kevinhectoring Posted March 4, 2021 Share Posted March 4, 2021 5 hours ago, 86 Hair Islands said: Poor again. We seem to have reverted to type. We win the toss and fail spectacularly to capitalise and having dominated the first teat, we now look favourites to lose the last three and with them, the series. Too many batsmen playing T20 cricket in a test match IMO. Doesn’t look good but don’t give up yet. If we can get them out for 250 or less this could be a belter. we just need one of Bess or Leach to get into a groove tomorrow. Or Root of course (On the other hand it might be clear by close of play tomorrow that we’ve lost the series...) Comrade 86 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curtains Posted March 5, 2021 Share Posted March 5, 2021 9 hours ago, kevinhectoring said: Doesn’t look good but don’t give up yet. If we can get them out for 250 or less this could be a belter. we just need one of Bess or Leach to get into a groove tomorrow. Or Root of course (On the other hand it might be clear by close of play tomorrow that we’ve lost the series...) Fight back by England. India 80-4 at Lunch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevinhectoring Posted March 5, 2021 Share Posted March 5, 2021 1 hour ago, Curtains said: Fight back by England. India 80-4 at Lunch Series turns on the next session or two Can’t believe its Anderson and Stokes getting the wkts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anag Ram Posted March 5, 2021 Share Posted March 5, 2021 Every time Dom Bess comes on to bowl, Sunil Gavaskar (who knows a bit) says 'this is a real opportunity for India'. SKRam 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevinhectoring Posted March 5, 2021 Share Posted March 5, 2021 48 minutes ago, Anag Ram said: Every time Dom Bess comes on to bowl, Sunil Gavaskar (who knows a bit) says 'this is a real opportunity for India'. So frustrating. Root applying pressure at one end and Bess releasing it at the other Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyinLiverpool Posted March 5, 2021 Share Posted March 5, 2021 Bess's confidence is completely gone. He shouldn't be bowling. SKRam 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anag Ram Posted March 5, 2021 Share Posted March 5, 2021 8 minutes ago, AndyinLiverpool said: Bess's confidence is completely gone. He shouldn't be bowling. Trouble is, we don't have many options. We chose to go in with four bowlers plus Root. It's 38 degrees so the fast bowlers can't bowl a lot. We have to hope that Bess somehow finds a wicket to get his confidence back. I wouldn't have picked him anyway as I think he's massively overrated. AndyinLiverpool 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyinLiverpool Posted March 5, 2021 Share Posted March 5, 2021 These two don't look in any danger. Our bowlers haven't threatened at all since tea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevinhectoring Posted March 5, 2021 Share Posted March 5, 2021 35 minutes ago, Anag Ram said: I wouldn't have picked Bess anyway as I think he's massively overrated. Not any more Anag Ram and SKRam 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carnero Posted March 5, 2021 Share Posted March 5, 2021 Different game at 151/7 if the umpires call went our way on Pant before tea (Bess bowling). Clearly we've been outplayed for the majority of this series but it's fair to say that the majority of umpire calls have gone India's way too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SKRam Posted March 5, 2021 Share Posted March 5, 2021 I do feel for Bess. Not as if he’s trying to not play well, his confidence clearly smashed like some of his deliveries. This lead now bringing the curtain down on the tour as being anything like a success. kevinhectoring and Deej 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curtains Posted March 5, 2021 Share Posted March 5, 2021 Pant and Washington have put game out of sight for England . Team selection was awful one again. We went with extra Batsman and misread pitch again. SKRam 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyinLiverpool Posted March 5, 2021 Share Posted March 5, 2021 11 minutes ago, Curtains said: Pant and Washington have put game out of sight for England . Team selection was awful one again. We went with extra Batsman and misread pitch again. We selected a team for the previous test Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curtains Posted March 5, 2021 Share Posted March 5, 2021 3 minutes ago, AndyinLiverpool said: We selected a team for the previous test I agree Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevinhectoring Posted March 5, 2021 Share Posted March 5, 2021 6 hours ago, Curtains said: I agree Not getting up to watch tomorrow. English cricket has seen some miracles recently. But our usual purveyor of miracles is B Stokes and there’s no amount of pickle juice or ice baths that will revive him after what he put himself through in 41* today SKRam and Curtains 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Van der MoodHoover Posted March 6, 2021 Share Posted March 6, 2021 Blooming heck, we're going to get done by an innings here..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyinLiverpool Posted March 6, 2021 Share Posted March 6, 2021 Hopeless. Again. SKRam 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyinLiverpool Posted March 6, 2021 Share Posted March 6, 2021 Our spinners, in conditions that were about as helpful as they will ever see, didn't look like taking a wicket at all. India's spinners look like taking one with every delivery. SKRam 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curtains Posted March 6, 2021 Share Posted March 6, 2021 (edited) . Edited March 6, 2021 by Curtains Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Buckley’s Dog Posted March 6, 2021 Share Posted March 6, 2021 Not seen a lot of this series due to work but our team selections have bordered on the bizarre. Our top order is a major worry for the Ashes. Lawrence has looked decent this morning though. Any day I know much about him though. Just hoping we can get back to the County Ground this year! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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