The International Cricket Thread

[olaftab]

End of day 2 the pitch is going to be akin to batting on a day 5 pitch

I think you’re absolutely right and for that reason, India have just batted us out of the test. Ravi Ashwin will be looking forward to bowling on it, it was prepared with him in mind.

Yup. As I said Rohit's inning  took the match out of England's hand. They have done a job all around from the way the pitch was prepared and how Sharma went about playing it one day style.

[Monty]

This has been a match won and lost in the first innings. Pressure's off though I suppose, and Foakes has been a proper plus.

[sid1964]

Amazed to see the number of spectators in the ground - no masks or social distancing - India must have the virus well under control?

[CT]

Amazed to see the number of spectators in the ground - no masks or social distancing - India must have the virus well under control?

Same, I didn’t want to ask because I thought I’d missed something. The first test was behind closed doors, while this a few days later is 50% with people all sat together.

[PaulWinch again]

Positive here is Mo has bowled with a lot more control, plus Virat is his bunny.

[Monty]

Amazed to see the number of spectators in the ground - no masks or social distancing - India must have the virus well under control?

Same, I didn’t want to ask because I thought I’d missed something. The first test was behind closed doors, while this a few days later is 50% with people all sat together.

It's basically how they've done it in India, lockdowns have been short and sharp and right now life is close to normal there.

[PaulWinch again]

What a bellend Kohli is being. You’re going to win and what are you complaining about? He should be fined.

[UK Redsox]

What a bellend Kohli is being. You’re going to win and what are you complaining about? He should be fined.

It was out though IMO (and that of Mark Butcher as well)

The superimposed pictures showed impact in line but ball tracking had it a fraction outside.

I know Virat can be a bit of a nob, but I think he’s been right to question things in this Test.

Same as Root was when the Umps ballsed up the review process.

[PaulWinch again]

Then it’s not to bollock the umpire for.

[olaftab]

Amazed to see the number of spectators in the ground - no masks or social distancing - India must have the virus well under control?

Same, I didn’t want to ask because I thought I’d missed something. The first test was behind closed doors, while this a few days later is 50% with people all sat together.

With the way people are sat together what was the point of limiting it to 15000 only?

[Gareth]

India win - not a great surprise. 

[PaulWinch again]

It’s very very odd that Moeen is now going home.

[Gareth]

It was a bit of a gamble to throw him in after no red ball cricket for what 18 months? If he was always going home after 2 games you would have thought he either played first two games or played neither as he was always unlikely to hit it straight away to give control.

He will no doubt have given thick as pundits like Vaughan someone to blame for the loss though.

[hipkiss92]

It’s very very odd that Moeen is now going home.

Think he was always scheduled to go home after 2nd test. Understandable after he isolated for 2 weeks in Sri Lanka after testing positive. Would have probably played in SL otherwise.

[hipkiss92]

It was a bit of a gamble to throw him in after no red ball cricket for what 18 months? If he was always going home after 2 games you would have thought he either played first two games or played neither as he was always unlikely to hit it straight away to give control.

He will no doubt have given thick as pundits like Vaughan someone to blame for the loss though.

The more Vaughan tweets about players going home and just constantly wanting England to flog the same 11 players, the more it makes you think about the physical and mental.issues suffered by the likes of Tres, Flintoff, Harrison, Jones, Hoggard etc. Under his captaincy.