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*Official* Second Test (Lord's, London) 28 June–2 July

Son Of Coco

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England match Smith's hundred with one of their own - 100 overs up.

Bet they didn't think this was happening at the start of play yesterday.
 

Spark

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I would say "how embarrassing for Robinson to get creamed through cover by a genuine #11" but in fairness that's pretty much the one shot Hazlewood has.
 

TheJediBrah

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He definitely did have some good lower order innings but the **** would come in with, like, 30 to get in 30 balls, he'd hit an entirely facile 20 in 15 that any decent lower order hitter could do and the C9 comms would go "tHe FiNiShEr DoEs iT aGaIN"
I really disagree with this take, Faulkner was outright supernatural for a few years there with how often he won games with the bat that Aus shouldn't have. And how often he was not out at the end
 

Starfighter

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Still maintain this a good pitch to play through the line of the ball. England could be quite dangerous with their tactic here.
 

morgieb

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Did pretty well in his only test, and that was a batting friendly pitch. People forget he could get the odd ball up to the high 130s before his shoulder injury.
TBF that Test his role was helped by the match becoming a de facto one-dayer by Clarke wanting to make a game of a match that would've otherwise been a sollen draw.

Still, it's crazy how much Faulkner declined after the 2015 World Cup. His fall is a big reason as to why we haven't been the same team at ODI level since 2015.
 

TimAngas

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He definitely did have some good lower order innings but the **** would come in with, like, 30 to get in 30 balls, he'd hit an entirely facile 20 in 15 that any decent lower order hitter could do and the C9 comms would go "tHe FiNiShEr DoEs iT aGaIN"
On the other hand I feel like his OD hundred in India was the moment people realised how vastly easier hitting would get in the two new balls era.
 

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