[Cricket] India v England Test Series

[jakarta]

Quick blast post Tea then declare and give them a horrid final session?

 

[pasty]

Quick blast post Tea then declare and give them a horrid final session?

Would hope so. Looking for 400+ lead?

 

[jakarta]

Wickets falling but already 374 runs ahead, don't think that has been chased in India?

 

[ForestRowSeagull]

Threads like these make me miss BG and his opinions on aggressive declarations. RIP

 

[A1X]

Tell Jos to get us to 400 then go nuts for a bit, when he gets out stick 'em in (is what I'd do)

 

[dazzer6666]

Should be declaring very soon....statistically just about no chance of this being chased already.

Dear old @BG would want us to get to 550 ahead just to be safe. ��

 

[The Wizard]

Get a move on FFS

Bess padding away an over from Nadeem who is deliberately bowling down the leg side.

I don’t see us getting India out in 110 odd overs anyway, they can’t bat anywhere near as badly as they did first innings.

 

[pasty]

Wickets falling but already 374 runs ahead, don't think that has been chased in India?

Highest at this ground was 387 by India against England, December 2008

 

[Mackenzie]

Bumrah looks like he’s throwing it at times, especially his short ball.

 

[The Wizard]

This is pathetic now, 3 runs in 20 balls?

 

[Greg Bobkin]

Should be declaring very soon....statistically just about no chance of this being chased already.

Dear old @BG would want us to get to 550 ahead just to be safe. ��

I've been thinking a lot about BG recently. I wonder what he'd make of Root's performances...

 

[dazzer6666]

This is pathetic now, 3 runs in 20 balls?

Both sides are just killing time. We don’t want to give them too long to bat, they don’t want to bat too long. Impasse will be over soon hopefully.......

 

[Eeyore]

Looks like a set amount of overs England have decided on here. Also a difficult wicket to bat on.

 

[The Wizard]

If we don’t win this test, we aren’t ever going to win a test this series to be honest. India don’t care they are happy with a draw from a 580 deficit first innings, understandably.

We’ve made 578 & India’s top players batted awfully, this will not happen again we must make hay whilst the sun is shining, if you aren’t going to win a test away in those circumstances we aren’t going to win one at all.

Root is a good captain but he’s far, far too cautious with declarations.

 

[Nitram]

Bloody frustrating, we can afford to treat it as a 20/20 game but are playing like we are the ones looking for a draw. Perplexing.

 

[hans kraay fan club]

Both sides are just killing time. We don’t want to give them too long to bat, they don’t want to bat too long. Impasse will be over soon hopefully.......

Looks like a set amount of overs England have decided on here. Also a difficult wicket to bat on.

This is all true. No reason why they couldn't use up the overs they want, AND rack up 20/30 extras runs. It isn't as though retaining wickets is of any worth.

 

[Questions]

This is truly bizarre...... If England decided to bat for say 15 overs or whatever then fine but score some runs doing it. I haven’t heard one reasonable explanation from a commentator or ex player about this.

 

[Eeyore]

If we don’t win this test, we aren’t ever going to win a test this series to be honest. India don’t care they are happy with a draw from a 580 deficit first innings, understandably.

We’ve made 578 & India’s top players batted awfully, this will not happen again we must make hay whilst the sun is shining, if you aren’t going to win a test away in those circumstances we aren’t going to win one at all.

Root is a good captain but he’s far, far too cautious with declarations.

He's not. Apart from Christchurch in 2018 I can't think of one that could have been a little late. Even then, they still had 125 overs and had New Zealand batted well there could have been a different outcome.

 

[PHCgull]

very hard to understand why we are doing this

 

[Simster]

This is truly bizarre

Yes, Bess in particular is batting like he's trying to save the game.


Ludicrous.