I missed all that. Dentist then Mrs ‘Death wants a picnic in Holland Park..aaaargh!

My bets were a huge bonus till that. Poor from Rahul and there’s the consequences. Huge opportunity to put England out of the game. All to play for now.

Jaiswal might still get a double in this but the big mo is now lost.

Watching on a phone in the park

seems to be a lack of indian supporters in the crowd

ind 1.25 after day 2

ayt!

How the devil are you?

Great to see you..

Good shout on 375 well done

The warning signs were there. Much talk about the absence of Kohli, Sharma and Ashwin. I personally did no5 think they would be missed. There is a new generation who deserve their chance and have amazing talent.

Now Nasser is saying how good their batting lineup is!

Yes thank you ayt.

Looking forward to this Test series.

I don’t rate Vaughan as a pundit at all.

I don’t blame Stokes for bowling either. I do wonder if Virat Kohli or Sharma would have opted to bat thought. Pitch was thought to be a belter designed for England’s Bazballers. The pitch was also green in Thursday. The journalists only reported after the toss that a heavy roller was used that seemed to squeeze the juice and colour out of the pitch. It would have taken a brave Captain to bat even after seeing that.

I firmly believe in thinking about putting the opposition in, thinking about it again then batting. Headingley is a rare ground that you do put them into bat in a Test. Aftertiming is pretty easy to call. You cannot win a Test in the first session you can lose one.

The other thing with his decision is that he was not gifted with the best bowling attack and was shorn of extreme pace.

These Indian batters will flay any trundlers on a flat deck. Carse  and Tongue are not trundlers by any means but the same goes when there is no spice. ( apologies to Tongue for an earlier post I confused him to someone else ).

All th experts were saying what a loss Kohli and Sharma would be. I disagreed because they have not been contributing many runs. Their experience would be missed but not their runs. This kid Jaiswal left his home at 10 years old to live in a public park. The boy has steel and mare than half a brain. He could have smashed this attack all over the gaff but instead chose to bat like a Test batsman.he has worked out his many glaring weaknesses and I am looking forward as to his he will deal with leg theorey once the brains trust I. England think he might have a potential weakness to the short ballon leg stump.

I don’t blame Stokes. The weather forecast has changed rapidly too against his decision. It was supposed to be hit and dry. Now there will be chance’s of thunderstorms. The ball may well swing yet. Ordinarily on a hot day this England side could score in excess of 450… but not with overheads.

If India post 459 plus which I am convinced they will, probably in excess of 500 and quite possibly 600 England will have no chance if winning even with Bazball and skittling India in the third

Going to stay with the draw for now and not pile in on India yet. Small red on England and no point in clearing it.

A little worrying is the threat of thunderstorms. England go into bat under cloud and the draw is in big trouble too!

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Seems weird to me that the draw is still around 13.5 on the Exchange.

Not saying there will not be a result but I think one or both sides could score in excess of 500 given the warm weather.

I really fancy a punt on India too. Lack of experience in England yes but some prodigious batting talent against Woakes, Stokes and no out and out fast bowler.

Will Kuldeep play a part and is he the man to exploit the Bazball Tendency when England bat?

Ordinarily I might lay the side batting second but in these conditions they are favoured by the stats.

It is a little bit confusing but I am sticking with a not insignificant Hail Mary on the draw. See how the first morning goes and then start piling in from there.

In short no idea as usual who is going to win this one but looking for an opportunity.
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ps i mean draw now 3.3

DRAW SUB 3 NOW

SURELY WONT GO  MUCH LOWER UNTIL ENGLAND BAT IMO

Draw a realistic hope but an England win looks almost impossible already. India 4-0 seems a likely outcome to me.

The falling paddle….. Ravi Shastri

Pant doing a somersault  to celebrate his 100, with his pads on
Imagine if he'd have landed on his back, must have been practicing

450 landed

Still at gym

This all came from Gill’s foolish dismissal