Archer 4-0-61-1
Bumrah 4-0-33-1
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I thought England made a decent attempt at a huge target. It was such a flat wicket that it’s difficult to be too critical of the bowling.
Look forward the seeing Bethell in the summer. I hope he gets some red ball games in before the tests start.
I don’t think England play again until June 4th.
The Counties kick off the CC on April 3rd, I can’t see too many England players being “available” for that.
IMHO, it was another case of ‘don’t feed batsmen pace’. Samson started in ‘stand & deliver mode’, and Archer suitably obliged with some short stuff early doors, albeit, it must be said, the strip offered little/no movement with some bounce, the ball didn’t swing, allowing players to swing freely, which the Indians did! Brook’s drop (off Archer) of Samson when he was in the 20’s was pivotal IMHO, and it was only Rashid who slowed things down. I hope he isn’t planning retirement any time soon!
England feasted on Chakravarthy’s spin (1-64), but Bumrah had 3 overs kept in reserve, which held-up England’s advance.
India certainly worthy winners, especially given their fielding/catching.
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How cricket’s changed. In 1987 Australia scored 253 in the WC Final and England got 246 chasing. This week in a WC semi-final India posted the same 253 and England again fell 7 runs short. The key difference was that in 1987 it was a 50 over match.
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Great stat.
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I’d be interested to hear your opinion on Bumrah’s action. It just doesn’t look right to me as I was told when young, many years ago, the arm had to be straight.
I think he’s got an element of hyper-extension in his elbow, and the delivery presentation is via a ‘straight arm’ and angled body, hence the yorkers and inswingers. I don’t see an issue, as the laws allow an element of hyper-extension. I think it’s of greater concern when the arm doesn’t straighten, and you can get a slingy action, which one of the SL bowlers has, obviously remembering ‘slinga Malinga’ from yesteryear. To me, this is wrong (from a cricketing perspective), as the ball is often being delivered below the line of the shoulder, which allows for much greater ‘cutting action’ to be applied to the ball, which also means it moves through the air (akin to a baseball delivery).
Of course, a slingy action doesn’t mean the arm isn’t straight at the point of delivery.
Thanks. It is probably slow motion making it look more like a throw.
I can remember years ago Geoff Cope having his action scrutinised to see if the arm was straight.
I have never thought Bumrah had a dodgy action. He gets a lots of his whip from a very flexible wrist as well as his slight hyperextension
Bruce
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I watched some of the player auction for The Hundred this afternoon on TV.
My wife said I need to get a life. Lol.
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Well written and interesting imho.
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Well then, ‘Carry on chaps’……. I’m not sure the benefits of having a fielding coach for a bunch of professional players when, in the words of BMc, ‘perhaps we over-trained’ for the Ashes’ series. The debacle of trying to ‘drive on the up’ in Perth, completely against local practices, shouldn’t be forgotten. Teams have worked out how to play against England, and it’s as simple as bowling a decent length on strips which aren’t 100% concrete roads, especially when England have/had a #3 in Pope who batted like a cat on a hot tin roof.
Hardly comes across as a forensic review!
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My main memory will be Brook trying to hit Starc’s first ball to kingdom come every time he came on to bowl. They appeared not to take it seriously.
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‘Judge me after the Ashes’ said McCullum
‘Don’t expect me to change’ said McCullum (after the Ashes).
‘Carry on mate’ says the ECB review. Having identified England ‘overvaluing loyalty in selection’ as an issue it appears they aren’t applying the same test to their coach.
Poor. Same old attitudes it seems. The Ashes debacle can be forgotten, let’s get the pyjamas on and make money.
Bah. Humbug.
Bruce
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There can’t be many well-paid executive jobs out there where you have a lengthy run up (sorry!) via playing a number of tests in preparation for ‘the big ones’, and then survive in the role after getting mashed through hubris, stupid play and an obvious lack of suitable preparation. We’re constantly told sport is a ‘performance environment’. It would be interesting to understand what performance evaluation scorecarding surrounds the England coach’s job description.
Ath’s piece in The Times today cuts to the quick, in that England’s governing set-up doesn’t have an appetite for change, or the wish to pay compo.
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Watched the opening scene from the IPL, with KP…
There was a tribute to some fans who had obviously been killed in a Hillsborough type incident. Muffled sounds from the crowd during the silence . Then it showed the teams and the substitutes.
I switched off
I listened to a radio prog the other day about sport and climate change. Apart from discussing travel and energy use (for example at the upcoming Football World Cup) two of the contrbutors discussed the effects of global high temperatures on sporting events. They all commented that the health of spectatotors and competitors was increasingly at risk, and that deaths or serious consequences are likely. Sub-continent cricket in 40+ deg heat was cited as now close to the limits of human tolerance.
Bruce
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The County Championship starts today. I don’t envy them in this weather.
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I suspect rain will stop play at some point
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