IR Bell pretty little fifties thread

[Pothas]

Really not at all

 

[Howe_zat]

If only he'd got 49. That'd be better.

 

[Ali TT]

Zak again, becoming a bit too common an entry

 

[Molehill]

Zak again, becoming a bit too common an entry

Even more concerning is that he keeps on top scoring whilst doing it!!

 

[GIMH]

Zak again, becoming a bit too common an entry

I want to hear what @Howe_zat thinks of this post

 

[ataraxia]

I also blame Zak Crawley for this England performance.

 

[Ali TT]

I also blame Zak Crawley for this England performance.

Totally

 

[Ali TT]

Joe Root extends his lead as English player with most 50+ scores (92) but doesn't add to his 31 centuries.

 

[Chin Music]

Even more concerning is that he keeps on top scoring whilst doing it!!

I've been away a few days so I've not had much chance to really check in other than look at the scores. However, it is not difficult to conclude that there is something of a grim inevitability of a collapse after a promising but not quite delivering innings like that. A PLF always brought a few ifs and buts about what a team innings might look like when a player fails to ton up and then the team folds. So perhaps about 8 years on from when we first brought it up, the old French saying plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose

 

[Chin Music]

It would be remiss not to mention the Sri Lanka innings v Bangladesh. Record score without an individual century with no less than six unconverted 50s.

 

[Ali TT]

Who'd have guessed Ollie Pope would provide the first entry to this thread in the English test summer?

 

[Ali TT]

And Crawley second. Shocker!

 

[Chin Music]

Thanks for reviving! I was far from surprised at these two being the first entrants of the test season.

 

[andruid]

It is their destiny

 

[Chin Music]

And there is a certain inevitability of Harry Brook being added to this list. Never change, England always struggling to ton up.

 

[GIMH]

Is this the 'pretty little fifties' thread, or the 'all fifties' thread?

 

[Chin Music]

Is this the 'pretty little fifties' thread, or the 'all fifties' thread?

It is more a reflection on the sad reality of so many England batters being chronically unable to ton up.

 

[The Brian Hardie Stance]

Root gets in on the act.

 

[Ali TT]

Root gets in on the act.

Classic Root

 

[Chin Music]

Classic Root

As predictable as the 3 No.8 buses turning up at the same time after none for 30 minutes.