A criticism of our approach this morning if I may.
Always seemed like one of those good tosses to lose for the Australians. The pitch looks really good and once the ball gets old and the cloud burns off which it looks like it will today they could well bat us out of the Ashes. England in the first two test matches of this series were careless with bat and ball, at Headingley we were much better with bat in hand and looked to absorb pressure when it was applied. I wish we would take this attitude to our bowling. The leg slip theory to Smith and Labuschagne has gifted them four or five boundaries as we've stationed our fine leg too wide, and lost a fourth slip to leg slip. It's all well and good being 100% attack all of the time, but there is absolutely nothing wrong with drying runs up when you aren't taking wickets. As it happens we've allowed Smith and Labuschagne to get starts and it's up to them whether they throw them away. Poor tactics for the last hour this morning I thought.
Since lunch... tight lines, frustrating Smith and Labuschagne and a wicket. Brilliant review. It's a simple fucking game.
Always seemed like one of those good tosses to lose for the Australians. The pitch looks really good and once the ball gets old and the cloud burns off which it looks like it will today they could well bat us out of the Ashes. England in the first two test matches of this series were careless with bat and ball, at Headingley we were much better with bat in hand and looked to absorb pressure when it was applied. I wish we would take this attitude to our bowling. The leg slip theory to Smith and Labuschagne has gifted them four or five boundaries as we've stationed our fine leg too wide, and lost a fourth slip to leg slip. It's all well and good being 100% attack all of the time, but there is absolutely nothing wrong with drying runs up when you aren't taking wickets. As it happens we've allowed Smith and Labuschagne to get starts and it's up to them whether they throw them away. Poor tactics for the last hour this morning I thought.
(07-19-2023, 12:50 PM)Ted Maul Wrote: A criticism of our approach this morning if I may.
Always seemed like one of those good tosses to lose for the Australians. The pitch looks really good and once the ball gets old and the cloud burns off which it looks like it will today they could well bat us out of the Ashes. England in the first two test matches of this series were careless with bat and ball, at Headingley we were much better with bat in hand and looked to absorb pressure when it was applied. I wish we would take this attitude to our bowling. The leg slip theory to Smith and Labuschagne has gifted them four or five boundaries as we've stationed our fine leg too wide, and lost a fourth slip to leg slip. It's all well and good being 100% attack all of the time, but there is absolutely nothing wrong with drying runs up when you aren't taking wickets. As it happens we've allowed Smith and Labuschagne to get starts and it's up to them whether they throw them away. Poor tactics for the last hour this morning I thought.
Since lunch... tight lines, frustrating Smith and Labuschagne and a wicket. Brilliant review. It's a simple fucking game.