South Africa tour of England 2022 (incl. 2 T20Is vs Ireland)

[wasteyouryouth]

Crawley did well today to survive and stay in there. Could cash in tomorrow with some more application like today.

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Feels like we’ve moved towards the ‘well my fuller delivery shall be the surprise one’ these days. It’s understandable when Stokes does it at his pace but to watch the other three try bouncers at 130 is ridiculous when they’re all much stronger testing batsmen with their length deliveries.

He's basically Dom Sibley but slower.

 

[Aislabie]

I have a theory about the undroppable Zak Crawley, and why they're giving him unlimited backing and lavish praise for scoring 17.

He's vice-captain.

 

[wasteyouryouth]

I have a theory about the undroppable Zak Crawley, and why they're giving him unlimited backing and lavish praise for scoring 17.

He's vice-captain.

I assumed they would make him so at the start of the summer but I don't believe they've announced one officially. He'll get 100 today and then it will be revealed that he was all along and that Bazball was in fact his idea.

 

[Aislabie]

I assumed they would make him so at the start of the summer but I don't believe they've announced one officially. He'll get 100 today and then it will be revealed that he was all along and that Bazball was in fact his idea.

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[Aislabie]

At 101 balls, that was Crawley's second-longest innnings since the 267

 

[Bevab]

Crawley plays the exact innings that Sibley got notoriously flamed for.

 

[Bevab]

Harmer’s selection reminding me of the time when we had Kuldeep and Ashwin selected on our tour here. Imagine the damage Jansen could have caused instead.

 

[Ed Smith]

We're doing that thing other teams do where they score runs in their 1st innings. Revolutionary #StokesIn

 

[Paranoid Kendroid]

#StokesIn

#StokesOut

 

[wasteyouryouth]

What did Dean Elgar have for lunch?

 

[Paranoid Kendroid]

Broadman begins!

 

[beechcroft]

So happy for Ben and Ben, the new Flowerpot Men.

 

[Aislabie]

So happy for Ben and Ben, the new Flowerpot Men.

But of course we should all be grateful for Zak Crawley, who expertly laid the platform they were able to capitalise on

 

[wasteyouryouth]

But of course we should all be grateful for Zak Crawley, who expertly laid the platform they were able to capitalise on

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Anyone would think he scored another double hundred the way they are waxing lyrical about his 38. Just like @Bevab says, if Sibley had played that innings they'd have been complaining about his strike rate.

 

[Aislabie]

Anyone would think he scored another double hundred the way they are waxing lyrical about his 38. Just like @Bevab says, if Sibley had played that innings they'd have been complaining about his strike rate.

If the dude bags a duck later in the Test, he still averages 19 for the match. But it feels like everyone's about to say he's done enough to secure his place forever