India v England - 5 test series.

byronbay2

Rjd2 wrote: »

India need to be careful here, yes they have good, but what hurt them in NZ and South Africa, they did not wrap things up when on charge. Root, Plunkett and Broad can still put on partnerships between them.

I always think that Broad is not the kind of player you want in this situation - he can score fast runs with crowd-pleasing ("cavalier", "bucaneering") shots but is not a man to stay around too long. Root, on the other hand, is ideal and Plunkett can bat a bit too - will be under a lot of pressure though.

England desperately need to bat out the rest of the day to take the pressure off possible defeat. They should still manage to claim a draw with relative ease as long as the batsmen concentrate and play in conservative style - can they do it though??

booth70

Good fight back by England

Trust Dhoni to go ultra defensive in the next 5 minutes......

booth70

Super decision from Dharmasena after that Prior howler

280/8.....

booth70

If only India had a Mitchell Johnson to blow away the tail.....

Jonny_Darcy

Some solid play from Jimmy, can't see him lasting too long tomorrow though. Hope I'm wrong..

KevIRL

Nice 4 to start the day for the bauld Jimmy

Rjd2

booth70 wrote: »

If only India had a Mitchell Johnson to blow away the tail.....

yep, neither tail would have been as annoying if he was their. Its one of his great strengths that people forget about when he is on form.

Jonny_Darcy

KevIRL wrote: »

Nice 4 to start the day for the bauld Jimmy

Yep, he's the man playing the shots!

KevIRL

Fair play Jimmy

First time ever both last wicket partnerships have made 100. First time ever both 11th men have made 50

riffmongous

Anderson on 74 now, I hope he can get a century out of it. The problem for england though is how much time this is taking up

Skid X

Extraordinary morning's cricket. India never looked like taking a wicket.

I don't know why England were turning down runs, Jimmy Anderson is looking very comfortable (and scoring quicker than Joe Root). I hope he keeps his head and gets his Century

Jonny_Darcy

Maybe Cook and Robson should open the bowling!

KevIRL

Awww just the 81 then

Rjd2

Oh dear.

174/5

India could be about to lose this. Broad can have spells like this where he rips through teams very quickly. Never seen anything from Jadeja to suggest he is the batsman you want in this scenario.

Binny?.:pac::pac:

Vijay and Pujara especially gave away their wickets last night.

Rjd2

Jadeja and Binny batitng together to save a test match?:pac:

Go home India you are drunk.

djimi

Needed the remaining wickets to fall quickly. If this pair see it to lunch then a result wont happen.

booth70

It can't be much of a pitch when Jimmy Anderson makes 81

Even so....impressive stuff from Binny on debut coming in as he did when India were committing suicide .... It's going to be hard for India to drop him now .... I'd still pick Ashwin for Lords

Bhuvi Kumar has had an excellent match with the ball and looks more solid as a batsman than Jadeja or even Dhoni

Unless the pitch promises to turn square at Lords both teams will probably go in with the same team

Dhoni should declare now and have a run at Cook in the remaining few overs!

Rjd2

booth70 wrote: »

It can't be much of a pitch when Jimmy Anderson makes 81

Even so....impressive stuff from Binny on debut coming in as he did when India were committing suicide .... It's going to be hard for India to drop him now .... I'd still pick Ashwin for Lords

Bhuvi Kumar has had an excellent match with the ball and looks more solid as a batsman than Jadeja or even Dhoni

Unless the pitch promises to turn square at Lords both teams will probably go in with the same team

Dhoni should declare now and have a run at Cook in the remaining few overs!

Props to Binny, but you look at the scores here, and the pitch is just a road. The subcontinent teams used to get slaughtered for producing roads but even they would normally disintegrate on the final day for the spinners to cause some havoc.

Pitches like this kill test cricket, some nice moments, but overall a poor advertisement for test cricket.

Binny has applied himself, but his bowling is very average, I can't see him taking wickets or even keeping it tight, maybe on a better pitch he may have more success but I am doubtful.

Kerrigan will probably play next test for Stokes or Plunkett.

booth70

Shock and horror:mad:......Dhoni makes more than zero on a green, seaming , swinging pitch!!!

123/5...... India's best batsman Bhuvi Kumar still to bat so there is still some hope:(

KevIRL

India's tail wags again to make things a bit competitive

booth70

A combination of dire captaincy from Cook , utter tripe from Plunkett and brilliant batting by Rahane in the final session just about keeps India in the game

Even so 280 is nowhere near being a very competitive total and they'll need to bowl really well

Rjd2

Its absurd that Yadev can get nowhere near this test squad, really is. He would have been great here, but because he is an average ODI bowler he is not selected for tests anymore. :mad::mad:

Shami needs to do something as Ishant is untouchable.

Kumar is great though.

Great knock from Ballance from an England viewpoint, Ali worked hard but he gave it away.

Rjd2

Bhuvaneshwar Kumar: 11 wickets @ 14.9
Ishant Sharma: 3 wickets @ 70.33
Mohammad Shami: 3 wickets @ 62.00
Ravindra Jadeja: 2 wickets @ 63.00

Indian bowlers stats so far this series. :eek:

Gillespy

That's Trent Bridge for you. They have bowled well here. Choice of spinner is more of an issue seeing how this pitch is now and they're bowling last on it.

Brilliant catch by Root. Dhawan was looking good too.

booth70

Bad for the match that Dhawan is out

Can't see India going anywhere if Vijay and Pujara get stuck in😟

Gillespy

No rush. Only half way through day 3. I'd like Pujara to get a 100, batted very well in the first innings.

dango

http://instagram.com/p/qoiXNtyy5T/ Pretty dodgy stuff here from the groundsman...

Rjd2

dango wrote: »

http://instagram.com/p/qoiXNtyy5T/ Pretty dodgy stuff here from the groundsman...

Agreed, but sadly everyone does it.

Vern got fined 75% of his match fee for interfering with the ball against Lanka, all countries do it, just don't get caught.

Be a little more subtle than Afridi:pac::pac:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IjIDhTDq0fU

Rjd2

booth70 wrote: »

Bad for the match that Dhawan is out

Can't see India going anywhere if Vijay and Pujara get stuck in😟

Nah, no rush yet, dig in, tire the bowlers and accumulate the runs, lots of time left.

Pujara to be fair normally starts slow no matter the scenario anyways.

Twas a pie to get Dhawan but to be fair Stokes has bowled well today and all match, just needs to score some runs also!

booth70

How quickly a match changes!

123/4

In comes the king of all them flat track bullies Dhoni

India in danger of being bowled out tonight.... Hopefully Bhuvi will bail us out with the bat again