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England vs India 5th Test
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yep, at least that I'd have thought but I suppose back to back top ten chases in England have to have some impact..
nice from Crawley...bit more selective and then they bowl straighter get the odd gift...he's very strong off his legs as well.. |
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So easy to see how the opposition become scrambled, quickly, by this 'new' Test cricket.
Could be the best attribute of this type of approach - panic. |
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yep, true
India should be pestering for a ball change here as England were all afternoon..not done a lot. |
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Plenty of time and the pitch seems to be playing OK. Get runs when you can until the ball is 30 overs old and then let fly as the bowlers tire. As we saw against NZ, big scores in the fourth innings are not impossible if you believe.
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Eng go favs...winviz still siding with India @ 56 % (Eng 40%)
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This is crazy but am enjoying the ride!
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Bairstow's been one thing the past four matches but it has always looked risk-heavy, works one day (or four in a row, in his current case), doesn't another.
I'll surely hex this but this hasn't been an all-out ODI assault, it's just been maximum positivity. |
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Eng hit favouritism on the viz and Crawley finding out driving after the new ball and opening bowlers have been worked through is a higher % shot...
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Absolutely love it.
Literally a few matches ago, we were hanging our lot on Sibley being 6* from his first fifty balls and blunting the new ball. |
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Exactly like you say, b and hopefully this wakes Crawley up, moving forward with his career.
He's 40+ from 60 and been *leaving* the ball more than ever. Pick the right time/delivery. |
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Easier said than done but I wonder if this could make him.
That 250 v Pakistan was brilliant but perhaps sowed a few bad seeds. |
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certainly showed some character anyway - must have felt under pressure for his place despite the public backing but just giving yourself that early look at stuff from 4th/5th stump and outside..always remember the likes of Viv and Ponting with pronounced leaves early on and not many more destructive than those..
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It does help when the ball is behaving itself but it must do wonders for their confidence after such a long spell of losing early wickets. Why did I say that? Crawley out again without playing a stroke. A dreadful way to go. Plenty of batting to come though.
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ball change wicket innit...first ball that's done anything of note off the seam..
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Well done England to have changed the odds. This is brilliant Captaincy from Bumrah
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Root in excellent form tk keep out a 90mph Yorker out so early in his innings
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 ISorry but my money is on India. That is shocking! WTFF man! |
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that's on Root really that one...
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Jonny to knock 'em off before the close..
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with ball trends so far this summer Eng probably ahead of the game at the moment ...market says 58% ...winviz 52% but
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Weve defiantly got the entertainment tag now
Even if we lose its a good time to watch us with Stokes and McCullum |
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we seems to have a ginger run machine this summer...
think we've been the right side of mental here as well...that period where Bairstow and Root just battled through allied to Crawley having a look first up I've really liked accepting it's as ever results driven how we tend to view it but as you say sonts' - we is the entertainers ! |
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Hard to surpass the 150odd-in-2.4overs, post-tea nonsense at Trent Bridge but this has been astonishingly impressive.
As I said earlier whilst Lees & Crawley were at it, this hasn't been gung-ho mayhem this afternoon, just uber-positive batting and running. Superb time to be an England fan! |
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(Slight Trent Bridge exaggeration
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winviz finally admits draw unlikely shocker !
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incredible stuff...pitch probably hasn't done as much as it did yesterday at times but think a fair bit of that is the pressure they kept India under for a large part of the inns as well..
as ever it all looked tougher when a couple of wickets fell but India at times didn't know what to do... |
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I don't have access to WinViz (I probably should) but I'm often surprised how far out of line the market is with it.
Today alone (paraphrasing the numbers slightly, all from Sky coverage): When India were 59%, England 39% - market had both at 2.02 or thereabouts. When England were shown at 58%, India 41% - market had England 1.42. In essence, those should pretty much be identical markets (if we trust the WV algos) |
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After the opposition panic, the second best thing about our approach is that there's only one new ball!
Seemingly even if you're chasing almost 400 in the fourth. Absolutely mental  |
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Talking of results-driven...
Ravi Shastri at lunch regaling how "the runs are just a bonus above 330-350 lead". At close now...he's overtly lamenting India's batting, saying they didn't get enough runs, weren't attacking enough and should've batted 'til tea. |
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https://wisden.com/matches/live/206447/england-v-india-at-birmingham-5th-test-1-5-jul-2022
(use the top right one as the scoreboard one stays static without refresh) I just get it off there if sky haven't shown it for a while...I'll be honest I don't hold much value to it but it's an interesting reference point at times. |
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Merci beaucoup.
Definitely handy for the more glaring discrepancies, even just to burnish the confidence. |
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Exactly that...if it agrees with my view I use it as credible reinforcement....if it disagrees I dismiss at nonsense !
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Thought wed lost yesterday but yet again we utterly take apart their bowling (nz as well) and basically chase a decent target with ease
Its mental Wish we had this during the winter down under |
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absolutely abject,woeful,pathetic 'bowling' from India
bar Bumrah,no one looked remotely like taking a wkt England could've chased down a 1000 they are now officially invincible test cricket is now officially dead no one will ever want to play them again..GSM for mighty Albion..the magic formula has been found  despite all the above..kudos to them..their cup brimmeth over with confidence |
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Johnny
It must be hard to play against us at the minute, weve turned into the Aussies when 5 down for nothing and still getting to a competitive score Weve become aggressive but controlled with it |
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these ball changes are ridiculous, should try and import some kookaburra's or SG's for the SA series..
thought India might still have had a chance to at least make it nervy with the early overheads but plain sailing again so far..sun coming out 300-3 is just taking the pi$$ |
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No.what is taking the p is the pathetic,insipid Indian bowling..England are just scoring at absolute will
India nowt but flat track bullies on their own manor England have absolutely cakewalked this,would have had more of a battle against India women |
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has Baz been knighted yet or more to the point been made PM?
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rude of India not to have at least set them the world record...would have hosed up..
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