Second Ashes Test. Lord's.
Athers: "This is the Steve Smith conundrum", as he whips a ball off the stumps.
Nasser: "From nowhere, Broad bowled a big inswinger..."
Athers says Broad told him he thought the ball would do things because the pitch is so dry that the seam will bite into the surface.
BTW, the follow on has been avoided! Yay!
Nasser: "From nowhere, Broad bowled a big inswinger..."
Athers says Broad told him he thought the ball would do things because the pitch is so dry that the seam will bite into the surface.
BTW, the follow on has been avoided! Yay!
cricinfo gets nostalgic re. Paine & Smith:
https://twitter.com/ESPNcricinfo/status ... 547588096/
Meanwhile, Woakes has come on.
Smith gets another from the bread-and-butter shot.
Athers thinks the man at extra cover could be brought to the leg side.
Athers: "He is an unusual player. ... You still can bowl one side and still set the field for his strength on the leg side."
Holding disagrees about Atherton's suggested field placement. He wants all the men on the off side. If you bowl it full outside off stump, he cannot hit it on the leg side, he says.
https://twitter.com/ESPNcricinfo/status ... 547588096/
Meanwhile, Woakes has come on.
Smith gets another from the bread-and-butter shot.
Athers thinks the man at extra cover could be brought to the leg side.
Athers: "He is an unusual player. ... You still can bowl one side and still set the field for his strength on the leg side."
Holding disagrees about Atherton's suggested field placement. He wants all the men on the off side. If you bowl it full outside off stump, he cannot hit it on the leg side, he says.
Lloyd continues with the theme. He tells us Smith has left 39% of deliveries in this innings. His career average is 21%. Lloyd says that's because they have not been bowling full enough.
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Next over, Archer bowls a 76mph knuckle ball and Smith edges it down to the ground in front of slip.
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Archer goes for variety. It's the attempted leg-stump yorker, but he doesn't get it right.
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Smith is beaten to end the maiden over.
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Next over, Archer bowls a 76mph knuckle ball and Smith edges it down to the ground in front of slip.
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Archer goes for variety. It's the attempted leg-stump yorker, but he doesn't get it right.
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Smith is beaten to end the maiden over.
I reckon it's time to check out today's lunch menu...
I don't see anything yet!
But this is a classic catch:
https://twitter.com/HomeOfCricket/statu ... 6937970688
I have to add this to the "blunders and oddities on video" thread.
I don't see anything yet!
But this is a classic catch:
https://twitter.com/HomeOfCricket/statu ... 6937970688
I have to add this to the "blunders and oddities on video" thread.
The Lord's social-media account has the Bancroft catch as gif:
https://twitter.com/HomeOfCricket/statu ... 3181002753
But where is today's lunch menu??
https://twitter.com/HomeOfCricket/statu ... 3181002753
But where is today's lunch menu??
Botham: "Causing a few problems, Stokes," as Paine gets an edge that falls short of first slip.
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Holding on Smith again:
91% of his runs are scored on the legside.
Balls on the stumps: SR 122.
Balls outside off: SR in the 30s.
Holding: "I haven't been happy with the length they've bowled to him at all. ... If he drives, it has to be a real half-volley."
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Holding on Smith again:
91% of his runs are scored on the legside.
Balls on the stumps: SR 122.
Balls outside off: SR in the 30s.
Holding: "I haven't been happy with the length they've bowled to him at all. ... If he drives, it has to be a real half-volley."
It's here!! The lunch menu for today!!
Day 4 -- https://twitter.com/HomeOfCricket/statu ... 1110105100
Stuffed saddle of lamb, I reckon...but did I have lamb before? Let me see:
Day 1 -- https://twitter.com/HomeOfCricket/statu ... 7906575360
Day 2 -- https://twitter.com/HomeOfCricket/statu ... 3485504513
Day 3 -- https://twitter.com/HomeOfCricket/statu ... 3143969792
Oh, I did... Yesterday, but that was a jambalaya.
Day 4 -- https://twitter.com/HomeOfCricket/statu ... 1110105100
Stuffed saddle of lamb, I reckon...but did I have lamb before? Let me see:
Day 1 -- https://twitter.com/HomeOfCricket/statu ... 7906575360
Day 2 -- https://twitter.com/HomeOfCricket/statu ... 3485504513
Day 3 -- https://twitter.com/HomeOfCricket/statu ... 3143969792
Oh, I did... Yesterday, but that was a jambalaya.