3rd Test at Headingley, Leeds

[SillyCowCorner1]

Khawaja needs to do something

A sitting duck

 

[Spark]

Good ball but not well played.

Yeah, bit of a gap between bat and pad

 

[trundler]

Lindwall 6-20.

Would like to see Broad do a 5-0 a la Trueman.

 

[Son Of Coco]

The ump starts shaking his head, then goes 'yep'. If the **** had stuck to his guns, Warner would still be there.

 

[slippy888]

Archers unplayable at the moment

 

[Pothas]

Funny, thinking about the way test cricket has gone overall recently. I think everyone would agree that conditions have generally been more bowler friendly, but it feels like a lot of the low scores recently are just sue to sheer batting incompetence from teams who can't play overseas and who have sacrificed their techniques on the altar of T20.


This will be close, Warner isn't tall.

England have plenty of bad batsmen recently who are not good at T20. Maybe the most talented players are being funnelled in that direction which means those that are left to concentrate on first class cricket are just not vert good.

 

[slippy888]

I think the run machine Ravi Bopara deserves another chance.

 

[Starfighter]

Can't wait to see how Khawaja gets out. Which side of the wicket is he going to nick down?

 

[Burgey]

The pillow needs to contribute when it matters for the second time ever. Been as useless as a marzipan dildo since the UAE

 

[a massive zebra]

And all of the other batsmen you mentioned (bar maybe Knight) would walk into this current lineup too, lol

I agree with the first four (Crawley, Butcher, Trescothick, Hick). Ramprakash would get in the current side on talent, but his actual output in the first two thirds of his career wasn't much better than the current crop.

 

[slippy888]

What should the be the rating for this pitch maybe 2 out of 10

 

[Tom Flint]

I am going to headingly tomorrow, if we can knock these over for 150 ish then will have a chase of 250 to win. I heard it's meant to be sunny and a good day for batting

 

[morgieb]

I agree with the first four. Ramprakash would get in the current side on talent, but his actual output in the first two thirds of his career wasn't much better than the current crop.

Yeah that's kind of my point re: Ramprakash, he'd have gotten a million chances in this generation too because while he's probably not doing much better than the current lineup, I think he'd be seen as having more upside than the alternatives.

 

[Cabinet96]

I am going to headingly tomorrow, if we can knock these over for 150 ish then will have a chase of 250 to win. I heard it's meant to be sunny and a good day for batting

It's sunny and a good day for batting right now.

 

[zaremba]

Come on Jofra, tighten the line

 

[Starfighter]

Archer's bowled with a much neater seam position this test.

 

[flibbertyjibber]

Would you bet against Roy being out again before close?

Wouldn't bet against Leach being out again to be honest.

 

[GIMH]

It's sunny and a good day for batting right now.

Oh dear Cabs, whoooosh for you there mate

 

[stephen]

How much does this series need Smith, just to ensure the tests go into the 4th day.

 

[wpdavid]

Buttler? Denly?

England have a ridiculous pool of players it is hard to know.

I'd happily only play one keeper. Probably Bairstow rather than Buttler. And Roy's in front of Denly for the push, surely.