Cricket Thread

[Churchlawtonblue]

Umpires this series has favoured India for me

So has Stokes captaincy.
Let's be honest he also isn't the player he was two seasons ago. He doesn't deserve to be in this side.

 

[Winchester]

Best team won today
Sets it up well for The Third one
What a catch towards the end
1 handed, that's just brilliant

 

[waspish]

Bottom line Indian bowlers looked on a different level to our bowlers! I presume these are the wickets they want? For me these two wickets are right up India’s street! Lords be another good wicket that will spin from day four!

 

[Lovebitesandeveryfing]

Good series, this, to be fair. Good for test cricket. I think India are the better team, but England are not out of this, not by a long chalk.

 

[Winchester]

Time for Mr Archer to become involved I think too?

 

[waspish]

So has Stokes captaincy.
Let's be honest he also isn't the player he was two seasons ago. He doesn't deserve to be in this side.

Yeah his batting’s been piss poor, he bowled well last test match but like all our bowlers this test match we were toothless! I’ve not been impressed with his captaincy too that is usually very good!

 

[EastMidlandsBlue]

For 3rd test it should be:

Bethell for Crawley
Archer for Woakes
Atkinson (If fit) for Carse or Tounge

 

[jimharri]

336 runs? That's a serious arse kicking.

 

[Blue_Lightsaber]

336 runs? That's a serious arse kicking.

Well 6 ducks in the first inning might have had something to do with it!



Very weird scorecard.. 6 ducks and 2 players with 150+

 

[Lovebitesandeveryfing]

336 runs? That's a serious arse kicking.

Could have been worse. Last night, I seriously wasn't sure if England would make it to lunch. If you look at England's two innings, they're not ridiculous, actually. What I do find worrying is that England's senior players are really not delivering at the crease.
But it's the bowling — it's just toothless.

 

[waspish]

For 3rd test it should be:

Bethell for Crawley
Archer for Woakes
Atkinson (If fit) for Carse or Tounge

They won’t drop a batter it be 2/3 bowlers changes Curran archer maybe the leggy as well

 

[MillionMilesAway]

Bottom line Indian bowlers looked on a different level to our bowlers! I presume these are the wickets they want? For me these two wickets are right up India’s street! Lords be another good wicket that will spin from day four!

I pity anyone who ends up fielding for more than a day. It's going to be another hot one.

 

[meeesh]

I’m getting fed up with the biased comms by Hussain, he’s a wanker, the excitement in his voice when India were on the cusp is sickening, this **** does realise he played for England and was captain once upon a time doesn’t he?

It really got to me earlier this afternoon, Atherton trying to put a positive spin on things at times but not Hussain the twat, like someone said yesterday miss the older lads that used to do it

 

[jimharri]

Well 6 ducks in the first inning might have had something to do with it!

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Very weird scorecard.. 6 ducks and 2 players with 150+

Agreed. It's a hugely unbalanced scorecard. Yes, the tailenders are seldom going to contribute much to the total. But Duckett, Pope and Stokes (3 of the top six) all getting ducks is not good enough. The actual total (407) isn't a terrible score in itself, it was allowing India to clock up nearly 600 that was the killer.

 

[ancoats]

For 3rd test it should be:

Bethell for Crawley
Archer for Woakes
Atkinson (If fit) for Carse or Tounge

Yep
We need something to stop them scoring big hundreds

Archer is a must, Bethell also

 

[meeesh]

Agreed. It's a hugely unbalanced scorecard. Yes, the tailenders are seldom going to contribute much to the total. But Duckett, Pope and Stokes (3 of the top six) all getting ducks is not good enough. The actual total (407) isn't a terrible score in itself, it was allowing India to clock up nearly 600 that was the killer.

That’s cause we have shit bowlers in the main, trying anything, like Root who got smashed all over in his 9 over stint, same old same old, other words fucking crap, weather permitting it’ll be 4-1 no doubt and another gubbing in Australia awaits as well, annoying as fuck

These have skittled England out twice without their best bowler as well who will no doubt be back at Lords

 

[Churchlawtonblue]

I’m getting fed up with the biased comms by Hussain, he’s a wanker, the excitement in his voice when India were on the cusp is sickening, this **** does realise he played for England and was captain once upon a time doesn’t he?

It really got to me earlier this afternoon, Atherton trying to put a positive spin on things at times but not Hussain the twat, like someone said yesterday miss the older lads that used to do it

He was born in India and has an Indian family. He just wasn't good enough to play for them. ;-)

 

[Corky]

Derbs chase 201 v Yorks draw level at bottom, Foxes beat and Nothants likely to lose, and a Durham win looks fave meaning the top 2 look like pulling away a bit which helps the home QF.

 

[meeesh]

He was born in India and has an Indian family. He just wasn't good enough to play

Exactly

 

[Blue_Lightsaber]

Exactly

We all have our crushes.

I really like Lauren Bell.. quite an athlete with an amazing smile!

Also like Smriti Mandhana.. excellent batter!

As for commentators, I like Isa Guha.. she's funny.

Edit: Heather Knight was pretty good too recently but she's an active player. Might have a future as a commentator!