Sid in the Sharknado
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It's amazing how the difficult pitch plays complete havoc with batsmen's minds. All of England's wickets so far have been from appalling shots rather than particularly difficult balls.
The other worrying thing about Bairstow is how often he's being clean-bowled. Any batsman can nick a good ball every so often, but to keep being dismissed with your stumps rattled suggests his defensive technique is abysmal, which is a major issue in test cricket.
It’s so strange that half the time the ball doesn’t turn at all and other times it turns like a right angle, wonder if it’s that pink ball effect? Swann was saying yesterday the seam of the ball protrudes a fair bit more than the normal ball?
It's amazing how the difficult pitch plays complete havoc with batsmen's minds. All of England's wickets so far have been from appalling shots rather than particularly difficult balls.
Root a goner.
Let me guess another marginal decision about to go in India’s favour
They know they have to score. If they bat time, then one balls has got your name on it sooner rather than later.
We have got to put the pitch into context through. It is in its 5th session and half the balls are ragging square. That shouldn't be considered acceptable for Test cricket.
The thing I find interesting is that if these England batsmen were facing similarly difficult swing/seam conditions, it wouldn't scramble their brains in the same way. They might still get all out for bugger all though.