England Cricket 2021

[RileyOBlimey]

Bairstow and Root the ideal partnership for this….scratch that

 

[RileyOBlimey]

Captain and Vice Captain, have some.

 

[RileyOBlimey]

Captain Dependable (?)

 

[SpookyFrank]

Fuck

 

[Cerberus]

Openers job has now been done. Over to the middle order.

Oh dear

 

[RileyOBlimey]

Bumrah isnon fire. The Indian drums are doing magic.

Controversial opinion: The Barmy Army needs a samba band

 

[RileyOBlimey]

I’m officially elevating Woakes to the status of middle order batter. As long as him and Root can do something….

 

[steeplejack]

England since lunch:

https://i.gifer.com/AnBY.gif

 

[RileyOBlimey]

England since lunch:

https://i.gifer.com/AnBY.gif

Just crouching like tiger before it pounces….yea I’ll go with that

 

[RileyOBlimey]

The Indian support has been epic. But they only sing when they’re winning.

 

[planetgeli]

So how's that 'going for the win' going for you all?

Are you desperate for a draw yet? (And it ain't even tea).

 

[RileyOBlimey]

So how's that 'going for the win' going for you all?

Are you desperate for a draw yet? (And it ain't even tea).

All going to plan, in that the afternoon session is for the middle order to quest on.

 

[RileyOBlimey]

Evening session for tail end heroics

 

[RileyOBlimey]

161 the antifa nelson

 

[RileyOBlimey]

Root and Woakes to exploit the new ball….and make Kohli sweat

 

[planetgeli]

Root and Woakes to exploit the new ball….and make Kohli sweat

Your drugs > my drugs

 

[RileyOBlimey]

The capable tail take over on the evening session. Wallow in the riches, this pair are no Panesar (peace be upon him).

 

[Fedayn]

Too early to guffaw?

 

[Zapp Brannigan]

I'm beginning to think the run rate is getting beyond them.

 

[SpookyFrank]

Ultimately it was selecting Overton instead of someone with some pace that fucked us in this one.

 

[RileyOBlimey]

An absolute lush green seamer for manchester lease mr groundsman.

 

[Petcha]

Celebrating his bonus?

 

[RileyOBlimey]

Celebrating his bonus?

Daily Mail by proxy

 

[paulhackett]

An absolute lush green seamer for manchester lease mr groundsman.

India's seam attack outbowled England's. None of the Test grounds will want a green top - this year of all years they want at least 4 full days of cricket, with the bonus of a fifth even better. They want the revenue. We want to see evenly contested matches for at least 4 full-ish days, preferably five.

 

[a_chap]

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Ultimately it was selecting Overton instead of someone with some pace that fucked us in this one.

I'm sure Overton feels suitably ashamed for England going from 100 for nought to 210 all out. Especially as he only managed to score more runs in that second innings than Malan, Ali, Bairstow and Pope combined.

 

[Cerberus]

Felt like an incredibly long test match - in the best possible way. I was there on day 1 and even then was left reflecting on small moments/margins. Thakur’s 50 was pivotal (not sure why he didn’t get MoM?!?). After 6-2 Root and Malan were relatively serene until Root took everyone by surprise by getting out!
After that, Moeen’s ill judged swipe precipitated a collapse of sorts meaning England were probably 50/100 short of where they were heading. The opening stand by India obviously set them up. Then there was the inevitable middle order collapse
yesterday.

However, none of the above should detract from India’s cricket - which was just better than England’s. Bumrah’s spell yesterday was outstanding. Back to back series wins in Australia and England, hats off…

As for England. Well, catches win matches lads! We might also reflect on the fact that this side was without Stokes, Archer, Broad and Buttler. As usual, lots of questions and not enough answers.

Lastly, wonder if the ECB are still preening themselves over the Hundred having seen how much it meant to India to win this game and how empty England’s red ball cupboard really is.

 

[RileyOBlimey]

Jos Buttler has called his new born “Maggie”. Prick.

 

[a_chap]

Anyone who's that much of a Rod Stewart fan is definitely a prick.

 

[Puddy_Tat]

Jos Buttler has called his new born “Maggie”. Prick.

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[RileyOBlimey]

Sticking it to the libs for the lolz.