| India v England Test Series 09:06 - Jan 25 with 20768 views | Rangersw12 |
Well as expected the pitch is turning square on day 1 but very entertaining cricket
Actually think we have done pretty well problem we have is our spin attack is so inexperienced that we probably need 300 plus so likely we will be under par
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| India v England Test Series on 09:10 - Jan 25 with 8385 views | GaryBannister86 |
Stokes is just incredible. Disappointed in Pope, never looked settled. Foakes now needs to live up to his billing as best keeper around. We shall see, not sucked in by the elegance myself.
But Stokes - machine. |  | | |
| India v England Test Series on 09:16 - Jan 25 with 8347 views | Rangersw12 |
| India v England Test Series on 09:10 - Jan 25 by GaryBannister86 |
Stokes is just incredible. Disappointed in Pope, never looked settled. Foakes now needs to live up to his billing as best keeper around. We shall see, not sucked in by the elegance myself.
But Stokes - machine. |
Agree about Pope but he hasn't played for months so to be expected I suppose.
Foakes has massive pressure on him after that innings
At least we haven't been rolled for 120 so we have a small chance if we bowl out of our skins | | | |
| India v England Test Series on 09:21 - Jan 25 with 8327 views | GaryBannister86 |
| India v England Test Series on 09:16 - Jan 25 by Rangersw12 |
Agree about Pope but he hasn't played for months so to be expected I suppose.
Foakes has massive pressure on him after that innings
At least we haven't been rolled for 120 so we have a small chance if we bowl out of our skins |
I actually think 250 is a decent score on a track that turns square after 1 hour of Day 1.
The Indians say it is no different to us preparing a green top, but even when we do that it takes a day or 2 to take effect!
Only issue is, our spinners are two who don't spin it, one on debut, and a very talented leggie who is only in his second game! | | | |
| India v England Test Series on 09:32 - Jan 25 with 8285 views | Rangersw12 |
If we had Monty and Swann this would be a great score
That ball to get Stokes moved miles 😂
With green tracks the wicket will likely get better and sometimes moves less depending on the weather these tracks that India produce are just a lottery which will get worse and worse .
I find it entertaining though even if we will likely be on the wrong side of it [Post edited 25 Jan 9:37]
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| India v England Test Series on 09:44 - Jan 25 with 8244 views | Superhoops2808 |
I know I am biased as a Kent supporter, but for me there are better keepers out there than Foakes. The guy at Somerset (James Rew) is great as is the other one who plays at Surrey (Jamie Smith) when Foakes is not playing. Trouble is we constantly revisit old players rather than going for the youth and building a team of the future. |  | | |
| India v England Test Series on 10:10 - Jan 25 with 8192 views | WokingR |
Anyone else thinking that Indian kit looks disturbingly like a recent Chelsea away shirt ? |  | | |
| India v England Test Series on 10:27 - Jan 25 with 8136 views | Superhoops2808 |
Appears India are playing their version of Bazball | | | |
| India v England Test Series on 08:34 - Jan 26 with 7906 views | GaryBannister86 |
| India v England Test Series on 09:44 - Jan 25 by Superhoops2808 |
I know I am biased as a Kent supporter, but for me there are better keepers out there than Foakes. The guy at Somerset (James Rew) is great as is the other one who plays at Surrey (Jamie Smith) when Foakes is not playing. Trouble is we constantly revisit old players rather than going for the youth and building a team of the future. |
We weren't wrong on Foakes, as inevitably the Best Gloveman in The World drops Rahul on 0. If that was Bairstow, we wouldn't hear the end of how Foakes should be playing and he would have caught it. What rot.
I just don't understand how our spinners, apart from Rehan Ahmed, can barely turn the ball even on a raging Bunsen like this. Leach isn't a spinner, he's a slow left-armer. | | | |
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| India v England Test Series on 09:07 - Jan 26 with 7862 views | Rangersw12 |
| India v England Test Series on 08:34 - Jan 26 by GaryBannister86 |
We weren't wrong on Foakes, as inevitably the Best Gloveman in The World drops Rahul on 0. If that was Bairstow, we wouldn't hear the end of how Foakes should be playing and he would have caught it. What rot.
I just don't understand how our spinners, apart from Rehan Ahmed, can barely turn the ball even on a raging Bunsen like this. Leach isn't a spinner, he's a slow left-armer. |
Very tough chance TBF but agree about the chat
Crying out for Jimmy and a bit of control .
