4th Test at Old Trafford, Manchester

[Spark]

What is up with left handers struggling with around the wicket bowling? Not just this series. Is it the drs, where less lbws were given in the past?

Crap techniques, imo. None of these blokes have good balance on the front foot, which that wide-of-the-crease-angle-in exposes

 

[Burgey]

What is up with left handers struggling with around the wicket bowling? Not just this series. Is it the drs, where less lbws were given in the past?

The lefties on display are either woefully out of form (Warner) or not that good. Always loved blokes bowling around the wicket to me because I found the angle easier. Times have changed I guess

 

[Compton]

Why are Australia playing a wicket keeper with a Test average of 28 as a frontline batsman?

He’s too **** with the gloves to pick him as a keeper and too good at sledging to leave at home.

 

[social]

Smith and Labu have scored nearly 45% of our runs this series

 

[Starfighter]

What is up with left handers struggling with around the wicket bowling? Not just this series. Is it the drs, where less lbws were given in the past?

Poor defensive techniques partially, with no front foot movement, and the bowlers who are causing the trouble are the ones who can take the ball away from the lefties, emphasised by more bowling friendly pitches recently. I personally think that close to the stumps over the wicket is still the best line, but hardly anyone bowls from the requisite position any more.

 

[Son Of Coco]

Just stick to around off stump on a good length

It works with 99% of batsmen

Yeah this.

 

[Spark]

Ffs that's a bad shot.

 

[Burgey]

Can’t wait til the Oval when we wrap this up 3-1 with Broad the last wicket and the entire side stands there doing that Carry On Up The Khyber facial expression at him. God the man is a cast iron **** of the highest order.

 

[Starfighter]

What is up with left handers struggling with around the wicket bowling? Not just this series. Is it the drs, where less lbws were given in the past?

I mean half of this trend has been Stuart Broad, who has practically perfected the technique to do it (to the detriment of his bowling to right handers). I think it might be partially that being left handed is now so common at test level that it is no longer an advantage against the stronger teams (though I suspect it still is against some bowlers and moreso against some teams). Look at guys like Lyon and Ashwin who are way better against lefties.

 

[Son Of Coco]

Now that England has reshuffled their batting order I think it is time to reopen this discussion: Who is the better number 4 - Smith or Roy?



*s*******

*chortle*

 

[TheJediBrah]

Smith and Labu have scored nearly 45% of our runs this series

despite missing a game and a half each

 

[Spark]

Has anyone else noticed how far off the pitch Wade is standing at the non-striker's end? Nearly off the screen there.

 

[Starfighter]

That ball was bowled wth a cloud passing over, and is the first to have swung all morning.

 

[aussie tragic]

Fun fact. Steve Smith has 455 runs in this series, which is more than Warner, Harris, Head and Wade combined....

 

[TheJediBrah]

That ball was bowled wth a cloud passing over, and is the first to have swung all morning.

If only England could select Jimmeh to bowl only certain balls of a Test match

 

[social]

I really wonder what Ntini would do to modern day batsman, given how barely any of them seem at all equipped to play a bowler doing something as simple as angling it in from wide on the crease and seaming it away. Bumrah and now Broad.

That’s hardly a simple ball to play

 

[Starfighter]

Surely if you are going to go around the wicket to Smith it would be worth having a third man.

 

[Burgey]

Has anyone else noticed how far off the pitch Wade is standing at the non-striker's end? Nearly off the screen there.

Knows he’s not worthy of being on the same pitch as TPC

 

[M0rphin3]

"England start well as Broad gets Head" who's writing these cricinfo headlines lmao

 

[Starfighter]

Broad is really trying to get that ball changed.