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💪 "A really good performance on a pretty dire wicket." 🥱 "In this format, I don't think many people want to tune in & watch 4.5 an over be a competitive score." Joe Root reflects on England's 5-wicket victory in yesterday's second ODI 🏏 #SLvENG
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No, Joe, I watch cricket, any format, to be a balance between bat and ball. The lower scoring games or where ball holds slight sway over bat are often the best. 400 plays 400 slug fest are yawnarama bollocks! Oooh it wasn’t a road and we actually had to Bat. FFS. Get a grip man.

Looks like the hundred has spoilt Root too! The scoring rate during the best ever World Cup final was 4.8 and no one could take their eyes off for a second.

Low scoring 50 over matches are often some of the best

4.5 an over is a healthy scoring rate though. This is why we lost the Ashes so badly. A mentality has developed, through short form cricket, where anything other than smashing it round the park every ball is a bit of a drag. Fatal to Test cricket, hence 2 day Ashes tests, twice.

Speak for yourself Joe, such a poor BazBally comment. I think I’d occasionally like to watch that than constant flat wickets where batters roll along at 6-7 an over not being challenged.

I love a low scoring game, suck of the slap dash off of modern batting

No Joe- totally wrong. We watch cricket to see that both bowlers and batters have an even chance. Raining sixes helps your averages- does fuck all for my viewing pleasure!

4.5 an over is plenty, bugger off

@root66 not really We like to watch close encounters ans which has some life in the game atleast twice in 5 matches So let such games flourish Dont be in that stupid baz mindset

They really deserve to lose every match, won an odi match after so many games stars whining 🤡

Bullshit from Root. The 2019 WC Final went at that run rate. Bazball has addled these blokes’ brains. They’re deluded.

Rare Root L, nothing come closes to a 200-250 ODIs

Pathetic, aloof, lost little baz boys. English cricket needs major reform

ICC might as well amend the pitch regulations to play only on Astro wickets and the bowlers can be replaced by chucking machines, in that case 😀

Love you Rooty but you're talking shite here lad

I don’t get the addiction behind high scoring games. This is not a t20 or a t10

these niggas are whinning more than winning shameless ass statpadder

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