NinjaFletch
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The England camp have said on more than one occasion that he moves it more than Anderson.Why? He isn't a great 'swinger'?
The England camp have said on more than one occasion that he moves it more than Anderson.Why? He isn't a great 'swinger'?
Nope, they fecked up taking the players off too early yesterday and are now held slavishly to that reading because the regs weren't written for umpiring as incompetent as this.Shai Hope just played a forward defence down the ground to a 93mph ball but the lightmeter says it's too dark, what a stupid game this is sometimes.
Lost at least a whole session of cricket over the 2 days because of it.Nope, they fecked up taking the players off too early yesterday and are now held slavishly to that reading because the regs weren't written for umpiring as incompetent as this.
Well, England have only had 19 overs in overcast conditions and it's going to be sunnier for the rest of the test. I think the decision to bat first is the big one when it comes to hindsight.With hindsight England may have been better of in these conditions with Broad & Woakes rather than the pace of Archer & Wood
An English speciality.At this rate, I don't think we'll be getting a result from this test match. Barring swift collapses.
We've seen this a lot with the Aussies over the years. If we wanna go all out pace then we have to play on harder quicker pitches, otherwise it just comes on to the bat more nicely.Wood is bowling quick but not causing problems.
One's heavier than the other.Can someone here explain the light roller vs heavy roller thing, and why you’d prefer one over other?
Mike Brearley reckoned over his entire career that he only saw a roller impact the behaviour of a pitch once. I would be inclined to listen to him ahead of Ian Ward. The theory is largely as @NinjaFletch described, a heavier mass will influence how the pitch behaves thereafter. On a dry pitch for instance, the theory is a heavy roller will help it break up on Day 4/5, which is why sometimes you see captains declare a bit into the first session of a day instead of before the close the day before.Can someone here explain the light roller vs heavy roller thing, and why you’d prefer one over other?
Lloyd is still around, suspect he will be back for the Old Trafford test. Maybe coming down for the Southampton test is a big ask in the current climate.Why did sky get rid of Botham, Gowers and Lloyd ? I thought they wanted to do it for diversity but seemed to have replaced them with Nick Knight, Rob Key and Ward.
Lloyd was fantastic to listen to, and these 3 don’t really seem like an upgrade.
Isa Guha was also good to listen to and she’s gone as well.
Tall lad like him needs to have a sweep in his repetoire.Sibley needs to develop more than one shot against off spin. Has played almost everything through the onside. A better spinner would have him in trouble.
Burns looks very good. Could get a 100 here as conditions seem pretty benign. Ok he’s out right when I typed that.
Botham was fecking insufferable. That was the main reason he went, he was an uninterested, drunk, bore by the the end of it.Why did sky get rid of Botham, Gowers and Lloyd ? I thought they wanted to do it for diversity but seemed to have replaced them with Nick Knight, Rob Key and Ward.
Lloyd was fantastic to listen to, and these 3 don’t really seem like an upgrade.
Isa Guha was also good to listen to and she’s gone as well.
Edit: Looks like Lloyd is being shielded due to covid.
As far as I know it's to do with the pitch surface. On a grassy pitch the heavy roller will flatten the pitch and make it easier for the batsmen against seam bowlers, but on a dry pitch the heavy roller could break up/damage the surface more than the light one making it harder for the batsmen against spin and make variable bounce more of an issue against the quicks.Can someone here explain the light roller vs heavy roller thing, and why you’d prefer one over other?
Also expect him to get out before he gets to 30.Expect Denly (if he's still there) to go after Chase a bit after tea.
So predictable isn't he.Also expect him to get out before he gets to 30.