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[smilley792]

I'm gonna try ignore the face palm moment in this thread.......



Root piling on the runs. The drop costing Aussies here. Root living up to his hype. Gerrysa's profile will be turning in its banned grave.

Balance digging in and showing runs against Aussies easier than nz, windies and the county side he's recently failed against.


Unfortunately I'm not sure England will make a dent on this pitch either. Draw on the horizon

[ppccopener]

I don't think Ian Bell has ever been a gritty run getter. The pressure seems to always get to him. Usually only scoring runs against very average bowling attacks.

not sure that's right, he has scored runs against every attack so unless youre considering them all poor? didn't get many in his first big series-2005, but has scored pretty consistently.
But get your point,not sure if it's pressure but at Test level what Ballance has done today if far more valuable.
I know from reading many posts Bell is not a favourite on these boards and I can see why.
any cricket, batting especially, is what you can do for the team. Great to watch a fluid player in full flow but sometimes the more valuable players are the ones that get runs when it's difficult.

[uknsaunders]

What's wrong with Ian Bell, next you'll be saying Ravi Bop isn't a ODI Legend!

[csnew]

Ballance misses a half volley again

[L21]

Glad to see Ballance silencing the critics.

Stood strong in a really tough spell this morning, hopefully goes on now to make some real runs and cement his place. (Ballance wicket as I am typing.



In regard to Ian Bell, this is my personal opinion, in all honesty I like the guy as a player and when he is hot I don't think there are many better to watch as a batsman.

However, my memory is clouded by many Bell failures and also being of the generation when Bell has always been the scapegoat for any England failures. This may not be fact, but, my memories of Bell are a start of many failures, a middle of a lot of runs and unfortunately ending how he started. Hopefully the guy can shut me up in this series and score a match winning knock, but if his current form dictates, he won't be playing the 4th or 5th test match. 

[csnew]

Roooooot!

Another brilliant 100, taken it to the Aussies!


Haddin's drop looking costly now 

[WalkingWicket37]

ROOOOOOOOOOOOOT!

How sick do you think Haddin currently feels? 

[uknsaunders]

I've said on this forum before that Haddin keeps like his feet are glued together. Very costly and he missed a few chances on the last tour. Long way to go yet though!

[ppccopener]

i'm a pretty big Bell fan to be honest but if you look at his career overall he certainly appears to benefit when someone else scores a ton, rather than going out and leading the way.
He batted well for England with Pieterson, perhaps playing second fiddle to a more dominant player.

He averages in the forties which is pretty good, but us old ones on the forum(!) would tell you flatter pitches,tests designed to last 5 days,no waqar/wasim/marchall/ambrose/donald etc etc probably put's 5-10 on your average.

So mid forties is good but certainly not great in todays game.

[WalkingWicket37]

I've said on this forum before that Haddin keeps like his feet are glued together. Very costly and he missed a few chances on the last tour. Long way to go yet though!

The poor bloke wanted one last Ashes series before he was put in a retirement home! Let's not be too critical of his footwork, he isn't allowed to field with his Zimmer frame, after all 

[Neon Cricket]

Glad to see Ballance silencing the critics.

Really? I wouldn't call this silencing his critics, yeah he stuck about but he's barely looked convincing at all - look at the speed Root scored compared to him, they were facing the same bowlers after all

[L21]

I can not stand the Sky Sports commentators,

Constantly reminding us we have an attacking middle order, Stokes, Buttler, Ali. Just makes it all the more embarrassing when we collapse.

Ali hasn't done anything significant recently. Buttler is hit and miss. Stokes now has the Freddie tag attached to him plus the pressure from the captain. Lots of weight on those young shoulders.

Hopefully we can put on another 150/200, but just because we have an attacking middle order doesn't guarantee we will hit runs.

[L21]

Take into account one of the batsmen is in form and the other is horrendously out of form. Then continuing to bat through whilst the top 4 were walking back to the pavilion.

Maybe I was a bit premature saying he has silenced the cricket, but, that knock has probably given him some confidence back that he needed.



 

[joeljonno]

Ballance scores his 10th 50 in 24 innings. Can't complain too much at that.


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[biffa]

Warner to root? Interesting...

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