I'll add to this by saying I don't think it's a surprise that 2 of the 3 wickets we've taken since have been from balls aimed at the stumps not at their heads!
going to slightly disagree with mazzer and plum on this one.....tale of **** batting AND dropped catches.....the catches have been a huge inconvenience this aus innings but giving Starc 4 wickets an innings with crap shots is equally as culpable!
The thing is, it really isn’t rocket science. Anyone who knows the first thing about test cricket would say the same thing. Don’t play at anything you don’t have to when Starc’s bowling and let him knacker himself out. Take your runs from the other bowlers who are bang average. No rush and show some patience, but no…… Try to crash, bang and bastard wallop every delivery he sends down. Therefore gifting him wicket after wicket. Test cricket will be finished in 20 years. You can’t get to watch it in this country unless you subscribe to numerous channels and the standard is cack. This team isn’t helping either, I know that might be controversial but that’s how I feel. The Ashes over by day 3 of the second test, all because of Stokes’ and Macullums hubris. I’d rather we played less flamboyantly and gave ourselves a chance. As a lover of test cricket my patience and interest is evaporating rapidly. If someone like me is saying that I then I don’t know where the next generation of test cricket supporters is coming from. FACT.
Completely agree. Ironically they think this rubbish is going to "save" Test cricket and get those with a low attention span more interested. Well I'm not seeing any evidence of that but I know plenty of long standing cricket lovers who are losing interest, particularly in Test cricket as a result of the current England side treating it as a knockabout and every tour as a holiday.
I went to Scarborough once to see Yorkshire and it rained no play I still sat staring at the middle Perfect day
I agree our batsmen played against Starc as though it was a one day match, but then to drop 5 catches today is very poor from top cricketers.
