***Official*** England vs Sri Lanka 21st August-10th September 2024

[ashley bach]

Root 11*(22) @SillyCowCorner1

 

[King Kane]

Sri Lanka would be fancying their chances of another wicket bowling to Brook, he's a good limited overs batsmen but is still suspect in tests.

 

[Nintendo]

This is codswallop. He scored a million runs reversing in SL and India in 2021

THANK YOU. Root has always been a prolific sweeper. Test runs with the reverse and conventional sweep are him and daylight (for games we have ball by ball data). He put it away for one innings in india when he got that slow hundred, but outside of that he always uses it.

 

[Calm_profit]

Sri Lanka would be fancying their chances of another wicket bowling to Brook, he's a good limited overs batsmen but is still suspect in tests.

So far in his test career,Brook has done well.

 

[MW1304]

Sri Lanka would be fancying their chances of another wicket bowling to Brook, he's a good limited overs batsmen but is still suspect in tests.

What?

 

[ashley bach]

This is codswallop. He scored a million runs reversing in SL and India in 2021

THANK YOU. Root has always been a prolific sweeper. Test runs with the reverse and conventional sweep are him and daylight (for games we have ball by ball data). He put it away for one innings in india when he got that slow hundred, but outside of that he always uses it.

He may be the best in the business at the shot but should he be playing it during a small run chase?

 

[Howe_zat]

He may be the best in the business at the shot but should he be playing it during a small run chase?

What's he meant to do, shelve one of his best scoring options to keep some anoraks on the internet happy?

 

[PlayerComparisons]

Premeditated shots are so unnecessary

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

Premeditated shots are so unnecessary

Yep, like shoulder arming and having your off stump knocked out of the ground.

 

[King Kane]

So far in his test career,Brook has done well.

He might have done well but his technique is still suspect, neither was McCullum's though and he still did alright.

Good hand eye coordination can make up for a bad technique but bowlers would fancy their chances against him.

 

[GIMH]

Sri Lanka would be fancying their chances of another wicket bowling to Brook, he's a good limited overs batsmen but is still suspect in tests.

This is not reflective of his career to date…

 

[King Kane]

Brook with a lucky escape there, Asitha Fernando giving him a working over.

 

[ashley bach]

Asitha 1-11 @SillyCowCorner1

 

[King Kane]

This is not reflective of his career to date…

I know Brook has done alright so far in his test career and he is good to watch with the way he takes the game on.

I'm just staying that his technique is suspect against good test quality bowling, he doesn't play copybook defence like Geoff Boycott or Chris Tavare.

 

[Howe_zat]

Carrying on sweeping is exactly the right shot of Jayasuriya is going to keep lobbing it down leg from left arm over.

He needs to change line or go round. No danger otherwise

 

[cnerd123]

Great match

 

[GIMH]

I know Brook has done alright so far in his test career and he is good to watch with the way he takes the game on.

I'm just staying that his technique is suspect against good test quality bowling, he doesn't play copybook defence like Geoff Boycott or Chris Tavare.

He didn’t set the world alight in The Ashes but came out with a decent average and a couple of key innings. Not sure anyone in the England side is looking to play like Boycott or Tavare.

 

[PlayerComparisons]

Brook doesn’t need to play like Boycott when he already plays like Viv

 

[ashley bach]

Harry Brook and Chris Tavare are two different types of species.

 

[Calm_profit]

We will never know how Brook would have perform in India.