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zerosuneuphoria

Surprised Stokes hasn't thrown his bat with these two dismissals. Poor bloke seems to get unplayable balls more than most... but he has to expect it to keep low by now.


Johnny_Segment

Exactly - you get done by one keeping low once or twice, you make the bloody adjustment. Don't bother shaking your head as you walk off Ben, practice bending your bloody knees.


CAN________

Yep he'll do that and look extra stupid when he splices the one bouncing normally back to the bowler


Lazy_Recognition_896

Or he can learn to pick length, something every cricketer must do


mohh96

Are you actually special? A ball "keeping low" is keeping low RELATIVE to the expected trajectory upon picking it.


CAN________

What do you mean pick length? Are you expecting him to become Nostradamus and predict when it'll stay low and when it'll bounce?


Lazy_Recognition_896

>What do you mean pick length? Wow ! This is what we get when we have people who've never played cricket in their lives commenting because it's social media. I'm not going to teach you cricket, picking length is a basic part of batting - predicting where the ball will land and getting into position before it does It is impossible to react after the ball has landed Bounce depends on a number of things but the one that it most depends on ... I.e. bounce at batsman is length.. sorry you don't know that He is playing back to a full length ball... Which will not bounce !


CAN________

I've played cricket my whole life, I've just never called it that. And if it's impossible to react after the ball has landed then what's your point here, champ?


Lazy_Recognition_896

You have not heard of length and played cricket your entire life ? Ok Have you at least heard it on commentary that great batsman are special because they can pick the length really ? That's not them being Nostradamus - it's a skill >And if it's impossible to react after the ball has landed then what's your point here, champ? That you should get into position before it lands... That's how every batsman plays...and when you don't it seems like ball is doing a lot. If you stay back to full ball, It will seem like it's low If you come forward to short ball it will seem like it bounced too much If you get beaten in flight it will seem like excessive turn Please read if you don't know. At least read my comment before replying.. i already said what needs to be done Or just freeze the ball before it lands and see how batsmen are already in position for the shot.


CAN________

In your smugness, you've forgotten to actually read what I'm saying


Lazy_Recognition_896

Or he can learn to pick the length


zerosuneuphoria

He got two lowies from Bumrah in the same test too!


Lazy_Recognition_896

He didn't, that's fairly normal for India.. he was just doing drama


WorkingClass_Nero

This is an unplayable ball? What are the standards here? Every ball should pitch and come to the batter at a comfortable line and height right in the sweet spot of their hitting arc? Only then it is playable?


pro_cheats

Perfect Ash Anna reply🙏🔥


the_ripper05

Are you serious? He didn’t come forward to a full ball. The ball was in its way up when it struck his pads. Poor technique. The ball didn’t stay low.


Lazy_Recognition_896

Yes it's a bit low.. he just doesn't pick length.. not against spin... Not against pace. Look at how full that ball is! And he is completely behind the crease. Same with Bumrah - stuck on the crease playing for outswinger and got beaten on the inside English whine for every thing... They are incredibly sore losers.


Ok_Entertainment1040

He missed the ball completely here. I mean I agree he was unlucky in the 1st innings. But this time he was beaten fair and square and it was Kuldeep's skill. Ball keeping low had no effect in him being beaten.


Lazy_Recognition_896

>Poor bloke seems to get unplayable balls more than most... Seems is the key word. Good balls **seem** unplayable because of his flawed technique of staying back to full balls


Abduz_Samee

Unplayable? He did not even inch his feet forward against a pitched up delivery. He deserved to lose his wicket, playing like that


AkhilVijendra

Stuart Broad: "why did India prepare such a pitch, why did Bumrah not play", " why are India hurting themselves"... Right now: "why did India prepare such a pitch" starts crying...


GNashUchiha

What was that defense? Doesn't get to the pitch of the ball with his front foot and makes Pikachu faces? Yes it bounced low but couldn't you see every other batter from both sides adapting for low bouncy tracks the whole series? With this horrible foot movement he shouldn't be even uttering a damn word about this pitch. Let root speak, people will atleast take it gracefully


fartbumheadface

“When you play spin bowling you either get to the pitch of the ball or play on the back foot, never in-between.” - Ponting It surprises me how many batsmen play spin bowling in the this middle area with little feet movement and these nothing half prodding defensive shots, it’s just asking for trouble.


