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Looks like we may get some indifferent weather days 1 and 2. India could be undercooked here but at the same time a little fatigue for the England bowlers. Looking to lay the side batting first expecting some early wickets with the new ball
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Agree it might well be a wicketfest with the overheads!
Indian batting probably undercooked and possibly missing both openers. Would like to have a look at the reserve wicket keepers batting. It is a big ask for the Indian batters J think even against a 4th string England attack. I think the England batting might well be exposed here after the recent pyrotechnics and tbf heroics. 1,2,3 and 5 have technical issues, which, will be tested in a TEST Match. I hope the wicket is not too flat. I really do not know what to expect except entertainment! Time to belt up and enjoy the ride! |
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No idea how this is going. India have not lost the match on the first morning.
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Ball nibbling around enough to keep the bowlers interested. As well as cloud cover. Wicket looks a little dead. England to have the best of the batting conditions tomorrow. Forecast mixed this afternoon. Could be an on and off afternoon but ok next 4 days.
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Even weather is hard to call. India could get good batting conditions on the third day although if England are still batting day 3 the game might be theirs for the taking. Tomorrow doesn’t look great either. I am going to be there. The feeling is we are going to have a good day out regardless of the weather. Should brighten up after lunch tomorrow at
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I agree the lawyer is gone and the ball might swing this afternoon
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Lacquer
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Shame about Iyer going like that. An entertaining partnership was developing
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Nevermind Whispers, Pant and Jadeja have brought India back from the brink. DEVASTATING partnership
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India out Englanding England with that Baz partnership
Rishabh to Jonny..anything you can do tame way to get out..dbl ton 4 the taking |
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just the 35 off that over...
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Lees goes castled..England about to get found out?
India in the driving seat and here comes the rain again |
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entirely outdated comments...but Crawley might benefit a bit from reigning in the big drives early in his inns against the new ball and actually making some effort to get his foot a bit nearer the pitch of the ball..
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tbf that wasn't really a big drive seeing it again but it' still lazy footwork/hard hands combo against a ball that's moving..
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positivity now includes a night watchman...
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Bstard in the form of his life playing beautifully I have to say. He is not dragging everyone leg either. He seems to have a lot more time on the ball and is not trying to hammer it.
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it's amazing what confidence can do for a batsman..probably playing as well as any batsman in the world atm,Babar Azam excepted
and unlike that arrogant,overrated,bigged up pr1ck Stokes who i'd drop,is playing with smart,controlled aggression albeit some loose shots in there but fair play to the guy for me,a test of what England are about is,assuming they avoid the follow in,they will have,this time round,in all likelihood,an insuperable target to chase down leaving only the India win or draw as probable results let's see them,bat professionally and SAVE a match in the face of a decent bowling attack but by no means a minefield of a batting strip. |
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Good stuff from KP.
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no way that was a catch,even the 2nd attempt was iffy
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You could clearly see it bounce into his hand - if it had hit his fingers it would have rolled/bounced not clearly bounce. The umps on field are guessing and can’t possibly see it bounce and obviously the days on going what the fielder says (esp a team with kholi in!) are gone. In this case he prob didn’t know but the replays were clear to me.
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true but as the soft signal was out u have to have 'incontrovertible' evidence to counter it.
now had it been given 'not out' it would've been a 2 second job by the 3rd umpire to confirm it imagine if THAT decision were the defining point in an Ashes or World Cup or smth |
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Kinda knew this was possible with this style weve adopted
India have grind us down so fair play to them, at least its enjoyable so I wont moan about it when we get beat Bairstow is on fire for us |
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India are huge for a 33% R.O.C.E for a day and a half!
Surprised there is not huge money if not on India then certainly laying England |
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Still plenty of time for England to score the runs but I am convinced they won’t!
Going to have another dip laying England just in case of the weather. |
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I hope this is exciting. C’mon England…… but my money is against them!
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ditto..just laid them @ 3.95..they HAVE enough time to score the runs w/o going gung ho
at more than one stage they may well look on course but their lack of discipline will do for them come the finish they have to set a new record for an England team to chase these down India's bowlers should be good enough to deny them but we'll see. |
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looked pretty tough against the new ball yesterday at the start of India inns...I'd want more than the 3.90 on offer to back Eng here ...this isn't as flat as Trent Bridge or Headingley imo.
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With you WD, cannot see them chasing this and the England lay looks very tasty, had a nibble.
Not too significant a bite, as I'd love us to get going and see where that takes things... |
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lost on fri afternoon and broad's brainstorm on sat morning. don't care how well pant played you can't allow side to get up to 400 from 100/5
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3.5 to lay now...surely that's wrong?
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hehe...20-0 and we'll probably be odds on
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sell, sell, sell
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win viz has England at 24% currently though bizarrely has the draw @ 3%
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Topped up the Engerland Lay at 3
As long as India fo not lose the plot. They just have to bowl straight |
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I haven’t had a 4 figure win for months!
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One potential positive, apt - I promise to never question their approach again if they do get these...
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couple of nice leaves from Crawley
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I know, b - me neither.
Can't believe the things we've seen this summer. This would be something else still. |
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Lees is moving from a Sibley to a Sehwag.
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We're 2.8 at 33-0, chasing 378 - what price would we have been, in this precise scenario, had this 'fifth' test been the actual fifth test last year?
I'd go 5.4. (Even that feels short) |