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England going into the CT on the back of a 3-0 whitewash of SA would be a bad thing for me, get the players too cocky.

This thrashing, as it currently looks like, gets their feet back firmly on the ground.

Willey at 8? He's still living off that T20 hundred from two years ago.

Rabada's hat-trick ball coming up.

Survived.

budgetmeansbudget wrote:England going into the CT on the back of a 3-0 whitewash of SA would be a bad thing for me, get the players too cocky.

This thrashing, as it currently looks like, gets their feet back firmly on the ground.

Willey at 8? He's still living off that T20 hundred from two years ago.

well we do only have finn, roland-jones and ball batting behind him today

rich1uk wrote:

budgetmeansbudget wrote:England going into the CT on the back of a 3-0 whitewash of SA would be a bad thing for me, get the players too cocky.

This thrashing, as it currently looks like, gets their feet back firmly on the ground.

Willey at 8? He's still living off that T20 hundred from two years ago.

well we do only have finn, roland-jones and ball batting behind him today

I hadn't looked, bloody hell fire.

Wow, that's gone badly.

Wow, that's gone badly.

That bad, it's worth saying it twice!

Hussain saying it's not a minefield maybe right, but its gorgeous bowling conditions for a morning at Lord's, overcast and humid plus a tinge of green on the surface.

32-6

the fightback is on

Apart from Root, the batsmen have all played poor shots to get get out.

i'm not going to get too worried over one crazy 30 minute spell

it will have little bearing on what happens over the next 2 weeks

Bairstow is our first batsman into double figures.

I know Sky have to show the scorecard from time to time but I really wish they didn't.

Feels like it's calmed down now which is good because I gave all my axes away to the local children's home and I would seem like a real bad person going there and asking if I could have them back again.