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Thread: OT Terrestrial Test Return

  1. #61
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    Anything above 100 lead and an innings defeat looms!
    One thing about 2 or 3 day tests in India we don't have to suffer too long!

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    Shocking. IMO 80% of the fail was lack of application from the senior batsmen

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    Quote Originally Posted by Andy_Faber View Post
    Shocking. IMO 80% of the fail was lack of application from the senior batsmen
    Whatever happened in March wasn’t as ‘shocking’ as today...but ‘lack of application from the senior batsmen’ seems to have been the case...again.

    Most disappointing start to a cricket summer for a long time. Can’t bat, can’t catch, not much better at bowling and no discipline. Got tickets for Trent Bridge...can’t wait.

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    Quote Originally Posted by ramAnag View Post
    Whatever happened in March wasn’t as ‘shocking’ as today...but ‘lack of application from the senior batsmen’ seems to have been the case...again.

    Most disappointing start to a cricket summer for a long time. Can’t bat, can’t catch, not much better at bowling and no discipline. Got tickets for Trent Bridge...can’t wait.
    Absolutely spineless and Root has the look of defeat about him.

    I feel sorry for the bowlers

    However, unlike football, with cricket I can take genuine pleasure in the performance of the opposition, so well played NZ who seem to have a B teambetter than our A team

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    Tbf that was two B teams...Stokes, Buttler, Bairstow, Woakes, Archer and a spinner (Leach?) would all have made a huge difference, but with Anderson and Broad both nearing the end, their attack just looks so much better. Captaincy and selection both poor.

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    Lack of application is clear and Burns shows this! Arguably the 'batter' with the least natural talent but streets ahead on application, grit and determination!
    However, one wonders who coaches at junior, intermediate and senior level because they clearly don't put the basics at the top of the list! It appears that playing the line and grinding the bowlers down is not considered important so long as you can whack it over the boundary and get a quick forty or so. Consequently, building an innings with technique, patience and shot selection is a foreign language because they haven't learned how to do that!
    Top international bowlers soon spot the weaknesses and expose that lack of technique, this means the batters have no 'fall back' to call on in order to sustain them in a genuine test innings.
    Let's hope the footballers do better!

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    Quote Originally Posted by macstheman View Post
    put the basics at the top of the list!
    Exactly. Its not a one day international its a bloody test match!

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