nightprowler10
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Great stuff from England. Reckon we're cooked.
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*Official* Pakistan in England 2020
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grecian
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Hmm, looks like my belief that Zak Crawley will be the new ravi Bop may be unfounded
Nah seriously really impressive innings, the fact he came through a really testing period just before lunch, was as promising as the strokeplay, can only hope him and Pope can get us out of this batting funk, we seem to have been in for awhile.
Btw that was the first time that my spellchecker changing that misspelling to "funk" was correct...
Nah seriously really impressive innings, the fact he came through a really testing period just before lunch, was as promising as the strokeplay, can only hope him and Pope can get us out of this batting funk, we seem to have been in for awhile.
Btw that was the first time that my spellchecker changing that misspelling to "funk" was correct...
aussie tragic
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Just read that Crawley is the first #3 to hit a hundred on home soil since Root did it 4 years ago. Great for Crawley but what a horrible record England #3s must have had in that time.
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weeman27bob
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Apart from Root (who has a few) and this innings from Crawley, the only other scores over 50 in that period have been:
72 - Jason Roy vs Ireland in 2019
59 - Tom Westley vs South Africa in 2017
53 - Zak Crawley in the previous test
50 - Moeen vs India in 2018
Nintendo
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Buttler at 6: 13 matches, 783 runs, 49 Average, hs 106.
Buttler at 7: 29 matches, 1236 runs, 30 avg, he 89.
6 obviously isn't as big a sample size, but is buttler's issue in test cricket maybe a case of him being stuck batting with the tail too early and being forced to play stupid shots?
Buttler at 7: 29 matches, 1236 runs, 30 avg, he 89.
6 obviously isn't as big a sample size, but is buttler's issue in test cricket maybe a case of him being stuck batting with the tail too early and being forced to play stupid shots?
Daemon
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Being forced to play 'stupid' shots was what won them the first test though.
His mindset changed the minute Pope was dismissed. Had Pope stuck around a while longer, for all we know Buttler would've been out defending or something.
honestbharani
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The only inference could be that he perhaps does better when he is forced to bat more positively or whatever. But even that is a stretch. It could simply be he finally realized his batting rhythm for the longer format. Hopefully, from England's PoV, its long term.
Woodster
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No, I wouldn’t buy that as a reason for his questionable Test efforts with the bat. It is simply his uncertainty as to how to bat in Test cricket. When he’s batting with the tail he’s almost forced to shoe us the real Jos Buttler where he goes on the attack and gives us a glimpse of the potential Test batsman. In this Test and the last he’s managed to find just the right balance as to when to go on the attack and I’ve been critical of him but these last two Test innings show exactly why England persist with him despite mediocre returns to this point. If he keeps his attacking intent, not reckless strokeplay and not that dithering version we see of him either that fiddles about pushing and prodding, he can lock down that slot at six as a batsman again. Still fancy Foakes with the gloves in the winter.
Howe_zat
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It was as well
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They were bad for the first hour but good for the second hour and good for the first hour or so after lunch. There was a spell just before Crawley got to 50 where they really looked like getting him out, but before and after that he was all over them.
Like a lot of touring teams they've started to fray at the edges a bit after impressing early on. Looks like a great pitch for Babar though so hopefully we'll see him go big this time.
Howe_zat
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I dunno, it's more like they've been very good very sporadically throughout.
Like you might get with an attack that's two promising teenagers, a bloke who goes really well with the new ball but can look slow off the front foot, and a gun leggie who drags it down once an over.
honestbharani
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Dobell on crapinfo said:
@Burgey and everyone else questioning me, this is the kind of thing that obviously makes me rate him. I had no idea this had happened till I read this piece today and yet it does not surprise me one bit.
Of course, goes without saying that you need to be a player affluent enough to afford to do all this and there are many who do not make it inspite of such efforts (Jayant Yadav of India being an example) but when you have the natural talent and combine that with the kind of natural cricket nous as well as willingness to learn and get better, its a pretty great package in any young player.
England are lucky they will have a core group of Pope, Crawley and Curran for a good while tbh.
