3rd Test at Headingley, Leeds

[morgieb]

i didn't realise hazlewoods average had risen so much. i thought it was low 20s still. who did he run into? india didn't do that much damage did they?

More South Africa than anything else. Which was really worrying given that should've suited his MO to a tee.

 

[stephen]

I like Hazelgood

 

[stephen]

More South Africa than anything else. Which was really worrying given that should've suited his MO to a tee.

McGrath never did that well in South Africa.

 

[Spark]

You don't want to write off a clearly talented cricketer after two and a half games, but there's zero indication that Roy is even a vague parody of a Test match opener in English conditions.

 

[morgieb]

i've watched aus whenever they're on tv during that time and i guess i'll have to coin the term 'sneaky bad' to counter 'sneaky good'. i didn't realise i was watching someone bowl so sneaky bad. i guess when starc takes a dump on the bed it's more noticeable.

Recently he's gotten a lot of 3/50 sort of analyses which look solid but isn't much to write home about, and then his average gets squeezed when Australia see a road.

 

[stephen]

That jetted off the seam.

 

[cpr]

Leave means Leave - the motto of Brexiteers and Roy's batting coach.

 

[social]

2 worst batting lineups I have ever seen

 

[morgieb]

McGrath never did that well in South Africa.

Still averaged 23.62 in South Africa, and I think that includes a fair bit of early McGrath before he found his feet at Test level. IIRC Haze's average there was like 40.

 

[GIMH]

Put Roy at 4 in our next innings (most likely in the next Test )

 

[Uppercut]

i've watched aus whenever they're on tv during that time and i guess i'll have to coin the term 'sneaky bad' to counter 'sneaky good'. i didn't realise i was watching someone bowl so sneaky bad. i guess when starc takes a dump on the bed it's more noticeable.

He's averaged around 35 for the last two years. Been in really bad nick for a long while.

Thing about Hazlewood is, he looks like he should be perfect for bowling in England, but this is his 6th test and he's never taken more than 3 wickets in an innings. He's very often been the best Australian bowler in those matches, but there are times when conditions are such that he should be really coming into his own and he just doesn't really get the job done.

We'll see if he fixes it today.

 

[trundler]

Anything in particular?

Pretty gutsy player. Doesn't seem bothered by anything. Makes the most of his luck. Aside from being test standard that is.

 

[flibbertyjibber]

2 worst batting lineups I have ever seen

Roy is the worst opener we have had. Given the competition over the last few years that is some accolade.

 

[cpr]

Put Roy at 4 in our next innings (most likely in the next Test )

Please don't curse the bank holiday weather like that

 

[stephen]

That bobbing- twisting thing that Burns does reminds me of Handscomb in that it's a really smooth movement that just somehow looks a bit wrong, like when Handscomb taps bat on the ground.

Got him!

 

[Starfighter]

I see Cummins is taking the Devon Malcolm approach in trying to batter the life out of the Headingley pitch.



Awesome. There goes my LMS.

 

[Spikey]

warner playing the long game

 

[morgieb]

Put Roy at 4 in our next innings (most likely in the next Test )

You have to surely. Even 4 seems high for him in English conditions though. He's lucky that the other options are either tried and failed (Ballance), may have lost form (Sibley, Northeast) or bat below 4 at county level (Pope)

Root's form is about as alarming as Warner's at this point.

 

[Burgey]

But. But. It’s sunny...

 

[Spark]

Joe.