The International Cricket Thread

[taylorsworkrate]

That DRS for the Root wicket is absolute bullshit

[Beard82]

Listening on talk sport - pretty awful

Bugger Crawleys gone

[taylorsworkrate]

Crawley has looked good a few times in the series. He hasn't cashed in on it though

[PaulWinch again]

Really poor to let them get so close to our score. That said if, IF, we get another 100 runs it’ll be very tough for them.

[taylorsworkrate]

Really poor to let them get so close to our score. That said if, IF, we get another 100 runs it’ll be very tough for them.

I think we need a minimum of 300 for them to chase. The pitch isn't breaking up anything like as much as thought and with our inexperienced spinners they will be favourites

[taylorsworkrate]

Wrtiting on the wall for England in the match and series now

[PaulWinch again]

I think you’ve gone a bit early there. We might fall in a heap, which would be very disappointing, but it’s not over yet. Another 60 odd and it isn’t an easy chase.

[simboy]

From complete control to a losing position in two sessions. That’s England cricket for you.

[PaulWinch again]

Well that might have ended it.

[taylorsworkrate]

Absolutely pathetic shot from Bairstow

[PaulWinch again]

Pope was magnificent, and won us the game, in the first Test but he’s been very unreliable since.

[PaulWinch again]

We have cocked this up. We got 30 too few in the first innings, from the position we were in, and we let India get at least 40 too many. Need something special from the tail, which seems unlikely.

[taylorsworkrate]

Allowing India to get so close to our first innings score was awful really. We should have had a 100 run lead at an absolute minimum. Even so, this pitch is nowhere near bad enough to justify such a pathetic and gutless second innings effort

[PaulWinch again]

Pitch is doing plenty now. I wish we had Rehan.

[PaulWinch again]

I have sympathy for Foakes here but I’m not really sure what the plan is - we’ll get an unplayable ball sooner or later, particularly for the tail, and we’re not really going anywhere.