![]() ![]() It should also be noted that he strangely barely appealed for a clear caught and bowled to Malan on day three. On the weight of the entire Test, Lyon still doesn’t earn a high grade. It was a bonus that Root fell soon after and Lyon had another by removing Ollie Pope and, later, Ollie Robinson and Mark Wood. Dawid Malan fell into the trap, ensuring his 150-run stand with Joe Root was over, and that the quicks would have a fresh batter to bowl at with the new ball. After some soul-searching, perhaps, after day three when he bowled 24 wicketless overs, Lyon put in a bat-pad on the off-side and flighted the ball more. ![]() He started this summer similar to how he ended the last looking a little rushed between deliveries and arguably bowling too flat and straight. Given just how long he waited, it was no surprise that Lyon looked a completely different bowler once he did take his 400th Test wicket to join Shane Warne and Glenn McGrath as the only Australians to ever do so. Simply put, he didn’t do enough to quieten the calls for his spot in the XI to be given to Jhye Richardson. When England’s second innings resistance was crushed on day four, it was all the bowlers but Starc that were in on the action. But as was the case last summer, without the new ball Starc struggled massively. Last modified on Fri 15. The point is that Starc is picked for the damage he can do early - and he delivered on that front in quick time. Whether it was a plan or not is up for debate. WHYBIS THERE NO 5 IN CRICKET SCORING SERIESHow many points can we give for his first ball? Australia won the Test but in 20 years time, it’s likely Mitchell Starc’s dismissal of Rory Burns on the very first ball of the series is the first thing that gets played. The jury is still out in terms of his captaincy given Australia was in control throughout the match, but his bowling changes were largely spot on at the Gabba. He really is the world’s best Test bowler. He also accounted for opener Rory Burns and Stokes in the second innings to cap off a fine seven-wicket display for the Test. For all the talk of how Cummins would juggle the captaincy with bowling duties, he promptly stepped out onto the Gabba and took a five-wicket haul in England’s first innings collapse for 147. That was all from me (Sameer Deodhar) and my colleague Sooryanarayan Sesha.Speaking of debut matches, Pat Cummins’ first match as Test captain couldn’t have gone much better. That was indeed a team performance for the Lions! ![]() v) There is no LBW rule unless the batter deliberately kicks the ball with a leg. The match will last for five days - weather permitting. Batting & Scoring i) The batting side shall be divided into pairs. Each team will have at most two chances to bat and at most two chances to field. There is no limit on how long a batting team can bat - provided not all ten of their Wickets have fallen. Raza Ihsan (1/10) and Qasim Ali (1/11) were also miserly with the ball and got a wicket each. There is no limit to how many overs a bowler can bowl. Rauf Zaman was brilliant with the ball with his double-wicket penultimate over that gave almost nothing away and sealing the victory for the Lions then and there. Roman Mazumder tried the best with a knock of 42 runs off 23 deliveries but got absolutely no support from the other end.Īs it happened with Zeeshan, too much pressure got the better of him and shifted the advantage to the the Haidree Lions. ![]() Nicosia Tigers would be unhappy with their batters as the bowlers did all that they could to restrict the Men in Blue to under 100 runs. Once he was caught, it was all about making a comeback for the Lions. Mehmood Zeeshan was their leader in the run-chase and everything was fine until he was out there in the middle. The Tigers were on top for most of the game but somehow managed to be behind when it mattered the most. ![]()
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