Off Topic Cricket 2021

[Stroller]

Andy Zaltzman

Cricket statistician on BBC Test Match Special

We talked of it being a morning of two halves. The first seven overs were 28-0 but the next seven overs were 0-2.



Currently 34/2.......

Anderson was poor in his first spell.

Just got Pujara with a beauty, though.

39-3

 

[jeffranger]

Good ball from Jimmy 38-3

 

[Trammers]

54/3 at lunch........

Good comeback from England bowlers after first half hour........India 26/3 since then.....

 

[jeffranger]

Dropped Kohli how costly will that be!

 

[Stroller]

Big miss by Root, waiting for Burns to go when it was actually his catch.

He's just taken a nice one to get Jadeja, though.

 

[Hoop-Leif]

England going along nicely.

India 117 - 6

 

[rangercol]

Blimey, Thakur is smashing it to all sides!
186-7 now and India approaching respectability.

 

[Stroller]

That's out!

 

[rangercol]

Thakur finally gone, plumb lbw for 57 from 36 balls.
Brilliant innings.

 

[Stroller]

Good stuff from Thakur.

Now let's wrap this up quickly.

 

[rangercol]

Looked absolutely plum.
Very strange the umpire didn't give it.

Bizarre run out after another drop in the slips.

9 down now.

 

[Stroller]

That helps. Run out after another dropped catch.

 

[QPR999]

And now a run-out after dropping a catch, it's all happening out there. 190/9

 

[QPR999]

All out for 191.

 

[sb_73]

Another day of nice work. Get to stumps without loss and it will be excellent.

 

[Stroller]

Good catch by Bairstow.

England will come out to bat in the sunshine.

 

[jeffranger]

Well the last hour was entertaining! Got a bit more than England would’ve liked

 

[Stroller]

Oh dear.

 

[QPR999]

Another day of nice work. Get to stumps without loss and it will be excellent.

****ing jinx.

 

[jeffranger]

6-2 back to normal