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K wrote:Athers tells us 40% of Bairstow's Test dismissals have been bowled. :shock:

That's a clear sign of a defective technique.

Nasser described during the WC how Bairstow's front elbow comes away, making his shots very bottom-handed.
Why so critical of Bairstow, K ?

The man's scored 50 or more 26 times in Tests - 6 of those, he turned into centuries. He averages 36 in Tests with a 55 strike rate, almost all from #7.

Hardly the stats of a FTB. :)
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And now flat-track bully Bairstow nicks off!!

Oz back in the match now.
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Bairstow gorrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrnnnnn.

Sids gets the wicket - caught by Warner.
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Donny wrote:...
Why so critical of Bairstow, K ?
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I'm not the only one. They didn't highlight all of this to praise him. And they are Englishmen.

More seriously, he's not the only one. As you know, I fear for Test batting technique the world over.

I'm also sad about the standard of wicketkeeping the world over. They play keepers who are batsmen in disguise, but not ones with Test technique. (That was a good catch by Paine a while ago.)
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Except for Smith, whom no-one can dismiss.
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The Ashes. Aussies hit back on Day 3.

Rory Burns (133), Ben Stokes (50) and Jonny Bairstow all departed, early on Day 3 of the first Ashes Test.

8/300. Leading by 16 runs. Peter Siddle 2/50, James Pattinson 2/67, Pat Cummins 2/72, Nathan Lyon 2/80.

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Woakes hits Lyon for the first 6 of the Ashes series.

The lead is growing...

... and it's lunch.

The lead is 44.
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Finally, Cummins gets Broad after series of short balls.

That was a frustrating and dangerous 9th-wicket partnership.

England 9/365.

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Nasser & Warne criticise Oz for not giving broad a bumper barrage early enough. Everyone knows that's how you get Broad out, says Nasser. It's his longest innings for six years, and that's the reason why, he adds.
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Lyon gets Anderson, top edging.

England all out 374. The lead is 90.
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Tell you what it’s nice to watch the news here in England, nice unbiased cricket reporting!!!
You cant fix stupid, turns out you cant quarantine it either!
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Broad gets Warner cheaply again.

He tried to leave, but thin edged it behind. Joel gave it not out, but it was reviewed.

Trouble.
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think positive wrote:Tell you what it’s nice to watch the news here in England, nice unbiased cricket reporting!!!
The English commentators on the TV broadcast (all of them ex-players) aren't bad.

But the Englishmen on cricinfo are a disgrace, far worse than the subcontinental people there.

As for me, I've criticised poor play without fear or favour here, as well as morally reprehensible behaviour.
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Moheen gets Bancroft.

This is pathetic batting from Oz.

Boos ring out as Smith comes to the crease.
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Australia is 3/124 at Stumps, leading by 34. Warner made 8, Bancroft 7 and Khawaja 40 (from 48, which is probably about his T20 strike rate).

Head is 21* and bradSmith is 46*. England need to get bradSmith early, or they will lose the Test.

Siddle still to come, of course.
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Pies4shaw wrote:... bradSmith...
Aarghhh.. Don't mention Brad Smith. Another spectacular recruiting failure from Collingwood. I don't like being critical of Collingwood players, but I recall that at one point way into the game ("the game" being his solitary senior game for the club) he had no kicks, no marks, and no handballs, but had conceded about three free kicks. Our club's website describes him as "a big, lumbering type".
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