*Official* Fourth Test (Old Trafford, Manchester) 19-23 July

[OverratedSanity]

Cricinfo has them live now ftr. I count 32/112 behind the keeper at the time a the time of writing

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Not that unusual tbh. He's played lots of great shots in between the huge slices of luck.

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

200/2

@ashley bach

 

[Niall]

Zac Crawley now the leading run scorer for England this series...time to visit the humble pie thread

 

[loterry1994]

Hmmm Mitch Marsh swinging the ball and holding a line outside off? Who could have foreseen this apart from anyone who watched him bowl in the last game

thats the problem with the bazball stuff against aus and Cummins tactics. A few high scoring overs then his spreading the field and bowling like a t20 match and not trusting what his bowlers are good at which is pitching up and tryna swing

 

[OverratedSanity]

Oh **** oh **** I totally forgot. Yeah ok my bad

Haha I laughed at your post because I'd forgotten too and literally made the same joke during the second test, but it got buried because the thread was too busy.

Or everyone just ignored it,in which case I dont blame them.

 

[Spark]

Not that unusual tbh. He's played lots of great shots in between the huge slices of luck.

A lot of those would have also been to orthodox glances because we insisted on bowling at his pads

 

[loterry1994]

A lot of those would have also been to orthodox glances because we insisted on bowling at his pads

who cares how he got them plus he done it over 100 strike rate

 

[ashley bach]

Sir Zachary Crawley

 

[loterry1994]

No not starcey

 

[Spark]

who cares how he got them plus he done it over 100 strike rate

I'm just complaining about our tactics

 

[ripper868]

Starc crocked...****.

 

[Wayner]

so much batting to follow

 

[GIMH]

What if England declare but the forecasters were wrong and the sun is here all weekend? Could work well for Straya

Doesn’t matter anyway, game will be won tomorrow

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

Isn't Steve Smith a better bowler than Head?

Come on Smudge, time to release your inner Warney

 

[Wayner]

A lot of those would have also been to orthodox glances because we insisted on bowling at his pads

that was puzzling

 

[91Jmay]

Feels like Starc doesn't need to be fielding if he's a bit gimpy

 

[Spark]

Isn't Steve Smith a better bowler than Head?

Come on Smudge, time to release your inner Warney

Smith is a baaaad bowler these days. A baaaad bowler. In his younger days he'd get really good shape and dip on the ball, just couldn't land them, but he's rancid these days.

 

[Molehill]

Zac Crawley now the leading run scorer for England this series...time to visit the humble pie thread

Or the series predictions thread for my joke effort!!

 

[Howe_zat]

Not that unusual tbh. He's played lots of great shots in between the huge slices of luck.

Yeah in a different knock those 32 could all be soft-handed runs past slip or leg glances. It's just in this one there's been a bunch of edges behind, plus a solid helping of playing and missing on top of that.

Crawley has basically played the same way all series which is bursting past the single figures and riding your luck unitl you get out. It's a pretty good way of avoiding really low scores at the cost of being massively unlikely to get you a hundred, which you take from your 30 averaging opener.

The fact that it's got a ton anyway is just nonsense.

 

[loterry1994]

England would be stupid not to declare today they’ve got aus rattled you could get 3-4 wickets