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Re: creeeeeeeekeeeeeet

Post by Prufrock » Mon Jun 27, 2022 2:37 pm

I could get used to this.

Fitting that Morgan retires as we start fielding a third white ball team.
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Re: creeeeeeeekeeeeeet

Post by Gary the Enfield » Mon Jun 27, 2022 2:39 pm

Worthy4England wrote:
Mon Jun 27, 2022 12:34 pm
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Not much of a follower of cricket but have enjoyed the summaries on the news recently. I did catch some of the fourth day highlights on BBC2 yesterday evening though (as Glastonbury was, once again, on BBC1) and heard a load of booing. What was that about? Booing? at Cricket? Is that a thing now?
Not quite sure I caught the same "incident" - are you sure they weren't hollering:

"Roooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooottttttttttttttttt" ?

Coz I caught a fair bit of that every time Joe hit a boundary....
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Re: creeeeeeeekeeeeeet

Post by Worthy4England » Mon Jun 27, 2022 3:03 pm

Prufrock wrote:
Mon Jun 27, 2022 2:37 pm
I could get used to this.

Fitting that Morgan retires as we start fielding a third white ball team.
What a great Monday! :-) :D

Gotta feel a bit for Bairstow, but tbf Rooty did score two more than him and average 20 more. Not often you're going to average 78.8 in a Test Series and come third in the averages behind Root and a bowler!

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Re: creeeeeeeekeeeeee

Post by BWFC_Insane » Mon Jun 27, 2022 3:13 pm

It’s a bit mad that we’ve just made a day 4 and 5 chase of near 300 look like nothing. Normal test cricket and 280 plus is heavily in the bowling sides favour, probably a one in ten chance of chasing it.

But we’ve just knocked off 250 plus last innings three times in a row. From a team that previously before this series might well have seen itself scoring 250 runs total for an entire test match across two innings, let alone knocking off those totals fourth innings to win.

An incredible change. Against one of the best sides in the world. Let’s be fair NZ are a bowler or two short here. But still.

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Re: creeeeeeeekeeeeeet

Post by TANGODANCER » Mon Jun 27, 2022 3:38 pm

A bit late to the party as I misjudged the weather. Just fantastic stuff with Men of the Match rather than man. Great from Jack Leach, the quiet man, and they should give him a special trophy. Root Bairstow, Stokes ,Overton etc etc. Where do you stop. Great team show all round. :pray:
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Re: creeeeeeeekeeeeeet

Post by Bruce Rioja » Mon Jun 27, 2022 7:29 pm

To call it a '3-0 whitewash' is thoroughly disingenuous. It's been an enthralling series.
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Re: creeeeeeeekeeeeeet

Post by Worthy4England » Mon Jun 27, 2022 7:44 pm

Bruce Rioja wrote:
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To call it a '3-0 whitewash' is thoroughly disingenuous. It's been an enthralling series.
Yeah, it really was...

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Re: creeeeeeeekeeeeeet

Post by BWFC_Insane » Mon Jun 27, 2022 8:17 pm

Bruce Rioja wrote:
Mon Jun 27, 2022 7:29 pm
To call it a '3-0 whitewash' is thoroughly disingenuous. It's been an enthralling series.
As good a series as you will see that ends up 3-0. Cracking from both sides. I just wish NZ had a proper spinner to play as that might have tested us more.

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Re: creeeeeeeekeeeeeet

Post by nicholaldo » Mon Jun 27, 2022 9:01 pm

Not to dampen the mood, but this England team really do need to get more inventive with their nicknames.

Stokes' post-match interview today contained references to "Pottsy, Popey, Leachy, Broady and Rooty". Bairstow gave an interview at the end of the previous test match and praised both "Stokesy and Foulkesy".

Come on, lads.

