Off Topic England cricket 2021

England squad: Joe Root (capt), Moeen Ali, James Anderson, Jonathan Bairstow, Rory Burns, Jos Buttler (wk), Sam Curran, Haseeb Hameed, Dan Lawrence, Saqib Mahmood, Dawid Malan, Craig Overton, Ollie Pope, Ollie Robinson, Mark Wood

Squad for next test

 

It's about time Sibley and Crawley were taken out of their (and our) misery. I'm all for backing young players, but this is the England Cricket team, not a Gentleman's Club whereby election to it leads onto permanent membership!

 

Great start today from England.
India 56-4 at lunch.
Jimmy gets the first 3.
What a bowler

 

5 maidens in the 8 overs he bowled as well!

 

What a day it’s been for England!
If they don’t go on to level the series from here something will have to have gone seriously wrong.

 

we lost a wicket! The end is neigh! Oh wait 153/1 still okay

 

2 down at Lunch
Malan and Root to push us on.

 

298-3 at Tea.
Malan out 70 off last ball.
Root 80 no

 

Root gers his 3rd ton of the series.

 

Both Bairstow and Buttler out for less than 60
At this rate India could be batting before close of play tonight

 

Root has now scored 1398 runs in this calendar year. he has a potential 9 innings before New Year to increase this total (probably 8 in fact, not sure he will bat again in this match), Not sure what the record for a year is. I have a vague recollection of the papers going mat when Alex Stewart got a thousand in a year, so would assume not a lot more needed to be the best.

 

Player Year Mat Inns NO Runs HS Ave BF SR 100 50
Mohammad Yousuf (PAK) 2006 11 19 1 1788 202 99.33 2854 62.64 9 3
IVA Richards (WI) 1976 11 19 0 1710 291 90.00 1584+ 72.85* 7 5
GC Smith (SA) 2008 15 25 2 1656 232 72.00 2516 65.81 6 6

 

India 152-2.
Good reply

 

Great win by England this morning.
India lose 8 wkts in a session.
278 all out.
England win by Innings and 76 runs

 

Best of all time?
What do you think?

 

Wally Hammond may disagree, but if you're going back that far then you're certainly special!

 

England squad: Joe Root (capt), Moeen Ali, James Anderson, Jonny Bairstow (wk), Sam Billings (wk), Rory Burns, Sam Curran, Haseeb Hameed, Dan Lawrence, Dawid Malan, Craig Overton, Ollie Pope, Ollie Robinson, Chris Woakes, Mark Wood.

Squad for next Test.
Buttler not available, his wife is about to give birth.

 

Looking forward to today.
Hope the weather doesn't spoil it.

 

Good start this morning.
India 54-3.

 

Kohli dropped .