3rd Test at Headingley, Leeds

[Spark]

Jawbreaker, that one

 

[TheJediBrah]

Can someone please teach these ****s to play a short ball without being hit in the face

 

[Spikey]

mrdmurphy is gonna be so salty when cameron wins the coleman

never heard of him. is he a ****?

 

[Lillian Thomson]

He uses the grill to perfection.

 

[Son Of Coco]

**** me. Archer knows how to find a bloke's helmet.

 

[social]

Archer moves his bouncer more than stuff he pitches up

 

[ajdude]

never heard of him. is he a ****?

nah we just ignore the north melbourne thing though

 

[trundler]

I remember getting into deep and pointless thoughts after watching a video of a deep learning AI learning how to walk and speculating that if you taught such a thing the rules of cricket and let it have at trying to learn to bat it'd probably decide pretty quickly to basically not play that shot at all in Tests. I may have even mentioned it to Spark, the only other person in the world I knew who might've watched that video and also been a Test cricket fan.

But it's so fun. Why do you want to rob cricket of the glorious cover drives of Tendulkar, Hammond, Richards and so on? You heathen, you beast!

 

[TheJediBrah]

Probably get a lot more draws if no one played the cover drive

 

[andruid]

For the love of God England don't add to your plethora of bad decision making by bowling Stokes into the ground!

 

[Prince EWS]

But it's so fun. Why do you want to rob cricket of the glorious cover drives of Tendulkar, Hammond, Richards and so on? You heathen, you beast!

I don't. I really don't want a world of batsmen who get out to outswingers less but are less fun to watch. That'd be absolutely **** on two fronts.

If I was a batting coach or a professional batsman I might though.

 

[Second Spitter]

Mikey is probably getting a woody over this.

 

[Starfighter]

Archer moves his bouncer more than stuff he pitches up

Easier to move a shorter ball off the deck imo. Can dig the ball into the surface more and the length exaggerates the amount of movement compared to the angle.

 

[TheJediBrah]

That was a really cute shot

 

[Burgey]

Shot.

 

[Flem274*]

the best way to bat in ricky ponting cricket 2005 was to shuffle to off stump and smash it for six through the onside.

driving outside off was always a terrible idea on test difficulty to the genuine speedsters and to the medium pacers who were randomly fast at max pace like razzaq.

 

[Starfighter]

Very risky but well played.

 

[Uppercut]

I remember getting into deep and pointless thoughts after watching a video of a deep learning AI learning how to walk and speculating that if you taught such a thing the rules of cricket and let it have at trying to learn to bat it'd probably decide pretty quickly to basically not play that shot at all in Tests. I may have even mentioned it to Spark, the only other person in the world I knew who might've watched that video and also been a Test cricket fan.

I think everyone in the game knows it deep down, but won't accept it. Fielding teams are invariably happy to see an opposing batsman cover drive, at this point every time I see it I can already hear Michael Holding in my head saying "but they won't mind that". But then it's their turn to bat, and every one of them thinks they're the exception. And it looks so good, so no one wants to make the case that it should disappear from the game. Except robots like us.

How much would Alastair Cook have averaged if he'd never once played a cover drive? I honestly reckon 60+. He came close to putting it away altogether for a few years under Flower and was getting more than that. Maybe with a strike rate of 35, but whatever.

 

[TheJediBrah]

lol Labu called "yes" there the second it hit him, having no idea where it went

 

[Prince EWS]

the best way to bat in ricky ponting cricket 2005 was to shuffle to off stump and smash it for six through the onside.

driving outside off was always a terrible idea on test difficulty to the genuine speedsters and to the medium pacers who were randomly fast at max pace like razzaq.

This is true on the better/newer cricket vidya games as well. It seems like a bit of a cheat but maybe it's exactly entirely realistic.