Cricket Part III

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2461

Unreal . how deflating after that excellent 1st session. :persevere:

2462

Giving ourselves plenty of time to bowl them out…

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2463

Hurry up and slash at a wide one and go out already.

2464

You’d love 270.
Won’t happen when these two can’t touch the ball, though.

2465

This pitch isn’t anything amazing in terms of acting crazy. We just threw this away.

2466

Can’t believe the geese on Seven are talking about declaring.

2467

Missed exactly when the new pill came into play, … but I’ve gotta assume it coincided with the break.

2468

Really?

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2469

Tail wagging!!! :smirk:

2470

Odd one acts up. Go overseas and tell me how bad this one is.

2471

They got the first two with the old ball, and then changed to the new.

The replacement ball certainly helped them.
The thing about any replacement ball is you know it’s going to be hard and dry.

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2472

I’m not saying it’s the worst pitch ever. But when two consecutive balls pitch in almost exactly the same spot, one passes a foot over the stumps and the other barely gets a foot off the ground, I’m not sure how you can say we “threw it away”.

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2473

Put Cummins and Paine’s dismissal next too each other and explain how the pitch isn’t acting crazy.

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2474

Pitch could be worse

2475

You underestimate the powers of bouncers over the keeper’s head.

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2476

Let’s just hope Starc and Hazel can find the crack, … so to speak …

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2477

Absolutely effing ridiculous.

The psychology of slowing the tempo is huge. A massive oversight they’ve made is the fact that when fielding teams get 2 or 3 quick (okay five ffs) wickets, adrenaline goes up, body language changes, momentum rises and expectation shifts. If these guys are out there ten overs for 15-30 runs. That slows down.

This is a mental marathon not a sprint.

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2478

I’ve seen enough. Surely time to declare. We get to bowl on the same pitch. Is it worth a extra 10-20 runs for the chance of a injury to one of our quicks on this deck? Time to declare imo

2479

Aaand, thats why you don’t listen to 7 comms, …

2480

You take every run, for mine.
It matters psychologically throughout India’s innings.
Just as it did for us in the previous Test.

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