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Be careful what you wish for

A shocking challenge caused by a shocking first touch. A reminder that for all the glamour that squad has a lot of bang average players.

Same here something along the lines of dodging a bullet.

Spot on. The majority of domestic red ball cricket is played in April and May often in conditions alien to any test arena. They began again last week with the conclusion running through September as the days get shorter. High summer is broken down into different 'windows ' for the white ball...

6 abysmal World Cups between 92 and 19 felt a long time to me!

In 13 tests!

or poor pitches ? Day 5 beckoning with all 3 results possible surely it ticks all the boxes?

Too much grass? Any less and Ashwin would be playing! The reason why the game moved on so quick in the first two days was more to with overhead conditions and a couple of average batting line ups imo.

What you are describing is a good pitch not a poor pitch. Something for the seamers when the ball is new and opportunities for batsmen to reward their patience as the ball gets softer. Then it dries out and on days 4/5 spin comes into play .... thank fuck Ashwin isn't playing. Hang on ...

Dzeko puts Bosnia 1 nil up in Paris!

Sons shining on TV?

No phones no deadlines never mind fretting over transfer deadlines

Miss them days. These days it would be an ITK