English cricket - winter 2016/2017.
Discussion
Ballance has a fundamental foot flaw, especially early in his innings, he just doesn't seem to ever come to the crease in form and ready, he either somehow survives five overs and then seems to be very solid (eg he has a good number of half centuries. Or he is dismissed very early looking a total stranger to the process of batting.
Wierd
Long Drax said:
jet_noise said:
And that's the only thing terrestrial about non-Sky coverage. Neither TMS nor highlights, pah!
Good news! The Test highlights are on ITV4 1900-2000.Not that keen on the coverage, bit flat compared to channel 4 or 5's efforts
Amirhussain said:
This could be an interesting finish. Bangladesh game to lose
And all of a sudden it's for 7!!Tight.
skeggysteve said:
jet_noise said:
Yep, watching it now, having seen yesterday's too.
Not that keen on the coverage, bit flat compared to channel 4 or 5's efforts
Have to agree, the ITV coverage is not as good as C4 or C5.Not that keen on the coverage, bit flat compared to channel 4 or 5's efforts
But I did like Matthew Hoggard on todays highlights.
spikeyhead said:
Nothing can go wrong from here (from a Bangladeshi point of view)
Oops, that man Stokes does the job.A cracking test. Well done the Bangles for keeping England honest. Odd the number of reviews, down to the number of LBWs or Dharmasena's terrible first day?
The Torygraph really likes the TV coverage. Having watched last night's with Ed Smith & Jonathan Trott it crystalised my flatness observation. If you're going to have Ed Smith you need a Hoggy to lighten things up. If you've Trotty you need an <insert better presenter here than Ed Smith> to generate interest.
For those who've visited the Telegraph report - that's not Ed Smith it's Bob Harris ,
regards,
Jet
hornetrider said:
Never in doubt.
7 wins in 93 Tests says We should have won more comfortably Never mind the Bangles, what are we doing with the batting line up before we get to India ?
Is G. Ballance get the whole winter to make a mark ? I get he has scored, but I am just not convinced. Root we assume will be ok, Stokes will score a big one in every ten innings, Cook will play fine against India, But I worry that our top five isn't settled.
Gargamel said:
7 wins in 93 Tests says We should have won more comfortably
Never mind the Bangles, what are we doing with the batting line up before we get to India ?
Is G. Ballance get the whole winter to make a mark ? I get he has scored, but I am just not convinced. Root we assume will be ok, Stokes will score a big one in every ten innings, Cook will play fine against India, But I worry that our top five isn't settled.
Personally I don't think Ballance is a test cricketer. I'd drop Duckett to 4 and bring in Hameed asap at 2 Never mind the Bangles, what are we doing with the batting line up before we get to India ?
Is G. Ballance get the whole winter to make a mark ? I get he has scored, but I am just not convinced. Root we assume will be ok, Stokes will score a big one in every ten innings, Cook will play fine against India, But I worry that our top five isn't settled.
hornetrider said:
Smollet said:
Now that was a proper collapse that even England in their pomp would've found hard to replicate
Wow. I flicked on the Beeb and saw they were 155/1, did a rolleyes, and went off for a two hour meeting. Come out and they are all out for 220!!!Challo said:
hornetrider said:
Smollet said:
Now that was a proper collapse that even England in their pomp would've found hard to replicate
Wow. I flicked on the Beeb and saw they were 155/1, did a rolleyes, and went off for a two hour meeting. Come out and they are all out for 220!!!Gassing Station | Sports | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff