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by Donny » Thu Aug 01, 2019 8:03 pm
Anderson opens with a maiden to Bancroft.
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by Donny » Thu Aug 01, 2019 8:18 pm
Warner out to Broad for 1. Lbw.
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by Donny » Thu Aug 01, 2019 8:37 pm
Bandy edges to first slip. Out for 8.
Oz 2/17.
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by K » Thu Aug 01, 2019 8:44 pm
Stone on as sub fielder already. This is just cheating. The ICC need to clamp down on it.
If you pick a player who's coming back from injury, that's your choice. They have to field.
England did this cheating in the ODI WC too, when the thug Roy came back from injury.
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by K » Thu Aug 01, 2019 9:13 pm
Khawaja out to Woakes.
We're right on track for a three-day Test.
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by Donny » Thu Aug 01, 2019 9:15 pm
3/35.
Khawaja out for 13 to Woakes.
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by K » Thu Aug 01, 2019 9:20 pm
They didn't call a wide for either of those balls from Stokes, right?
If they don't count as wides, then the ball needs to be off the pitch to be a wide.
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by K » Thu Aug 01, 2019 9:27 pm
And now another one almost off the pitch, but this time with Smith on strike, so at least it was on the off side.
No wide call. Have they just eliminated wides from Test cricket? It's silly.
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by Donny » Thu Aug 01, 2019 9:46 pm
No. But it's always been the case, in Tests.
With so much limited over cricket, these days, we tend to wonder about widish balls in Tests.
3/73. Smith 14*, Head 24*.
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by Donny » Thu Aug 01, 2019 9:57 pm
Either Anderson is injured or Root is clueless.
4 overs for such a bowler. More than a head scratcher.
3/81.
Head 26*, Smih 21*.
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by K » Thu Aug 01, 2019 10:03 pm
He's coming back from a calf injury. He's also an old man by fast-bowler standards. He's the reason they didn't want to pick Archer, also coming back from injury.
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Not a bad start from Head.
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by K » Thu Aug 01, 2019 10:05 pm
Donny wrote: No. But it's always been the case, in Tests.
With so much limited over cricket, these days, we tend to wonder about widish balls in Tests.
They pitched over two feet down legside. If Stokes were faster, they'd have been four byes.
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by Donny » Thu Aug 01, 2019 10:47 pm
K wrote: He's coming back from a calf injury. He's also an old man by fast-bowler standards.
So, England gambled on an opening bowler (Anderson), in the opening Test of an Ashes series in a match where he'd normally bowl 50 overs or more. Crazy.
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by Donny » Thu Aug 01, 2019 10:53 pm
3/92.
Smith 25*, Head 33*.
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