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3rd Test at Headingley, Leeds

trundler

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Archer is a worthy successor to great West Indian pacers of yesteryear. Prone to over stepping and loves the short stuff. Also rubs sanctimonious old people the wrong way.
 
morgieb

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I think that's England done now. Starting to look beaten.
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Felt as long as Australia built some sort of partnership we were going to look well ahead in the game. Tea I guess came at a good time but it's looking like an easy time to bat. You just don't win games when you score 67.
 
trundler

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These 2 did well to steady the ship. Just needed some patience. Again, glad CW is catching up to my opinion of Head.
 
Spark

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It's kind of curious, tbh. Langer infuriates me and Paine is neither a Test standard batsman, not that good a keeper and not a good tactical captain either, and yet for the first time since 2001 we actually feel like we're playing with a general approach and gameplan that's actually suited to English conditions. So they probably deserve huge credit for that.
 
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Spark said:
It's kind of curious, tbh. Langer infuriates me and Paine is neither a Test standard batsman, not that good a keeper and not a good tactical captain either, and yet for the first time since 2001 we actually feel like we're playing with a general approach and gameplan that's actually suited to English conditions. So they probably deserve huge credit for that.
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I hate Langer's selections (though I'll grant him the gambles on Labuschagne and Head) and he comes across as a knob to me, but his philosophy towards how to play cricket is a sound one.
 
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Spark said:
It's kind of curious, tbh. Langer infuriates me and Paine is neither a Test standard batsman, not that good a keeper and not a good tactical captain either, and yet for the first time since 2001 we actually feel like we're playing with a general approach and gameplan that's actually suited to English conditions. So they probably deserve huge credit for that.
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Lot to be said for prep. That A tour had blokes over there for ages and the fast bowlers said in an interview they’ve been planning for it for about 12 months
 
Heboric

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I have always wondered how much cocaine is consumed by people working in tabloid newpapers to get all these snappy headlines:

 
wrongun

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Don't know why JL infuriates so many people. Some of the hate is over the top. He has done a very good job considering the circumstances he got the job under.
 
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They’ve managed the bowlers tactfully and with purpose. Marnus has been playing county cricket for months now and it shows. Plus the A tour and Smith is Smith.
 
wrongun

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To truly put England's comedic humiliation in perspective: "Over in Antigua, Ishant Sharma has faced 59 balls against West Indies - 10 more than any of England's batsmen managed in their first innings"
 
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