bigfluffylemon wrote:sussexpob wrote:Wood is going to be essential for England tomorrow. With the bounce in the pitch, I expect him to be England's main threat
I read that Robinson's high release, akin to Josh Hazlewood, might also be beneficial at the Gabba. We can hope.
yes, I saw something along those lines too. Seemingly the higher the ball is released the lower the strike rate of the batsman, which presumably builds pressure and leads to mistakes. For all his pace, Woody has one of the lowest points of release, so he might go for a few. I think I also read that the Aussie batsmen were generally very comfortable against short pitched bowling and so the ball really needed to be pitched that bit fuller for maximum effect (and to negate Smith it needed to be on a 4th or 5th stump line), but I have absolutely no doubt that England will tell Woody to bang it in short over and over again