England V India

[Hilts]

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Wicket maiden and 90mph plus from Archer.

[insider]

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On throwing in the towel in his book Phil Tufnell tells the story on how he came out to bat under Goochs captaincy facing Merv Hughes. Gooch instructed him to battle it out and fight for his wicket. Tufnell said no problem. Hughes bowled fast aggressive bouncers and Tufnell said Hughes said he was going to feckin kill him. He eventually gloves a bouncer behind but he said to his horror the umpire didn't raise his finger. So Tufnell took things into his own hands by yelling in pain youve broken my feckin finger. Umpire gives him out Gooch unimpressed.

:hehe:

[Lord Worcester]

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Bashir at 21 has taken 66 Test wickets. 4 five fors. In 18 Tests and at 21 despite playing less Tests than Robert Croft did in his entire career he has taken more wickets and more 5 fors than Croft did.

(Im not saying Bashir is better than Croft because he isnt)

While id have been trying to persuade Rashid to play red ball cricket for years and I agree he is lucky to be playing I dont think Bashir deserves to be completely written off.

I know there are stats which suggest otherwise, but it simply don’t think he is very good, and certainly not worthy of a permanent spot in the England team. Do you?

[Hilts]

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I know there are stats which suggest otherwise, but it simply don’t think he is very good, and certainly not worthy of a permanent spot in the England team. Do you?

No but I dont really know what the spin option is.

[DINGO COOPER]

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Come on India.

[MacAdder]

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India let England back in it last over before lunch.
Pant trying to get Rahul on strike for his ton with a single gets brilliantly run out by Stokes.

[the other bob wilson]

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Both sides score 387 in their first innings with England 2-0 at the close.

[Bobby Dandruff]

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Both sides score 387 in their first innings with England 2-0 at the close.

The heat was brutal today at Lords.

I can’t imagine what it must have been like to have been playing :-o

[the other bob wilson]

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Farcical final over yesterday.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/videos/ce3n59nzvy9o

Hope they throw the book at both teams after this game, there were only seventy five overs bowled on Friday with all of the time that was wasted. Apparently, close to a full session was lost on the first two days because of the slow over rates.

[the other bob wilson]

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England may have some great attacking batsmen, but they only have two fully rounded ones (Root and Stokes). Bowled out in just over 60 overs today, so, yet again, the bowlers get less than a day’s rest between innings. India need 193 to win.

[Hilts]

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53-3 Carse bowling well.

[Hot Shot Hamish.]

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What a superb days cricket that was. I was flinching in my chair watching Bumrah bowl this morning. He was hitting the cracks ball after ball. I think we were all expecting the same from Archer this evening but he was too full. Carse bowled a superb spell late on, and Stokes bowled beautifully too.

It’s going to be a superb first session tomorrow unless Pant goes crazy again, but it isn’t going to be easy for him.

Cricket is so much better a spectacle when the bowlers have a wicket with a bit of spice in it.

[The Bloop]

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Brilliant stuff today, after a few days of slow yet interesting cricket. Can't wait for tomorrow.
Could someone explain to me though how a sub Durel, is able to keep wicket, whilst Pant is allowed to bat. Shouldn't someone in the original XI keep wicket, with a substitute fielder being elsewhere on the field?

[Lord Worcester]

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Brilliant stuff today, after a few days of slow yet interesting cricket. Can't wait for tomorrow.
Could someone explain to me though how a sub Durel, is able to keep wicket, whilst Pant is allowed to bat. Shouldn't someone in the original XI keep wicket, with a substitute fielder being elsewhere on the field?

Yes! Joke. Massive day tomorrow for bashir. As big as he’s had for me. Can he contribute? I’m not confident.

[Moodybluebird]

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I don't have Sky so I'm not able to watch the game but listening to Test Match Special on the radio is pure joy. And what a final day we have in prospect tomorrow.