Cricket Thread

[BringBackSwales]

Change the fucking ball lads

 

[Dr Jacoby]

Great start from Woakes.

 

[Ajm1985]

Considering the mini collapses, that was a decent total.

Fuck me, Archer!

 

[dadnlad]

if only the crowd would calm down

 

[waspish]

Archer is the X factor if you don’t over bowl him 5 overs max then rest him

 

[waspish]

Woakes needs to pull his finger out

 

[johnny crossan]

Jofra gets a new gold link on that neckchain for every test wicket, it's looking a bit weighty even now!

 

[RadcliffeRick]

I always wondered what would Mr T do after the A team :-)

 

[Kippax Street 1880]

Good to see Bumrah get on the board. Fabulous fast bowler best I've seen since Steyn. Hopefully Jofra can join him.

 

[EastMidlandsBlue]

8 overs in, can we have a new ball please

 

[The Light Was Yellow Sir]

8 overs in, can we have a new ball please

They should get that one India had for the first 10 overs…

 

[wattle]

Not really much about tactics this morning, just a brilliant bowler and some open gates.

True but wasn’t just on about this morning. Bazball saved test cricket in this country but it’s probably time to modify it which they look like they have tried to do in this game. Could have done with it just peaking for another year

 

[waspish]

Stokes captaincy not been up to his standards!

Bowling to full for me short of a good length for me!

 

[Alan Harper's Tash]

What a fucking catch!

 

[jimharri]

Was hoping after getting off to a flyer, that we might have 3 or 4 of them back in the hutch by stumps. Looking very unlikely now.

*edit* maybe there's hope yet!

 

[waspish]

He would have seen it go straight in Roots hand and Staying for that is him hoping the camera would show it looking like slight touch on the ground when it went straight in the hand!

 

[Ajm1985]

Great delivery and an astounding catch

 

[waspish]

Woakes been shite and why we not changing the ball? India would have changed it 3 times by now when they see noughts happening! Tell me India do something to the ball to make it outshaped

 

[Alan Harper's Tash]

Woakes been shite and why we not changing the ball? India would have changed it 3 times by now when they see noughts happening! Tell me India do something to the ball to make it outshaped

There has to be a reason why it needs to be changed. England will know what those requirements are and obviously don’t think it needs changing at the moment.

 

[Alan Harper's Tash]

Ian Austin strikes!