Dr Gloom 19751 Posted September 3, 2019 Share Posted September 3, 2019 Chill out man Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gloom 19751 Posted September 3, 2019 Share Posted September 3, 2019 Overton in for Woakes. Woakes hasn't lit the series up, but I didn't see that coming. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobinRobin 9177 Posted September 4, 2019 Share Posted September 4, 2019 11 hours ago, Dr Gloom said: Overton in for Woakes. Woakes hasn't lit the series up, but I didn't see that coming. Neither did I. Would have preferred Curran Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gloom 19751 Posted September 4, 2019 Share Posted September 4, 2019 Yes, feels like we’ve lengthened the tail. Curran’s batting last summer was class. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gloom 19751 Posted September 4, 2019 Share Posted September 4, 2019 Aussies win the toss and bat first England: Rory Burns, Joe Denly, Joe Root, Jason Roy, Ben Stokes, Jonny Bairstow, Jos Buttler, Craig Overton, Jofra Archer, Stuart Broad, Jack Leach. Australia: David Warner, Marcus Harris, Marnus Labuschagne, Steve Smith, Travis Head, Matthew Wade, Tim Paine, Pat Cummins, Mitchell Starc, Josh Hazlewood, Nathan Lyon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gloom 19751 Posted September 4, 2019 Share Posted September 4, 2019 Overton replaced woakes and yet was fifth bowler into the attack this morning. Bit of a head scratcher of a selection Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex 30265 Posted September 4, 2019 Share Posted September 4, 2019 Or Root’s clueless Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ugly Mackems 133 Posted September 4, 2019 Share Posted September 4, 2019 2 hours ago, Alex said: Or Root’s clueless He's not even a bang average captain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobinRobin 9177 Posted September 5, 2019 Share Posted September 5, 2019 Woakes was hardly being used by him anyway, but yes seems an odd decision to leave him for so long. As I understand it, the pitch does not really suit Overton, which calls into question why they made the decision so early, rather than waiting for the toss. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gloom 19751 Posted September 5, 2019 Share Posted September 5, 2019 (edited) Woakes was bowling first change and after jimmy got crocked and prior to Archer arriving, he was opening the bowling. What’s the point in replacing him with bowler if the captain doesn’t trust him to bowl while the ball is newish? I’m glad he got his wicket and I hope he does well today but it feels like a strange decision. Edited September 5, 2019 by Dr Gloom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gloom 19751 Posted September 5, 2019 Share Posted September 5, 2019 5 hours ago, RobinRobin said: Woakes was hardly being used by him anyway, but yes seems an odd decision to leave him for so long. As I understand it, the pitch does not really suit Overton, which calls into question why they made the decision so early, rather than waiting for the toss. I still don’t understand why Curran is out of favour. He saved our skin with the bat so many times last summer and offers something different with the ball. Overton isn’t the quickest but he didn’t offer that much control with the ball yesterday either, though he obviously wasn’t alone in that regard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex 30265 Posted September 5, 2019 Share Posted September 5, 2019 Curran’s lack of pace is probably the issue, unless there’s something we don’t know about. Although it hasn’t hindered him so far, in English conditions at least. He can certainly hold a bat as well. I think the selections have been a bit odd all series though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Kelly 1115 Posted September 5, 2019 Share Posted September 5, 2019 The talk yesterday morning was that the pitch suited the taller bowler so that's why Overton was picked instead of Curran. But that opinion seems to be on the way the Old Trafford pitch used to play rather than how it does now. It seems obvious that once Wood and Stone were ruled out and Anderson was struggling, the selectors have been all over the place. Fucking sick of Smith now like, we were desperate for Archer to hold onto that caught and bowled. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom 13820 Posted September 5, 2019 Share Posted September 5, 2019 Hope Archer catches him with a Beamer tbh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmill 34200 Posted September 5, 2019 Share Posted September 5, 2019 On the plus side, Ken should be back this weekend. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gloom 19751 Posted September 5, 2019 Share Posted September 5, 2019 (edited) How has leach contrived to bowl a fucking no ball when he takes smith's wicket ffs. what are the odds of a spinner doing that? Edited September 5, 2019 by Dr Gloom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gloom 19751 Posted September 5, 2019 Share Posted September 5, 2019 26 minutes ago, Tom said: Hope Archer catches him with a Beamer tbh. i think that's the only way he's getting him out Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gloom 19751 Posted September 5, 2019 Share Posted September 5, 2019 what we need is for ken to come on and tell us we're going to lose - that's the only way we're winning from here. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom 13820 Posted September 5, 2019 Share Posted September 5, 2019 Fucking hell Notts have slayed Middlesex here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gloom 19751 Posted September 6, 2019 Share Posted September 6, 2019 howay the manchester weather! a total washout today would be nice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Kelly 1115 Posted September 6, 2019 Share Posted September 6, 2019 Don't think the weather will save us. We need Stokes to dig in for another 300 balls. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strawb 3652 Posted September 6, 2019 Share Posted September 6, 2019 Going to be raining on and off all day down here so maybe it will Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gloom 19751 Posted September 6, 2019 Share Posted September 6, 2019 Ah, Joe. He needed to go big. He fails to convert too many 50s. Can’t leave it to Stokes to save the day every time. Still potentially 20 overs left to survive today 🙈 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex 30265 Posted September 6, 2019 Share Posted September 6, 2019 Roy must be thick as fuck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gloom 19751 Posted September 6, 2019 Share Posted September 6, 2019 Yeah, I reckon that could be the end of the Roy experiment in Tests. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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