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Discussion in 'Southampton' started by TheSecondStain, Apr 11, 2016.

  1. Saints_Alive

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    They can basically play in t20 mode, strong favourites for me. We need early wickets.
     
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    Good catch Presty
     
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    I like how the BBC have recorded it as a caught and bowled. That would have been some run by Fuller to take it.
     
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    Has anyone got a stream for the cricket?
     
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    Bad miss from Gubbins
     
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    Really needed that
     
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  11. Oscar Cricket

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    Bowl f'ing yorkers not half-trackers
     
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    A drop to lose it, but why Wheal?
     
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  13. Oscar Cricket

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    FFS, learn to bowl at the death folks. Wheal has lost his knack, wouldn't care if he was released at end of his contract
     
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    I know I bang on and on about it, but a well executed yorker is virtually impossible to get away. Get in the bloody nets and practise them all day ready for the final overs of games like this
     
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  15. Oscar Cricket

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    We'll never know if bowling Neal instead of Abbott at end would have made the difference, but he can't have done any worse (i.e. 2 sixes)
     
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  16. Oscar Cricket

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    And you have long on and long off back to help guard against a low full toss. Plus deep backward point for a sliced-away edge. It's not easy to do under pressure, granted, but it's not rocket science
     
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    Daws would've made all the difference last week and this week, **** England, I couldn't care less about them in white ball apart from World Cups.
     
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    We have better options coming up the pipe, get rid.
     
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  19. Oscar Cricket

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    Yes, I know what you mean but we can't really go down that road as Yorks have to do without Root, Brook, Bairstow, Rashid most of the time etc. etc.
     
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    It's just a personal view, poxy series against Ireland FFS
     
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