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Buggsy61

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I hope that is the last we see of Jennings - looks totally gormless at this level, and how many times does he have to screw up in the slip cordon before being sent to long leg where he belongs.
 

nattydredd

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I hope that is the last we see of Jennings - looks totally gormless at this level, and how many times does he have to screw up in the slip cordon before being sent to long leg where he belongs.

Yep, he's had 3 cracks at opening and failed every single time. His footwork, or lack of, is quite horrible.

He has no road back now..
 

Buggsy61

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I know its easy from the sidelines but ffs Joe that was a stupid shot!.
I bet Boycott is watching from home and seething. He would bore us to tears but at times like this he was invaluable and would never, ever give his wicket away. Need to find people with the same grit and determination - shame about Trott as he was of that ilk as well (and a Spurs fan so automatically a high calibre person!)
 

nattydredd

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Our batsmen do not understand, or have the tactical ability to play test match cricket.

This is a wake up call for England..
 

Teemu

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That was a pretty inept batting performance yesterday. Not singling him out as it was pretty widespread, but how many more gormless performances with the bat and in the slip cordon do we need to see from Ballance before finally accepting he is not good enough.

Bit harsh on Gary Ballance......
 

stonecolddeanaustin

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Finally they dig in a little bit. It's a lot easier against the old ball though and I think a lot of our problems are stemming from the two openers. Joe Root should rarely have to play against a ball that's less than ten overs old yet he's doing so every innings near enough.
 

Buggsy61

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An impressive fightback. Would love to see Joss B get to a ton and shake off many peoples perception of him as a one day player only. Seems a decent bloke as well.
* hope I haven't put a curse on him! :nailbiting:
 

Archibald&Crooks

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As a long time advocate of having Buttler in the team his hundred and the way he’s applied himself makes me wet.

Stokes has also knuckled down well but I can’t escape the feeling that there’s a collapse around the corner. The new ball is going to be massive.

Earlier on at around 150-4 the sight of Root laughing on the balcony made me want to stamp on his face and throw my ham sandwich at the screen. Fucking laughing?

Yeah, it’s really funny watching how it should be done after you played your part in yet another collapse. You and the captain of the Titanic are equally fucking hopeless. Cherub faced mingethief.

:D
 

Archibald&Crooks

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And something else. Root again.

Pre match he was asked about winning the series 5-0 and instead of saying it wasn’t something he was thinking about and that focus was on the next game he said something along the lines of how nice that’d be. Not the biggest crime in the world but these things do have a habit of coming back to kick you in the teeth.
 

Gb160

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Just been listening to it on the radio all day as we didn't have a chance.
Thought id pop the telly on as Buttler and Stokes were doing really well.
Within five minutes we've lost 2 fucking wickets.

edit: 3 fucking wickets in 12 minutes.
edit: fuck cricket.
 
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southlondonyiddo

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Hats off to Buttler made the most of his luck earlier on

Left the ball better than anyone and put away all the bad balls beautifully.

Top innings
 

nattydredd

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Irony :-

The two batsmen best suited to one day cricket, playing for England in this match, are the only ones able to bat responsibly in this test match.
 
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