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[Alan Harper's Tash]

14-0. Is this the highest opening partnership since 2015?

 

[jimharri]

Assuming we don't have the default collapse, and going on Headingley's reputation, what do we think is a potentially winning lead on first innings? 200?

 

[waspish]

Root was useless the whole India innings ;)

 

[M18CTID]

Not bad considering we've got such a shit team!

 

[fodenmagic]

No wickets down at tea, we must be dreaming!?

 

[melrose40yarder]

Hopefully we can see out the day!
Seriously though Root should be emphasising that we still need to be batting on Friday morning.That means we would have a massive score and leave 2 days to bowl them out.There is no pressure on any of the batsmen in this innings.Play each ball on merit.

 

[supercity88]

Assuming we don't have the default collapse, and going on Headingley's reputation, what do we think is a potentially winning lead on first innings? 200?

Batting 4th means we need to be making this innings count. I wouldn't be surprised to see us skittled in the 4th innings for a similar score so we need to be looking at a lead of 250 I reckon and even then it will be tight. We won 3 of the 5 days at Lords but still managed to be abysmal enough on the days we didn't to lose the test from a winning position!

 

[jimharri]

If we can get to stumps no worse than one down, it will have been an excellent day.

*cue 5 wickets in the last hour*

 

[waspish]

Bat once get at least 450

 

[discopop]

Wow a 50+ opening stand