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Re: creeeeeeeekeeeeeet

Post by TANGODANCER » Mon Jun 27, 2022 10:15 pm

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As good a series as you will see that ends up 3-0. Cracking from both sides. I just wish NZ had a proper spinner to play as that might have tested us more.
Oh, I dunno,I reckon they tested us quite enough as was. Would you rather we had lost?
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Re: creeeeeeeekeeeeeet

Post by Bruce Rioja » Tue Jun 28, 2022 9:40 am

TANGODANCER wrote:
Mon Jun 27, 2022 10:15 pm
BWFC_Insane wrote:
Mon Jun 27, 2022 8:17 pm

As good a series as you will see that ends up 3-0. Cracking from both sides. I just wish NZ had a proper spinner to play as that might have tested us more.
Oh, I dunno,I reckon they tested us quite enough as was. Would you rather we had lost?
They did, Tango, but I also understand perfectly what Insane's saying. Despite him having us on the rack, a lot of Trent Boult's bowling was nothing other than a pure pleasure to watch. I'm not Zak Crawley's biggest fan, but I don't think that there's a batsman alive who could've dealt with that delivery from Boult in the first innings.

I know we now speak as victors, but there's something about seeing your own cricketers being tested to the max and seeing how well they cope with it, and NZ are short of a decent spinner.
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Re: creeeeeeeekeeeeeet

Post by Worthy4England » Tue Jun 28, 2022 10:09 am

Bruce Rioja wrote:
Tue Jun 28, 2022 9:40 am
TANGODANCER wrote:
Mon Jun 27, 2022 10:15 pm
BWFC_Insane wrote:
Mon Jun 27, 2022 8:17 pm

As good a series as you will see that ends up 3-0. Cracking from both sides. I just wish NZ had a proper spinner to play as that might have tested us more.
Oh, I dunno,I reckon they tested us quite enough as was. Would you rather we had lost?
They did, Tango, but I also understand perfectly what Insane's saying. Despite him having us on the rack, a lot of Trent Boult's bowling was nothing other than a pure pleasure to watch. I'm not Zak Crawley's biggest fan, but I don't think that there's a batsman alive who could've dealt with that delivery from Boult in the first innings.

I know we now speak as victors, but there's something about seeing your own cricketers being tested to the max and seeing how well they cope with it, and NZ are short of a decent spinner.
They were also short of a non-spin bowler on a couple of occasions through injuries to de Grandhomme in the first test and Jamieson in the second, reducing them to three front line bowlers which is a fairly significant workload shift.

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Re: creeeeeeeekeeeeeet

Post by nicholaldo » Fri Jul 01, 2022 12:25 pm

Kevin Pietersen on commentary...

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Re: creeeeeeeekeeeeeet

Post by BWFC_Insane » Fri Jul 01, 2022 3:24 pm

nicholaldo wrote:
Fri Jul 01, 2022 12:25 pm
Kevin Pietersen on commentary...


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Indeed. So many great commentators to pick at they choose Kev. Ugh.

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Re: creeeeeeeekeeeeeet

Post by Worthy4England » Fri Jul 01, 2022 3:39 pm

Come on you Whites...couple more tonight would be great!

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Re: creeeeeeeekeeeeeet

Post by Worthy4England » Fri Jul 01, 2022 5:44 pm

All my fault. Soz.

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Re: creeeeeeeekeeeeeet

Post by Worthy4England » Sat Jul 02, 2022 12:34 pm

Crawley wasn't "for one." Save the date.

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Re: creeeeeeeekeeeeeet

Post by Prufrock » Sat Jul 02, 2022 1:20 pm

Lol.
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Re: creeeeeeeekeeeeeet

Post by Worthy4England » Sat Jul 02, 2022 1:40 pm

Yeah, he managed "for 2".... oh dear.

Edit: and what a truly awful shot.

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Re: creeeeeeeekeeeeeet

Post by BWFC_Insane » Sun Jul 03, 2022 11:31 am

Stokes has to just tweak his game a little. There is being aggressive and there is just offering up catching practice. Dropped twice then caught with the most difficult chance of the three. But still that’s 3 ‘wickets’ for his 25. Just needs a bit of a rethink to re assess the risk reward balance. I don’t want England to go into their shell but at 140 for 5 I think he needed to just let himself feel more comfortable before trying to leather it all round.

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