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*Official* West Indies Tour of England 2020
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'One for the purists.'
Beamer
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Sibley is doing a Kraigg.
Howe_zat
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I don't know if time was lost to rain, but apperently John Wright in this innings against England finished day 1 on 55*, having faced 255 balls. He then backed this up with 19 (105) in the second innings. NZ won, so you can't say it was uncalled for, unless you were a spectator.
Edit: This was NZ's first ever win against England.
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honestbharani
Whatever it takes!!!
Boycott with 77 off 302 in the same match, not even letting the title of the most boring batsman in the match go to an opponent.
flibbertyjibber
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Yeah, and with so many who like to play shots lower down it doesn't matter if we are a bit stodgy up top.
grecian
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Got to say I am old-fashioned, but I don't see the problem with the run-rate, Gabriel clearly not right, 4 days to play, grind the bowlers into the dust for me.
Stokes seems a bit agitated about it, he needs to calm down as the great philosopher in my avatar says.
Ooh, that's not clever.....
Stokes seems a bit agitated about it, he needs to calm down as the great philosopher in my avatar says.
Ooh, that's not clever.....
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I think we can beat it: Mudassar Nazar in his 10-hour 114, also against England, finished day 1 on 52*. Again, Boycott and Brearley in the opposition responded in kind. Curiously, the game was a draw.
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Yeah there's no problem at all, it's just the only observation on an uneventful day.
Bijed
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Yup. When the main criticism levelled at an English opener these days is that they score too slowly it's a sign that they're doing a better job than pretty much anyone else we've had in that role in the last 8 years or so.
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Can't give the stodgy buggers a life as they can easily bat for another couple of sessions. Might not score many but others can around them.
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The fact that Burns was the first opener since Cook to get to 1000 runs shows how bad it has been. Sibley surely will do it too and the pair could be set for a long run.
Bijed
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Haha yeah, that stat said it all. The 'since 2007' thing was slightly misleading since Strauss was around for 5 years after that, but still.
Who got the closest in the meantime? Compton?
grecian
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Some people ar saying the batting is bad though, it isn't it's just not fluent.
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Compton 775, Jennings 781.
Bijed
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That's it, forget the other stat, the fact the Keaton Jennings is our 2nd most prolific opener since Cook is the most damning thing of all