blockerdave
ICC Chairman
So yeah, 85 all out first inns is pretty poor, but there were a couple of dismissals to balls like this, precipitating a bad collapse.
How do you play this?
How do you play this?
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wasteyouryouth
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Hit it back at him
blockerdave
ICC Chairman
Sidhu and Dev, where the hell did these inns come from? And Sidhu was bloody given not out on 12 to a massive edge behind.
Salisbury outbowled by Hick and Smith.
Never making this.
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for a c&b?
Salisbury outbowled by Hick and Smith.
Never making this.
for a c&b?
wasteyouryouth
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Ideally over his head for six. Although with the crease position against spinners if you miss that it'll be LBW.Sidhu and Dev, where the hell did these inns come from? And Sidhu was bloody given not out on 12 to a massive edge behind.
Salisbury outbowled by Hick and Smith.
Never making this.
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for a c&b?
ahmedleo414
The Butcher
perfect logic... can't argue back
blockerdave
ICC Chairman
can I replicate these balls in the nets to practice? Can I bowl these balls? I received several, thankfully not all on line: I didn’t hit one.
wasteyouryouth
Verified
Guessing it'd have to be a full yorker (yorker with the forward modifier) and probably with late delivery - so not easy to set up. Might just be a bad ball, I'm assuming it wouldn't be intentional for the AI to throw down a full toss.
blockerdave
ICC Chairman
presumably early not late? Late should make it shorter, earlier fuller.
i cannot replicate these balls with my bowlers, try as I might.
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Ed Smith
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Aye I can't think how you'd do that
Ed Smith
Gaffer
Can't replicate it either
blockerdave
ICC Chairman
160 all out. Another series lost. Several more dismissals to full tosses; wides my 2nd top scorer (Smith got a scarcely credible 50 to at least spare me that indignity.)
Not sure what I’ve done wrong, but I’m glad this is my only series in sub continent, completely unenjoyable and more or less unplayable. Neither I or the AI can play spin. If I hadn’t tried to be “realistic” in 1st series and just bowled Hick and Salisbury (and Smith) instead of the 4 seamers, nobody would have made 200 in the series.
AI spinners giving wides round the leg side are probably my top scorer over the series.
Only good thing is it’ll be over soon.
Not sure what I’ve done wrong, but I’m glad this is my only series in sub continent, completely unenjoyable and more or less unplayable. Neither I or the AI can play spin. If I hadn’t tried to be “realistic” in 1st series and just bowled Hick and Salisbury (and Smith) instead of the 4 seamers, nobody would have made 200 in the series.
AI spinners giving wides round the leg side are probably my top scorer over the series.
Only good thing is it’ll be over soon.
blockerdave
ICC Chairman
WTF - Defreitas is in the team for the 3rd Test. I'd forgotten this. Imagine being taken on a cricket tour to India as the 5th seamer.[DOUBLEPOST=1609966670][/DOUBLEPOST]Also imagine losing 2 tests in a row by an innings and thinking "you now what, our problem is? our new ball bowling, let's drop Malcolm and Jarvis."
blockerdave
ICC Chairman
losing every toss of the effing series isn't helping my mood either.
blockerdave
ICC Chairman
Tuffers and Emburey have both bowled 7 overs, 0-22.
Hick gets a wicket first over. Get the ball to Athers!
Hick gets a wicket first over. Get the ball to Athers!