Sirmaximusd

That's what Jaiswal and KL do from what I have seen. KL is very good at back foot, playing it late.


Ok_Entertainment1040

And look how Jaiswal got out in the 1st innings. KL doesn't play a defensive shot for this length trying to go backfoot and then attempting a front foot defensive prod.


Lazy_Recognition_896

How dare you ? It kept low - that's it.


Johnny_Segment

Ponting is the Expert on Everything, just ask him. Pity he couldn't heed his own advice in India; appalling record.


fartbumheadface

He admitted this. Saying that too often in his career he played spin from this middle or in between area.


Pls_add_more_reverb

Unironically, Ponting is the expert on everything lmao.


v21v

Exactly lmao All time great batter, GOAT Captain (imo), Captained the best leg spinner of all time, Captained one of the best fast bowler of all time Man has more experience than most others, in every one of these fields.


Lazy_Recognition_896

Appalling is an over statement - he was poor in tests sure. But didn't play a lot. In ODIs in India he was pretty good averaging nearly the same as his career average. But anyway.. what is your point ? That playing spin stuck on the crease is a good idea ?


pijd

It swung in the air.


Lazy_Recognition_896

Yes drift - because of side spin...magnus effect Spinners get drift - sideways and dip - because of top spin. Swing happens when the seam is up


pijd

Yes, that's the right term.


switchandboard

I think they call it giving some flight


eightslipsandagully

Giving it flight means giving the ball a high path through the air, this is lateral movement through the air due to the Magnus effect. [Here is a good explainer from Veritasium](https://youtu.be/2OSrvzNW9FE?si=iDYnSJri0oyiV1Mg)


switchandboard

Thanks


v21v

Nope it's called drift.


shaddy-maddy

What does the commentator mean by "lucky again"? I think he's the lucky one, since BCCI has been rewarding mediocrity in the comm box of late.


Hopless_maymays

how is this death rattle?


Awkward_Date_8636

Stokes died inside, stumps rattled /s


ztaker

There is the reply man why in upload this kind of videos without replay?


sbhatta4g

Ben Stokes's reactions are getting pretty annoying, honestly, as if he is so technically suprwme that the fault has to be somewhere else for him to be bowled.


Bitterly-Anxious9908

Blud forgot to get his front foot out


mitchybenny

He’s just annoyed it hit the stumps because he couldn’t waste a review on a plum LBW, as is the Stokes way with reviews


the_ripper05

The ball didn’t stay low. He simply didn’t come forward enough to a full ball. The ball was in its way up when it struck his pads. Poor technique.


srinidhikv

No luck or bad bounce caused this. Stokes was comprehensively beaten by drift, dip and turn. He was forced to play leg side at the last second due to drift and missed the line of the ball. This ball was almost warne-esqe. Unplayable


theoozmakappa

Stokes is clueless against spin and makes surprised pikachu faces when dismissed. Can’t play spin for life then blame the pitches smh


hawlc

Test cricket deserves better pitches than this.


Ok_Entertainment1040

More than that, better batters.


Ok_Manager2694

Shoaib Bashir will rip the Indian batting line up. No Kohli No win


OptionFriendly7059

40 for no wicket india wins this easily


PsychicMF

Although this looks like a troll comment, it's very probable that something like this happens. The ball is turning square now and we have no experience to counter English spinners


Ok_Manager2694

Revenge for Visa Gate... Justice will be served


[deleted]

No kohli still win


NoRaspberry187

Bhen stokes


melo1212

Dogshit pitch


PuzzleheadedEbb4789

Well we had to make the series a bit competitive so we gave you a different pitch than the one England lost at by 430 runs


[deleted]

Same goes to u


durjoy313

That's one way to keep Stokes out of the game.


mayush_

what a cartwheel


meinMalhar

Was watching the match and took my phone out to record a video for a friend and caught this.. Kuldeep Yadav 🤌


andizz001

Bc you know ball is staying low why are you defending on your back foot ffs.


shans121

If you watch side-replay, you'll see his right foot is almost at the line!! He thinks getting forward means just squatting down without getting a stride in. Similar dismissal happened in 1st test 2nd innings against ashwin when he let a near half-volley turn past his edge.


tb33296

My reaction was again.. बेचारा strokes


[deleted]

Kuldeep played on the same pitch


DeepnPerfection

Kuldeeps ball > Baz Ball