International cricket thread

Jaiswal reaches 150 - great innings. Root is not at it today, runs flowing.

India will be quietly satisfied....

English batsmen will be under real pressure to perform... first session tomorrow will be ultra important... England need very quick wickets.....

India get north of 400... be pressure on England

100% England could really do with the extra pace man…

all about early wickets…. England need to be batting before lunch I reckon.

wont be easy…. Ravi Ashwin has 4 or 5 test centuries even if he is a number 8….that said there is precious little to come after him so if England can make an early breakthrough they are into fellas averaging single digits so they should have them knocked over pretty easily.

given the age of Anderson, Stokes not bowling, should have gone with two frontline seamers.

Pitch should hold longer than that, three days at least before it goes. I would have went Robinson over Atkinson, he can bat and bowl tight similarly to Anderson.

It’s giving little help to these group of spinners… 76 overs of spin bowled. 5 wickets taken by the spinners.

1 wicket every 15.2 overs…. They need a plan B.

you have Joe Root, a part time bowler bowling as a front liner….16 wickets in 27 matches vs India.

not a wicket per innings, not a wicket per match so….

Australia have played a couple of fast bowlers when they play in India…. They’ve also played on occasion just the one. But the difference is they have Nathan Lyon who took 8 wickets in an innings there last year. England don’t have that luxury of having an experienced world class wicket taking spinner in their ranks…

Root… batsman who can bowl, no batsman was ever heard saying… “ shît they are giving it to Joe “

Hartley, Bashir & Ahmed who are woefully under experienced for the task that faces them…. From what I recall there isn’t even 5 test caps between all 3…. Yet they are supposed to go to India, and ‘ because, spinners ! ‘….

a heap of inexperience plus a now medium fast bowler 41 years of age who in 30° heat…… a fair number of overs he’s only in the early 80’s…

India batted well so far but two rather large slices of luck, saved from losing one wicket Jaisiwals by DRS by about an inch, ball just clipping the top of the stumps… and an edge just evading leg slip.

Anderson gets Ashwin as I type, the tech helps England this time….. jeeez Anderson rolling back the years, line, length and movement, quick too.

Jaiswal out now for 209. Bit of a silly shot near the end of Jimmy Anderson's spell, but hard to be critical of his overall effort. 383/8

England scoring quickly but 3 down now, Crawley 76 and Root 5, 114/1 to 123/3.

Bumrah doing a number on England here. England are mirroring India's innings here loads of good starts except Jaiswal went on to make a huge score.

It won't happen, they batted first and third in the first test, as I type 166 behind, no chance.

Root opening the bowling. If I’m an Indian batsman that’s exactly who I want to see.

Rohit Sharma gone, that was brilliant from Anderson, cracking delivery.

Lucky wicket that for England. Gill out for 104.

Such a drop off from Bumrah to Mukesh at the other end. So easy against him.

The sooner that Kohli gets back, the better for India. He has the discipline that so many of their entertaining batsmen lack.

Of course if he's not coming back until the 4th test, it may be too late!

If England need 100 with 5 wickets left, India will be in a blind panic. Kane Williamson thrilling as ever has now blocked his way to 30 test centuries

For sure, crazy selection for South Africa because its clashing with t20 slogging tournament. Not much slogging in most of the matches, because the sloggers can't deal with seam movement and swing. Plenty of low scores in that tournament. One crowd got 52 all out. Sam Curran still getting belted all over the world. Nothing changes. Kane should be scoring quicker against Saffas 2nds, but he had a career strike rate of 51. Class player and all that, but life would pass you by watching him compile a score.

Umpires again refuse to call a wide, the delivery only stays on the cut pitch by about 6 inches…

“The ball will be considered as passing wide of the striker unless it is sufficiently within reach for him/her to be able to hit it with the bat by means of a normal cricket stroke.” No way could it be reached, and wasn’t

🤷‍♂️ umpires in 2024.

Yeah I was hoping for him to get the treble hundred, that’s one of the most impressive cricket batting performances I’ve watched, especially when you consider it’s what, his 4th or 5th test…. ! Funny thing is he got out to one of the worst deliveries he faced all innings, played a rank tired looking shot to it…. But great great innings…Guy is 24, fuuuuk.

here is an interesting link… highest maiden test centuries…. Ravindra doesn’t make the list but an interesting look nevertheless.

Rehan gone, deserved more luck than he got. DRS screws him by an inch on umpires call, the pitch though cost him that wicket big time, not the bowler. Would have expected that to bounce a foot higher at least….

lots of inconsistent bounce this morning, Bumrah getting loads too.

Brainless from Root to throw away his wicket like that. Very un-Root like. Maybe he has instructions from Stokes to play more positively during the innings ? Either way, silly… Crawley was well set and scoring freely, why the fûck not just support him ? rotate the strike, punish the bad balls by all means, but reverse hacking like a …. I dunno. Stokes and Root needed to remember they has a long assed tail there…. Advantage India now. Be a real tough get from here. Maybe or I’m presuming another flaw in Stokes captaincy, there is a time for gung ho and a time for considered action plans / tactics…. The only tactic needed was ‘ be positive ‘ not be careless.

Bairstow gone as well 194/6 at lunch

Bumrah gets his second wicket in this innings. India should wrap this up quickly now.

It's a really enjoyable series so far. Some outstanding performances, Pope, Jaiswal, Bumrah, Anderson and Foakes wicketkeeping. India have got a lot of grief for their test pitches in recent years but first two have been really good. In this game India had a cheatcode with Bumrah and was the difference. As well as Jaiswal and Gill batted, England win that without Bumrah. Toss of course too was a help.

Series could be a classic. India are still favourites but England have shown enough in the first two games to say they won't have it all their own way.

NZ all over SA.... 459 lead and 110/2 in their second innings....

Of course SA with several absentees due to T20 commitments at home.... ridiculous...

No surprise the ground despite being one of the most picturesque in the world and absolutely bathed in sunshine is about four fifths empty...

Basically watching NZ vs an SA 'B' team.