4th Test at Old Trafford, Manchester

[Spark]

Not watching, sounds like more awful captaincy from Root?

No short leg, only one slip, ring fielders are quite deep and everyone else is on the boundary. Easy singles everywhere and Wade can just shove his hands at anything out of the rough, knowing the inside edge is completely safe.

 

[Spark]

Seriously, wtf is this? Has Root given up trying to win the game?

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

Powling into his legs and no protection behind square on the leg

 

[Pothas]

This is crap. That Archer and Broad spell seems like forever ago now.

 

[91Jmay]

Worst captaincy imaginable. Put a ****ing short leg in.

 

[Pothas]

Seriously, wtf is this? Has Root given up trying to win the game?

Looks that way.

 

[Groundking]

Surely we have to take the captaincy off him after we lose this test? Absolutely ****ing rubbish.

 

[Spark]

This is breathtakingly bad cricket. Like, what the ****.

 

[Groundking]

No short leg, only one slip, ring fielders are quite deep and everyone else is on the boundary. Easy singles everywhere and Wade can just shove his hands at anything out of the rough, knowing the inside edge is completely safe.

How can you not have a short leg in? We're already miles behind and need to take wickets, go aggressive ffs.

 

[Pothas]

This is breathtakingly bad cricket. Like, what the ****.

Is it Smith? Its like oh he has got 20 the game is done. Lets just wait for the declaration.

 

[Spark]

How can you not have a short leg in? We're already miles behind and need to take wickets, go aggressive ffs.

And because the ring fielders are so deep, Aus are effortlessly milking 4+ rpo through singles.

 

[Spark]

Is it Smith? Its like oh he has got 20 the game is done. Lets just wait for the declaration.

I would understand that, I don't think there's any excuse to Wade.

 

[Compton]

What’s Root up to, here? The plan appears to be hoping for a mishit to get a wicket.

Allowing this pair to settle is bonkers though, because they could easily add a swift 50 pre-declaration.

 

[Arachnodouche]

Seriously, wtf is this? Has Root given up trying to win the game?

He gives off despondent vibes like no other captain today. Sarfaraz is another but you expect that from Pak captains.

 

[Pothas]

I would understand that, I don't think there's any excuse to Wade.

Yeah none at all. I just think in part that is what Smith has done to them.

 

[Spark]

Honestly this reminds me a little of Ponting going to part timers in 07 in India. Just has such a strong stench of a captain giving up

 

[Groundking]

And because the ring fielders are so deep, Aus are effortlessly milking 4+ rpo through singles.

It was like that in the first innings, ****ing rubbish, if we had managed to restrict you to <400 by keeping it tight we'd be in this game right now.

 

[Arachnodouche]

Want to see one more hundred from Smith. Reckon his series has already reached absurd levels, now I want to see some really obscene numbers by the end. Will have to motor though.

 

[Burgey]

He’s got it arse about unless his openers told him they needed a bit longer to recharge. Leach leaking runs like this makes me reconsider Lyon’s effort, given he at least never let them get away.

It’s like he tried to have a bet each way - dry the game up and slow it down to make a draw more likely while hoping to jag another wicket, but Leach has let him down a bit (and Overton to a far lesser extent imo).

 

[Pothas]

It was like that in the first innings, ****ing rubbish, if we had managed to restrict you to <400 by keeping it tight we'd be in this game right now.

No point going on about it of course but Anderson has been such a huge loss, Archer first change would make such a difference.