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2nd Test, Lord's, London

Starfighter

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How tall is Archer? He’s releasing the ball at a higher point than Broad but doesn’t look as tall as him.
I've seen a couple of things that say he's 6'2". I personally think he's slightly taller than that, if Broad is 6'5" then I'd maybe give Archer 6'3" to 6'3 1/2".

Archer has possibly the highest action I've seen from a very broad selection of pace bowlers, keeping his torso nearly upright, while Broad bends over a lot and has a very low delivery for his height, like Starc.
 

quincywagstaff

International Debutant
Don't really understand Warne saying England are only viable chance to win. If Australia get even a 50 run lead against this fragile Eng batting lineup they're a huge chance.
 

Spark

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Don't really understand Warne saying England are only viable chance to win. If Australia get even a 50 run lead against this fragile Eng batting lineup they're a huge chance.
Yeah that made no sense to me. Australia only have to get 10 wickets to win, England need to get 16 from here.
 

Prince EWS

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Yeah that made no sense to me. Australia only have to get 10 wickets to win, England need to get 16 from here.
It was just based on the weird amount time left in the game; he's baking in a lot of rain I think. if Australia are going to rolled then England can chase it down, but if England are going to get rolled Australia probably won't set them enough time for that to happen.

I'm not sure I agree, but I think that's probably based on not counting my rain chickens before they're hatched more than Warne being always wrong (which tbf is tempting too).
 
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morgieb

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Yeah that made no sense to me. Australia only have to get 10 wickets to win, England need to get 16 from here.
I guess he thinks that for Australia to get a decent sized lead they'll run out of time to bowl England out again, but time is a bigger problem for England for the reasons you say. They basically have to run through the batting lineup and keep the lead over 100 and bat aggressively to a point where they can set 400 in 100 overs or something.
 

Spark

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Man, a lot of batsmen are going to really not enjoy themselves against Archer over the years. I can see some being made to look extremely foolish by that bouncer especially.
 

stephen

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If you watch Smith in slow motion from the point of release he moves into position and then plays from a position of perfect stillness and balance. His "unusual technique" is more about his mannerisms before and after the important parts of playing the cricket ball.
 

Spark

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I guess he thinks that for Australia to get a decent sized lead they'll run out of time to bowl England out again, but time is a bigger problem for England for the reasons you say. They basically have to run through the batting lineup and keep the lead over 100 and bat aggressively to a point where they can set 400 in 100 overs or something.
If Australia until a bit before lunch tomorrow they'll literally have 70-80 overs to bowl England out. Okay, not the absolute gimme that Edgbaston was, but still a good attack would back itself to win the game a lot of the time.

That's a bad shot there.
 

stephen

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That's the second time a low catch in the slips deceptively looks like a bump ball. I think it's the slope.
 

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