Cricket Thread

[Dr Jacoby]

India have found another gem in Jaiswal.

 

[Alan Harper's Tash]

Think we’ve learned that unless one of our batsmen get around 200 in second innings of tests that we’ll get hammered.

Bowling is not good enough.

 

[MillionMilesAway]

That's a shame for Jaiswal.

I don't recall either of the two batsmen offering clear chances at all.

 

[ancoats]

the ball is turning corners and England will not fancy chancing down what India has in the bag right now.
I've sort of given up on any hope with this test and the rest of the series, Yes there have been some good periods and winning a test was special, but there have also been very poor periods and their quality has stood out over Englands.

Some of England's batsmen have been letting the team down, Root and Bairstow's batting has been shocking and should have been England's backbone

 

[waspish]

Well it will go into the 5th day when we chasing down 600

 

[peter.evans]

Yeah, I get that. Of course, it's fun to watch....

Bazball is much like communism in that regard - it's not been fully tried out yet...

If as soon as the 5th wicket fell, Crawley came back out and the game was England have 15 wickets btw... So it's now Stokes and Crawley having a smash. That would work. If that doesn't work, bring back Pope and Root to bat - give England 18 wickets.

Either way we will still lose and are bottlers lacking technique.Always have been, always will be !

 

[ancoats]

Either way we will still lose and are bottlers lacking technique.Always have been, always will be !

Bazball is not a good way to play test cricket, YES, It's had its moments and worked, But it is like gambling and the odds are not in your favour, How many times do you win when the odds are not good?

Like it or not, it always comes down to the quality of bowling and good captaincy with field settings and the wicket, You can build up pressure and set up a player and he will give his wicket away, Also getting a Score on the board adds pressure to the batters chasing a score with playing Bazball its all or nothing,

Test cricket is and always be an endurance test of the best international cricketers, the ball, weather. wickets. conditions all play a major part. That is a skill over 5 days to win and maybe with a bit of luck thrown in

 

[Dr Jacoby]

 

[waspish]

Going to be a decent score to chase down

 

[dadnlad]

How can u be run out chasing 500+
Wow

 

[Shirley]

Threw the first wicket away there

 

[DTKOAG]

Farcical run out

 

[Nightmare Walking]

Fuck off.

 

[waspish]

Crawly gone into his shell again this test match passive and decision making poor!

England probably won't it all over today so they have an extra day rest!

 

[Dr Jacoby]

Harsh decision. 18/2.

 

[waspish]

Harsh decision. 18/2.

When you on top you get those! My first view it looked plum

 

[dadnlad]

Get our act together here they can have a bonus rest day tomorrow

 

[Dr Jacoby]

When you on top you get those! My first view it looked plum

I thought Pope got a dodgy one in the first innings too.

What a turnaround after day two. I almost had us as favourites after hearing of Ashwin’s absence.

 

[Pubteam Lomas]

When you on top you get those! My first view it looked plum

I thought the same, but Crawley's a very tall lad.
Funny we had one hitting more of the stumps than that, but it was given not out on field.

 

[waspish]

Root needs to get into some form here now also Bairstow when he comes in in the next 5 mins[emoji38]