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[justnotcricket86]

Wouldn't have been the same ball to a right-hander?

Root played inside the same ball at Trent Bridge, so yes

[smilley792]

Wouldn't have been the same ball to a right-hander?

Yep away swinger yorker don't work on right handers
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https://youtu.be/_6ElZowzprk

[petehosk]

Thursday morning.

Johnny's bairstow - "this is disgraceful, ive earnt my number five, I should be up there. F### malan"

Thursday afternoon.

Johnny's bairstow - "thank you Malan! I was not keeping that out. Phew"

Funny thing is that Bairstow really needs to be content with batting at 7!
Firstly he is a keeper so seems to be best place for most keepers
Secondly the stats guy confirmed Bairstow's averages! Ok, so stats never tell the whole story and can make things look worse or better! But makes interesting reading! So Bairstow..........

Batting at 5: Average 30
Batting at 6: Average 45
Batting at 7: Average 48

[Seniorplayer]

Thursday morning.

Johnny's bairstow - "this is disgraceful, ive earnt my number five, I should be up there. F### malan"

Thursday afternoon.

Johnny's bairstow - "thank you Malan! I was not keeping that out. Phew"

good one
Do think Bairstow is better than seven though and Malan should have played  with a straight bat.

[WalkingWicket37]

good one
Do think Bairstow is better than seven though and Malan should have played  with a straight bat.

At what stage was Malan's bat not straight?

And Bairstow has scored most of his runs at 7, why change what works just because "he looks better than a 7"
I like him coming in at 7 as he can clearly bat and he'd often be a bit of a counter punch if we were up against it (although that clearly didn't work in the last game...)

[Bats_Entertainment]

Crikey! Had to go back a few years!

[Churchy1989]

Not sure how long until covers. In the OSC block 2, well by the beer tent...

[Seniorplayer]

At what stage was Malan's bat not straight?

And Bairstow has scored most of his runs at 7, why change what works just because "he looks better than a 7"
I like him coming in at 7 as he can clearly bat and he'd often be a bit of a counter punch if we were up against it (although that clearly didn't work in the last game...)

When Malan tried to play the Yorker  into the  leg side and Bairstow has the skills to bat at five.

[Seniorplayer]

Forgetting personalities  compared to what's  been  seen this summer this England team does have a more balanced look to it

[InternalTraining]

Great innings by Cook. No worries about the "century" though, Cook played with his characteristic grit!

[edge]

Forgetting personalities  compared to what's  been  seen this summer this England team does have a more balanced look to it

Absolutely, this team has the classic test team balance - 5 bats, all-rounder, keeper, 4 bowlers. Too many people get distracted when YJB or Moeen get runs and start blathering about picking more bowlers.

[rickjames]

God I love Ben Stokes.

[petehosk]

He is definitely entertaining!! 

[ppccopener]

Love cricket! Well batted

[petehosk]

Fantastic Ton! 350 seems competitive on this wicket although SA have a few excellent batsmen in their ranks as well.
At one point I started to doubt that we would even get to 300!