Bishop Briggs Posted August 26, 2021 Share Posted August 26, 2021 (edited) 12 hours ago, Boo Khaki said: This is still a long, long way away from being unEnglandable. Batting collapse tomorrow, England all out sub-250. India bat for two days and post a 500'ish score, I don't fancy England at all to knock off the difference batting last. Oh dear! 239 for 2 atm. Edited August 26, 2021 by Bishop Briggs 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimi Shandrix Posted August 26, 2021 Share Posted August 26, 2021 12 hours ago, Boo Khaki said: This is still a long, long way away from being unEnglandable. Batting collapse tomorrow, England all out sub-250. India bat for two days and post a 500'ish score, I don't fancy England at all to knock off the difference batting last. Yeah, I'm afraid this game was done as soon as India were bowled out for 78. You simply don't come back from that. Not even against England. India would need to bat out 2 and a half days for a draw. That would be like a win but it would happen 1 out of 20 times. So, 1-1, onto The Oval. Regroup in between. England have done well here. Sometimes you just have to hold your hands up. Anyway, it would be boring if India won all the time. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boo Khaki Posted August 26, 2021 Share Posted August 26, 2021 13 minutes ago, Bishop Briggs said: Oh dear! 239 for 2 atm. This is England, there's no reason that could not very rapidly become 260 all out 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boo Khaki Posted August 26, 2021 Share Posted August 26, 2021 1 minute ago, Jimi Shandrix said: Yeah, I'm afraid this game was done as soon as India were bowled out for 78. You simply don't come back from that. Not even against England. India would need to bat out 2 and a half days for a draw. That would be like a win but it would happen 1 out of 20 times. So, 1-1, onto The Oval. Regroup in between. England have done well here. Sometimes you just have to hold your hands up. Anyway, it would be boring if India won all the time. https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/icc-world-test-championship-2019-2021-1195334/england-vs-australia-3rd-test-1152848/full-scorecard Ben Stokes says no. Anyway, my constant catastrophising about England is entirely tongue-in-cheek, and nothing more that a passing comment on how regular and predictable England collapses and shambolic performances have become. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
die hard doonhamer Posted August 26, 2021 Share Posted August 26, 2021 All of England's top 4 past 50 now. Fantastic to see. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bishop Briggs Posted August 26, 2021 Share Posted August 26, 2021 16 minutes ago, Boo Khaki said: This is England, there's no reason that could not very rapidly become 260 all out 279 for 2 now. 9 minutes ago, die hard doonhamer said: All of England's top 4 past 50 now. Fantastic to see. Don't tell Boo (Hoo?) Khaki. He'll be very upset. Tbf India's bowling has been poor. The ball should swing in these conditions. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boo Khaki Posted August 26, 2021 Share Posted August 26, 2021 11 minutes ago, Bishop Briggs said: 279 for 2 now. Don't tell Boo (Hoo?) Khaki. He'll be very upset. Tbf India's bowling has been poor. The ball should swing in these conditions. I'm an England fan/supporter. Like I said, my digs are just sardonic humour. I hope England pump India in every single remaining session of the series. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bishop Briggs Posted August 26, 2021 Share Posted August 26, 2021 3 minutes ago, Boo Khaki said: I'm an England fan/supporter. Like I said, my digs are just sardonic humour. I hope England pump India in every single remaining session of the series. I didn't suggest otherwise and was just teasing you. India have been a massive disappointment so far. Their batting was abysmal and the bowling is not much better. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Savage Henry Posted August 26, 2021 Share Posted August 26, 2021 4 minutes ago, Bishop Briggs said: I didn't suggest otherwise and was just teasing you. India have been a massive disappointment so far. Their batting was abysmal and the bowling is not much better. And Kohli is just dialling it in. I like him, even though he’s a bit of a dick, but his head, to use P&B parlance, goes. England will be looking to only bat once here. Joe Root is having a year akin to that season that Alistair Cook basically hit a double century every other inning. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boo Khaki Posted August 26, 2021 Share Posted August 26, 2021 The collapse is on! India rampant, England abject etc etc 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peasy23 Posted August 26, 2021 Share Posted August 26, 2021 Root now over 1350 test runs for the year. The biggest obstacle to him reaching 2000 could be whether the Ashes goes ahead or not. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boo Khaki Posted August 26, 2021 Share Posted August 26, 2021 Hopefully Buttler and Moeen come out in full-on T20 tonk it mode and get going. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
die hard doonhamer Posted August 26, 2021 Share Posted August 26, 2021 Water is wet. Joe Root makes a century. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Left Back Posted August 26, 2021 Share Posted August 26, 2021 Was thinking before the graphic came up about most centuries in a calendar year the last time an English batsman was in form like this was Vaughan back in the early 2000’s. Then thought about Cook in 2011/2012. He was in some nick then. At one point it looked like he would break the record for most runs in an Ashes series. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peasy23 Posted August 26, 2021 Share Posted August 26, 2021 It's amazing how the confidence goes right through the team when your openers actually get off to a decent start, rather than the standard 25 or 30 for 2. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peasy23 Posted August 26, 2021 Share Posted August 26, 2021 Not great from Buttler, looked set for him to come in and belt a few. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaggyness Posted August 26, 2021 Share Posted August 26, 2021 Not great from Buttler, looked set for him to come in and belt a few.Said it repeatedly, his spot should be under serious scrutiny. He's helped by 3 things. Firstly being vice captain, second foakes failing to show up when given a chance to play in the test side and thirdly, all the England batsmen being poor/injured meaning there's no credible alternative at the moment 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
die hard doonhamer Posted August 26, 2021 Share Posted August 26, 2021 Pope for Buttler for the next test for me, give Bairstow the gloves back. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peasy23 Posted August 26, 2021 Share Posted August 26, 2021 England lead by 300. Not something we've heard often the last few years. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaggyness Posted August 26, 2021 Share Posted August 26, 2021 Root gone. Big question now is can England see it until the end of the day 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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