4th Test at Old Trafford, Manchester

[Spark]

I really don't understand why Starc doesn't just bowl basically half his deliveries at the stumps.

 

[morgieb]

Seems to be getting much more turn outside the RHer's off stump than the LHer's

Big time. It's crazy to see how different things are that Burns can knock him around for singles like cake whereas he looks like he can get Root's wicket close to every ball.

This is close to the worst spell I've seen an Australian bowl in a long time.

 

[trundler]

Haha who thought Starc would spray it all over

 

[Arachnodouche]

Awesome ****ing crowds throughout. What a great advert for the game.

 

[quincywagstaff]

Lucky for Starc that Warne isn't commentating during this spell.

 

[Spark]

Big time. It's crazy to see how different things are that Burns can knock him around for singles like cake whereas he looks like he can get Root's wicket close to every ball.

This is close to the worst spell I've seen an Australian bowl in a long time.

If by "a long time" you mean "less than two weeks" sure. Even taking away the last hour, the new ball bowling at Headingley was total trash and ultimately so vital.

 

[GotSpin]

Expected garbage from Starc

 

[Daemon]

Gotta feel for Denly. He was at least getting starts before being forced to open.

 

[zaremba]

Jeesh, Rooty. Don't **** about like that.

 

[morgieb]

If by "a long time" you mean "less than two weeks" sure. Even taking away the last hour, the new ball bowling at Headingley was total trash and ultimately so vital.

This looked even worse than that IMO, though I guess he's not at least giving them leg-side freebies so much as innocuous fodder.

What the hell is Root thinking?

 

[Burgey]

Root is trying to get out here to compensate for how bad Starc is bowling. Good contest

 

[Spark]

This looked even worse than that IMO, though I guess he's not at least giving them leg-side freebies so much as innocuous fodder.

What the hell is Root thinking?

Nah that was crap from everyone, and quite inexplicably so. You do kind of have to accept that this will happen semi-regularly with Starc. His hesitance to actually bowl at the stumps is baffling me though.

 

[BSM]

It in our favour to bat slow and steady ffs. Why go for the sweep when you've already got a (fluky) four off the over?

 

[GotSpin]

The crowd really gets to Australia when they're going off like this

 

[Burgey]

I really don't understand why Starc doesn't just bowl basically half his deliveries at the stumps.

He should be bowling around the wicket straight at Burns left shoulder. And he should always have a third man when he’s bowling.

 

[morgieb]

Nah that was crap from everyone, and quite inexplicably so. You do kind of have to accept that this will happen semi-regularly with Starc. His hesitance to actually bowl at the stumps is baffling me though.

I think that's what annoying me, if it was a case of overpitching and gifting 4's or seeing heaps of short stuff go over Burns's head I could at see where he's coming from. Here he's neither attacking nor containing.

Agree that this is probably more expected from him than Cummins/Hazlewood though.

 

[Spark]

The crowd really gets to Australia when they're going off like this

This is a big big reason why I was really hesitant about picking Starc and going away from "all control, all the time" as a strategy. Just brings the crowd right into the game.

 

[Burgey]

Nah that was crap from everyone, and quite inexplicably so. You do kind of have to accept that this will happen semi-regularly with Starc. His hesitance to actually bowl at the stumps is baffling me though.

Heaven forbid faitgue or the game not being played in a lab mate. They bowled eight loose overs in four days’ cricket. To say it cost them is ludicrous.

 

[Spark]

That there is literally the first ball Starc has bowled at the stumps today, I think

 

[Spark]

Heaven forbid faitgue or the game not being played in a lab mate. They bowled eight loose overs in four days’ cricket. To say it cost them is ludicrous.

I mean it did. They lost the game, and everyone knew the new ball was going to be absolutely vital.