Cricket 14:04 - Jun 23 with 2570 views | _clive_baker_ | Anyone been following? Close test. India doing a good job here of keeping the scoreboard ticking, 177 lead now. Rahul and Pant looking pretty comfortable. |  | | |  |
Cricket on 12:17 - Jun 24 with 890 views | mattrolow |
Cricket on 12:07 - Jun 24 by vilanovablue | Solid start from England, Bumrah seen off and 10 wickets in hand. I suspect the weather is the thing which spoils this. |
Forecast looking favourable, the morning was the issue and we're through that. Rubs starting to flow now. Another classic on the cards. |  | |  |
Cricket on 12:34 - Jun 24 with 856 views | vilanovablue |
Cricket on 12:17 - Jun 24 by mattrolow | Forecast looking favourable, the morning was the issue and we're through that. Rubs starting to flow now. Another classic on the cards. |
The actual required rate is under 4 so it's doable. Looks set up for a classic afternoon's cricket. |  | |  |
Cricket on 12:43 - Jun 24 with 844 views | Steve_M |
Cricket on 12:07 - Jun 24 by vilanovablue | Solid start from England, Bumrah seen off and 10 wickets in hand. I suspect the weather is the thing which spoils this. |
Yep. Still time to go into lunch two down but it's a nice solid start. |  |
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Cricket on 13:09 - Jun 24 with 802 views | gainsboroughblue | WFH for rest of day and delighted to see all 10 wickets are still in the bank. Required rate under 4. Very doable and any opposition know England are capable of it. Would be a hell of a win considering India's positions in their innings. Hope the weather holds. |  |
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Cricket on 15:29 - Jun 24 with 693 views | Steve_M |
Cricket on 13:09 - Jun 24 by gainsboroughblue | WFH for rest of day and delighted to see all 10 wickets are still in the bank. Required rate under 4. Very doable and any opposition know England are capable of it. Would be a hell of a win considering India's positions in their innings. Hope the weather holds. |
That second wicket has opened things up a bit but 147 needed now. I don't think anyone would rule out the probability of a collapse but the next hour of play feels critical either way. |  |
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Cricket on 15:37 - Jun 24 with 660 views | gainsboroughblue |
Cricket on 15:29 - Jun 24 by Steve_M | That second wicket has opened things up a bit but 147 needed now. I don't think anyone would rule out the probability of a collapse but the next hour of play feels critical either way. |
India benefitted from the rain break. They were looking clueless. The more overs that tick by, an India win looks less likely. Run rate very manageable, especially by England standards but yes, a collapse can't be ruled out, but it needs a much more joined up Indian effort to inspire one. Just hope rain doesn't ruin this. |  |
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Cricket on 16:01 - Jun 24 with 598 views | mellowblue |
Cricket on 15:37 - Jun 24 by gainsboroughblue | India benefitted from the rain break. They were looking clueless. The more overs that tick by, an India win looks less likely. Run rate very manageable, especially by England standards but yes, a collapse can't be ruled out, but it needs a much more joined up Indian effort to inspire one. Just hope rain doesn't ruin this. |
Very docile track for a fifth day. England look far too comfortable. India lack pace in their bowling attack to get anything out of it. When you factor in their inability to get wickets in English conditions, a long useless tail, total reliance on 4 of their top 5 to get runs it is difficult to see them getting much out of this series. So saying Duckett has thrown his wicket away. |  | |  |
Cricket on 16:03 - Jun 24 with 587 views | Zx1988 | Cat, meet pigeons. |  |
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Cricket on 16:04 - Jun 24 with 578 views | gainsboroughblue |
Cricket on 16:03 - Jun 24 by Zx1988 | Cat, meet pigeons. |
Gifting Thakur two wickets there. |  |
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Cricket on 16:05 - Jun 24 with 574 views | Parmigiano | Did someone say collapse? |  | |  |
Cricket on 16:06 - Jun 24 with 566 views | Steve_M |
Really need Stokes not to do something similarly stupid now. 115 needed. Hmmm.... |  |
