Uilleam 5,278 Posted August 2, 2018 Share Posted August 2, 2018 1 hour ago, stewarty said: 100-5 now, with Stokes taking two wickets after lunch. Looking forward to the highlights later. Check out Curran's inswinging Yorker to get Pandya lbw. Perfect. Don't watch England's procession of dropped catches........ 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
buster. 4,808 Posted August 2, 2018 Share Posted August 2, 2018 4 hours ago, Bill said: This isn’t white ball cricket. England has been a second rate test side for several years and why anyone would expect anything but a tanking from the best team in test cricket is anyone’s guess. The "best team in test cricket" is getting a tanking. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill 13,687 Posted August 2, 2018 Share Posted August 2, 2018 3 minutes ago, buster. said: The "best team in test cricket" is getting a tanking. So it seems. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott7 5,009 Posted August 2, 2018 Share Posted August 2, 2018 Not so fast there, Buster. Never under-estmate the frailties of an English Test side. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill 13,687 Posted August 2, 2018 Share Posted August 2, 2018 (edited) 4 minutes ago, Scott7 said: Not so fast there, Buster. Never under-estmate the frailties of an English Test side. No, let him splutter. He knows a tanking when he sees one. ? Edited August 2, 2018 by Bill 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
compo 5,952 Posted August 3, 2018 Author Share Posted August 3, 2018 Yesterday's match at Kent was held up because of the sun that must be a first in this country . A bit like young Burke getting sunstroke in Aberdeen a few years back . 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
buster. 4,808 Posted August 3, 2018 Share Posted August 3, 2018 14 hours ago, Scott7 said: Not so fast there, Buster. Never under-estmate the frailties of an English Test side. Ebb and Flow I think rather than English frailties, yesterday was about the performance of a great batsman and how he grabbed the game by the scruff of the neck. England have the advantage of bowling last and if they can set any type of semi-decent target, they'll still be favourites. Both teams will be regretting their decision to ply only one spinner. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott7 5,009 Posted August 3, 2018 Share Posted August 3, 2018 You are absolutely right about Kohli, the latest in the long line of master Indian batsmen but he was twice dropped and the number eleven was permitted to hang around for a fifty plus partnership. That wouldn’t have happened with Waugh’s Australians or old West Indies sides. Having said that, if you bowl India out for less than three hundred you’ve not done too much wrong. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uilleam 5,278 Posted August 3, 2018 Share Posted August 3, 2018 So, a finely balanced Test match, which is what we want, and why we love the proper game. I still fancy India to win, primarily because its batting line up cannot fail en masse a second time. Can it? Kohli rode his luck early on, but showed great patience, fortitude, and concentration, slowly, but surely, taking control of matters. The last wkt partnership was 51, with 50 to VK, and 1 to Yadav, which was masterly game management. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
buster. 4,808 Posted August 3, 2018 Share Posted August 3, 2018 8 minutes ago, Uilleam said: So, a finely balanced Test match, which is what we want, and why we love the proper game. I still fancy India to win, primarily because its batting line up cannot fail en masse a second time. Can it? Kohli rode his luck early on, but showed great patience, fortitude, and concentration, slowly, but surely, taking control of matters. The last wkt partnership was 51, with 50 to VK, and 1 to Yadav, which was masterly game management. Yes it can, especially in the 4th innings. So can England today though. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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