Spurs_Bear
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AGREE AGREE AGREE WINNER
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AGREE AGREE AGREE WINNER
SargeantMeatCurtains
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I’d love to hear the reasoning behind Overton playing ahead of Curran. It’s left our batting line up, which is already so weak, that much shorter.
SargeantMeatCurtains
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That ball is going well over the stumps. Look at how high it hits him???
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Because they thought Overton is a better bowler in these conditions.
Curran’s bowling needs improvement for him to get in this side as a 3rd bowling option and he is not getting in as a 4th bowling option as an all rounder in front off stokes
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I’d say Overton taking 2-107 over two innings doesn’t justify the reasoning. Obviously it’s easy to say that in hindsight but our bowlers are not the issue in this side, it’s the batters and just by removing Woakes for Overton (who I know is technically an all rounder but nowhere close to Woakes with the bat) you’re doing the batting line up a huge disservice.
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You should not be picking your 3rd seamer because of his batting abilities, better bowler every time for me, you need to take 20 wickets to win a match.we need better batters in the top 7
Would Curran have done any better?
You are basing your opinion of Curran the batsman and not Curran the bowler imo.
You have to remember we have a lot of injuries in the bowling department wood, Anderson, the other guy who played vs Ireland who name escapes me and for whatever the reason we are not picking woakes
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“I don’t have conclusive evidence to overturn his decision”
LOOK AT THE BAT ROTATE IN HIS HAND
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LOOK AT THE BAT ROTATE IN HIS HAND
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SargeantMeatCurtains
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Apparently you need loads of cameras for it and it can sometimes pick up the stickers on bats, creating confusion.
No doubt it would’ve cleared up that decision though.
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On the whole the standard of umpiring in this series has been nothing short of abysmal. They need an urgent review of the umpiring standards after this series. Real village stuff!
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The ball changed direction. I'm not how much more conclusive it needed to be.
SargeantMeatCurtains
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Careful what you wish for pal, we all just saw what happened...
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Somebody tell me i’m not the only one who looks at Overton in his helmet and has to do a double take thinking they’re watching Harry Kane? Dead ringer
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He looks like Michael Phelps to me.
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Ball change has fucked us here. That old ball was doing nothing.
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Twice happened in this series Australia have got the ball change and it’s screwed us same happened at Edgbaston.
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Buttler did ok to hang in there today but in surely that has to be it now for him in this team.. can’t have specialist batsman playing at number 7!
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Keep hearing archer can bat seen no evidence of this in this series at all. He appears to be no better batter than a no 11.