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Cricket on 16:09 - Jun 24 with 548 views | gainsboroughblue |
Cricket on 16:06 - Jun 24 by Steve_M | Really need Stokes not to do something similarly stupid now. 115 needed. Hmmm.... |
Jadeja bowling into that rough is not going to be an easy watch. |  |
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Cricket on 16:24 - Jun 24 with 512 views | Steve_M |
Cricket on 16:09 - Jun 24 by gainsboroughblue | Jadeja bowling into that rough is not going to be an easy watch. |
102 needed, probably a good time for Tea now for England. |  |
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Cricket on 17:30 - Jun 24 with 440 views | Zx1988 | Stokes chucking his wicket away, too. Bloody frustrating, some of this, but is set up for an absolute classic of a finish. |  |
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Cricket on 17:31 - Jun 24 with 436 views | gainsboroughblue |
Cricket on 17:30 - Jun 24 by Zx1988 | Stokes chucking his wicket away, too. Bloody frustrating, some of this, but is set up for an absolute classic of a finish. |
Predictable end for Stokes that. At least there are no more left handers for Jadeja to bowl outside off stump to. |  |
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Cricket on 17:51 - Jun 24 with 403 views | NthQldITFC | Surprised the stands are so empty, is test cricket always like that these days? |  |
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Cricket on 17:58 - Jun 24 with 386 views | Zx1988 |
Cricket on 17:51 - Jun 24 by NthQldITFC | Surprised the stands are so empty, is test cricket always like that these days? |
I think it's probably down to the scheduling of the match. TMS suggested earlier that Yorkshire would probably have wanted the match to start on Thursday had they known it would go to five days. Otherwise it's probably a bit of an ask to get a decent crowd when you're having to put Day 5 tickets on sale at such short notice. |  |
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Cricket on 18:03 - Jun 24 with 370 views | JakeITFC |
Cricket on 17:51 - Jun 24 by NthQldITFC | Surprised the stands are so empty, is test cricket always like that these days? |
Sold out first three days, pretty much full yesterday I think |  | |  |
Cricket on 18:11 - Jun 24 with 353 views | Steve_M |
Cricket on 18:03 - Jun 24 by JakeITFC | Sold out first three days, pretty much full yesterday I think |
Tuesday not the easiest day to get off work at short notice and the school holidays are still a few weeks away. |  |
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Cricket on 18:29 - Jun 24 with 312 views | Steve_M | What an over that was to finish it off. Well played England and hopefully the series lives up to that first Test. |  |
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Cricket on 18:29 - Jun 24 with 311 views | Zx1988 |
Cricket on 18:29 - Jun 24 by Steve_M | What an over that was to finish it off. Well played England and hopefully the series lives up to that first Test. |
Indeed. I take it all back about being set up for a classic finish - England made it look easy in the end. |  |
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Cricket on 18:30 - Jun 24 with 309 views | redrickstuhaart |
Cricket on 18:29 - Jun 24 by Zx1988 | Indeed. I take it all back about being set up for a classic finish - England made it look easy in the end. |
Jasiwell's catching arguably cost India the match. He must feel pretty awful. |  | |  |
Cricket on 18:33 - Jun 24 with 294 views | JakeITFC |
Cricket on 11:02 - Jun 24 by The_Romford_Blue | Had a lumpy bet India 5/4 this morning. I’ve got them 8/13 in my view. It’s a day 5 pitch and England need 350 against Bumrah. India just have to be odds on |
Remarkable that 5/4 was the best price all day - this England side have absolutely flipped the script on fourth innings chases. |  | |  |
Cricket on 20:13 - Jun 24 with 207 views | BloomBlue | A great toss to win and choose to bat second. |  | |  |
Cricket on 20:22 - Jun 24 with 199 views | vilanovablue | India lost 13 wickets for 71 which will cost any side. India lost a test when they were 430 for 3 in the first innings which is borderline mental. |  | |  |
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