*Official* New Zealand tour of UAE and England 2023

[thierry henry]

Malan has mostly looked like **** too. Ugh.

 

[kevinw]

Three dislocated fingers????

 

[thierry henry]

OMFg

 

[_Ed_]

This has been extraordinarily bad.

 

[thierry henry]

That is rank fielding JFC

 

[thierry henry]

Root, out twice already to a guy from Waitak Senior Bs, is now swatting Ravindra’s pretend bowling at will. Cricket is a bad joke.

 

[Kenneth Viljoen]

This might be the innings that Root needs to find form for the World Cup

 

[RossTaylorsBox]

This is the rope-a-dope strat, please look it up if you are not familiar.

 

[thierry henry]

Is there a point in a typical Malan innings where he starts looking good?

 

[thierry henry]

On a positive note, these first 3 Jamieson overs have looked like vintage test Jamieson

 

[Molehill]

Is there a point in a typical Malan innings where he starts looking good?

Yep, the 2nd, 5th, 8th, 13th, and 17th overs. However, in between he can look atrocious.

This is why England fans are so confused about him, scores runs but seems to kill impetus in the process.

 

[Kenneth Viljoen]

On a positive note, these first 3 Jamieson overs have looked like vintage test Jamieson

Pity he won't be going to the World Cup .

 

[thierry henry]

Yep, the 2nd, 5th, 8th, 13th, and 17th overs. However, in between he can look atrocious.

This is why England fans are so confused about him, scores runs but seems to kill impetus in the process.

Nothing to do with impetus. His strike rate is good. He’s just looked bad throughout this innings.

 

[thierry henry]

Pity he won't be going to the World Cup .

I’d say ‘meh’ if I was confident we were about to play a solid schedule of tests

 

[Neil Young]

This is village.

 

[thierry henry]

Ravindra is handing Root an innings here (on his 3rd hit for the day)

 

[mackembhoy]

Malan now Englands top scorer since 2019 Final. Just overtaken Buttler

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[thierry henry]

Jamieson has Malan on toast, but the ball is white so the England guy can do whatever, it doesn’t matter

 

[thierry henry]

Thank God for that. A tiny sliver of justice

 

[_Ed_]

Not really one of Root's finest, was it?