IR Bell pretty little fifties thread

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And a first entry of the Australian test match season for Mitch Marsh with a 90 v Pakistan.

 

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Shafique and Masood are two noteworthy additions as Pakistan were in a good position before a somewhat inevitable collapse. This used to be not untypical of the situation that happened post Joe Root getting out after reaching his half century….l

 

[ataraxia]

We need a pretty little 100–110s thread

 

[Ali TT]

We need a pretty little 100–110s thread

Rahul 101

 

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Rahul 101

A fair point but instead of perhaps India ending upn150 all out or possibly less, India have around 100 more than they might have got. Against this South Africa batting lineup on this pitch, India are in the match when they could be out of it.

 

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A fair point but instead of perhaps India ending upn150 all out or possibly less, India have around 100 more than they might have got. Against this South Africa batting lineup on this pitch, India are in the match when they could be out of it.

Oh it could really be a match winner! Guess we'll find out by close of play.

 

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Mitch Marsh gets a mention with his 96 v Pakistan and his third unconverted 50+ score of this series.

 

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In a rather whirlwind day of test cricket with no less than 3 completed innings across two tests, Rizwan, Salman and Jamal get three entries for Pakistan in Sydney. You get the impression that at least one of them needed to ton up to really put any kind of pressure on Australia.

 

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In a rather whirlwind day of test cricket with no less than 3 completed innings across two tests, Rizwan, Salman and Jamal get three entries for Pakistan in Sydney. You get the impression that at least one of them needed to ton up to really put any kind of pressure on Australia.

And a team entry from South Africa.

 

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And a team entry from South Africa.

I wasn't sure if it was appropriate but I guess that as time has gone on, anything goes on this thread!

 

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I guess Ben Stokes gets an entry for his rather manful effort versus India when the next best score was a punchy effort of 37 from Bairstow. Honourable mentions to Kavem Hodge and Joshua Da Silva from stopping the windies from completely crashing and burning in Brisbane.

 

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Paddy Cummins may well have turned the game for Australia as they could have been facing a might deficit in their game against the Windies. He manfully decides to leave himself on a PLF after deciding to declare rather than go for glory with Hazlewood at the other end....

 

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A very deserving entry will be Steve Smith, who couldn’t get across the line for Australia as they lose by 8 runs to the West Indies……

 

[ankitj]

A very deserving entry will be Steve Smith, who couldn’t get across the line for Australia as they lose by 8 runs to the West Indies……

Yet to score a 4th innings hundred.

Hi @Sunil1z

 

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With thanks to @336etc uncovering that England have scored 2278 unconverted 50s in their entire test history!

 

[Howe_zat]

This thread is either a joke I've missed or the dumbest ****en thing

 

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It would be remiss of me not to mention Zak Crawley for a double-entry for the Vizag test match. The first innings he will regret a bit more I would suggest as that tonning up there would have got England far more back into the match than they eventually did.

 

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It would be remiss of me not to mention Zak Crawley for a double-entry for the Vizag test match. The first innings he will regret a bit more I would suggest as that tonning up there would have got England far more back into the match than they eventually did.

It's come to something when we start complaining about a double entry for Crawley on this thread. He looked comfortable in both innings and somehow got out. Still not sure how that lbw ended up pitching so far in line, looked miles off on first view and can see why it wasn't given.

 

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It's come to something when we start complaining about a double entry for Crawley on this thread. He looked comfortable in both innings and somehow got out. Still not sure how that lbw ended up pitching so far in line, looked miles off on first view and can see why it wasn't given.

It is interesting to look at the records of players such as him and Pope and the clear contrast of their performances under Stokes/McCullum compared with their earlier careers. Crawley is now around 36 since the start of that era compared with an average around 26 or so before. Pope was also high 20s but now above 35 too and his record at 3 is pretty good. too. However, Crawley would have been kicking himself that he didn't go on and score a ton first innings and that might also have given England more of a shot at the match.

 

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Feels harsh putting Sarfaraz on this thread given he appears to have been sold down the river by Sir Jaddu bhai!