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Discussion in 'Hull City' started by askewshair, Apr 18, 2019.

  1. John Ex Aberdeen now E.R.

    John Ex Aberdeen now E.R. Well-Known Member

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    Brilliant win my England, I was following the game online before going to bed, and never expected to see that we had won it when I woke this morning.
     
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    it's a rare game where joe root gets more wickets than runs.
     
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  3. TIGERSCAVE

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    What a **** up from Morgan for the last over.....!!!!!!!!
     
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  4. Plum

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    Easy to say but Curran could equally have gone for 6 first ball.
     
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  5. Jimmy Graham's bald head

    Jimmy Graham's bald head Well-Known Member

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    Wood hadn't bowled out and would have been who I'd have thrown the ball to - he was regularly bowling at 95mph, can't imagine two new batsmen would have fancied that.

    As has been the case all summer it was a good contest between two pretty evenly matched sides.
     
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  6. Plum

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    Dunno, 95mph, flukey top edge over keepers head, 4 runs. We'll never know. Brilliant series though.
     
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  7. askewshair

    askewshair Well-Known Member

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    Curran defended even less in a last over vs Pakistan. He loves that situation and I suspect his changes of pace would have bamboozled their tailenders. I thought it was a strange decision at the time. Morgan doesn't get a lot wrong though
     
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  8. dennisboothstash

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    Technically that should go down as a missed chance then, if he'd palmed it into his team mates hands.
     
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  10. dennisboothstash

    dennisboothstash Well-Known Member

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    I nearly posted about his lazy slacker back up!!!
     
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  11. Oregon Tiger

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    Spoiled by the number of times that Pieterson repeats the word "unbelievable". Given the chance I would ram a bat down his throat if he says it one more time. Sidewats.
     
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