planetgeli
There's no future in England's dreaming
So Pope gets his usual 29. I'm seeing Mark Ramprakash here.
England Cricket 2021
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planetgeli
There's no future in England's dreaming
And Lawrence has a touch of the KP about him.
planetgeli
There's no future in England's dreaming
Even in dismissal. 
How was that for a whammy?
How was that for a whammy?
I think we’re a good 150 runs short of par here. The pitch is okay and a middle order scoring in the 30-50 range demonstrates it is basically playable. 350 is a kind of averageish first innings total. We’re miles off. I can see India bowing past this in no time at 4 an over and setting a total we’ve got no chance of reaching. Famous last words and all and I guess the pitch theoretically could disintegrate tomorrow, but 200 for a first innings here looks like a death sentence.
littlebabyjesus
one of Maxwell's demons
They haven't lost the match on the first day at least. Going to have to play very well on day two not to lose it there. This feels about 100 short of a good score, 50 short of an ok score.
Saw a bit of Lawrence this morning and I was impressed. Taking a leaf from the Rohit Sharma book of looking to score all the time on turning pitches.
Saw a bit of Lawrence this morning and I was impressed. Taking a leaf from the Rohit Sharma book of looking to score all the time on turning pitches.
littlebabyjesus
one of Maxwell's demons
That helps!
littlebabyjesus
one of Maxwell's demons
How many times has Ben Stokes taken the new ball, I wonder?
planetgeli
There's no future in England's dreaming
For England, never.
littlebabyjesus
one of Maxwell's demons
Anderson 5-5-0-1
Useful spell. Only specialist seamer.
England haven't had the best of luck with selection this tour.
If England lose this match, which does now look likely, I think we'll look back at the second test as the big moment. Leaving out Anderson for that match to save him for the pink ball felt wrong at the time and with the benefit of hindsight it was a huge mistake. He was bowling magic balls in the first test.
Useful spell. Only specialist seamer.
England haven't had the best of luck with selection this tour.If England lose this match, which does now look likely, I think we'll look back at the second test as the big moment. Leaving out Anderson for that match to save him for the pink ball felt wrong at the time and with the benefit of hindsight it was a huge mistake. He was bowling magic balls in the first test.
planetgeli
There's no future in England's dreaming
That first over from Bess looked promising.
Monkeygrinder's Organ
Dodgy geezer swilling vapid lager
I think at the end of the series looking back it will be a case of admitting that India are just too good at home and England don't really have the players to compete to be honest. There might have been mistakes in selection but you'd struggle to argue that they'd have made a massive difference. They're not alone in that, India's home record isn't as good as it is for no reason and I don't think anyone can compete with them there at the moment. Maybe Sri Lanka on the conditions but they're just not that good anywhere.
People have finally started talking a bit about how more spinning pitches are needed in England and I think that has to be a big part of the answer, for batsmen and bowlers. Can't see much changing though when the powers that be are more interesting in getting shit like the Hundred going.
People have finally started talking a bit about how more spinning pitches are needed in England and I think that has to be a big part of the answer, for batsmen and bowlers. Can't see much changing though when the powers that be are more interesting in getting shit like the Hundred going.
littlebabyjesus
one of Maxwell's demons
Jimmy Anderson now has an average under 30 in India. That's outstanding for a seamer. Better than Ishant Sharma or Zaheer Khan. (And better than Jasprit Bumrah, although he's only played two tests.)
SpookyFrank
A cheap source of teeth for aquarium gravel
Anderson five overs, five maidens.
Lucky we picked plenty of other seam bowlers.
Lucky we picked plenty of other seam bowlers.
Zapp Brannigan
Built like a steakhouse, handles like a bistro
No-one:
Selectors: Jimmy and Stokes need to bowl longer spells with shorter breaks
Selectors: Jimmy and Stokes need to bowl longer spells with shorter breaks
littlebabyjesus
one of Maxwell's demons
tbf with Anderson, there is an element of just playing him out nowadays. The likes of Pujara are very comfortable against a spinning ball and have plenty of scoring options there, unlike the England batters. They can afford to just block the opposition's best seamer and wait for the others to come on. Stokes will always give you some loose balls. That's how he is. Sadly Bess probably will as well.
Teams used to do much the same against late-career Ambrose. He'd lost his fiery pace but was still relentlessly accurate and always threatening. See him off and check out the next bowler - WI didn't have depth any more by then.
SpookyFrank
A cheap source of teeth for aquarium gravel
Predictably we're a bowler short and Bess is still a bit crap. Rohit gone though, and just as I turned on the telly 
Zapp Brannigan
Built like a steakhouse, handles like a bistro
Stokes is swinging it round corners. So, keep rotating the seam bowlers, have them on short, sharp spells 
littlebabyjesus
one of Maxwell's demons
Bess now bowling and he has men in the deep for the bad balls. Not encouraging.
Well done England though. Couple of beauties from Stokes for his wickets.
Well done England though. Couple of beauties from Stokes for his wickets.
littlebabyjesus
one of Maxwell's demons
Garbage from Bess. He could lose the game here.
littlebabyjesus
one of Maxwell's demons
Sad to have to say this but Root looks like the specialist, Bess the part timer.
