The Natural Posted August 5, 2021 Share Posted August 5, 2021 India slip from 97-0 to 114-4. Anderson strikes twice in two balls removing Pujara and Kohli first ball. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DangerMark Posted August 5, 2021 Share Posted August 5, 2021 9 hours ago, Jimbo_Tsuruta said: Cummins, Hazlewood, Starc and Lyon will tear England a new one. I don't know about Cummins and Lyon but Hazelwood and Starc didn't exactly rip through Bangladesh in the first two T20s. Meanwhile, Kohli just did his best Rory Burns impression. Too dark to play at 2:30pm, what the hell is wrong with these people. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Jimbo_Tsuruta Posted August 6, 2021 Share Posted August 6, 2021 Is there another group of batsmen who are dug out of a hole by the bowlers more often than this England side? Maybe West Indies with Walsh and Ambrose in the late nineties/early millennium. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DangerMark Posted August 6, 2021 Share Posted August 6, 2021 (edited) When they were down in India, England put up an uninspiring total, got the first four wickets relatively cheap and then Rishabh Pant started doing stuff like reverse sweeping James Anderson on his way to a century. You're not wrong, mind, but England aren't out of any hole until he's gone. If it's a cloudy enough day they might not even play at all. EDIT: Pant gone for 25, okay two decent batters left, England not looking too bad but they need to learn how to bat sometime before they go in again. Edited August 6, 2021 by DangerMark 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Natural Posted August 7, 2021 Share Posted August 7, 2021 In this unbeaten fifty knock Joe Root has gone past 1,000 Test runs for the year. No-one else in the England team has more than 350. We're fucked without Joe Root's batting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Natural Posted August 13, 2021 Share Posted August 13, 2021 (edited) Respect to Sir Andrew Strauss and Ruth Strauss Foundation/Red for Ruth xxx. I'm wearing red today. Fuck cancer. Edited August 13, 2021 by The Natural Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Natural Posted August 13, 2021 Share Posted August 13, 2021 Today is also 'Red for Ruth day' at Lord's, in memory of the late wife of Sir Andrew Strauss, who passed away from a rare form of lung cancer in December 2019. The Ruth Strauss Foundation was launched in her memory, with one day each summer dedicated to the foundation with the venue, commentators and spectators encouraged to wear red. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Natural Posted August 13, 2021 Share Posted August 13, 2021 Legend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Natural Posted August 13, 2021 Share Posted August 13, 2021 We have a new record. Haseeb Hameed's nought is the 14th duck by a top-three England batsman this year in England's 10th Test. It's the most Test ducks in a calendar year by any team, breaking the 13 by England in 1998. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Jimbo_Tsuruta Posted August 14, 2021 Share Posted August 14, 2021 Aside from Root, Anderson and Broad England might as well pick pick a squad of pub cricketers to face Australia. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DangerMark Posted August 14, 2021 Share Posted August 14, 2021 Haseeb Hameed at least has fantastic hair, Zac Crawley's just a posh Ron Weasely. Root has dragged England to a respectable start after what can only be described as a "wobble" after tea. Hopefully his back can last until the Ashes. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Natural Posted August 14, 2021 Share Posted August 14, 2021 (edited) Joe Root's just scored a 100, his FIFTH of 2021. 22nd Test century in total. 4th at Lord's. Root's carrying the batting, both pressure there and as England Captain. Edited August 14, 2021 by The Natural Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Natural Posted August 14, 2021 Share Posted August 14, 2021 (edited) Joe Root has 334 runs in the series. Only one other England batter has got more than 70... --- Joe Root now has 11 scores of 150-plus in Test cricket. That takes him level with Sir Alastair Cook as the most 150-plus scores for England. Edited August 14, 2021 by The Natural Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Natural Posted August 15, 2021 Share Posted August 15, 2021 Check these Joe Root stats out: Joe Root has collected several landmarks in this game alone... He surpassed Graham Gooch's tally of 8,900 Test runs to move into second on the England all-time list behind Alastair Cook's 12,472. Aged 30 years and 227 days, he became the second youngest player to 9,000 Test runs, after Cook. He scored his 22nd Test century. Only Cook (33) and Kevin Pietersen (23) have more for England. He made his 11th score of 150, joint top with Cook among England batsmen. He passed 150 for the fourth time in 2021, second only to Pakistan's Mohammad Yousuf in a calendar year. His form is so good that Root has scored more centuries than entire teams in 2021... 5: Joe Root 4: India 4: New Zealand 3: South Africa 3: West Indies --- This was Joe Root's fifth Test century of 2021. Only Denis Compton and Michael Vaughan have made six in a year for England. He was only denied the opportunity to become the first England player to make three double hundreds in a calendar year because he ran out of partners. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DangerMark Posted August 15, 2021 Share Posted August 15, 2021 Michael Vaughan is a shithead so I hope he breaks that particular record. If England get cracking today, they might even win, slightly ahead at the end of day three after an innings each. Need to bowl India out quickly (which might happen) and cheaply (which might not) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Natural Posted August 16, 2021 Share Posted August 16, 2021 A day which promised 4 results has ended with just the one. England's shit the bed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Natural Posted August 16, 2021 Share Posted August 16, 2021 India 298-8 declared. England 1-2 as Rory Burns and Dom Sibley are out, Sibley a duck. Sixth time the openers go out for a duck, first time at a Home Test. Poor Joe Root. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Natural Posted August 16, 2021 Share Posted August 16, 2021 (edited) We have a new all-time Test record. Dom Sibley's was the 10th duck by an opener in a calendar year for England - the most by any team. --- This is the third time this year England's top three have been dismissed for less than 10. Before this year it had not happened since 2008. Fuck sakes. Edited August 16, 2021 by The Natural Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Jimbo_Tsuruta Posted August 16, 2021 Share Posted August 16, 2021 67-4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Natural Posted August 16, 2021 Share Posted August 16, 2021 11 minutes ago, Jimbo_Tsuruta said: 67-4 You have to feel for Joe Root. Poor fucker. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Jimbo_Tsuruta Posted August 16, 2021 Share Posted August 16, 2021 Root gone third ball after tea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Natural Posted August 16, 2021 Share Posted August 16, 2021 2 minutes ago, Jimbo_Tsuruta said: Root gone third ball after tea. Best me to it, out for 33. We've lost this Test then. Joe Root having to carry the batting all on his own. Our top three are dreadful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Natural Posted August 16, 2021 Share Posted August 16, 2021 (edited) Joe Root was finally dismissed after scoring 213 runs off 381 balls in this Test. --- Joe Root has scored more runs in this series than any other England batsman has managed in all of 2021. We're truly fucked without Joe Root in the form of his life batting. Edited August 16, 2021 by The Natural Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Natural Posted August 16, 2021 Share Posted August 16, 2021 On 8/14/2021 at 7:10 AM, Jimbo_Tsuruta said: Aside from Root, Anderson and Broad England might as well pick pick a squad of pub cricketers to face Australia. The only hope for the Ashes is the performance of C Ovid in the months before so Australia stays shut. Found this and thought of you, @Jimbo_Tsuruta. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Natural Posted August 16, 2021 Share Posted August 16, 2021 Sam Curran gone first ball! A king pair. First ever at Lord's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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