The Cricket Thread 2014

[Villan For Life]

Lead now over 300 and we're going at over 4 an over. It's a long time since we scored at that rate in a test.

[PaulWinch again]

Yeah it's  good work.

[PaulWinch again]

I think we should be declaring now.

[Villan For Life]

I think we should be declaring now.

I reckon they'll let Root get his 150 and then declare.

[PaulWinch again]

Anderson out to a shocking decision.

[Chris Jameson]

Bloody rubbish Root. You're a lucky chap, you should walk anyway...

A no-ball is a no-ball, it's an illegal delivery, why should he walk?

Broad is in T20 mode.

I wasn't being serious Dave. It's half what I expected to see on here, it's a bit of a bizarre thread if you read back through it, I think there have been calls at some stage for every single player to be dropped at some stage or other.

[PaulWinch again]

Yeah but it's like a match thread for a Villa game there tends to be real highs and lows that are necessarily reflective of rational thought.

[Chris Jameson]

I guess so, that's why I tend to avoid the match threads!

[PaulWinch again]

Running through them again, Jordan bowling very nicely now.

[PaulWinch again]

Shambolic run out, India have been absolutely shocking.

[tomd2103]

Beyond poor from India.  Wonder what Duncan Fletcher is making of it?

[PaulWinch again]

94 all out, what a battering.

[Villan For Life]

Wonderful performance from England. In the last 3 tests I think we won every session.

As Michael Vaughan said on TMS, India should give up test cricket and concentrate on ODI's and let Ireland have a go at tests!

[PaulWinch again]

Sunil Gavaskar -

- "If you do not want to be playing Test cricket for India, quit. Just play limited-overs cricket. You should not be embarrassing your country like that."

Ouch.

[ACVilla]

Alastair Cook - I've been his biggest critic (apart from Shane Warne) but fair play to him, he's turned around his form but he's also turned around his captaincy, making much better, quicker decisions when needed, plus trusting his bowlers

Chris Woakes - he has been hugely unlucky through this series, apart from the 1st innings of the 4th Test, he has bowled very, very well

Chris Jordan - has bowled some absolute guff this series and for him to have an average of 22.3 compared to Woakes' 43.4 is massively unjust

Joe Root - he has it all

India - pathetic