https://community.betfair.com/cricket/go/thread/view/94046/31878853/england-v-india---3rd-test-lordsBeen a great series so far and I reckon India are looking the better team.England at 1.98 look very short and lay material.Be interesting to see what the toss outcome brings.https://community.betfair.com/cricket/go/thread/view/94046/31878853/england-v-india---3rd-test-lords?post_id=564858177#564858177DixieDean; old age must be catching up with me - I could have sworn that I had seen a 0 for 0 in 8 overs by a spinner on TV but perhaps not !Thu, 17 Jul 2025 08:58:10 -0500https://community.betfair.com/cricket/go/thread/view/94046/31878853/england-v-india---3rd-test-lords?post_id=564857595#564857595I have just checked out the records TC, Brian Langford's record was set on 27th July 1969 playing for Somerset against Essex at Yeovil.On that day BBC2 showed Surrey v Yorkshire at The Oval, Surrey scored 200 and restricted Yorkshire to 158 in reply.Wed, 16 Jul 2025 19:03:49 -0500https://community.betfair.com/cricket/go/thread/view/94046/31878853/england-v-india---3rd-test-lords?post_id=564857547#564857547It could be TC, although i'm not sure if Brian's feat was televised, i will try and find out.Had to smile at your recollection of watching the JPL on BBC2, i had to go round my aunties (with my scorebook) as our tv didn't get the channel either but hWed, 16 Jul 2025 17:19:55 -0500https://community.betfair.com/cricket/go/thread/view/94046/31878853/england-v-india---3rd-test-lords?post_id=564857235#564857235DixieDean; re Norman Gifford. We didn't have BBC2 at home until I left school in 1975 so I used to go down to my uncle's every sunday to watch the cricket : Laker, Arlott and West. The match would have been late 60s or early 70's. I wouldn't swear itWed, 16 Jul 2025 13:56:54 -0500https://community.betfair.com/cricket/go/thread/view/94046/31878853/england-v-india---3rd-test-lords?post_id=564856465#564856465Yes Prithvi Shaw was ashley the Captain in the U19 side which Shubman Gill played in. Gill was always class and Shaw a bit of a slugger.What excites my @bout this Suryavanshi kid is he can play all the shots. He is contemptuous of bowling, arrogant tWed, 16 Jul 2025 09:30:17 -0500https://community.betfair.com/cricket/go/thread/view/94046/31878853/england-v-india---3rd-test-lords?post_id=564856377#564856377"An unhealthy obsession with a 14yo" - well you can take the boy out of Medway but....... ! Joking apart this lad does appear to be a remarkable talent, hopefully he won't self destruct like some before him. Privthi Shaw springs to mind, another prodWed, 16 Jul 2025 08:36:42 -0500https://community.betfair.com/cricket/go/thread/view/94046/31878853/england-v-india---3rd-test-lords?post_id=564855799#564855799Dixie,You are right I currently have an unhealthy obsession with a 14 yo!The first time I had these feelings were when I saw a young Sanju Samson then I saw the young Rishabh Pant and I saw the future!I had similar feelings for young Jaiswal and lookTue, 15 Jul 2025 23:56:33 -0500https://community.betfair.com/cricket/go/thread/view/94046/31878853/england-v-india---3rd-test-lords?post_id=564855729#564855729hunt - you are quite right, for some reason i had written down the series victory in 1977 as an away win, of course we were at home, d'oh !WD - Old Trafford should be good for batting, but i think Zak would struggle to score runs on the M1 at the momTue, 15 Jul 2025 17:01:56 -0500https://community.betfair.com/cricket/go/thread/view/94046/31878853/england-v-india---3rd-test-lords?post_id=564855685#564855685England 14 man squad for 4th TestBen Stokes (Durham) – CaptainJofra Archer (Sussex)Gus Atkinson (Surrey)Jacob Bethell (Warwickshire)Harry Brook (Yorkshire)Brydon Carse (Durham)Zak Crawley (Kent)Liam Dawson (Hampshire)Ben Duckett (Nottinghamshire)OlTue, 15 Jul 2025 15:44:11 -0500https://community.betfair.com/cricket/go/thread/view/94046/31878853/england-v-india---3rd-test-lords?post_id=564855039#564855039Draw is noticeably shorter I’ve said it before where there’s rain there’s clouds!Tue, 15 Jul 2025 11:21:33 -0500