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  1. Manee

    *Official* Second Test at Lord's - Aug 12-16 2021

    "It's a spoiler" - to paraphrase Paul Heyman. My view is either England 400+ or a Siraj 5fer.
  2. Manee

    *Official* Second Test at Lord's - Aug 12-16 2021

    India have the far better bowling line-up. This will be an interesting experiment to see just how much worse India's batting is than England's.
  3. Manee

    *Official* Second Test at Lord's - Aug 12-16 2021

    Embarrassing performance from India. India need to think about how long Pujara and Rahane have as "certainties".
  4. Manee

    *Official* Second Test at Lord's - Aug 12-16 2021

    Watched a lot of the day. Rahul, Rohit and Jimmy were in a different league to everyone else. With India's four number 11s, I think their score can be regarded as more like 276/4 and so not as ahead as it seems. Pujara looks completely shot. I think as a temporary measure he should bat at six...
  5. Manee

    *Official* Second Test at Lord's - Aug 12-16 2021

    Yes. I hate to sound like an idiot but no amount of data will make me believe that is true.
  6. Manee

    *Official* Second Test at Lord's - Aug 12-16 2021

    They also put up a stat saying he averages 149 against right arm pace.
  7. Manee

    *Official* Second Test at Lord's - Aug 12-16 2021

    With rain in the air and a clearish forecast, it could be a big toss to win and bowl first.
  8. Manee

    What changes will England make for the second Test?

    Naturally, as an Indian fan, hoping for no Hameed.
  9. Manee

    ***Official*** India vs England 2021 General Discussion thread

    Ashwin please.
  10. Manee

    *Official* First Test at Trent Bridge, Nottingham - Aug 4-8 - 2021

    That Bumrah six was glorious. Just an absolute smack.
  11. Manee

    *Official* First Test at Trent Bridge, Nottingham - Aug 4-8 - 2021

    I can see him acting like Thakur in the first Test in taking crucial wickets at crucial times. EDIT: In addition to our inability to get him out unless he lets us.
  12. Manee

    *Official* First Test at Trent Bridge, Nottingham - Aug 4-8 - 2021

    Moeen's counterattack could be extremely useful for England. Moeen and Butler could have a similar impact to Pant and Jadeja in being able to swing a game quickly.
  13. Manee

    *Official* First Test at Trent Bridge, Nottingham - Aug 4-8 - 2021

    I'm just so curious to see how he does with the ball at Test level.
  14. Manee

    *Official* First Test at Trent Bridge, Nottingham - Aug 4-8 - 2021

    As much as I hate watching him score runs against us - it is clear that he has a genuine winning mentality when he bats. He definitely doesn't see it like a beachball when he gets in but he picks his ball, knocks it to the boundary and he's on 10-15 before you know it and looking very settled...
  15. Manee

    *Official* First Test at Trent Bridge, Nottingham - Aug 4-8 - 2021

    I still disagree but I'm tired of this discussion but let's return to it another day.
  16. Manee

    *Official* First Test at Trent Bridge, Nottingham - Aug 4-8 - 2021

    Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence. Particularly when there is a narrow view of what constitutes evidence (i.e. raw numbers). What do you mean about seam movement? I don't understand the sentence.
  17. Manee

    *Official* First Test at Trent Bridge, Nottingham - Aug 4-8 - 2021

    It is not harder than the 1990s but perhaps harder than in Michael Clarke's era - only perhaps though, not "obviously". Techniques these days are not great for Test cricket. Batsmen are scoring less runs partially because they're jumping between formats. A prime Sir Alistair Cook would have had...
  18. Manee

    *Official* First Test at Trent Bridge, Nottingham - Aug 4-8 - 2021

    It could, if applied recklessly. Being able to disprove something is important for science but cricket is not a science, whatever statsguru advocates would have you believe.
  19. Manee

    *Official* First Test at Trent Bridge, Nottingham - Aug 4-8 - 2021

    Yes - he's a definite fantastic batsman. What he's great at is the positivity to get through the nervy early period of the innings and then once he's in, he's obviously extremely solid. I just disagree that it is harder to score runs in this era but rather that batsmen are typically worse at it.
  20. Manee

    *Official* First Test at Trent Bridge, Nottingham - Aug 4-8 - 2021

    Quality of batting seems lower though, even though the bowling quality is fairly high.
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