Cricket thread

[Dayvo]

Who's that? Because I don't see much inexperience for India, they know what they're doing, especially after what they did against Australia.

Tomorrow is going to be close.

I think it’ll be exciting but not close.
India will be needing to score at about 130 runs per session in 90 overs. That’s going some.
Yes, they did it against Australia recently, and batted 131 overs for a draw earlier, but this wicket is slow and getting slower (making runs more difficult to score) with an unpredictable lower bounce and will turn more, too.
Bess, Leach and Root will have a fair amount of bowling to do.

 

[Tenacious Sloth]

Bloody hell! Jimmy’s on fire at the moment.

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

92-4! He's getting the ball to dance!

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

Pant's off!

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

That was superb! I'm off to catch up on lost sleep.

 

[PaulB]

Excellent. A nice way to start a day.

 

[Tenacious Sloth]

Yes. Good performance.

The coin toss will be crucial this series.

 

[Beebo]

Yes. Good performance.

The coin toss will be crucial this series.

I like the way the pitch deteriorates to allow all bowlers to have a chance, but if success is skewed heavily towards winning the toss then that’s not great.
When was the last time someone won the toss and elected to bowl first in India?

 

[nickyboy]

I like the way the pitch deteriorates to allow all bowlers to have a chance, but if success is skewed heavily towards winning the toss then that’s not great.
When was the last time someone won the toss and elected to bowl first in India?

I think the only way to deal with this is to use drop in pitches. The local soil and weather mean that pitches seem to deteriorate in a predictable way and a lot depends on who gets to bat Day 1/2

Anyhoo, still a very strong performance from England. The batting was good as expected. Pleased to see Leach bowl much better in the second innings as that will help his confidence in next test

 

[T4tomo]

Particular on the subcontinent, Win the toss and bat is crucial. Don't get me wrong, you still have to play well and bat for 2 days, as if you get rolled over on day 1, trying to force the pace on a low slow pitch, then the oppo can bat you out of it on days 2 and 3 and your struggling on a pitch doing all sorts on days 4 and 5 trying to save the game.

Very impressive from England over last 5 days, and most players chipping in with runs and wickets.

 

[matticus]

 

[matticus]

Is it right that ENG had 6 days hotel quarantine, then just 3 days practice? Seemed to be pretty good preparation!

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

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I was a little intrigued by the pitch-side adverts but, as far as I can see, they don't seem to make bikes, they make incense sticks, and air fresheners, that kind of thing.

 

[matticus]

I was a little intrigued by the pitch-side adverts but, as far as I can see, they don't seem to make bikes, they make incense sticks, and air fresheners, that kind of thing.

Yeah. I feel there may be some more history there ...

 

[T4tomo]

Is it right that ENG had 6 days hotel quarantine, then just 3 days practice? Seemed to be pretty good preparation!

yes but the vast majority of them had just played a 2 test "series" in Sri Lanka