I think they can declare now (obviously not) but they’ve got better bowlers than those Kiwi morons to defend this now.
Got to hope Jasprit pulls a Root and declares too late. He’s new to this so maybe he completely blows it.
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I think they can declare now (obviously not) but they’ve got better bowlers than those Kiwi morons to defend this now.
Got to hope Jasprit pulls a Root and declares too late. He’s new to this so maybe he completely blows it.
We're not batting four sessions, might as well go to teaQuote:
Originally Posted by Tony C
Tell you what…if India come out bowling sloppy then England have a squeak.
Would be a good time for the Crawley experiment to come off. Can't see it thoughQuote:
Originally Posted by Tony C
Nice start, chasing 297 at this point is starting to look reasonable.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tony C
And as we all know, English batters NEVER collapse :-)
Brilliant. 100/0 and no sign of a wicket falling anywhereQuote:
Originally Posted by WES
Oopsie :-)Quote:
Originally Posted by WES
:redcard: You can have no arguments, WesQuote:
Originally Posted by WES
Fairy muff :driving:Quote:
Originally Posted by Luis Anaconda
A little deceptive because India didn’t show up.
Maybe they thought the game was over :shrug:
Jasprit needs to fire them up during Tea…but he never seemed like that sort of player to me.
Oh dear :-(Quote:
Originally Posted by Tony C
Lets' be honest, because it's India, had we got to 200/0 today everyone, and I mean EVERYONE, would have been thinking this was bent as f*ck.Quote:
Originally Posted by WES
Thankfully, the two wickets have put that thought out of our minds :-)
Stupid run out, 3 down nowQuote:
Originally Posted by WES
I wondered whose fault that was.Quote:
Originally Posted by WES
England odds on now…oh dear.
India were day dreaming for most of them day then thought a couple overs after tea would work :shrug:
Hundreds for Root and Bairstow, doing this at a canterQuote:
Originally Posted by Tony C
I'm not comfortable with this winning easily lark. Very un-EnglishQuote:
Originally Posted by PSRB
Could see it completely rattled India, do feel that we have unfortunately shown our hand too early in regards the next Ashes seriesQuote:
Originally Posted by Luis Anaconda
The change had to come - we have a year to calm down. maybe even Stokes can learn not to try to hit every ball for six by next summerQuote:
Originally Posted by PSRB
Yes, was working at County level but test is a different levelQuote:
Originally Posted by Luis Anaconda
You mean the Stokes who scored 2 or 3 off 40 balls the eve before the Headingley miracle? The Stokes who has one of the two best forward defensives in the team?Quote:
Originally Posted by Luis Anaconda
Oh, you mean if the new Bazball Stokes can be sure that the team now get the script and he play with a mix of sense an aggression like he used to?
But yes, this is a bit un-English winning like this.
I remember 4 test series where both KP and Bell scored 2 Daddy tons each. Bit in 4 tests, YJB and Root have 3 eat, and an unbeaten 70/80 in a run-chase. If Pope had scored fewer or NZ more, that would be 4 in 4 for both.
PS Lees - yea or nay?
Was specifically referring to the Stokes of this summer - I think he has a superb technique normally.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ganpati's Goonerz--AFC's Aboriginal Fertility Cult
I like Lees - definitely worth a run for the rest of the summer. Not many options out there that haven't been tried
We're actually quite good at this game.
On our day ..
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Originally Posted by Tony C
We've all had our day, redQuote:
Originally Posted by redgunamo
Yep. All washed up now, as the man says :-(
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Originally Posted by Luis Anaconda