White Ball
State 12th Man
Great performance loved the bowling from Bumrah and looking at the weather in Old Trafford that is probably the series
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***Official*** 4th Test @ The Oval, London - 2nd-6th September
- Thread starter GIMH
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wpdavid
Hall of Fame Member
Should be as it starts in four days time, but it's not an easy call. Rest Anderson at his home ground, or rest Robinson who's been our best bowler all summer?
Niall
International Coach
Yeah special.
I do hope India manage his workload well as he is important in all formats, but to be fair they seem on top of that looking at the last few years of him. It helps they can get away with resting him in tests at home worst case scenario.
Mahmood and Wood next test for Anderson and Overton?
wpdavid
Hall of Fame Member
I'd forgotten Moores. Did he do the job twice, or is that my imagination? At least he had enjoyed considerable success at county level.
Red_Ink_Squid
Global Moderator
Another reason we miss Stokes, who although another right arm fast medium on paper can mix it up with long spells of aggressive Wagnerball stuff when there's no lateral movement.
BoyBrumby
Englishman
Dunno. Reckon Wood's extra pace might've be more effective than COverton's floaty mediums.
Not 100% convinced Root fancies him all that much either, judging by the overs he was entrusted with compared to his seam up confreres.
GIMH
Norwood's on Fire
Yeah we brought him back post-KP, as if that was the only reason the first Moores era was a failure
Red_Ink_Squid
Global Moderator
This is no way to speak about the outstanding coach of his generation.
BoyBrumby
Englishman
Yeah, bookended Flower's (infinitely more successful) reign, I think.
wpdavid
Hall of Fame Member
Which is something of a disadvantage for a 4th seamer who's supposed to offer a containing role when the ball's not doing a lot.
Anyway, the state of his elbow might keep him out of the final test, which makes selection even trickier.
Bijed
International Regular
Yeah fair enough, he could easily have done better than Overton did in this test. Think I just react against meh bowlers suddenly getting talked up because of their extra pace of principle
Not just with extra pace really, never a fan of a player getting talked up as an option just because they tick a certain box, but pace feels like the most common reason
Shri
Mr. Glass
forget pace options, if leach had been picked and bowled into the rough like jaddu did, anderson could have destroyed us with reverse
Teja.
Global Moderator
Shardul has had 2 MOTM worthy all round performances where he contributed heavily in at least 3 out of 4 innings of the said tests. The two performances both came in deciders of overseas test series and contributed to historic wins for India.
The guy has effectively only played 3 ****ing tests.
The guy has effectively only played 3 ****ing tests.
Red_Ink_Squid
Global Moderator
Maybe just a better spinner would do?
Arachnodouche
International Captain
Yeah too bad about the forecast. Accepting the trophy like that is anticlimactic. Was the difference between 2018 and this year in Aus too. Latter was so much more satisfying.
Cribbing about two series wins in Aus ffs.
wpdavid
Hall of Fame Member
I suppose that the other difference is that Smith and Warner missed the 2018 series, whereas your lads were depleted when they won this year.
wpdavid
Hall of Fame Member
Are you suggesting that a series average of 49.8 per wicket isn't quite fit for purpose?