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[Cricket] England vs Australia Third Ashes Test - Leeds 22nd-26th August 2019
- Thread starter Eeyore
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Nice work - that was an absolute SHOCKER!
jakarta
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**** off Convict, pity you can't pick a full toss...
Mayonaise
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I should have added that he is also a drama queen too ha ha!
BensGrandad
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That was a tongue in cheek question but it must be remembered that we brought back both Rev David Shepherd and Brian Close back for 1 game after being out for years and in Rev case not even picked up a bat, and both did well.
jakarta
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Sadly I have ALWAYS known when I was out, usually as my stumps were scattered all over the place or the slip fielders were laughing at me...
Close of play, Day One.
Australia 179 all out (52.1 overs)
Great bowling from England, on a testing day for both sides... and SIX wickets for Jofra Archer
J Archer 6-45
Broad 2-32
Woakes 1-51
Stokes 1-45
Australia 179 all out (52.1 overs)
Great bowling from England, on a testing day for both sides... and SIX wickets for Jofra Archer
J Archer 6-45
Broad 2-32
Woakes 1-51
Stokes 1-45
136-2 to 179ao
That's more like it
That's more like it
- Apr 5, 2014
- 23,530
- Thread starter
- #191
I always had a catch phrase when I bowled. [MENTION=616]Guinness Boy[/MENTION] may remember.
'If you're going to bowl a full toss always bowl it straight'
The phrase was subject to much mimicry. But I challenge anyone to contradict it !
I’ve not been following this at all until now, stunned by Archers bowling figures.
England it seems now have a devastating genuinely fast bowler, which is a bit of rarity .... Snow, Willis were greats.
England it seems now have a devastating genuinely fast bowler, which is a bit of rarity .... Snow, Willis were greats.
I always had a catch phrase when I bowled. [MENTION=616]Guinness Boy[/MENTION] may remember.
'If you're going to bowl a full toss always bowl it straight'
The phrase was subject to much mimicry. But I challenge anyone to contradict it !
If you've got the full toss in your locker, why not use it?
I'm going to celebrate it just as much as if I'd bowled an absolute peach of delivery which has swung and clipped the top of off stump.*
* One of these deliveries was more common than the other
Great indeed but Michael Holding unhappy all day that he was under orders to rein in the speed. 82-89mph today. Said he should do what he’s good at.
- Apr 5, 2014
- 23,530
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- #197
Chris Tremlett was the best I have seen in my time. Had he not been ravaged with a lack of confidence and continual injuries. I genuinely believed that at one stage he was the best fast bowler on the planet.
The Ashes series of 2010/11 down under was his peak moment. It all came together. He got another back injury a few months later and that was pretty much it.
Still, great memories from a short career and I defy anyone to not watch this on repeat... Barmy Army going mental.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e0uhS1YLaWg
No disrespect to Tremlett whatsoever but we can all watch one ridiculous spell and say "he's the best". It's not just about injuries, it's about mental attitude.
Otherwise CT and Steve Harmison would have as many wickets as Jimmy and Stuart Broad.
- Apr 5, 2014
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- #200
I guess my point is that when a player is constantly injured, and I sympathise with Tremlett especially as back problems stopped me playing at a much higher level, you can still recognise talent.
Tremlett, like his dad who is a splendid character, was lacking in aggression. But when he was in the right head space he was the best we had and possibly the best there was.
Shane Warne had equal frustrations. He saw him at Hampshire and said much the same. That year he spent at his best with England seemed to vindicate that view. If I'm asked who my favourite bowlers in my lifetime are he's in there. I get confused looks when his name comes up. But having followed the game obsessively for 40 years I know talent when I see it.
But yes, his attitude wasn't so much the problem as his lack of fire and confidence. Had he had more drive and less injuries he would have had few comparisons.
Warne's view at the time:
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/c...lett-had-potential-to-become-worlds-best.html