Cricket

[Guest]

Mark Wood bowling absolute GAS in the warm ups apparently. Could be a huge difference from the 78mph bouncers of Anderson.

[Gav]

Warner gone - Broad!

[oldjamfan1]

This is some spell from Wood - lightning quick. Khawaja had no answer to it. 42/2

[jim mk2]

Need them out for less than 300 to justify opting to bowl. Good start but long way to go

[JohnD]

Bairstow drops another!

I wonder how much his performance in the first two tests contributed to our defeats?

[Gav]

3 minutes ago, JohnD said:

Bairstow drops another!

I wonder how much his performance in the first two tests contributed to our defeats?

That wasn’t a drop, goodness me John, it was out of his reach off Smith.

England could be batting before the days out here.

 

[JohnD]

It was a chance without doubt, TMS certainly thought so 

[jim mk2]

Definitely a drop.  England won't be batting today if they throw away chances like that. They all have to be taken

[JohnD]

Bairstow drops yet another 

[den]

Bairstow drops another. This time an easy one.

[Dreams of 1995]

Shocking drop.

[Dreams of 1995]

Smith GONE!

[jim mk2]

Bairstow caught one in 3. It's not good enough really. 85-4. England must not let them off the hook from here

[wilsdenrover]

Good session but we really need to pick our best wicketkeeper. 

[Norbert Rassragr]

Bairstow really needs to be out of the wicket keeper's gloves. You may as well not pick a wicket keeper his form is that bad.

[den]

Another easy catch dropped, this time by Root

[wilsdenrover]

I’d have played Foakes instead of Ali and had Root as our spinner.

[jim mk2]

Both these batters dropped to straightforward chances

Bazball is pointless if you don't do the basics right

Should be about 100-6

[JohnD]

In the series so far Bairstow has converted just 9 of 16 chances behind the wicket 

[JohnD]

Marsh giving bazball a go

[Dreams of 1995]

This is a frustrating partnership

We have given these a chance to get back in the game again

[K-Hod]

Far too many dropped catches this series.

Then, think about how many no balls.

Us not doing the basics is far more of a problem than Bazball, for me.

They say it’s the hope that kills you- there was me, thinking we were on, with getting Warner, Labuschagne and especially Smith out….

[jim mk2]

Good old England..... giving up a hard-won advantage through poor basic cricket skills. In each Test we've had been on top at some point but failed to keep hammer home the advantage. This third Test is possibly being lost in this session 

[Exiled_Rover]

This match is a hard watch. The two Yorkies dropping absolute dollies and a slogger smashing a century in about a session.

[Exiled_Rover]

2 hours ago, Norbert Rassragr said:

Bairstow really needs to be out of the wicket keeper's gloves. You may as well not pick a wicket keeper his form is that bad.

It's nothing to do with form - he's overweight and wasn't the most mobile to start with.