Test The Ashes Fifth Test January 4-8 1000hrs @ The SCG

[peternorth]

Was just thinking they shouldve run 1 instead of 2

 

[Jimthegreat]

Drive a truck through that gate.

 

[Peter Bixley]

You know these whizz bang cameras Fox use for this weight transfer, biometrics and other cool stuff would be better used for Snicko to allow more frames for DRS decisions.

Go on, I'll say it - who, at home, really gives a shite about weight transfer percentages and wrist speed?

 

[Bucking Beads]

Webster will need to go hard if he wants the ton.

 

[satty]

Well Beau needs to farm most of the strike and swing for the fences.

 

[Topkent]

Cheers for explaining the bowling cameras for the 7th time today

 

[peternorth]

Well Beau needs to farm most of the strike and swing for the fences.

this

 

[Alfonz]

You’ve invented the fact that he ‘demands’ Bazzball.

The whole idea of Bazzball was literally explained in that they give their batsmen freedom to play how they want.

Where was he on day 3 in Adelaide? Physically exhausted and probably at great risk of damaging himself further had he bowled, more than likely.

Are you seriously as a pleb like me or anyone else here trying to tell a world class athlete that you know their body better than they do

If he was physically exhausted then maybe he should have prepared himself better for Australian conditions. He had to bat for 5 hours blocking most of his deliveries. Boo hoo. Carey had to bat for 4 hours, and then 3 hours in the 2nd innings, plus the mental effort of keeping.

Having a sculpted gym body is not everything. When the English conditioning coach called for a running session in Noosa, who turned up? Only 3 fringe players and Stokes was nowhere to be seen. What a leader.

 

[Bedi]

i'll put my hand up for ridiculing Tongue's selection mid series but he's been one of their few shining lights with the ball

 

[The Golden Glenferrie]

Time to swing Beau

 

[cats_09]

This is why Webster should have been batting above Green as he's going to run out of partners

 

[ptrg]

You know these whizz bang cameras Fox use for this weight transfer, biometrics and other cool stuff would be better used for Snicko to allow more frames for DRS decisions.

I'm happy to not use their weight transfer system for any decision making.

It's simply always wrong!
Even the example they chose with Brett Lee selling it, he clearly trs angered all weight/mass on to his back foot, yet the stupid tech had him putting an increasing amount on to his front foot.

It's novelty non-scientific crap.

 

[Carn The Berries]

Go on, I'll say it - who, at home, really gives a shite about weight transfer percentages and wrist speed?

I find the bowling stuff interesting, as it gives you some insight as to where bowlers generate their pace from.

The batting stuff is useless and adds nothing that you can't see if you're watching closely enough.

 

[AlwaysHawks15]

Webster to farm the strike now he won't get the chance to get a ton otherwise

 

[Peter Bixley]

I do enjoy listening to Vaughan tear strips off Bazball.

Says what he means and means what he says. Not enough of it about, if you ask me.

 

[Shifty1]

I'd love these commentators to describe this FoxRay system again because I don't think I quite understand it yet....

 

[the_interloper]

Ok I'm not going to talk up Websters batting partner again cause they keep going out, just swing out your arse Slug and try and get to at least 200 lead.

 

[Dixie Flatline]

Back to the top of the order with Boland striding in.

 

[PhatBoy]

I don't know who "demands" Bazzball.... probably McCullum, not Stokes. But the notion that batsmen are being given the freedom to play how they want doesn't entirely stack up. IMHO it looks like players are being encouraged to be more aggressive. You just have to look at Root... who had a respectable career strike rate of 55 prior to bazzball, and now has a strike rate of 65 since Stokes took over. I'd also argue that selections like Jamie Smith and Will Jacks is sending a very clear signal to the players that being aggressive is going to get you a game. I'm really not seeing players being given genuine freedom... otherwise where are the grafters?

They stopped picking them.

There is absolutely no doubt that the overall ethos of the team was to be more proactive and positive but the literal quotes have been based around simply ‘playing with freedom and not with any fear or constraints.’

Stokes himself was probably the one player in the side who always played, more or less, unencumbered anyway and stuck to what he was comfortable with. Root I would say played with a bit of the ‘weight of the world’ on his shoulders at times knowing how much the team depended on him. I’d say the very idea of ‘playing with freedom’ has probably led to him simply being less cautious and playing with some freedom and it has produced great results.

Like you I think any explicit directive to be more positive would have come from McCullum anyway

 

[Jack Lord]

At least Starcy will be fresh.

 

[Kipz]

Better having Starc not stay out there too long anyway

 

[010203]

Tongue has been impressive, shame for him he won't get a 5fer in consecutive Tests.

 

[Black Diamond]

Three Australians have scored centuries from number 9: Clem Hill, Jack Gregory, and Ray Lindwall.

Unfortunately Webster is in a race against time to join them now. 20 runs out of Boland would be quite something.

 

[madjoe]

Game need the English to keep it under 200 so that's a plus

 

[Stig O'Hara]

Tongue has been super impressive this series.