Please STFU.
What a morning's cricket in store though.
Dull as so far. Needs a wicket or 5
Crosby Nick never fails.
Is it only interesting for you if England collapse?
They should use the 'old method' for making the Duke red ball. This one sucks. Might as well as use Kookaburra for future matches till they sort this out.
If he's being asked to head the ball too frequently - which isn't exactly his specialty - it could affect his ear and cause an infection. Especially if the ball hits him on the ear directly.
YeaNot interested in this dull drip, drip of runs towards the inevitable.
This is basically still the old method isn't it, but the lack of production during covid meant that they haven't been allowed to mature in a warehouse as they usually would be in normal years. You'd assume that this entire season's batch of balls is going to suffer from these issues unless they can actually change to a new process.
I've seen various explanations for the inadequacy of this particular batch. New owner and maybe lower standards. Workers laid off and less quality assurance. Materials not seasoned for as long. Don't know what the truth is.
Another 100 from Root. Just another day at work.
Getting crushed in the fourth innings, from a winning position, by Bairstow and Root is it India?
Even though you want them to lose, describing this run rate as drip, drip is a frankly pathetic level of bitterness.
Root is a phenom these days. Makes life easier for his teammates too because he doesn't eat up the strike for overs on end. Constantly turning the end over.
Interesting to see how the momentum changed between him and Bairstow, the latter had caught up and overtaken Root's score, but then Root has pushed on and easily got to his century first.
Just beautiful watching Joie Root though, no?
A slip of the unconscious?
Neither of them has taken any major risks, just great test match batting. Bairstow has been incredibly mature in his shot selection, which shows you how he has progressed.
I'm worried that Root will knock these runs off before Bairstow can get his ton.
He's ridiculous. Absolutely boss. His innings at Lord's will be the most important of the summer. Retrospectively might look back on it with more significance in years to come Easy to forget with England's form before this summer in Root, Broad and Anderson we've watched 3 of the best ever England have had
Here's a stat for you: since my brother called for Bairstow to be replaced by Harry Brook on 13 June, he's batted 5 innings, scoring 4 centuries and a fifty at an average of 191.66
