| Joe Root 08:26 - Feb 6 with 1589 views | Guthrum |
Double ton - again! |  |
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| Joe Root on 08:27 - Feb 6 with 1582 views | catch74 |
Form of his life, long may it last. |  |
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| Joe Root on 08:33 - Feb 6 with 1561 views | Chrisd |
He’s looking fresh too, still running those singles. |  |
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| Joe Root on 08:46 - Feb 6 with 1524 views | bluelagos |
If he keeps going, when would you declare? If you need 2 1/2 days to bowl em out, you'd be better with half a day batting to rest your bowlers.
So end of today? Any benefits in the putting the Indians in for the last hour? |  |
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| Joe Root on 09:00 - Feb 6 with 1487 views | catch74 |
| Joe Root on 08:46 - Feb 6 by bluelagos |
If he keeps going, when would you declare? If you need 2 1/2 days to bowl em out, you'd be better with half a day batting to rest your bowlers.
So end of today? Any benefits in the putting the Indians in for the last hour? |
Just keep going, wear out India as much as possible and hope the wicket deteriorates. It still looks easy batting, I reckon get them out in the field again in the morning for an hour. | |
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| Joe Root on 09:02 - Feb 6 with 1482 views | Chrisd |
| Joe Root on 08:46 - Feb 6 by bluelagos |
If he keeps going, when would you declare? If you need 2 1/2 days to bowl em out, you'd be better with half a day batting to rest your bowlers.
So end of today? Any benefits in the putting the Indians in for the last hour? |
Bat until lunch tomorrow? Another 150+. Grind the Indians in to the dust. | |
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| Joe Root on 09:12 - Feb 6 with 1459 views | Guthrum |
| Joe Root on 08:46 - Feb 6 by bluelagos |
If he keeps going, when would you declare? If you need 2 1/2 days to bowl em out, you'd be better with half a day batting to rest your bowlers.
So end of today? Any benefits in the putting the Indians in for the last hour? |
Depends how fast they score in this session and what, if any, wickets are lost. If approaching 600 at the end of the day, may leave it at that. Or have a Buttler thrash tomorrow morning to push towards 700. | |
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| Joe Root on 09:37 - Feb 6 with 1434 views | vapour_trail |
| Joe Root on 08:46 - Feb 6 by bluelagos |
If he keeps going, when would you declare? If you need 2 1/2 days to bowl em out, you'd be better with half a day batting to rest your bowlers.
So end of today? Any benefits in the putting the Indians in for the last hour? |
Just bat and bat. Give Buttler license and rack up as many as you can.
Wonderful form for Root. |  |
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| Joe Root on 09:41 - Feb 6 with 1426 views | gainsboroughblue |
Pitch seems to be turning a bit more. Get another ton or so and we could apply a bit of pressure. |  |
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| Joe Root on 09:46 - Feb 6 with 1419 views | IpswichKnight |
| Joe Root on 08:46 - Feb 6 by bluelagos |
If he keeps going, when would you declare? If you need 2 1/2 days to bowl em out, you'd be better with half a day batting to rest your bowlers.
So end of today? Any benefits in the putting the Indians in for the last hour? |
550 minimum, we scored 460 odd last time in India and still lost by an innings! | | | |
| Joe Root on 10:29 - Feb 6 with 1383 views | vapour_trail |
Top of off stump two balls running for Ishant.
Swing the bat now boys. | |
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| Joe Root on 11:17 - Feb 6 with 1358 views | Steve_M |
555/8 at stumps. Another good day for England, not sure if we can go on and win it now but looking forward to finding out. |  |
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| Joe Root on 11:37 - Feb 6 with 1336 views | Guthrum |
| Joe Root on 11:17 - Feb 6 by Steve_M |
555/8 at stumps. Another good day for England, not sure if we can go on and win it now but looking forward to finding out. |
Pretty sure it gives us enough to avoid defeat. Which is, of course, the best basis to push for a win from.
I think Anderson's careful accuracy might be more useful than Stokes' and Archer's pace and fury on this pitch, looking at the comparison of Ishant and Bumrah | |
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| Joe Root on 11:38 - Feb 6 with 1329 views | bluelagos |
| Joe Root on 11:37 - Feb 6 by Guthrum |
Pretty sure it gives us enough to avoid defeat. Which is, of course, the best basis to push for a win from.
I think Anderson's careful accuracy might be more useful than Stokes' and Archer's pace and fury on this pitch, looking at the comparison of Ishant and Bumrah |
Shaping up nicely isnt it :-) | |
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| Joe Root on 11:57 - Feb 6 with 1309 views | strikalite |
| Joe Root on 09:46 - Feb 6 by IpswichKnight |
550 minimum, we scored 460 odd last time in India and still lost by an innings! |
Out of the 75 teams who have racked up over 500 runs in their first innings in India, none have gone on to lose the match...
India have a real quality batting line up, we obviously have to skittle them out twice, tough ask, but batsmen seldom like pressure.... |  | | |
| Joe Root on 11:58 - Feb 6 with 1307 views | Guthrum |
| Joe Root on 11:38 - Feb 6 by bluelagos |
Shaping up nicely isnt it :-) |
Problem for England is that so many of the Indians can bat well. We're going to have to take a lot of wickets cheaply (on a fairly flat pitch) to stand a chance of winning.
