South Africa Tour 2019/20

[Blueronron]

In fairness SAM, when SA were 111-5 in first innings it seemed a good choice to bowl

 

[Yorkshire Blue]

In fairness SAM, when SA were 111-5 in first innings it seemed a good choice to bowl

I don't think the toss affected the result. Letting SA off the hook at 111-5 and then batting poorly in the first innings did.

England scored more in their second innings than the first.

 

[rigsby]

I don't think the toss affected the result. Letting SA off the hook at 111-5 and then batting poorly in the first innings did.

England scored more in their second innings than the first.

Our top 5 batted better than their top 5 but with Bairstow at 6 and Butler at 7, we now have the longest tail in test cricket.

Of course it does help if you can bowl at lower order batsmen....On a low scoring pitch best to bowl it in the right areas, set an attacking field, third man and let the pitch do the work.

 

[Yorkshire Blue]

Our top 5 batted better than their top 5 but with Bairstow at 6 and Butler at 7, we now have the longest tail in test cricket.

Of course it does help if you can bowl at lower order batsmen....On a low scoring pitch best to bowl it in the right areas, set an attacking field, third man and let the pitch do the work.

It's worrying how quickly we've gone from having such a strong lower order to it being a glaring weakness.

 

[rigsby]

It's worrying how quickly we've gone from having such a strong lower order to it being a glaring weakness.

Unfortunately one that was glaring to most of us fans, whilst selectors fussed over openers.

 

[Shrimpers are Magic]

It's worrying how quickly we've gone from having such a strong lower order to it being a glaring weakness.

if the top order did their job more often it wouldn’t matter so much

 

[AndyT]

The ironic thing is it's the newer players who nearly won it for us - Burns, Denly, Archer and Curran.

 

[Blueronron]

When are they going to stop playing football as part of cricket warm ups !!!

Archer out with elbow injury ( non football), Burns out for series (football related)

Bairstow dropped

Sibley and Crawley open

 

[Blueronron]

Crawley out 13-1

 

[Shrimpers are Magic]

Blow losing Burns to injury but it was the correct decision to play Crawley despite him going cheaply.
Have to give new players a chance rather than going back to players who have failed.
With Archer sidelined I would have thought Wood may have been an option.
Probably curse it now but Denly is beginning to look the part of a top order test batsman.
Dom Bess is a decent pick as well.

 

[Ex-Member1]

Shush now, don't tempt fate!

 

[Ricky Otto]

Blow losing Burns to injury but it was the correct decision to play Crawley despite him going cheaply.
Have to give new players a chance rather than going back to players who have failed.
With Archer sidelined I would have thought Wood may have been an option.
Probably curse it now but Denly is beginning to look the part of a top order test batsman.
Dom Bess is a decent pick as well.

Please don't curse it, I have £20 on him reaching 50

 

[Blueronron]

Please don't curse it, I have £20 on him reaching 50

Is that for the series

 

[Ricky Otto]

Shush now, don't tempt fate!

Sibley gone, fate well and truly couldn't resist that temptation

 

[Ex-Member1]

Now look what you've done.

 

[Ex-Member1]

4 down now, Denly gone.

 

[Shrimpers are Magic]

Three of the top four getting good starts and then all getting out. At least one of them needed to go on and make a hundred. Bet your bottom dollar the Safer top order would.

 

[Ex-Member1]

Oh dear! Stokes gone now, 5 down for 180 odd. I fear the worst whilst hoping for better.

 

[Shrimpers are Magic]

Another gift this time from Stokes.
Dreadful way to get out. Kookaburra in it's 67th over, this was time to put pressure on the fielding side but now we're staring down the barrel. Buttler who is not in any form and Curran to come then the bowlers, two of which can no longer bat.

 

[Blueronron]

Its why Stokes should never be captain imho

Would be like Botham captaincy era or Flintoff