Moomintroll Posted August 7, 2021 Share Posted August 7, 2021 40 minutes ago, Tynierose said: England's dreadful batting living up to expectation. The octopus at the crease Burns goes for 18 and Crawley again proving his Pakistan knock was a freak innings departs cheaply for 6. Root to the crease. If he goes this will be all over pending rain by 3pm. Shambles. At least Hameed is a shoo in for another chance now, I would have hom opening and go one further & bring in Tom Abell for Crawley at Number 3 ( he can bowl a few overs as well). The only other question being is it Pope/Lawrence or Pope/Bairstow. If Buttler fails again then Pope/Lawrence/Bairstow (wk) also comes into play. So many selection issues & like you say it is a shambles 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pandarilla Posted August 7, 2021 Share Posted August 7, 2021 All on sibley and root now. If they can get a 60-70 lead then england will have a chance, as the middle and lower order will slog a few. A lead of 200-240 would lead to an interesting finale in this match.But can root continue his solid form, and can sibley save his test career? If they both get half centuries then the game will be on. So far so good. England lead by 24 at lunch, and sibley and root still there.Root is due a century, and sibley needs to just hang in there. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Savage Henry Posted August 7, 2021 Share Posted August 7, 2021 1 hour ago, pandarilla said: All on sibley and root now. If they can get a 60-70 lead then england will have a chance, as the middle and lower order will slog a few. A lead of 200-240 would lead to an interesting finale in this match. But can root continue his solid form, and can sibley save his test career? If they both get half centuries then the game will be on. If the weather holds, this could be an excellent game. Or it could be a complete thrashing. I’m not sure how often England can keep relying on Root to get them out of 44/3 situations. The middle to lower order is generally excellent, but you can’t keep relying on them. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
die hard doonhamer Posted August 7, 2021 Share Posted August 7, 2021 Fucking hell, that is abysmal from Buttler. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
die hard doonhamer Posted August 7, 2021 Share Posted August 7, 2021 Root gets his ton. Superb innings. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimi Shandrix Posted August 7, 2021 Share Posted August 7, 2021 Excellent innings under pressure. Once again, taking on India single handed. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Savage Henry Posted August 7, 2021 Share Posted August 7, 2021 Another 75 and England are probably favourites. Absolutely terrific test match. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimi Shandrix Posted August 7, 2021 Share Posted August 7, 2021 The best thing about watching the test match at home is that you don't need to put up with the crowd at this time of an afternoon. What a shower of absolute arseholes. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
die hard doonhamer Posted August 7, 2021 Share Posted August 7, 2021 Root goes, massive wicket. You heard Root's groan before it had even been caught by the keeper. Little bit of a tail wag still required, get up to a 250 lead and it's really game on. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peasy23 Posted August 7, 2021 Share Posted August 7, 2021 Root gets his ton. Superb innings.Over 1000 test runs this year now, 350 runs ahead of second spot. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boo Khaki Posted August 7, 2021 Share Posted August 7, 2021 Think India will knock these off easily, but then I had England down for 150'ish in the 2nd Innings. God knows 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bishop Briggs Posted August 7, 2021 Share Posted August 7, 2021 India's openers are playing very well. England need a wicket soon. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peasy23 Posted August 7, 2021 Share Posted August 7, 2021 India's openers are playing very well. England need a wicket soon.Got one. Rahul edging Broad.Burned a review too as lots of England players heard a noise that wasn't there. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bishop Briggs Posted August 7, 2021 Share Posted August 7, 2021 4 minutes ago, peasy23 said: Got one. Rahul edging Broad. Burned a review too as lots of England players heard a noise that wasn't there. Nearly got another but India are on target at 43 now. That review was another stupid waste. Root is normally good on reviews but he is listening too much to Buttler atm. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peasy23 Posted August 7, 2021 Share Posted August 7, 2021 Nearly got another but India are on target at 43 now. That review was another stupid waste. Root is normally good on reviews but he is listening too much to Buttler atm.Buttler is usually pretty good but I think he got carried away there. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimi Shandrix Posted August 7, 2021 Share Posted August 7, 2021 157 more runs for India, 9 wickets for England or it rains all day for the draw. The match deserves some sunshine. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pandarilla Posted August 7, 2021 Share Posted August 7, 2021 157 more runs for India, 9 wickets for England or it rains all day for the draw. The match deserves some sunshine.That was an excellent afternoon's cricket right there. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Savage Henry Posted August 8, 2021 Share Posted August 8, 2021 13 hours ago, pandarilla said: 16 hours ago, Jimi Shandrix said: 157 more runs for India, 9 wickets for England or it rains all day for the draw. The match deserves some sunshine. That was an excellent afternoon's cricket right there. Really was. England are underrated because of their top three’s ineptitude. They’ve put themselves in with a chance of winning. Unfortunately it’s set for rain. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimi Shandrix Posted August 8, 2021 Share Posted August 8, 2021 7 minutes ago, Savage Henry said: Really was. England are underrated because of their top three’s ineptitude. They’ve put themselves in with a chance of winning. Unfortunately it’s set for rain. I'm sure we'll get some play. Wonder if India might be tempted to put Pant in at 4. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimi Shandrix Posted August 8, 2021 Share Posted August 8, 2021 What a huge fucking disappointment. Oh well, at least the next installment of India v Joe Root is only 4 days away. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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