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****india v England 1st Test ***
****india v England 1st Test ***
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Terrestrial TV is good for cricket but back in 2005 when I heard two women in the pub on the table next to me discussing the lbw law I nearly lost it and thought about retiring as monk or yoga sex guru!
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I love that weird jiggly dance Anderson did on that wicket - just seen it again on the replay.
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 unreal deliveries |
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Nick Knight finding Gavasker as irritating as I do
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Eng picking some right tat up in the subcontinent, these trophies look like they’ve come from Ratners.
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I wish they would not keep replaying the wickets when i have only one eye on the TV
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Very poor appeal.
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Surely that’s enough overs from JA?
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Yes but who else is going to get these 2 out? Looking very hot and ragged now.
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BOOOM
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That post got a wicket!
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NEVER IN DOUBT BOYS
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Well done Ben Stokes. Same line as Jimmy but kept very low.
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A last wicket stand for 4 hours? don't think so. Well done England.
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Would you change the team for the next game? Probably not unless Broad comes in for Archer. Crawley perhaps if fit.
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Bess at risk for Moeen maybe or even Broad
Buttler is going home so Foakes will come in |
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England dominated the match from start to finish not seen many better performances than that
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Much down to the toss
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Kohli’s captaincy under the spotlight big time now imo. Just a guess but looks to me like there could be big issues in their side. I make us favourites for the series.
I’d rest Jimmy, keep him fresh for the day nighter. Broad in for Jimmy, Moeen for Lawrence and Foakes for Buttler. |
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Hi fellas never ventured over here before so please be gentle.Just before I went to bed last night noticed England were 6/4 to win the test before start of last days play.
Having not had sky haven't watched Test Cricket for years, could someone tell me why such a good price when needing only 9 wickets? |
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Hello Stewart
There are a number of reasons and most of them quite valid to a large degree Ashley got to go but it was also a huge price. Will reply later but you can read the start and end of 4th day of this thread for clues |
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Thanks WD, just read through the gist of it got more of an understanding, not having cricket on terrestrial TV has caused me not to be up to date with modern cricketers from abroad, I loved test cricket when I was young but more from your namesake era, great to see it back again. Probably as I get to know more my punting will get worse but I really thought that 6/4 was a good price as I recall pitches used to break up and perform worst on last day, cheers
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I would strongly argue that England didn't dominate yesterday. In fact quite the opposite.
In contrast today couldn't have gone much better. Although only Ashwin threw his wicket away it was effectively over once the Gill/Kohli partnership was broken. On that pitch nobody was ever really in. Maybe Leach and Bess mixing in so much rubbish was actually an advantage in that the better balls were more of a surprise. Toss was important but you still have to go and get 550. I do wonder if Root doesn't stick around who is going to play that role. I wouldn't drop Anderson for Broad. If anyone has to go it would be Archer. I can't see him being that effective beyond blasting the tail - who are poor - and he adds nothing with the bat. Lawrence contributed nothing but they might just decide to make the one enforced change. All three series results still very possible. Good start for Channel 4. Hopefully, it might encourage them to get involved again. |
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any viewing figures anywhere?
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You would have thought C4 would be doing a highlight show in the evening or am I missing something. I'm just happy I've had a winning test.
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well done whispering , called it correct all the way
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It was indeed great to have live tests back on terrestrial television and hopefully thousands of young boys will have been introduced to the five day format.Read somewhere that the head honchos had become worried that they've lost a generation worth of potential fans. Hope they bear this in mind before automatically grabbing the money from sky and bt.
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There must be some rubbish they could remove from the main channel to show a highlights package?
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