4th Test at Old Trafford, Manchester

[Flem274*]

i really hope this series prompts other networks to use ponting as their guest commentator instead of warne. im resigned to having to listen to him, kp and mccullum share a box in some random tri-series one day and it's going to be terrible.

 

[stephen]

Warne is an annoying knob but "Starc will bowl boundary balls from time to time" is surely as unexceptional and inoffensive a cricketing opinion as they come

It was the way Warne was implying that Starc shouldn't even bother bowling proper line and length because he was always going to go for a few. But this was when he was going at around 2rpo.

 

[Spark]

It was the way Warne was implying that Starc shouldn't even bother bowling proper line and length because he was always going to go for a few. But this was when he was going at around 2rpo.

That's because he wasn't making the batsman play a lot of the time. I'd much prefer Starc bowling to a cover drive than harmlessly wide on back of a length, personally.

 

[Flem274*]

Warne is an annoying knob but "Starc will bowl boundary balls from time to time" is surely as unexceptional and inoffensive a cricketing opinion as they come

i think people are criticising the timing of the comment given how well starc is bowling more than the logic itself.

it's a bit like when siddle bowls a maiden one over then goes for 4 first ball of the next and all of a sudden cw is telling him to go back to his bananas and eat a steak.

 

[Spark]

i think people are criticising the timing of the comment given how well starc is bowling more than the logic itself.

it's a bit like when siddle bowls a maiden one over then goes for 4 first ball of the next and all of a sudden cw is telling him to go back to his bananas and eat a steak.

I don't get it. He wasn't saying Starc was useless and shouldn't be playing, he was saying that Starc is never really going to be a line and length control bowler like Hazlewood or indeed Siddle. Which is... true?

Warne has said more than enough rubbish about Starc (most odiously about his character and temperament) in his career for this to seem distinctly tame in comparison.

 

[zaremba]

Great cricket this

 

[Spark]

This attack is just so good to watch, even (sometimes especially) if the batsmen are playing well.

 

[Burgey]

I think Root was 10 off 13 at one stage. This is very *disciplined* bowling I suppose.

 

[Burgey]

Good analysis from Atherton there. Hopefully Starc bowls around the wicket at Burns, straight into his arm pit.

 

[zaremba]

Good analysis from Atherton there. Hopefully Starc bowls around the wicket at Burns, straight into his arm pit.

Stupid question this, but do you lot get the Sky TV pictures and comms?

 

[Burgey]

Yeah mate we do

 

[Spark]

Stupid question this, but do you lot get the Sky TV pictures and comms?

Yep.

 

[zaremba]

Yeah mate we do

And TMS on the radio?

 

[hazsa19]

Disciplined effort from these 2 so far.

 

[Burgey]

Lol that Ponting graphic on the short ball from 05

 

[Burgey]

And TMS on the radio?

I think so yeah. Haven’t really had the radio on much but I think it’s Agnew et al.

 

[Spark]

Also yes re: TMS.

 

[morgieb]

This all seems very one-note to me to Burns, though it seems a pretty bad wicket for quicks at this point.

 

[zaremba]

Ah, ok.

 

[Burgey]

Jeez there is some turn there for day three. It’s going to rag square by day five