The Cricket Thread

And another!

 

Well, I wasn't expecting this.

 

India are channeling their inner England…

 

And that's the end of that. India 78 all out. Oh dear.

 

Quite remarkable. Glad Overton got some wickets, but with the benefit of hindsight, a great decision by Root not to bowl Jimmy after lunch.

 

I'm not sure if we need another short form cricket competition.
Shouldn't we be enjoying the chess like charm of 50 overs a side?
This upstart "Test" cricket will not last.

 

We've had worse days

 

If Carlsberg did days of test match cricket....

 

OMG 100 run partnership for the opening wicket.

 

50 for Hameed. Delighted for him.

 

I didn’t want to jinx it by posting it here, but my ideal scenario after bowling India out would have been an unbeaten opening partnership of 100+.

Let’s continue with that theme by declaring an hour before stumps on Friday with a lead of 500+.

Great 50 for Hameed!

 

And 50 for Burns as well.

 

Both these openers.

 

What. A. Day.

 

I can’t recall many opening days where England have been as faultless as they have been today. Utterly magnificent.

 

Notts elect to field.

 

Dawson plays.

 

I'm not sure I'd back us to chase a big total so I'm pleased we're batting first.

 

Whilst disappointed, I'm not surprised that we've left out Abbott. We kept on doing it in those first few group games too for some unknown reason. Annoying.

 

I'm not sure he's a T20 bowler anyway. He always seemed to get pasted when he played in the past and Currie's done well (who's place he would have taken I would have thought).