Maybe I should be England coach. No overs yesterday, India looked fairly good at 3/99. Comes on and takes 5/8 in 6 overs.
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Maybe I should be England coach. No overs yesterday, India looked fairly good at 3/99. Comes on and takes 5/8 in 6 overs.
Reminiscent of Michael Clarke taking 6/9 on a raging turner. And we lost.
Great for Australia if England wins this match.
Hasn't Patel had a good start to his test career. Eight wickets in his first test, and 9 so far in his 2nd test.
Yep. To call this pitch substandard would be very charitable. It's conceivable the wicks may not get a bowl in this England innings. Never trusted ball tracking with DRS. The angle of thr ball in Stokes dismissal looked to be sliding past leg stump. Offsets one of Root's escapes which looked pad, bat, pad...6/66, 33 ahead with 4 wickets in hand. Result likely in 2 days. Farcical
The cynic in me tells me the Indians have dried the wickets out after the 1st test that they lost.
1st test was balanced, 1285 runs at 3.29 runs / over. 40 wickets fell, 16 to seam, 24 to spin.
2nd test started to swing the other way, 913 runs at 3.10 runs / over, 40 wickets fell, 7 to seam, 32 to spin, 1 to a run out
Both the 1st 2 tests, the toss was key as 1st innings is generally the easiest time to bat in India and that was shown easily.
3rd test was diabolical, 387 runs at 2.77 runs / over, 3 wickets fell, 2 to seam, 28 to spin.
Bar the 1st innings of the 1st test, England haven't batted particularly well and probably would have lost the last 2 tests anyway, but it seems to me that India couldn't cope with losing a test at home, so dried the hell out of the remaining wickets.
1st test was balanced, 1285 runs at 3.29 runs / over. 40 wickets fell, 16 to seam, 24 to spin.
2nd test started to swing the other way, 913 runs at 3.10 runs / over, 40 wickets fell, 7 to seam, 32 to spin, 1 to a run out
Both the 1st 2 tests, the toss was key as 1st innings is generally the easiest time to bat in India and that was shown easily.
3rd test was diabolical, 387 runs at 2.77 runs / over, 3 wickets fell, 2 to seam, 28 to spin.
Bar the 1st innings of the 1st test, England haven't batted particularly well and probably would have lost the last 2 tests anyway, but it seems to me that India couldn't cope with losing a test at home, so dried the hell out of the remaining wickets.
It ain't a standard wicket when Joe Root takes 5/8. This wicket was skiddy and 20/30 dismissals were bowled or lbw.
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With the well overdue retirement of Bruce this week , Warney is reminding me of what I disliked about Bruce’s commentating most.....predicting whats going to happen, “ ya get the feeling” ffs just call the game ball by ball , a million things “could” happen
Can't say I'm all that disappointed, Australia simply does not deserve to be there.
If Australia made the Test Final it would be hiding cracks we need to fix - more Sheffield Shield for a start.
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Yeh, I watched a fair chunk and none of the commentators questioned the wicket. It really was unacceptable. Did the ICC make comment on it?
The poms have really showed little ticker the last couple of tests. They had a couple of unlucky dismissals but went down without much fight.
Bar the 1st test, their batting has been well below par. Just made the last wicket look like a minefield, and I don't think it was. They didn't have the patience to bunker down and start their innings.
Pant, Sundar and even Patel, showed thewicket could be batted on. Only Lawrence showed anything in the second dig. Stokes bowled into the ground, and had nothing left with the bat.
Just saw the headline that the BBL is considering letting Indian investors, invest in the bbl and then bring Indian players across.
I don’t watched the BBL so my opinion is irrelevant
I don’t watched the BBL so my opinion is irrelevant
