England in India 2021

[NM]

You were saying?

Jynx? I love it. Staying up till 2 am most nights to watch at least until tea.

 

[groovyalbert]

Foakes and Moheen are expertly good batters against spin, England have to keep fighting.

Moeen has no form, Foakes has no experience.

Edit - that Ashwin wicket of Stokes deserves a mention. Out on any pitch. Stunning.

 

[TheGame]

Need a miracle here.

 

[MDFC Manager]

Kuldeep hasn't even bowled yet

 

[DOTA]

Just woke up. Poor batting or good bowling?

 

[The Taurean]

Just woke up. Surprised tailenders didn't even stay bit longer.
Pitch is spin friendly no doubt. Dont think it has deteriorated too much. Needs lot of concentration and quick feet.

 

[mav_9me]

this is what Warne is saying. Maybe he is biased against England.

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[The Taurean]

That earlier review was such a waste. Was always going bit high

 

[Ayush_reddevil]

this is what Warne is saying. Maybe he is biased against England.

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Atherton said the same . I think batting first was definitely an advantage but England didn't bowl well enough , no way is this a 329 pitch

 

[DOTA]

If the rest fall quickly I assume no one is stupid enough to think India should enforce the follow on?

 

[Spoony]

A century from Moeen and England can still do this.

 

[The Taurean]

A century from Moeen and England can still do this.

Seconds late.

 

[Spoony]

Seconds late.

I meant...in the second innings.

 

[The Taurean]

I meant...in the second innings.

He did give a century of runs in 1st innings. So will gladly take another century of runs from his bowling.

 

[Spoony]

He did give a century of runs in 1st innings. So will gladly take another century of runs from his bowling.

Where's the next test?

 

[The Taurean]

Where's the next test?

Ahmedabad, Gujarat.

 

[Spoony]

Ahmedabad, Gujarat.

That'll wicket will spin, surely? I've heard Mohali would suit England more.

 

[Ayush_reddevil]

That'll work wicket will spin, surely? I've heard Mohali would suit England more.

Next one is daynight test match with pink ball

 

[Spoony]

Next one is daynight test match with pink ball

That'll be interesting. Perhaps some lateral movement under the lights.

 

[NM]

That'll work wicket will spin, surely? I've heard Mohali would suit England more.

It will be flat.. Remaining two tests are there. Limited locations due to covid

 

[The Taurean]

That'll wicket will spin, surely? I've heard Mohali would suit England more.

Both tests are there. One is pink ball test. Seamers should do fine there. But looking at this first innings, spin friendly will be also an option. We do have such a variety of bowlers now.

 

[ArmchairCritic]

You can quibble about the toss and the pitch all you like, the difference between the sides is an outstanding innings by Rohit Sharma.

 

[DOTA]

You can quibble about the toss and the pitch all you like, the difference between the sides is an outstanding innings by Rohit Sharma.

It's both. Same as the first test and Root's innings.

 

[DOTA]

Ashwin's a fun bowler to watch. He messes around with so many different variations.

 

[JohnnyKills]

Well this was predictable wasn't it.

 

[JohnnyKills]

Both tests are there. One is pink ball test. Seamers should do fine there. But looking at this first innings, spin friendly will be also an option. We do have such a variety of bowlers now.

Yeah the day-nighter looks like our best chance.

 

[ArmchairCritic]

It's both. Same as the first test and Root's innings.

I know. I just find pitch chat generally pretty boring, home teams always setup pitches in their favour, it's part of the challenge of touring.

 

[DOTA]

I know. I just find pitch chat generally pretty boring, home teams always setup pitches in their favour, it's part of the challenge of touring.

As I've said before, if India bat third and get skittled for even less than England, then it's fair to say this is a bad pitch.

Otherwise, sure. If one team can bat on it, then it's fine.

EDIT - Follow on avoided. When India bat third.

 

[paulscholes18]

England have avoided the follow-on. About as much as you can say about this batting performance, feel for Ben Foakes

 

[JohnnyKills]

this is what Warne is saying. Maybe he is biased against England.

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He's right. Problem is that England's spinners aren't as good as India's so if it comes down to a shootout between the two, we'll lose.

 

[The Taurean]

Great catch by Pant.

 

[ArmchairCritic]

As I've said before, if India bat third and get skittled for even less than England, then it's fair to say this is a bad pitch.

Otherwise, sure. If one team can bat on it, then it's fine.

EDIT - Follow on avoided. When India bat third.

That's fair. There's always a great deal of hand wringing about Taunton here in the County Championship to be fair.

 

[BR7]

Games decided by the toss just aren’t as entertaining for me. We all have preferences but I prefer a closely fought 5 day test

 

[KM]

Remember the time when the Indian team management decided to drop Pant and pick Saha

 

[Dan_F]

He's right. Problem is that England's spinners aren't as good as India's so if it comes down to a shootout between the two, we'll lose.

Definitely. We’ve also got a huge issues with our top order. That top three screams early collapse on these kinds of pitches.

 

[DOTA]

Bit better than I thought it was gonna be when we were 5 down. Good stuff from Foakes. Sadly he doesn't have the game to hit out batting with the tail, so he could only tick along and hope they made contributions.

 

[AshRK]

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First bowler to take 200 test wickets of a left handed batsmen. That is some feat. Also, surprising murali and warne and other 500 plus guys did not take achieve this.

 

[TheGame]

England going to be struggling to get anything of this. Only hope is to bowl India very cheaply.

 

[TheGame]

this is what Warne is saying. Maybe he is biased against England.

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I hardly think the last pitch exploded after day 3, the pitch was still a good batting pitch with some assistance for the bowlers.

 

[BR7]

I know. I just find pitch chat generally pretty boring, home teams always setup pitches in their favour, it's part of the challenge of touring.

I can see your point but in the 80s if a test match ended in three and a half days there used to be all sorts of questions asked of the pitch and was it test worthy. Now it’s the norm