Test Pakistan v England (3 Test Matches)

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They changed the law because everyone was breaking it.
Literally everyone.


The controversy of Murali - and to some extent Saqlain when he started bowling his doosra as well brought it to a real head - but it was after that study that they changed the law because as it stood, every bowler in the world was breaking it regularly.

But if memory serves - don’t quote me on it, but I think Murali was at the higher end of the scale (am genuinely not certain of that but I think he was) in terms of how much he broke the existing allowance by, and when they changed the law, they made sure that it was changed by enough to include virtually everyone in the study including him.
lol.

Tell me you know nothing without telling me you know nothing. PhatBoy classic strikes again.
 

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lol.

Tell me you know nothing without telling me you know nothing. PhatBoy classic strikes again.

Did the alarm go off again mate? Someone tug your jeans and let you know that someone was within Australian maritime borders and talking cricket without slagging off a player from overseas?

Ill give you my name and address if you want to turn me in to the authorities.


I’ve literally said IN MY POST that essentially they ‘just happened’ to set the new allowance for how much the arm could straighten to align with what would allow Murali’s action to be legal, implying that they set their new limit in order to keep him under their parameters.

Oh but I’m just making this up.

Me and Wisden, anyway.

Idiot.

 
Did the alarm go off again mate? Someone tug your jeans and let you know that someone was within Australian maritime borders and talking cricket without slagging off a player from overseas?

Ill give you my name and address if you want to turn me in to the authorities.


I’ve literally said IN MY POST that essentially they ‘just happened’ to set the new allowance for how much the arm could straighten to align with what would allow Murali’s action to be legal, implying that they set their new limit in order to keep him under their parameters.

Oh but I’m just making this up.

Me and Wisden, anyway.

Idiot.

You said literally everyone. In that link it even says not everyone. So aggressive.
 
You said literally everyone. In that link it even says not everyone. So aggressive.

Aside from Ramnaresh Sarwan- who I addressed right from the start, who was a part timer, who had a test bowling average in the 50s.

So yeah, for the purpose to the argument, it may as well have been literally everyone because we are discussing specialist bowlers.

No need to get your knickers in a twist because someone isn’t in some far flung corner of the internet praising an Australian who may or may not have just taken 3-67 in a domestic carnival somewhere.

Go back to Corowa and chuck your mask on mate.
 
Meanwhile Lloyd popes back bringing his average down from travis head levels of awfulness
 
Yes.
Especially given they don't have "sensible" mode anymore.

For most of this team sensible won’t get the job chasing 300 or thereabouts.

Root yes. The others probably not.

200 I could see them chasing if they batted ‘normally’ as a normal side would in 50-70 overs but I don’t see them having the skill to negotiate 90+ overs on a spinning wicket against a team growing in confidence with the ball.

Their best option would be to try and attack IMO and do some damage, get the target whittled down quickly and get it ‘within sight’ quickly and put some pressure back on Pakistan. Use root as the anchor as he actually can bat against decent spin in helpful conditions
 

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I was completely wrong to suggest that Pakistan should have played an extra pace bowler. Sajid and Noman have picked up all 15 wickets.
They could have. The other spinner has bowled 6 overs
 
England will claim a clear moral victory at least for having to bat on the 9th day pitch. That allows them to completely ignore the awful shot selections from halfway through their 1st innings
Back to back Tests on the same pitch is idiotic and i say this as s cricketer and a curator
 

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