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  1. Bijed

    2nd Test at Adelaide - 16 to 20 Dec

    Tbf I think he actually did quite well overall from his recall in 2018 up to the end of the Sri Lanka tour that year. Since then he's generally struggled and has been lucky not to lose his place, although there have been good bits in there too
  2. Bijed

    Do you care about over rates enough to support penalties?

    Fair enough, fair point that there's no good way to make teams deal with it in the 'right' way - unless you had a system where umpires could in real time say "You're taking too long with field changes, speed things up" and if they transgress again then the penalty is issued there and then (with...
  3. Bijed

    Do you care about over rates enough to support penalties?

    Yeah, this. People saying they'd rather watch fewer overs of quality cricket than using junk bowling to make up the difference are correct but also missing the point a bit. The problems are the pointless/faffy micro-delays that add up over the course of a day or match. They don't turn a good day...
  4. Bijed

    Babar Azam needs to get on with it

    Tbf, he's averaged ~55 from his 1st ton onwards and his overall average is weighed down by a long-ish poor start to his career, so he's 'got on with it' in that sense. But equally, he's only been so-so since his really hot streak ended and does need to show that it wasn't a flash in the pan I'm...
  5. Bijed

    2nd Test at Adelaide - 16 to 20 Dec

    Writing off a player after a bad first couple of tests, even shockers like Bracey's, would be wrong, but I am genuinely surprised that he still seems to be in the frame to the extent that he is at the moment after doing as badly as anyone I can remember getting a call-up. I won't criticise a...
  6. Bijed

    Do you care about over rates enough to support penalties?

    If a slow over-rate is deliberate in a cynical, time-wastey way then yes I care, but you'd need the punishment to affect the current match (plus fines/bans if you want to). Tbf I don't feel like this is something that happens much anyway. Otherwise, it's not something that I actually massively...
  7. Bijed

    1st Test at Brisbane, 8th-12th of December 2021

    What did he say in particular? Or was it just a case of him being bad for long enough that you realised that was just how he was going to be?
  8. Bijed

    Jack Leach

    This will quite possibly seem like a reactionary thread to his getting hammered around in the Brisbane test and it's really not meant to be. It's more that I've had a bit of an impression for a while that he seems an easy bowler to target/attack, with even pretty mediocre players such as Matthew...
  9. Bijed

    1st Test at Brisbane, 8th-12th of December 2021

    Obviously a bad day for us, but tbh given that we're a poor batting side and had only had very limited warmups, this falls fimly into the "oh well, it's hardly a surprise" rather than the "oh no" category for me. The bowling seemed to be pretty good, and even against us I'm never going to...
  10. Bijed

    ***Official New Zealand in India Nov-Dec 2021 Thread***

    I've been a fan of Taylor, but if his best appears to have been reduced to good (but not great) performances in his comfort zone, given that he's 37, the line probably has to be drawn very soon imo, although I'll concede that the potential for Williamson to not be there should factor in. In a...
  11. Bijed

    ***Official*** Pakistan in Bangladesh 2021 (T20Is and Tests)

    I don't usually like to post just to rag on another team, but that's truly dreadful from Bangladesh. If England had done that*, it'd be strongly in contention for the most gutless test loss I could remember and I'd be raging *I may be tempting fate wrt to the ongoing Ashes series
  12. Bijed

    ***Official*** Pakistan in Bangladesh 2021 (T20Is and Tests)

    Worst part of the declaration is it ruined Fawad's conversion rate :(
  13. Bijed

    If you could change one law/rule in Test cricket?

    Do you have a gut feel for how many of those draws could have had perfectly decent fifth days had such a day been available? I know this oversimplifies a bit, but it's a system I had a bit of hope in and wouldn't object to being trialled in tests unless it's shown to just lead to bad pitches...
  14. Bijed

    ***Official New Zealand in India Nov-Dec 2021 Thread***

    Gives the deep in Deep Point a whole new dimension
  15. Bijed

    ***Official*** Pakistan in Bangladesh 2021 (T20Is and Tests)

    Abid Ali's ton in this game has gone from reasonably being viewed as minnow bashing, to possibly the differences between Pakistand losing or saving the game and now that Bangladesh are messing things up, it could even end up as matchwinning. But when someone looks at his stats in 30 years time...
  16. Bijed

    ***Official New Zealand in India Nov-Dec 2021 Thread***

    One of the many advantages of Wagner is that he actually fulfils some of the criteria that could lead to you opting for a spinner anyway, in that he can bowl long spells if needed and his style (and left-arm-ness) means he provides a point of difference from other pace bowlers. It's not like us...
  17. Bijed

    Great performances by injured players

    You could argue that Ryan Harris' whole career is basically eligible for this thread
  18. Bijed

    England v New Zealand (SUPER OVER? BOUNDARY COUNTBACK?) at Abu Dhabi, 11-10 Wednesday (N), Semi-final #1

    It's been nice this tournament to see some valuable innings which start slow and build to something really good. Well played Mitchell
  19. Bijed

    A six should actually be an eight

    Doesn't this already count as overthrows? So that you can't keep a tailender on strike if you don't care about the runs?
  20. Bijed

    A six should actually be an eight

    I know this is in jest but I'll piggyback it anyway to make a point I intended to make in my other post - only that whilst a 6 being and 8 would probably be fine, I don't think balancing risk/reward perfectly needs to be a priority. Even if you think it's very important, there's too many other...

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