Smith pulls a short Woakes ball for 4.
It's raining. Not great batting conditions.
Gower says he'd prefer them to be making Smith play a little more. They have had a clear plan of hanging it outside off.
Second Ashes Test. Lord's.
Stokes now.
He beats Smith.
Botham: "Great seam position as well, there."
Yesterday, commentators were discussing where Stokes should bat (not necessarily in this series). The question, they said, was batting versus bowling. There's support for him to bat at 5.
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Umpires are talking. Maybe they're talking about the rain.
Sangakkara wants them to get Smith driving. He tells us he's so far left 47% of the balls he's faced. (It's a continuation of their discussion about drying him up versus trying to get him out.)
Sangakkara: "That's not good enough."
Botham: "I think you want him coming to the ball."
Sangakkara: "He doesn't have a big step forward. ... He's very comfortable on that back foot."
Meanwhile, Wade is still not off the mark.
He beats Smith.
Botham: "Great seam position as well, there."
Yesterday, commentators were discussing where Stokes should bat (not necessarily in this series). The question, they said, was batting versus bowling. There's support for him to bat at 5.
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Umpires are talking. Maybe they're talking about the rain.
Sangakkara wants them to get Smith driving. He tells us he's so far left 47% of the balls he's faced. (It's a continuation of their discussion about drying him up versus trying to get him out.)
Sangakkara: "That's not good enough."
Botham: "I think you want him coming to the ball."
Sangakkara: "He doesn't have a big step forward. ... He's very comfortable on that back foot."
Meanwhile, Wade is still not off the mark.
Wade takes his bottom hand off the bat.
Botham: "A bit of extra bounce."
Stokes gets Wade LBW. He reviews.
Hope it's pitching outside leg.
There's no edge.
Yes, it is (pitching outside)!! Decision reversed. Not out.
Good review. Well done to Smith/Wade. You could see Wade looking up and asking Smith for his opinion. The ump was Chris Gaffaney.
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And Stokes strays "down leg" (which really means on to the stumps, of course) to Smith, and he gets it fine for 4.
Botham: "A bit of extra bounce."
Stokes gets Wade LBW. He reviews.
Hope it's pitching outside leg.
There's no edge.
Yes, it is (pitching outside)!! Decision reversed. Not out.
Good review. Well done to Smith/Wade. You could see Wade looking up and asking Smith for his opinion. The ump was Chris Gaffaney.
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And Stokes strays "down leg" (which really means on to the stumps, of course) to Smith, and he gets it fine for 4.
The covers are about to come on. They'll take lunch now.
Oz 4/80. A difficult session.
Wade has calmly stayed on zero for 23 balls, including a successful appeal against an LBW decision.
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M. Taylor on bowling to Smith: "You've got to be happy to be driven through cover and mid off all day."
So they're all in agreement and it makes sense to me. Pitch it up to Smith. That's when strange techniques get tested.
Oz 4/80. A difficult session.
Wade has calmly stayed on zero for 23 balls, including a successful appeal against an LBW decision.
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M. Taylor on bowling to Smith: "You've got to be happy to be driven through cover and mid off all day."
So they're all in agreement and it makes sense to me. Pitch it up to Smith. That's when strange techniques get tested.
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Lisa S. spends an eternity talking about all of Bancroft's technical flaws.
Healy jokes that there's not much wrong then.
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There's going to be a rain delay.
In the break they talk to Kim Hughes.
Kim reckons the England batting is terrible, with no footwork.
Taylor: "Both sides to be fair."
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Taylor later talks about Kim Hughes. He says he played at a time when the WIndies were visiting every couple of years, so players like Kim and AB got really tested.
That's the point I think we always have to remember when we get overexcited by all the inflated scores and averages of batsmen today.
Healy jokes that there's not much wrong then.
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There's going to be a rain delay.
In the break they talk to Kim Hughes.
Kim reckons the England batting is terrible, with no footwork.
Taylor: "Both sides to be fair."
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Taylor later talks about Kim Hughes. He says he played at a time when the WIndies were visiting every couple of years, so players like Kim and AB got really tested.
That's the point I think we always have to remember when we get overexcited by all the inflated scores and averages of batsmen today.
