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England Cricket Tour Of Bangladesh & India
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Rohit, Rahul and Dhawan are all injured. Their batting has, however, been very much like ours - only India in 2016 have a better record than us for the number of runs scored for their last 5 wickets in an innings. Having said that Ashwin will bat at 6 in this match whereas he has been at 7 or even 8 so their tail isn't hopefully that long here.killerandflash said:I can't believe Gambhir is back opening for them after 4 years, they must have similar problems to England in finding an opener!
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21 of the 22 players have a first class ton to their name, so I think any hope of the Indian tail not being long are in vain0
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162-1 at lunch
Difficult to understand why Rashy's only bowled two overs today. It's not as if he was expensive - Stokes, after all, got four and went for 28 doing so.0 -
285-2 and heading for a draw.
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No wonder test cricket is dieing on its backside. As a spectacle this is just an utter bore. And Ina virtually empty stadium. Enjoyed the first day when England were building up a score but this is so obviously a draw there is very little point.0
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tbf it's easier to think Tests are dying when England can't get a wicket than when they're racking up 500
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Oh, they can! Rashid will get the rest of the series now :P0
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And Ansari banishes the nightwatchman! Was a weird decision to send one out, really0
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Nothing wrong with that - and he should have bowled a lot more. Our plan seems to be to chuck him the ball when everyone else has had a bowl. And yet he is the one bowler who does consistently beat the bat. Give him the hard ball, yes have a sweeper both sides but don't dilute what he offers.Leuth said:Oh, they can! Rashid will get the rest of the series now :P
319-4 at close. To be fair we never lost control and were rewarded with those two late wickets.1 -
The best test matches to watch are when the team batting first scores around 350, then the team batting second scores a similar score that usually guarantees a result.
Unfortunately when wickets favour the batsmen as much as they do in India this sort of match is common.
Indian supporters are quite happy to watch their favourite batsmen like Tendulker bat for three days and score a zillion runs and they seem to enjoy this type of game.
Personally i find it rather boring when the only realistic outcome is a draw0 - Sponsored links:
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If (and it is a fairly big "if") those cracks do open and it starts to become a spinners' paradise then the complexion of the game could totally change.
So India 450 all out, us 130 all out, India 218-9. India win by one wicket.
Only joking. I hope.0 -
I'm not sure Indian supporters like high scoring slow draws either, going by the attendance numbersblackpool72 said:The best test matches to watch are when the team batting first scores around 350, then the team batting second scores a similar score that usually guarantees a result.
Unfortunately when wickets favour the batsmen as much as they do in India this sort of match is common.
Indian supporters are quite happy to watch their favourite batsmen like Tendulker bat for three days and score a zillion runs and they seem to enjoy this type of game.
Personally i find it rather boring when the only realistic outcome is a draw0 -
I didn't think Indian supporters liked test cricket full stop. IPL and one dayers is what they seem to live and breathe.0
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411-6 at lunch.
2nd wickets for both Ansari and Rashid - the latter succeeding in mesmerising the world's greatest batsman to the extent that he steps on to his stumps!0 -
488 all out so we have a lead of just 49.
Game not quite over yet.
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Hameed launches Jadeja for 6!4
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Made my year, that1
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Just "hit" a 5 too. Not many players do that!1
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It is unbelievable to think that the kid has never played a one day or T20 match at county level when all young players start with the shorter form of the game.3
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And he has just played two great shorts - a late cut followed by a flowing drive.0
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Would need to see Hameed against the really quick bowlers at International level but I think this lad is here to stay.2
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52-0 in difficult circumstances off 15 overs for a lead of 101
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Hameed gets his 50 and the 3rd youngest English player to do so. Well batted son.
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Brilliant0
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I think we have found our opener, very solid technique and more importantly a temprament to match Cooks.4
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Slightly weird that they didn't give him his debut against Bangladesh, and picked Duckett as an opener
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100-0 and a lead of 1490
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As Boycott just said, looks a proper player.0
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Total agreement but we do need to see him against the real quick bowlers aiming it at his ribs. He has the potential to be there for the next dozen years at least.CHG said:I think we have found our opener, very solid technique and more importantly a temprament to match Cooks.
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100/0 late on the fourth day just doesn't feel right. We should be 7 down by now and worrying about saving the game. This alternate universe England is unnerving.3
