3rd Test at Headingley, Leeds

[Spikey]

he's barely a moderate upgrade on Chris Martin

you've said some real stupid **** based on nothing more than what happened in the last 2 days before, but this is right up there. nathan lyon averages 15 at number 11. for people who have batted at number 11 twenty times, he's got the third highest average. he's of course been involved in the highest partnership in the innings on multiple occasions. he is an above average tailender. no-one would say he could push up to 8 or 9, but for a 10 or 11 he's perfectly fine.

 

[stephen]

I mean it's a pretty incredible throw.

Yeah it was. Never was two in it though.

 

[Starfighter]

Jeez that was a quality throw though. Like a bullet.

 

[TheJediBrah]

That was just dumb cricket from Marnus. Knew it would happen once he started trying to to funky things to keep the strike.

 

[ajdude]

Haha tbh I didn't think he'd get there at all. Didn't really look like he knew quite what to do

yeah i said before he probably would get out soon after he started trying to hit out. but still would've been nice

 

[Lillian Thomson]

Steve Waugh would declare.

 

[TheJediBrah]

lmao text book backfoot defence that

 

[ajdude]

you've said some real stupid **** based on nothing more than what happened in the last 2 days, but this is right up there. nathan lyon averages 15 at number 11. for people who have batted at number 11 twenty times, he's got the third highest average. he's of course been involved in the highest partnership in the innings on multiple occasions. he is an above average tailender. no-one would say he could push up to 8 or 9, but for a 10 or 11 he's perfectly fine.

spikey goes bang

 

[stephen]

Nice shot Haze.

 

[trundler]

Will there be a Day 4?

 

[Starfighter]

Beautiful flick off the legs from Haze.


Also was that a missed no ball?

 

[Spark]

Would literally declare on Hazlewood here rather than let him face this

 

[ajdude]

just declare

 

[dontcloseyoureyes]

Stokes is the only English cricketer (or Englishman in all of history) who isn't a wimp.

Plenty of video footage out there that would disagree.

 

[Spark]

you've said some real stupid **** based on nothing more than what happened in the last 2 days before, but this is right up there. nathan lyon averages 15 at number 11. for people who have batted at number 11 twenty times, he's got the third highest average. he's of course been involved in the highest partnership in the innings on multiple occasions. he is an above average tailender. no-one would say he could push up to 8 or 9, but for a 10 or 11 he's perfectly fine.

not since the heady days of hilfenhaus have we seen such a post from spikey

 

[Second Spitter]

Isn't there a rule against bowling short to tailenders?

 

[stephen]

Yeah no point risking injury to either of these bowlers.

 

[TheJediBrah]

you've said some real stupid **** based on nothing more than what happened in the last 2 days before, but this is right up there. nathan lyon averages 15 at number 11. for people who have batted at number 11 twenty times, he's got the third highest average. he's of course been involved in the highest partnership in the innings on multiple occasions. he is an above average tailender. no-one would say he could push up to 8 or 9, but for a 10 or 11 he's perfectly fine.

Firstly, his career averages are irrelevant. And if you read my earlier posts we are specifically talking about the recent degradation of his batting abilities. I specifically praised the previous iterations of Lyon's batting, ie. the reason for those stats you quoted being decent.
Secondly, I deliberately used words like "barely" and "moderate upgrade" because they are meaningless and there is no way a sensible person could realistically disagree with it without requesting further clarification.

 

[Spark]

Isn't there a rule against bowling short to tailenders?

It'd be pretty disastrous for us if there was

 

[Spikey]

****ing hook that shot into my veins