Off Topic Cricket Thread

[rangercol]

Is Englands age-old inability to clean up the lower order going to waste their advantage once again?

Tomorrow morning will be pivotal.

 

[Hammersmith bookie]

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

 

[Trammers]

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.....

 

[Hoop-Leif]

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

Should have been so much better.

 

[Hoop-Leif]

England 50-2 already.

Ollie Pope, 2 ducks from 3 deliveries.

 

[rangercol]

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.

 

[rangercol]

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

 

[Hoop-Leif]

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

 

[Hoop-Leif]

Need to at least get a lead of 300

 

[rangercol]

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

 

[rangercol]

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.

 

[Hoop-Leif]

Letting it slip big time.

 

[Hoop-Leif]

What a load of sh1t

Bairstow out first ball after tea. Collapsing.

Need that 240-250 lead but looking more like 210

 

[Hoop-Leif]

179 ahead with only 3 wickets remaining.

From the position we were in yesterday this is dire.

 

[Hoop-Leif]

Struggling to bat through 2 sessions.

 

[Hoop-Leif]

10 overs, 10 runs!

 

[Hoop-Leif]

All out for a pathetic 145.

India require 192 to win the match and the series.

 

[Hoop-Leif]

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.

 

[Ranger4ever]

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.

 

[rangercol]

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.