Ashes 2021-22
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For the talk about the England openers, there is some work going into Rory Burns's technique/setup. Bharat Sundaresen is one of the more insightful behind-the-scenes posters about cricket on Twitter, and this wasn't the first mention of Burns spending extended time with Graham Thorpe since he was dropped:
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@no-quarter said in Ashes 2021-22:
Seriously good 50 from Stokes coming in under all sorts of pressure and the best bowling lineup in the world (ever?) with their tails up. Boy does he needs to go on with it though.
Marshall, Holding, Garner, Croft, Roberts etc say hi.
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@mn5 said in Ashes 2021-22:
@nta said in Ashes 2021-22:
That was shit, skipper
Tough chance, bloody hard to get those on the follow through
these two will both get hundreds now
Nice to be half right. Better than most manage on here.
But seriously, pretty happy for Bairstow, great fight and pride shown. Always nice when a pretty ho hum sort of a player has his moment.
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@nta said in Ashes 2021-22:
@mn5 I think there is time to get a quick 130 and put them in, and back Lyon on this wicket.
I hope we do BUT while the weather forecast doesn't look great, nothing looks bad on the radar.
Bit of a balancing act.
Yeah will be interesting. Not sure they can rely on Stokes and Bairstow again, Root looks like he’s cracked under the strain and the openers are a pair of walking wickets.
Maybe Dawid with a W is up for the challenge after a couple of 80 odds earlier in the series.
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@nta said in Ashes 2021-22:
Hang on... Why is Pope allowed to play? He wasn't part of the XI?
Do they still have the rule where a team can bring in a replacement keeper if the opposition agrees? Maybe that's what happened.
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@crazy-horse said in Ashes 2021-22:
@nta said in Ashes 2021-22:
Hang on... Why is Pope allowed to play? He wasn't part of the XI?
Do they still have the rule where a team can bring in a replacement keeper if the opposition agrees? Maybe that's what happened.
That's the one. The channel 7 guys had Simon Taufel on to explain birth the keeping and batting situation. MCC apparently did keeper sub laws in 2017. Buttler could still bat.