4th Test at Old Trafford, Manchester

[NUFAN]

Bairstow bowled again. Who'd have thought it?

It's hard to see the last four wickets adding many.

Yep, we've never seen Stokes bat well with the tail.. ever.

 

[Starfighter]

Starc learning from the Mitchell Johnson school of seam positions.

 

[wpdavid]

Yep, we've never seen Stokes bat well with the tail.. ever.

Yes, he could do it all again, but I don 't know how often you expect lightening to strike. If I'm wrong, then we'll both be happy.

 

[Starfighter]

Get a ****in move on.

 

[Burgey]

Terrific effort with the new ball here

 

[Daemon]

We've really been spoiled with some great bowling this series. Haze has it on a string.

 

[Alex0paul]

Stokes is a ****

 

[Starfighter]

Yes, he could do it all again, but I don 't know how often you expect lightening to strike. If I'm wrong, then we'll both be happy.

Well he doesn't look like getting out imminently. And if this English season has taught us anything, he'll have some lucky **** with the umpire.

 

[morgieb]

Stokes looks almost as daunting to dismiss as Smith at this point.

 

[Spark]

Almost a carbon copy of Headingley 1st innings there

 

[Starfighter]

The complete lack of footwork in that drive...

 

[Spark]

Well he doesn't look like getting out imminently. And if this English season has taught us anything, he'll have some lucky **** with the umpire.

Stokes looks almost as daunting to dismiss as Smith at this point.

well timed

 

[Starfighter]

I'll begrudgingly admit that's out.

 

[morgieb]

Yes Starc!

This seems ripe for him to take 4/5 despite not bowling all that well.

 

[Burgey]

Majestic from Starc today. Better for the run after yesterday

This is Buttler’s chance. A lot of good test number eights have been clueless sloggers capable of biffing a few

 

[fredfertang]

Difficult to find any cause for optimism here

 

[Son Of Coco]

The Mop is doing his job.

 

[Spark]

Yes Starc!

This seems ripe for him to take 4/5 despite not bowling all that well.

This is really quite harsh. This has been a really good spell IMO.

 

[Son Of Coco]

I agree. Something around 130kph would probably surprise him a bit.

This was supposed to be 230kph...it's been along week.

 

[morgieb]

This is really quite harsh. This has been a really good spell IMO.

This one big time, but he wasn't great yesterday which is more to my point. Plus also it feels like he takes a lot of big hauls where he has dodgy spells (though other than Sri Lanka I don't think he's ever had a Test where he's bowled amazingly all Test).