Off Topic Cricket Thread

Just the 7 an over so far. Must try harder.

 

Brilliant morning for England.

Atherton made a good point about the Bazball approach in that England tend to adopt it more when conditions are in favour of the bowlers, in order to put them off their lengths.

 

Making very heavy weather of what looked a simple task. Not helped by a terrible review losing a wicket from the last ball before tea.

 

All very different after lunch, with India bowling superbly. Need a lead of 50 or 60.

 

That went a bit pear shaped this afternoon.....

 

Dawson drops a catch I’d have backed my 92-year-old Nan or Asmir Begovic to have held onto at 55/1.

 

Not too confident that we’ll make this chase

 

Not confident we’ll get halfway there.

 

If we had Stokes and Woakes was able to bat, I'd give us a chance. its a long shot.

Crawley gone.

 

Duckett, Pope, Root, Brook, Smith all more than capable of huge scores quickly, but I’m not feeling it for some reason.

Have all the four previous Tests gone to five days? This one won’t.

 

No, it won't. There's a storm due on Monday anayway, but too late to save England. We'll need a big ton from somebody to have achance.

 

England still in it at lunch. Siraj carrying the ball over the boundary off Brook could prove very costly

 

I’m sticking by my prediction so as not to jinx what is beginning to look like a great day….

 

Amazing turnaround really given a 20% chance at the start of the innings. 100 for Brook off 91. Would be nice to really hammer them by 6/7 wickets.

 

Walking it!

 

Really enjoyable watching Brook in full flow.

 

Doubt we jinxed it. Probably a coincidence.

 

Aaah ffs

 

Nearly there, shame Brook got out, but it should still be comfortable.

Be interesting, though, if we found ourselves 9 down with half a dozen needed and Woakes walked out to bat with his dislocated shoulder.

 

Getting sweaty now. Woakes in his whites.