Arthur Crabtree wrote:Reports that Stokes will bat at three!
http://www.espncricinfo.com/series/1860 ... sl-2018-19
westoelad wrote:Arthur Crabtree wrote:Reports that Stokes will bat at three!
http://www.espncricinfo.com/series/1860 ... sl-2018-19
But later in the article has Butler batting at 3.
Slipstream wrote:Mail
Joe Root has urged his team to keep attacking Sri Lanka's bowlers as England go in search of their first Test series win here for 17 years.
His batsmen came in for criticism at Galle last week after they reached lunch on the first day five wickets down. But England have maintained that the rate at which they scored their runs in that first session – 113 at 3.9 an over – put the Sri Lankans under pressure and made life easier for their lower-middle order.
Arthur Crabtree wrote:westoelad wrote:Arthur Crabtree wrote:Reports that Stokes will bat at three!
http://www.espncricinfo.com/series/1860 ... sl-2018-19
But later in the article has Butler batting at 3.
Probably forgot to change it. Other sites are reporting that Stokes is at three.
westoelad wrote:Arthur Crabtree wrote:westoelad wrote:Arthur Crabtree wrote:Reports that Stokes will bat at three!
http://www.espncricinfo.com/series/1860 ... sl-2018-19
But later in the article has Butler batting at 3.
Probably forgot to change it. Other sites are reporting that Stokes is at three.
Interestingly though both Athers and Newman state that Butler was down to bat at 3 in Galle has England batted 2nd.
Arthur Crabtree wrote:Slipstream wrote:Mail
Joe Root has urged his team to keep attacking Sri Lanka's bowlers as England go in search of their first Test series win here for 17 years.
His batsmen came in for criticism at Galle last week after they reached lunch on the first day five wickets down. But England have maintained that the rate at which they scored their runs in that first session – 113 at 3.9 an over – put the Sri Lankans under pressure and made life easier for their lower-middle order.
Got to be nonsense, hasn't it?
captaincolly wrote: No doubt there's some logic behind the decision!
I wonder if the transformation of Bairstow is a sign of the times.
bigfluffylemon wrote: Number 3 has been tricky for England for a while now. Apart from when Trott was in possession (and it's no coincidence we won a lot of games when we had a solid 3 coming in behind two reliable openers) we haven't had a natural 3 for ages. We've either been playing openers there (Vaughan, for example), or players who had the same sort of issues as the current lot (great at 5/6, shite at first drop). Ian Bell, for example. Or just rubbish players (anyone remember when it was Ravi Bopara at 3 at the start of the summer that Trott concluded at 3?)
sussexpob wrote:[ what is the constant? Nick Compton. Was Nick a great run scorer? No. But playing 1-3, what did he do? Block balls.... lots of them. His SR is not that far from 1 in 3, so even though he averaged just under 30, he's taking 10-15 overs of the game. Thats your Kookaburra stopped moving. The ability to do that, more often than not, can add 10 runs to the average of the next two guys behind you.
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