times, the ball hasn't really threatened the outside edge. It feels like he's batting with a bigger margin of error than everyone else right now.

The joy of playing late, playing right underneath your eyes with your body behind the line of the ball, and playing the line

 

[TheJediBrah]

Haha yeah I get what you're saying and it's application to Archer, but your post did describe the typical athletic fast bowler.

tbf to him can't be easy to move across the turf in short bursts when you're that gangly

 

[Prince EWS]

Me too except gin

School fete today so deserve it

I do wonder how many gun posts on CW these days are made drunk, now that we've all grown up.

25% IMO.