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2nd Test at Adelaide - 16 to 20 Dec

trundler

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Lyon is good and everything but hardly a bowler that should bamboozle a test batsman on a day 2 pitch.

Edit: day 3 but still, not much happening for the spinner. Lyon does an excellent job of keeping it tight, of course, but that was a terrible shot both in selection and execution.
 

MW1304

Cricketer Of The Year
Pope is completely baffling. Ramprakash for a new era. Just doesn't have the mentality, his game agsinst spin seems to have got worse over time.
 

Prince EWS

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Yeah I hate Stokes starting against spin.
The three bowlers who have dismissed him most in Tests are Ashwin, Lyon and Dilruwan Perera. Perera's on the podium despite having only bowled to him in three Tests - he's actually got him out 5 times and 6 innings, and the other innings he got out to Sandakan who also turns it away from him. A real weak spot.

He's made some big runs against Aus anyway but Lyon's always in the game against him, especially early on.
 

Bahnz

Hall of Fame Member
I really want Pope to be good but it is not really sustainable him being this bad against spin.
It's starting to look more and more like he's just not that good tbh. Weird for a guy with such a good FC record at such a young age. But at 23 he's running out of time to fall back on the "He's young and still developing" defense.
 

MW1304

Cricketer Of The Year
Also I'm hoping there might be one day this series where I don't wake up with us in a decent position then just watch the collapse in front of my eyes. Had enough of it four years ago.
 

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