Unless a miracle happens I can see this being over by the time I wake up tomorrow morning.
Windies v Aussies looks decent though !! | | | |
| India v England Test Series on 09:10 - Jan 26 with 7852 views | GaryBannister86 |
| India v England Test Series on 09:07 - Jan 26 by Rangersw12 |
Very tough chance TBF but agree about the chat
Crying out for Jimmy and a bit of control .
Unless a miracle happens I can see this being over by the time I wake up tomorrow morning.
Windies v Aussies looks decent though !! |
Yeah it was a tough chance but the way the Foakes bandwagon witters on whenever YJB or Butler is behind the stumps you would think he was flawless.
Has always been the same - Russell, Read, Foster blah blah all overrated by some kind of English wicketkeeping snobbery when less aesthetic glovemen bring far more to the table overall and all of the above keepers just drop them anway. | | | |
| India v England Test Series on 09:11 - Jan 26 with 7852 views | GaryBannister86 |
| India v England Test Series on 09:07 - Jan 26 by Rangersw12 |
Very tough chance TBF but agree about the chat
Crying out for Jimmy and a bit of control .
Unless a miracle happens I can see this being over by the time I wake up tomorrow morning.
Windies v Aussies looks decent though !! |
Yeah it was a tough chance but the way the Foakes bandwagon witters on whenever YJB or Butler is behind the stumps you would think he was flawless.
Has always been the same - Russell, Read, Foster blah blah all overrated by some kind of English wicketkeeping snobbery when less aesthetic glovemen bring far more to the table overall and all of the above keepers just drop them anyway. | | | |
| India v England Test Series on 09:40 - Jan 26 with 7802 views | johnhoop |
| India v England Test Series on 08:34 - Jan 26 by GaryBannister86 |
We weren't wrong on Foakes, as inevitably the Best Gloveman in The World drops Rahul on 0. If that was Bairstow, we wouldn't hear the end of how Foakes should be playing and he would have caught it. What rot.
I just don't understand how our spinners, apart from Rehan Ahmed, can barely turn the ball even on a raging Bunsen like this. Leach isn't a spinner, he's a slow left-armer. |
It says everything about England’s dearth of Test class spinners that, according to TMS, the only one who is turning the ball and looks a real threat is……………..Joe Root! | | | |
| India v England Test Series on 12:21 - Jan 26 with 7711 views | SonofNorfolt |
I’m now sitting by the pool at my hotel in Hyderabad after returning from the day’s
play and glad to be going home tomorrow.
Understandably their spinners are better than ours and therein lies the difference. |  | | |
| India v England Test Series on 13:14 - Jan 26 with 7634 views | Superhoops2808 |
| India v England Test Series on 08:34 - Jan 26 by GaryBannister86 |
We weren't wrong on Foakes, as inevitably the Best Gloveman in The World drops Rahul on 0. If that was Bairstow, we wouldn't hear the end of how Foakes should be playing and he would have caught it. What rot.
I just don't understand how our spinners, apart from Rehan Ahmed, can barely turn the ball even on a raging Bunsen like this. Leach isn't a spinner, he's a slow left-armer. |
Why can we not be bold. For me I would give Rew the gloves - 20 years old, played for the U19's and has first class average of 34. Get the youth in now. They did it with Crawley and persevered with him, now do it with a wicket keeper.
And we have better spinners out there than Leach who I have never really rated.
I thought when Key came in we would bin off this clique that seems to exist in the squad, but sadly appears not | | | |
| India v England Test Series on 18:28 - Jan 26 with 7540 views | stowmarketrange |
| India v England Test Series on 12:21 - Jan 26 by SonofNorfolt |
I’m now sitting by the pool at my hotel in Hyderabad after returning from the day’s
play and glad to be going home tomorrow.
Understandably their spinners are better than ours and therein lies the difference. |
I was looking to go over for the last 3 tests but I think the series might be long gone by the time we get to Rajkot.
How did we expect our team to play when they’ve spent the last few weeks playing golf in Dubai instead of actually playing cricket in conditions that they’re likely to face over the next 6 weeks?
The India team have won their last 16 home series,and we prepare for the toughest away tour in world cricket by sinking putts in the UAE.
