Off Topic Cricket Thread

Tomorrow morning will be pivotal.

 

Great stuff from Bashir and Hartley, need to get these last 3 wickets sharpish in the morning then bat for as long as possible !

 

What was it 270 runs and 10 wickets in the day..... gives you some idea of the sort of target England need to set India on what should be a 4th day pitch.....

Need these last 3 wickets cheaply.....

 

So England start the 2nd innings with only a lead of 46.

Should have been so much better.

 

England 50-2 already.

Ollie Pope, 2 ducks from 3 deliveries.

 

110 lead now. Good recovery from Crawley and Root.
We should bat all day here, which would still give us 2 more days to win the game.

 

****, that looks close for LBW against Root.

 

Letting it slip away here. Need to get a grip.

 

Need to at least get a lead of 300

 

Can't see Stokes staying long the way he's playing back to the spinners on this wicket.

 

And there it is. Stokes has looked clueless against the spinners today.
Our only hope now is Bairstow opening up and getting a big ton, to hopefully get us to a 275-300 lead.
Much more likely that India will be chasing around 225-250 with 2 days left.

 

Letting it slip big time.

 

What a load of sh1t

Bairstow out first ball after tea. Collapsing.

Need that 240-250 lead but looking more like 210

 

179 ahead with only 3 wickets remaining.

From the position we were in yesterday this is dire.

 

Struggling to bat through 2 sessions.

 

10 overs, 10 runs!

 

All out for a pathetic 145.

India require 192 to win the match and the series.

 

A masterclass today from England in how to completely feck away a match you should really be winning.

Probably to be known here-on in as SpazzBall.

 

What a test match. Credit to both teams it was highly entertaining. Well done India, sadly England were 50-60 runs short to really apply the pressure on the Indian batsmen.

 

Mmm....entertaining losers.