The Cricket Thread
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To quote an old 1980's maxim "when the wicket spins, India wins".
Double figures?
A quarter-century is quite an achievement on this pitch!
As much as you admire Indian cricket, the fact they can't create a wicket which has a chance of playing for 3 days here for an important day night test match is pretty awful. A good pitch should be a delicate balance between ball and bat but this is ball all day long.
I agree, but you still have to play each ball on its merits. Bairstow in particular played what he imagined the ball would do, not what it actually did. Losing 2 wickets in the first over is just crazy, and every incoming batsman just expects to be beaten.
As I say, though, I completely agree about the wicket. This is halfway through day 2 for crying out loud, and it’s playing like Taunton on day 4 or 5.
It is just bad business. They have fans in and a television contract. I don't think many teams in the world would have lasted much longer - and you have to credit India for making a decent start.
haha I was asking for the same. We have collectively willed him into oblivion.
It's down to Anderson & Broad to rescue this for us, albeit in slightly different circumstances to we may have hoped!