williamjm Posted August 1, 2018 Share Posted August 1, 2018 4 hours ago, ljkeane said: And, shockingly, England have thrown their advantage away. We really aren’t a good team. The top order managed to build a decent platform this time but they then threw all the good work away without India having to do too much. Bairstow had being playing nicely but he had a nightmare few minutes, I wonder if his dismissal might have been partly due to him still being distracted by having run out Root. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ljkeane Posted August 1, 2018 Share Posted August 1, 2018 35 minutes ago, williamjm said: Bairstow had being playing nicely but he had a nightmare few minutes, I wonder if his dismissal might have been partly due to him still being distracted by having run out Root. Yeah, maybe. It's not a great excuse for playing a shot as loose as that when he was the set batsman though. Stokes, Buttler and Malan don't even have that much of an excuse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paxter Posted August 1, 2018 Author Share Posted August 1, 2018 Oh dear. At 216-3 they should have batted India out of the match. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeor Posted August 2, 2018 Share Posted August 2, 2018 Missed chance for England, but not curtains for them yet. If they can bowl well, India's batting record in English conditions is not great. Though this doesn't really look like a traditional English pitch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mosi Mynn Posted August 2, 2018 Share Posted August 2, 2018 A lot of pressure on Rashid now! Though I think Jimmy and Broad will enjoy this pitch. Or not ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paxter Posted August 2, 2018 Author Share Posted August 2, 2018 Curran has put England into the ascendancy. Massive partnership now between Rahane and Virat. Where is Pujara! ETA: India think they are still playing ODIs. Lots of loose drives. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paxter Posted August 2, 2018 Author Share Posted August 2, 2018 Credit where it’s due: England did well to play four seamers. None of the Indian batsmen have looked completely comfortable outside off stop to fuller, swinging balls. Update: Two drops and now India less than 150 behind. There’s life yet in this one! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ljkeane Posted August 2, 2018 Share Posted August 2, 2018 3 hours ago, Paxter said: Credit where it’s due: England did well to play four seamers. None of the Indian batsmen have looked completely comfortable outside off stop to fuller, swinging balls. It's done more through the air than I thought it was going to with the weather we've had recently. England's bowlers have certainly bailed the batsmen out. 3 hours ago, Paxter said: Update: Two drops and now India less than 150 behind. There’s life yet in this one! The second one was a fairly tough chance but Kohli's certainly made Malan pay for dropping a chance he should have taken on 21. Excellent innings from Kohli regardless though. ETA: Having said that England have allowed Kohli to protect the tailenders far more than they should have. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
williamjm Posted August 2, 2018 Share Posted August 2, 2018 Is there any current Test player who you would want to drop less than Virat Kohli? I'm struggling to think of one. After that early good fortune he single-handedly pulled India up to near parity with England. It does mean the rest of the Test should be fascinating, I'd struggle to predict a result here, it really could go either way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paxter Posted August 2, 2018 Author Share Posted August 2, 2018 Woah that was immense from Kohli. I know he got some lifelines, but to make that kind of score under pressure, when his previous best in England was 40-odd... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeor Posted August 2, 2018 Share Posted August 2, 2018 Yeah, Kohli was very determined to make a score in England after having such a disaster of a tour last time. Played county cricket to prepare for this tour I think or at least had some good first-class prep. England still have the advantage batting first of course, and apart from Kohli none of India's batsmen looked comfortable. In reality England should have gotten more in their first innings and India should have gotten much less. So even if the scores look roughly equal, England definitely look the better side in this match so far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paxter Posted August 3, 2018 Author Share Posted August 3, 2018 7 hours ago, Jeor said: Yeah, Kohli was very determined to make a score in England after having such a disaster of a tour last time. Played county cricket to prepare for this tour I think or at least had some good first-class prep. Well, that was his intention but he picked up an injury in the IPL and never played for Surrey. His last first-class match was actually a test match in January! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raja Posted August 3, 2018 Share Posted August 3, 2018 Do I wake up at 7am to watch tomorrow? Maybe. Possibly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mosi Mynn Posted August 3, 2018 Share Posted August 3, 2018 10 hours ago, Jeor said: England still have the advantage batting first of course, and apart from Kohli none of India's batsmen looked comfortable. Not even Kohli looked that comfortable. He had a couple of chances. England let him off the hook, really. They can't do that for the rest of the series! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ljkeane Posted August 3, 2018 Share Posted August 3, 2018 10 hours ago, Jeor said: Yeah, Kohli was very determined to make a score in England after having such a disaster of a tour last time. Played county cricket to prepare for this tour I think or at least had some good first-class prep. He was going to but didn’t in the end, because of fatigue after the IPL I think. India have put a decent amount of preparation in though. Pujara and Ishant have played county cricket, they played the ODIs before the test series to get some experience of conditions and they had a few warm up games. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Winged Shadow Posted August 3, 2018 Share Posted August 3, 2018 FFS England.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mosi Mynn Posted August 3, 2018 Share Posted August 3, 2018 Yeesh. I go away from my computer for just an hour ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
williamjm Posted August 3, 2018 Share Posted August 3, 2018 It again looks as if it might Kohli who is the difference between the sides. England have bowled very well to take 5 wickets, they still have a chance of victory but I think it depends on dismissing Kohli as soon as possible, which could be easier said than done. Before that it was a poor display from England's batsmen, most of whom didn't give any suggestion they were going to stick around for long. Sam Curran looked more of a batsman than some of the specialists, he's having a great Test match so far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ljkeane Posted August 3, 2018 Share Posted August 3, 2018 25 minutes ago, williamjm said: Sam Curran looked more of a batsman than some of the specialists, he's having a great Test match so far. Apparently the general view amongst people who've watched him play for Surrey is that long term he's likely to end up being a batting allrounder. That'd probably help his chances to play much test cricket actually given, despite how well he's bowled, he does look like the kind of bowler who might struggle to be effective outside of English conditions. You wouldn't rule out England getting a flurry of wickets to wrap up a win tomorrow morning but it does look like Kohli's going to get the win for India so long as he doesn't run out of partners, and Karthik has looked reasonably solid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
williamjm Posted August 3, 2018 Share Posted August 3, 2018 10 minutes ago, ljkeane said: You wouldn't rule out England getting a flurry of wickets to wrap up a win tomorrow morning but it does look like Kohli's going to get the win for India so long as he doesn't run out of partners, and Karthik has looked reasonably solid. If they do get Kohli early, it's important they don't lose intensity - with such a small target Karthik and the tale could still get over the line. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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