The International Cricket Thread

[Whiney MacWhineface]

Well at least Mo's got a decent IPL deal.

[UK Redsox]

Watching the highlights of NZ v England Women and Billy the Finger is umpiring.

I thought that he’d retired years ago.

Still giving it some when signalling a Six

[olaftab]

Well at least Mo's got a decent IPL deal.

Not doubting his integrity but amazing how he pitched his hat right in for IPL auction instead of choosing to fully recuperate from covid and get ready for home season?

[PaulWinch again]

Blimey that’s a long tail. The batters better turn up.

[Martin Carruthers]

One spinner in India's a big call. Plus Root I suppose.

[PaulWinch again]

That is not a good start.

[PaulWinch again]

Got to see Bairstow’s quality against spin shone through...

[PaulWinch again]

We’re in a lot of trouble here.

[paul_e]

I think this really shows just how well we performed in the first test and, I'd suggest, how important the crowd is to India.

[paul_e]

Crawley should've reviewed that for me I'm not convinced it was hitting (although it would probably have clipped and gone with umpire's call, but as we wouldn't have lost the review it was worth a look).

[PaulWinch again]

Before lunch and we look buried.

[UK Redsox]

The England tail looks very long, so this game could be over as a contest in two sessions

[UK Redsox]

Crawley should've reviewed that for me I'm not convinced it was hitting (although it would probably have clipped and gone with umpire's call, but as we wouldn't have lost the review it was worth a look).

Yep, although he would still have been out (Umpire's Call on hitting), it looked close enough to review

[paul_e]

On another point the pitch is a disgrace, I'm fine with teams preparing a pitch that suits them more than the opposition but a dustbowl which delivers a test that won't last 3 days just isn't good enough.

[taylorsworkrate]

No way is this a pitch a team should be 81/5 on. We've batted very poorly