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ENGLAND V INDIA - 3rd Test Lords
ENGLAND V INDIA - 3rd Test Lords
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Boycott and Gooch would have been 50 without loss at lunch.
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tbf Uncle Bulgaria should be at Wimbledon... the lazy old bastard
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I will support England and Stokes but it would not hurt to have a grown up in the room!
lest we forget all the 30-3’s and 40-4’s |
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Spirit of cricket lecture on TMS right now
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The Boycott & Gooch suggestion may well be true but then you'd have to consider the spiraling of test cricket's popularity and where the format would be now , love or hate bazball it has contributed largely to the resurrection of test cricket.
Sometimes we demand the best from both angles when it's a pretty demanding expectation. |
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Oh dear
Vaughan telling the truth but it is unpalatable |
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But that is not the Spirit of the Cricket
Not sure he knows what it is |
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Broad suggesting a 220 chase puts the result in the balance
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Draw looks awfully short @4.6
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I think 220 may be a winning total
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Test Cricket is always evolving. England have adapted. You can see from this match England have curtailed it but you cannot change Mr Scorpions nature
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Graham Gooch was not a blocker or slow scorer - he had a strike rate of 49.5 which was fairly decent (Root and Stokes are in the high 50s playing bazball).
It is also food for thought that given our (often justified) criticism of Zak and Pope, it took GG 22 tests before he scored a test hundred. He went on to score 8,900 runs for his country. Michael Vaughan does get my goat somewhat, whilst he raises some good points he often alters his stance or contradicts himself as a match situation changes. Just stand by your convictions man ! And imo it is bowlers that tend to win matches, not batsman. You have to take 20 wickets to win a game (declarations aside), there is no equivalent maxim for batting except for scoring more runs than your opponents. |
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Agree with the Gooch point Dixie but when Barstool posted regarding the 50 stand he was probably thinking that Gooch scored 48 of them
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Taking pieces out of the surface, looks tricky and ain't going to get easier
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Gooch was class - if he played in this era, he'd be pinging it to all parts in every format.
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Nothing worse than one in the old betty swollocks
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Equalised my green
Happy with result. Waited a long time for a better option but it did not materialise today. There was a time yesterday but it is what it is. Two good wins in the trot is good enough. Not going to be greedy. |
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England on the move now and the risk will transfer onto India
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Red to see the off spinner around the wicket from the Pavillion end even Jadeja into the rough
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Footwork issue with Jurel
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Nearly bet on England! Behave!
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Nearly bet on England! Behave!
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Despite saying i'd leave the all green balance as it is i've just leveled across as well WD , got all the big early prices on the draw which has allowed the luxury.
Told the wife the week overseas is toast and look for a weekend in Harrogate instead , at least i don't have to eat the trifle. This is as tense as it gets and anything goes from here , good luck all  The track is still a puzzle to me and not altogether sure what's ahead , slow scoring and a long stay could be the answer here if they think the track will decline exponentially so making latter part tomorrow really difficult. |
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In the context of the match this is a superlative partnership
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Me and my big mouth
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please never tell me that these english players are fantastic batsman ,
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Bowling has been brutal TBF. England in all sorts here.
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Draw looks awfully short @4.6
Only two wickets in that session but draw still too short @8.6 |
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Hopefully England can post 240+ and then we will see...
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A tickle more and they almost guarantee two new balls, which could make all the difference here
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Will the soft ball quieten the pitch?
India need Jaiswal to smash it all over the gaff and Rahul play Test Match cricket. I think anything above 200 is decent to defend. If it behaves like it did this morning then Archer can cause mayhem but India's batters are more stoic and can score runs quickly without being reckless. The game is in the balance for me |
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Pitch could get worse tomorrow
When does stokes declare? |
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Yup, Jaiswal coming off (as is his norm, the little beaut) would take a second new ball out of equation with sub-300 targets
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eng 4,5 and 6 clean bowled in both innings
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182 for 7 not enough
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Even if another big partnership can't imagine a declaration even enters the equation , it's a not lose match rather than a must win.
The Indian 6,7 and 8 haven't done badly in the match so far considering they were a concern for most , 125 runs and 7-168. |