It's not just runs, but also time. If India bat for two days plus, then we won't have enough overs to win (but might still collapse and lose). | |
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| Joe Root on 12:17 - Feb 6 with 1293 views | Chrisd |
| Joe Root on 11:17 - Feb 6 by Steve_M |
555/8 at stumps. Another good day for England, not sure if we can go on and win it now but looking forward to finding out. |
Fingers crossed, a very good effort by our batsmen. The Indians have been in the field for two days, that's surely going to have some impact on them mentally and physically? A few quick wickets and who knows, but the pitch does appear to be doing a little bit more. | |
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| Joe Root on 12:22 - Feb 6 with 1288 views | Guthrum |
| Joe Root on 12:17 - Feb 6 by Chrisd |
Fingers crossed, a very good effort by our batsmen. The Indians have been in the field for two days, that's surely going to have some impact on them mentally and physically? A few quick wickets and who knows, but the pitch does appear to be doing a little bit more. |
However, it will also show the Indians that it is possible to get a big score on this pitch. We need to take early wickets to shake that confidence. | |
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| Joe Root on 12:23 - Feb 6 with 1281 views | Chrisd |
| Joe Root on 12:22 - Feb 6 by Guthrum |
However, it will also show the Indians that it is possible to get a big score on this pitch. We need to take early wickets to shake that confidence. |
Oh without doubt. | |
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| Joe Root on 12:25 - Feb 6 with 1281 views | Ace_High1 |
| Joe Root on 11:58 - Feb 6 by Guthrum |
Problem for England is that so many of the Indians can bat well. We're going to have to take a lot of wickets cheaply (on a fairly flat pitch) to stand a chance of winning.
It's not just runs, but also time. If India bat for two days plus, then we won't have enough overs to win (but might still collapse and lose). |
We need to be perfect in the field and take every chance.
Can't afford any drops or poor reviews.
I still would have had Broad in for one of Bess/Leach as don't think either of our spinners will worry Kohli, Rahane etc. |  | | |
| Joe Root on 12:43 - Feb 6 with 1269 views | Guthrum |
| Joe Root on 12:25 - Feb 6 by Ace_High1 |
We need to be perfect in the field and take every chance.
Can't afford any drops or poor reviews.
I still would have had Broad in for one of Bess/Leach as don't think either of our spinners will worry Kohli, Rahane etc. |
Tho that would rob us of being able to hold up one end with spin and rapidly rotate the quicks at the other (in the heat and humidity). Can't, IMO, expect Root to bowl 30 or 40 overs in the next two days, especially on top of captaincy and after his exertions with the bat.
Much as I am a big fan of Broad. | |
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| Joe Root on 12:50 - Feb 6 with 1265 views | Ace_High1 |
| Joe Root on 12:43 - Feb 6 by Guthrum |
Tho that would rob us of being able to hold up one end with spin and rapidly rotate the quicks at the other (in the heat and humidity). Can't, IMO, expect Root to bowl 30 or 40 overs in the next two days, especially on top of captaincy and after his exertions with the bat.
Much as I am a big fan of Broad. |
But we will have one spinner in there and then Root to fill in a few overs.
Then Archer, Broad, Anderson and a bit of Stokes from the other end?
The counter to your argument is it has been shown our spinners can't really consistently hold up an end anyway. | | | |
| Joe Root on 12:59 - Feb 6 with 1260 views | NthQldITFC |
It is interesting, is it not, that England's three highest test run scorers have all got a pair of ducks in their surnames; c00k, g00ch, r00t. No, you're right, it is not. |  |
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| Joe Root on 13:18 - Feb 6 with 1235 views | Guthrum |
| Joe Root on 12:50 - Feb 6 by Ace_High1 |
But we will have one spinner in there and then Root to fill in a few overs.
Then Archer, Broad, Anderson and a bit of Stokes from the other end?
The counter to your argument is it has been shown our spinners can't really consistently hold up an end anyway. |
Don't think you can expect one spinner to bowl 40 overs a day in that heat and humidity. Especially if they are, perhaps, not of the very highest level.
Plus the pitches and atmospheric conditions are not that suited to fast bowling, either. It might be conventional wisdom, but you need spinners in the Subcontinent. | |
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| Joe Root on 17:28 - Feb 6 with 1176 views | Reuser_is_God |
| Joe Root on 11:17 - Feb 6 by Steve_M |
555/8 at stumps. Another good day for England, not sure if we can go on and win it now but looking forward to finding out. |
I think we can.
I feel our attack is more varied than theirs. Archer should take note from Bumrah & kind of go into one day mode bowling. Anderson & Stokes arebetter reverse swing bowlers than Sharma & Bumrah & I’m not sure our spinners are going to bowl much worse than what India did.
Tomorrow should be a cracking days cricket, if we can keep them out in the field for an hour in the morning & get up to near 600 that’ll get under the Indians skin. [Post edited 6 Feb 2021 17:31]
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