Enjoy it mate. |  | | |
| India v England Test Series on 21:02 - Jan 26 with 7433 views | NoDiddley |
Stick to Guinness in the horse, you can get a decent curry over here for less money & heartache, England cricket is a bit like QPR, mostly always disappointing with the occasional high! |  | | |
| India v England Test Series on 21:33 - Jan 26 with 7409 views | stowmarketrange |
| India v England Test Series on 21:02 - Jan 26 by NoDiddley |
Stick to Guinness in the horse, you can get a decent curry over here for less money & heartache, England cricket is a bit like QPR, mostly always disappointing with the occasional high! |
Look on the bright side,I could miss 6 qpr defeats and only see 3 English ones. | | | |
| India v England Test Series on 11:25 - Jan 27 with 7211 views | Rangersw12 |
What a fantastic innings by Pope and showed the rest of the team that you can bat on Indian wickets
Still don't think we have the bowling attack to win it but let's hope we give them a bloody nose at least | | | |
| India v England Test Series on 11:57 - Jan 27 with 7165 views | Hoopstar |
Superb innings by Pope today.
I have never fully warmed to him in the side, but that was an absolutely top drawer knock.
Hope we can scrounge out another 100 runs or so tomorrow to make it an interesting final innings for India. |  | | |
| India v England Test Series on 12:10 - Jan 27 with 7145 views | johann28 |
| India v England Test Series on 11:57 - Jan 27 by Hoopstar |
Superb innings by Pope today.
I have never fully warmed to him in the side, but that was an absolutely top drawer knock.
Hope we can scrounge out another 100 runs or so tomorrow to make it an interesting final innings for India. |
Agree; pleased for him. Bags of talent - as with many at this level (Mark Ramprakash springs to mind) you just worry about his mentality. Hope he pushes on from here. |  | | |
| India v England Test Series on 12:13 - Jan 27 with 7133 views | Antti_Heinola |
Pope’s an excellent player. So happy for him.
Great knock from Foakes too.
Bit odd about the ‘why can’t we be bold’ comments above. Rehan is 19. Tom Hartley is 24. Bashir, who would’ve played, is 20. Leach is a really good bowler and Foakes is proven in Asia. Find all the clique comments I’ve seen on here and on socials don’t really match what I see, and it’s very difficult to argue with Stokes’s results.
I’m sure Rew will get his chance though, he looks a great player. |  |
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| India v England Test Series on 12:30 - Jan 27 with 7112 views | GaryBannister86 |
| India v England Test Series on 12:13 - Jan 27 by Antti_Heinola |
Pope’s an excellent player. So happy for him.
Great knock from Foakes too.
Bit odd about the ‘why can’t we be bold’ comments above. Rehan is 19. Tom Hartley is 24. Bashir, who would’ve played, is 20. Leach is a really good bowler and Foakes is proven in Asia. Find all the clique comments I’ve seen on here and on socials don’t really match what I see, and it’s very difficult to argue with Stokes’s results.
I’m sure Rew will get his chance though, he looks a great player. |
Yeah I won't hear a word against Stokes (or Brendan). His sticking with Hartley in the first innings was something no other England captain would have done. They would all have whipped him off after a few overs, completely killed him for the game, the series and probably his career. Instead, he thought long-term and he started to come through it. No wonder players love him so much.
Fair play to Foakes, I'm his biggest critic but he did well today. We won't bowl them out but if our spinners can nip a few out then we've shown in this test we can really give them a scare or two in this series. | | | |
| India v England Test Series on 07:47 - Jan 28 with 6934 views | johnhoop |
Hartley just taken two wickets in an over and put India on 42-2, chasing 231.
Might just be a flash in the pan but I’m actually wishing I had TNT sport for the next few hours! | | | |
| India v England Test Series on 08:05 - Jan 28 with 6906 views | BlackCrowe |
What a match this has been. Get another couple of wickets before they get to 100 and we win. |  |
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| India v England Test Series on 08:06 - Jan 28 with 6892 views | stowmarketrange |
| India v England Test Series on 07:47 - Jan 28 by johnhoop |
Hartley just taken two wickets in an over and put India on 42-2, chasing 231.
Might just be a flash in the pan but I’m actually wishing I had TNT sport for the next few hours! |
I’ll be watching it in the car on the way to the game.What a comeback from England.And the Aussies lost too.Just need the R’s to win today now. | | | |
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