3rd Test at Headingley, Leeds

[wpdavid]

For some reason, teams never keep it simple. At Headingley you need to push it a little fuller and make sure a decent number of your deliveries target the stumps and test the forward defence.

The odd thing is how often other countries have done that better than England at Leeds.

 

[morgieb]

Yeah it just felt like it really had that sort of potential at the start of the innings. Touch wood but looks like the worst of that might have passed for now. I don't think we need a big score, merely a competitive one.

Yeah when I realised we were going to be batting first I was like anything over 150 isn't terrible. It's probably a bit of a different case now as there's a good chance that a lot of our innings will be when it's sunny but given England's bowling 300 would still be a good total.

 

[Compton]

I hate the “too good to nick” chat as well.

If you’re bowling dozens of deliveries that the batsman “isn’t good enough to nick” then you’re not bowling the right line/length.

 

[slippy888]

Should they continue play when it not raining hard

 

[Burgey]

Dropping Joe Burns is looking worse and worse now.

Khawaja really needed to step up today. He looks less ar$ed than usual on this tour.

A human pillow. He’s so soft. The harder it gets, the faster he hits the road. Woeful

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

Is 'Marnus' a variant of 'Marcus'?

 

[Burgey]

Yeah when I realised we were going to be batting first I was like anything over 150 isn't terrible. It's probably a bit of a different case now as there's a good chance that a lot of our innings will be when it's sunny but given England's bowling 300 would still be a good total.

Be a good total given our bowlers tbh

 

[morgieb]

Be a good total given our bowlers tbh

I actually meant England's batting, but that also qualifies too.

 

[Son Of Coco]

Is 'Marnus' a variant of 'Marcus'?

No.

 

[GIMH]

Going to be Xmas for Australia if today is seriously curtailed and they can bat tomorrow in sunshine with a lot of wickets in hand.

Yeah you might make 120 if that happens

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

No.

Ohhh, so it is a common name in Australia?

 

[Son Of Coco]

An upside to batting first is our bowlers get more rest. Assuming we can manage to bat out a whole day.

 

[Burgey]

Yeah you might make 120 if that happens

Which will be 40 too many.

 

[Uppercut]

Just catching up with that session and lol at that being the ball that Broad got a wicket with.

 

[Starfighter]

Ohhh, so it is a common name in Australia?

He was born in South Africa.

 

[Burgey]

Ohhh, so it is a common name in Australia?

He’s South African by descent

 

[Son Of Coco]

Ohhh, so it is a common name in Australia?

No. But there's no link to 'Marcus' as far as I'm aware. His parents may have massive speech impediments though. I'm not sure.

 

[GoodAreasShane]

Just got back from the pub. Warner hasn't been convincing at all, but as his innings went on he started to look better at the crease

 

[zaremba]

He’s South African by descent

And birth, and childhood. But let's not go there...

 

[GoodAreasShane]

Labuschagne is about as Afrikaans as you can get as a name