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*Official* West Indies Tour of England 2020

Woodster

International Captain
Just closing the face on it, can see why with the ball swinging in but just straightened a fraction on him. Top nut.
 

Spark

Global Moderator
Felt Stokes was overdoing the stuff moving around the wicket.. That was a peach of a ball, but he would have given himself a much better chance had he stood still facing up to the ball.
Was playing so well early on just playing simply and dead straight. Just overcomplicated his own innings in the end.
 

Woodster

International Captain
I kind of get why Stokes was trying to unsettle Holder and Roach in particular. These guys have been really accurate and while the ball is continuing to move around you can’t just allow them stick it on the same spot ball in ball out as they won’t move because they’re so precise. A fair line of thinking from Stokes, and it’s not something he never tries, he does it regularly to bowlers of this ilk it just hasn’t’ the quite fully paid off today.
 

honestbharani

Whatever it takes!!!
Was playing so well early on just playing simply and dead straight. Just overcomplicated his own innings in the end.
I kind of get why Stokes was trying to unsettle Holder and Roach in particular. These guys have been really accurate and while the ball is continuing to move around you can’t just allow them stick it on the same spot ball in ball out as they won’t move because they’re so precise. A fair line of thinking from Stokes, and it’s not something he never tries, he does it regularly to bowlers of this ilk it just hasn’t’ the quite fully paid off today.
It was fine while he was still settling in and obviously, it did put Roach off a bit during the 1st session and he lost his length and even line a little bit there. But where he overcomplicated it was when he started moving across too and then it became a thing where he walked down and across the pitch, and that is just asking for trouble against most test bowlers with the Dukes or the SG. Hayden used to do it often but he would walk down rather than down and across, it can enable a little bit more stability on your feet.

The thing is, he has to work out how to be stable at the point of him playing the ball. That is what Steve Smith does so well inspite of all his movement all over before that.
 

Woodster

International Captain
Think the all-rounder battle in this series will confirm Holder is the best bowler of the two and Stokes is the best batsman.
 

Flem274*

123/5
good nut

was just about to post i don't hate buttler in the test side as long as he's keeping. his record is fine for a keeper, but the experiment as specialist #7 batsman needs to never be done again.
 

honestbharani

Whatever it takes!!!
Buttler perhaps should have been forward on that one but a great ball nonetheless. Once again, these guys are bowling better in their second spells...
 

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