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*Official* 1st Test at the SWALEC Stadium

GIMH

GIMH

Norwood's on Fire
Riggins said:
Does play start a bit early today from all the carry on yesterday meaning missed time?
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No - we played on late so still got a full day in in terms of time, just not overs

We never start early here just for. So any lost time through the series will always be made up at close of play. Especially makes sense in the July Tests where it's still light at 10pm (not that they can go that late)
 
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Antihippy

International Debutant
Other than the root chance I thought he was ok. It's that kind of pitch where I'll be surprised if one of the keepers don't end up breaking their fingers.

Plus there were so many balls sprayed down the legside.

That root chance though, holy ****.
 
Red

Red

The normal awards that everyone else has
Healy did make a good point though that when the bounce is so variable keepers start thinking up and down instead of sideways, which you can think of almost exclusively when you can trust the bounce.
 
vic_orthdox

vic_orthdox

Global Moderator
Red Hill said:
Healy did make a good point though that when the bounce is so variable keepers start thinking up and down instead of sideways, which you can think of almost exclusively when you can trust the bounce.
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He's always had heavy feet, and that habit's just getting worse now that he's older.
 
Gob

Gob

International Coach
Think the Rad drop is not as straight forward as people think. It was swinging in at yorker length so you can excuse the keeper for not expecting an outside edge and the fact is its swinging in means the keeper is naturally starting to move towards the leg side which was the case with Rad here.

Root's dismissal in the 2nd innings of the WACA was very similar but johnson wasn't swinging it in on that occasion so Rad didn't have to start moving towards the legside
 
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Antihippy

International Debutant
It was so wide of off-stump that if he's trying to collect that on the leg-side he has already ****ed up.
 
Gob

Gob

International Coach
Anything latest on Starc? ****ing hate to see a Stuart Broad cameo and need Starc to turn up and clean the tail
 
TheJediBrah

TheJediBrah

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Antihippy said:
Other than the root chance I thought he was ok.
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no he wasn't

he is so bad these days it's not even funny. So many average balls down leg that any under-15 keeper would anticipate and take easily he stands there and at the last minute dives like an idiot because he's either senile or just trying to get dropped
 
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Antihippy

International Debutant
As I've said though, tough on him with a pitch where the ball either dies on him or leaps off a length.
 
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Gob said:
Think the Rad drop is not as straight forward as people think. It was swinging in at yorker length so you can excuse the keeper for not expecting an outside edge and the fact is its swinging in means the keeper is naturally starting to move towards the leg side which was the case with Rad here.
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Look where he started at the point of delivery.


I mean, I don't want to be too hard on the guy because Starc is rapid and it was a fast nick but I'm guessing he was basically in that position specifically for a nick like that and still managed to look leadfoot. He's not quick enough to be the Test 'keeper any more and hasn't been for a while, tbh.
 
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vic_orthdox

vic_orthdox

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Gob said:
Think the Rad drop is not as straight forward as people think. It was swinging in at yorker length so you can excuse the keeper for not expecting an outside edge and the fact is its swinging in means the keeper is naturally starting to move towards the leg side which was the case with Rad here.

Root's dismissal in the 2nd innings of the WACA was very similar but johnson wasn't swinging it in on that occasion so Rad didn't have to start moving towards the legside
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You only go one hand for that if your feet are lazy. Because you think it's ages from you.
 
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