It was Head ensuring England couldn't bowl Leach, which put larger loads on the other bowlers and also on Joe Root as captain. Head was the guy to do it, along with Warner as LHers. They did it a beauty, too. Also just another scratch on the wall for English spinners in Australia.
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2nd Test at Adelaide - 16 to 20 Dec
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Calm_profit
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Even fast bowlers would struggle to get those figures.
TheJediBrah
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I always liked you tbf
Spark
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Perth in 2013 in the 4th innings. Tried to hit Lyon out of the stadium just after tea when he was already well set and batting well, holed out.
(Was wrong about Stokes being at the other end though; Bell was)
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I mean, there's a reason that very few batsmen have bombed Lyon back over his head with reliable success, including KP. The batsmen who have successfully dominated Lyon usually did so with the sweep, which for a while he had no idea how to deal with, or on the back foot, which is what India have done a lot.
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KP averaged 70 against Lyon
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Yeah but just because a below average Aus batting line up played him like they had a global developmental delay doesn't make him a quality bowler ffs.
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As if to hammer it in:
Seriously, imagine if Ponting was England's captain on that first day. He'd have been all but ripping heads off--er, "having a strong conversation" over the lengths they were bowling.
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If Ponting was England's captain, KP would have never been thrown out, Andy Flower would have been thrown out and they would have lost in India in 2012, coz dats wat Ponting does.
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Indeed. The red headed step-children of world cricket. You put up with them because you have to, but everyone knows they aren’t up there with the rest of the family.
Ponting has a well-made point, but Anderson and Broad are well known divas. To me, he's launching the vitriol the wrong way. They have 1150 wickets between them so they shouldn't need to be told what length to bowl. Both have what, 5 Ashes tours behind them? To me, it's more on them for bowling an 'ego' length - one that flies through, hits the keeper's gloves nicely and doesn't go for runs, as opposed to that foot further up where they might get driven a few times but are also more likely to nick someone out.
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Ah, CW's two finest minds joining forces against us........how will we ever cope?
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Treat yourself to some bread sauce and gruel to get over it
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If it's half as good as Apple & Custard have been then I'll be happy
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Going through the photos that I took on Day 3 (the only day where I actually remembered/bothered to bring my camera to the ground) and thought this one may be of interest to some people here. This is Green bowling to Woakes in the final session, just before the new ball.
It's better than last year. But there's definitely still some misalignment between hips and shoulders on release.
It's better than last year. But there's definitely still some misalignment between hips and shoulders on release.