The International Cricket Thread 2018

[paul_e]

popped out for a while, came back to see a 3rd had gone in the brief respite.  Watching it Kohli fucked up badly and Pujara has every right to be pissed at him, awful decision to run in the first place let alone turning back and leaving Pujara in a hole.

[paul_e]

Fucking brilliant bowling from Woakes, absolutely on the money for every delivery and had Kohli on toast, I get that he's struggled away from home but in England a fit Woakes has to be the 3rd seamer.

[paul_e]

And another, think we might end up batting tonight - 62-5

Woakes on 2-10 and looking unplayable.

[beness]

Woakes has 2 so far and wow is he swinging it.

[paul_e]

Woakes has 2 so far and wow is he swinging it.

Not just swinging it but moving about in the crease so they just can't pick the line.

and Curran gets in on the act as well, 62-6 - Karthik gone for 1.

[beness]

WTF, Curran what a ball.

[paul_e]

Fucking hell, I thought he'd nicked it on but watching the replay it's all swing, that's unplayable for people much more talented than Karthik.

[paul_e]

84-7, 3rd wicket for Jimmy still plenty in it for the swing bowlers.

[PaulWinch again]

Tough conditions for India today.

[paul_e]

Tough conditions for India today.

Very, but England have also used the conditions perfectly, loads of swing and lots of it very late so they chase the ball with the bat. As I said earlier on top of that the spell from Woakes was excellent because he was also changing his release point to make the line of the swing even harder to pick, he made Kohli look a complete mug to be honest.

[paul_e]

Jimmy's 4th was masterful swing bowling, set him up with the outswinger and completely mugged him with one the other way from the last ball of the over.

Broad then got himself on the board before Jimmy cleaned it up with his five for (5/20)

107 is low even with the conditions, if the weather goes our way tomorrow (as forecast) we could easily have a 200+ first innings lead.

[Steve67]

That delivery from the young un was an absolute belter.  Woakes looks sharp too.  Up the Villa fan.

[Risso]

That delivery from the young un was an absolute belter.  Woakes looks sharp too.  Up the Villa fan.

Yep, absolutely unplayable.  Moved a million miles.

[Villan For Life]

Jimmy is deservedly getting the headlines today and with his fifth 5fer at Lords and one wicket away from becoming the first player to take one hundred test wickets at Lords, you can see why. 

Woakes contribution was important too, as has been said he was unplayable and had Kohli where he wanted him. If our slips could catch then it’d be Woakes with a 5fer. His record at Lords is impressive too, in three tests he has sixteen wickets at an average of 9.93. He’s the perfect bowler for English conditions.

I thought Broad was ineffective in conditions that were ideal for him. It’s a while since he made a significant contribution so with the emergence of Curran I think his days as an automatic selection are nearly over.

[tomd2103]

We'll see how we get on with the bat today, but we couldn't have asked for better bowling conditions yesterday.  Grey skies, floodlights on and a bit of moisture around, and we're going to do well against most sides in the world.