As a novice to watching test cricket would teams not be better playing two ODI style innings and racking up scores of 500 to 600 everytime. This is not a question regarding the format rather the playing style.
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In the latest episode of the United Hour Podcast, Nik @Rood and Imran @Annihilate Now! start with the good news by celebrating Manchester United Women's emphatic FA Cup win over Spurs at Wembley and the future of manager Marc Skinner.
Then it's the bad news and the ever worsening form of our Men with losses to Arsenal and Palace.
Finally the main debate - ETH Out now or keep him until the end of the season - if not longer. Are you Team Nik or Team Imran?
Warner will be booed for the rest of the series because he's clearly a cnut.
I'd have advocated booing him even without him being a cheat.
I'd have advocated booing him even without him being a cheat.
I've always liked the respectful nature of cricket crowds. I'd hope its kept that way. Yesterday went too far, IMO and I don't particularly like Australia.
Agreed, it's great to have a bit of variety at Cricket grounds as well. There's a reason why the players love playing at Edgbaston and the fans do as well.
Why 87? Think someone explained this but can't remember what they said.
100-13=87. Australians are backwards.
13 away from 100
No we are upside down not backwards (Queensland excluded)
Different type of ball that generally helps bowlers more than the white ones and different rules for where you can put fielders (you can just put them all on the boundary if someone tries to smash every ball in test matches) make it a lot harder to just blast your way to success in test match batting.
It looks like the wickets.
Yeah in theory, but it's not as simple as that. The ball moves in the air more in test cricket, for one thing. And the best bowlers can bowl for as long as they want.
Plus slogging your way to 350 is great in an ODI but you're playing a test there's a good chance the other team will turn round and get 500. In which case you'll probably lose.
You can't 'rack up' 500 that easily in test. The ball actually swings and seams here. Pitches start deteriorating from day 2-3 onwards so spinners come into the game. Bounce gets more uneven too. Plus that fact that you can put all nine fielders on the rope to stop the flow of boundaries.
Mitch Marsh back in the picture.
Oh Kumar i thought you were smart
Oh Kumar i thought you were smart
Australia attack looking toothless! Serves them right for dropping starc.
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Who should other opener be?
Bloke who got ninety odd in the last test, obvs.
feck sake Root gone
That is a shocker from Root
Get out!
I hate you
I’m gone arsehole. Never to return if idiots like you hang about
Stokes, Butler, Bairstow, Ali, Woakes to come ... could be carnage against a tiring toothless attack!
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Surprised that labuschagne isn’t playing, only player with 1000+ runs in county cricket this season the Aussie middle order is there weak area
Is Root going to end up with the record of most test 50s?
This is when Australia did well. Against a tiring attack. Should lead by the end of the day.
Not a fan of them getting the ball changed.
This new one has started swinging.
This new one has started swinging.
He will be in next game. Haven't seen him much but thought his leg spin very good for a part timer.
Could do with Burns getting to his well deserved 100, and then getting out.
Get Stokes and Butler in for final 20 overs of the day for a thrash (with old ball), as bowlers will be rested and fresh again tomorrow morning and with a new ball.
That wicket is because of the bloody ball change.
I suppose Denly will do!
Nope. Burns should bat and bat and bat. Anchor the innings. Don’t need to get anyone in to have a go. Bat all day tomorrow if we have to.
But now this ball is hooping around. Could easily be 5/6 down at the close
Having gone from being pretty comfortable is pretty annoying how much more this ball from a previous year is doing a lot more. Expect to see a lot more nagging from the two sides to get a replacement ball
England need to hope and pry they not all out before the new ball which will go back to doing nothing
Would you take the new ball over this one. Don’t think I would rush to
You come in here admitting you know nothing about cricket and start spouting bullshit. I am not the arsehole in this situation.
In your, nearly, 9 years on RedCafe you have yet to learn to criticise the post, not the poster? Considering, it was light hearted response to a ridiculous suggestion, your response what totally inappropriate.
Likewise I asked you a simple question after watching the first 2 sessions only to receive an awkward non answer. 9 years and 45000 posts later and you couldn't enlighten me with an educated response. Thanks for nothing
In ODI's there's white ball and in test matches there's red ball. The red ball does a lot more than white ball and hence it makes it tougher for the batsman to score. Also usually the pitches in ODIs are more flat as compared to test cricket, where they're more conducive to swing and spin which again makes it tough for batsman to score.
Middle order collapse incoming.
Well played Burns