daysofourlives wrote:Over rates,
Crucified Australia in this game through no fault of our own.
Has it become a tactic for teams on the first day, deliberately go slow so you only get a couple overs with the new ball at end of the day when the batting team looks to shut up shop, might grab a late wicket. Still get a new ball next morning when batters have to get set again. We lost Carey and Smith before 90 overs were up, id say had they faced those 7 overs on the first day theyd still be in and we wouldve had 40 more on the board. The mindset changes facing 10 overs of the new ball rather than 3, many times we have seen Australia get away from teams late in the day when faced witha hard new ball.
Is Bazball not exactly the same thing Australian teams in the late 90's and early 2000's did? Only difference is the Poms need to take more risks than our start studded line up did.
Please, never pick Starc again
Yep, agree that is a potential tactic. In another situation, if a team bowls 86 on the first day, then get 3 short by mid-arvo on the second when the batting team are all out, taht is 7 overs or half an hour the game and the first batting team are behind. Even if the team bowling second gets through their allotted overs, there is another 7 overs/1/2 hour they could have had at the end opf day two, and that could be the difference between being say 2/130 compared to 4/145.
On the first day of thsi test, there was the pitch invasion, and a rain delay. Did this affect the amount of overs bowled or did they go even further that evening past the extra 1/2 hour?
And the ball should only be inspected at the end of an over if there is a problem, rather than 2-3 minutes wasted changing the ball during an over.