The Cricket Thread

As much as the bowling in the first innings was great, it is truly awful in the 2nd innings from England.
Spraying it all over the place, no build up of pressure. Bowling way to short

 

Why the **** are we bowling so short. Ridiculous, to go along with the batting of only 67 overs in 2 innings of a test match.

 

Surprise surprise, look what happens when you bowl a better length. Just 12 overs and 75 runs to late

 

Need another Stokes miracle now…

 

Oh well , it was exciting for a while …..

 

Feels like watching Saints. Score early, get very excited then the other lot change things and start to play. We put on clown outfits and lose.

I need England’s cricketers to give a lift, not reaching for the anti-depressants

 

England really should have put bazball to one side for their second innings and just grind out a big total over 150 overs to put the game to bed.

 

Obviously I didn't want us to lose but I'm not despondent. In a low scoring game, it does take just one batter to make a score which stands out above all the others, and that's what they got from Head. Whether they now continue with him as an opener will be interesting.

Mark Wood only bowling 11 overs in the match is a concern. Was that merely a coincidence based on circumstances - we bowled less than 75 overs in total - or does it indicate that he wasn't really fit? You can't win in Australia with 10 players.