Arthur Crabtree wrote:It'll be surprising if a side as good as Australia don't come back at Lord's.
Making_Splinters wrote:Far too much praise of England and writing off of Australia for my book. There seems this horrible trend at present that every England win should be raised aloft as if proving the years of underperformance are the exception rather than the norm and vice verse for a single win. The talk of new England being the real deal on Crapinfo was particularly poor especially as it came from Kimber and Dobell who are two of the best current cricket journalists.
Making_Splinters wrote:Stokes seemed to be bowling a noticably lower pace to gain that control though. Not sure we want another mid 80s pacer in the side.
alfie wrote:Making_Splinters wrote:Stokes seemed to be bowling a noticably lower pace to gain that control though. Not sure we want another mid 80s pacer in the side.
Tactics for the particular conditions and position though , was it not ? I'd imagine he would crank it up in other circumstances ; but on this occasion accuracy seemed to be more effective than raw pace .
We will get a better idea as the summer progresses I think. The matches won't all go like this one.
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