Lunch menu:
https://twitter.com/HomeOfCricket/statu ... 3143969792
I think today's an easier choice. I'm going for the braised lamb jambalaya.
https://twitter.com/HomeOfCricket/statu ... 3143969792
I think today's an easier choice. I'm going for the braised lamb jambalaya.
While it's on rain break, we can talk injuries.
Bairstow took a blow on the thumb that session. Healy at the time said it'd be very hard to get the glove back on once they've taken it off. We'll have to see whether it's fractured.
M. Waugh on social media two hours ago:
"Cant understand why Bairstow would stay as keeper with a sore thumb when you have Butler there. Even on a long day why not swap them around. Both of very similar standard."
It's "Buttler", Mark... but, yes, I was thinking that too. Both are below Test-quality keepers. If they'd played Foakes, then they'd have three. It was discussed during the WC the oddity of having both in the two teams, but one keeping in one form and the other in the other. I think that's partly because Bairstow is supposedly quick in the outfield, so more suited to ODI outfielding.
And on social media, there've been articles about the awkardness of having former selectors like M. Waugh making so many comments through formal or social media. e.g. M. Waugh scoffing at the chance of Wade being good enough to play as a specialist batsman.
Bairstow took a blow on the thumb that session. Healy at the time said it'd be very hard to get the glove back on once they've taken it off. We'll have to see whether it's fractured.
M. Waugh on social media two hours ago:
"Cant understand why Bairstow would stay as keeper with a sore thumb when you have Butler there. Even on a long day why not swap them around. Both of very similar standard."
It's "Buttler", Mark... but, yes, I was thinking that too. Both are below Test-quality keepers. If they'd played Foakes, then they'd have three. It was discussed during the WC the oddity of having both in the two teams, but one keeping in one form and the other in the other. I think that's partly because Bairstow is supposedly quick in the outfield, so more suited to ODI outfielding.
And on social media, there've been articles about the awkardness of having former selectors like M. Waugh making so many comments through formal or social media. e.g. M. Waugh scoffing at the chance of Wade being good enough to play as a specialist batsman.
Here's the video:K wrote:Lisa S. spends an eternity talking about all of Bancroft's technical flaws.
Healy jokes that there's not much wrong then.
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https://www.theage.com.au/sport/cricket ... 52i0j.html
Here's the video:K wrote:...
Kim reckons the England batting is terrible, with no footwork.
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https://www.theage.com.au/sport/cricket ... 52i0m.html
Ponting on Warner (cricket.com.au):
' "I think the thing that would disappoint Davey the most was the fact there were a few clear scoring opportunities that he missed," Ponting told cricket.com.au.
"There were a few really wide ones that he would generally pounce on and cut, and there was a half volley that he got a thick outside edge on and went to backward point.
"If he puts those three balls away, it’s a totally different game. You’re off to a flyer and the pressure goes back onto the bowler.
"The ones that he missed out on were short and wide, which says to me that he wasn't as free in the mind as he should have been. He plays his best when he's playing the ball and hitting the ball hard.
"That's going to be the challenge for him; to free himself up in the mind, watch the ball and react accordingly."
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"I'd be encouraging him, if he's going to get beaten, to get beaten on the outside of the bat, not back through the gate. Set up to hit down the ground and just react to it. I know that's what he works on anyway, but I think he just needs reinforcement on that."'
' "I think the thing that would disappoint Davey the most was the fact there were a few clear scoring opportunities that he missed," Ponting told cricket.com.au.
"There were a few really wide ones that he would generally pounce on and cut, and there was a half volley that he got a thick outside edge on and went to backward point.
"If he puts those three balls away, it’s a totally different game. You’re off to a flyer and the pressure goes back onto the bowler.
"The ones that he missed out on were short and wide, which says to me that he wasn't as free in the mind as he should have been. He plays his best when he's playing the ball and hitting the ball hard.
"That's going to be the challenge for him; to free himself up in the mind, watch the ball and react accordingly."
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"I'd be encouraging him, if he's going to get beaten, to get beaten on the outside of the bat, not back through the gate. Set up to hit down the ground and just react to it. I know that's what he works on anyway, but I think he just needs reinforcement on that."'