4th Test at Old Trafford, Manchester

[GIMH]

Stokes' bowling average is better than I realised

 

[Spark]

Look I’ll be pretty happy if Archer comes on after drinks and just bowls short. The uneven bounce did it at Lord’s, more even than the pace.

For genuinely quick bowlers, slow-ish, uneven/two-paced pitches pitches are the ****ing worst. Every single short ball seems destined for some part of your body but at completely unpredictable pace off the wicket.

 

[morgieb]

Fun stat about how poor Warner has looked this series:

Dismissing an opener most times for under 10 runs in a Test series
6 - Ray Lindwall v Vinoo Mankad 1947/48
6 - Glenn McGrath v Mike Atherton 1997
5 - STUART BROAD v DAVID WARNER 2019
5 - Chaminda Vaas v Chris Gayle 2001/02

 

[Starfighter]

Has Tubby lost weight?

 

[Groundking]

Stokes' bowling average is better than I realised

Averages ~28 past 4 years.

 

[Starfighter]

How'd he get that through?

 

[Starfighter]

That was just a long hop.

 

[Burgey]

The backfoot predominance stumping the comms, who have apparently never watched footage of a pre-1970 debutant.

 

[Starfighter]

Today playing the role of Chris Woakes: welcome, Craig Overton!

 

[Burgey]

England been poor so far aside from Broad, who’s been excellent all series

 

[social]

Australia needs a big score here

 

[NUFAN]

I think Labuschagne is the best Test World Championship number 3 ive ever seen.

 

[social]

The backfoot predominance stumping the comms, who have apparently never watched footage of a pre-1970 debutant.

Definitely didn’t see Bradman

 

[King Pietersen]

Time for this Labuschagne bloke to **** off.

 

[Cabinet96]

Manus will be really keen to cash in here. Has looked so good this series but hasn't properly had great batting conditions until today.

 

[Starfighter]

The backfoot predominance stumping the comms, who have apparently never watched footage of a pre-1970 debutant.

While I think, say, Botham has no excuse, we are get towards the point where the only commentators to have seen such players will be the ones who seek footage out, which is not many.

 

[Burgey]

Australia needs a big score here

350 wins it provided they bowl tight imo. Will turn and reverse later on if it goes into days four and five without too much rain, but certainly a good batting deck right now, isn’t it

 

[wpdavid]

Overton settling into the Woakes role of wondering why the hell he's been picked. England's bowling looking horribly anodyne here.

 

[Starfighter]

Yeah, I think Labu can put away the hook. Although please, do take advantage of that.

 

[Burgey]

While I think, say, Botham has no excuse, we are get towards the point where the only commentators to have seen such players will be the ones who seek footage out, which is not many.

Holding was around before Botham tbf, and Gower the same time. But sure, the younger ones don’t often go looking. Watch footage of the blokes like Chappelli and Dougie Walters and they’re all playing those sort of drives off a back foot set up.

Fmd england have been really loose here. These gifts are like gold for our blokes.