[Cricket] 4th Test v India

[Krusty]

51 overs in two sessions

 

[Arkwright]

51 overs in two sessions

It's a long walk on and off the wicket...........

 

[jakarta]

I was chatting to a bloke yesterday who'd put £20 on Moeen to be top England bat @ 12/1.
Be gutting for him if he's second to Curran.

I was wrong about Curran, Moeen is obviously on to get his once-every-five-Tests big score.

 

[Bold Seagull]

I was wrong about Curran, Moeen is obviously on to get his once-every-five-Tests big score.

Great wicket there J. Well done.

 

[jakarta]

Great wicket there J. Well done.

I'm playing a blinder at present, I should have remembered Moeen loves getting out via slog sweeps.

 

[Lindfield23]

England 8 down due to an erroneous LBW decision by the umpire - genuinely laughable that a fully qualified official failed to notice that the delivery which dismissed Rashid was missing leg stump

 

[Pevenseagull]

England 8 down due to an erroneous LBW decision by the umpire - genuinely laughable that a fully qualified official failed to notice that the delivery which dismissed Rashid was missing leg stump

Root wasted an appeal

 

[Sheebo]

Excellent recovery thanks to Curran again... but more failure in the top order is worrying.

 

[jakarta]

You just know that Curran is going to be the top scorer this innings (not much competition of course).

Our new Opener?

 

[Simster]

Excellent recovery thanks to Curran again... but more failure in the top order is worrying.

Well we can't have that - he'll be dropped for the decider.

 

[Arkwright]

Our new Opener?

Stoneman and Burns in for The Oval Test, while we are at it bring in Pope, Foakes and Tom Curran.

Come on The Rey for the last Test.

 

[knocky1]

Stoneman and Burns in for The Oval Test, while we are at it bring in Pope, Foakes and Tom Curran.

......and Uncle Tom Cobley and all, and Uncle Tom Cobley and all.

 

[Arkwright]

......and Uncle Tom Cobley and all, and Uncle Tom Cobley and all.

Who does he play for? Batter or bowler��

 

[Garry Nelson's teacher]

Stoneman and Burns in for The Oval Test, while we are at it bring in Pope, Foakes and Tom Curran.

Come on The Rey for the last Test.

Traditionally The Oval Test was a bit of a platform for 'one Test wonders'; I think (not checked this) Sussex's own Alan Wells might have fallen foul of this. I suspect this lot of selectors will be typically conservative. I guess we have to factor in that this Indian side are pretty damn good. And Root's won 4 tosses out of 4.

 

[GT49er]

Traditionally The Oval Test was a bit of a platform for 'one Test wonders'; I think (not checked this) Sussex's own Alan Wells might have fallen foul of this. I suspect this lot of selectors will be typically conservative. I guess we have to factor in that this Indian side are pretty damn good. And Root's won 4 tosses out of 4.

Wasn't that Paul Parker?

 

[knocky1]

Traditionally The Oval Test was a bit of a platform for 'one Test wonders'; I think (not checked this) Sussex's own Alan Wells might have fallen foul of this. I suspect this lot of selectors will be typically conservative. I guess we have to factor in that this Indian side are pretty damn good. And Root's won 4 tosses out of 4.

You're right; Alan Wells, Joey Benjamin, Neil Williams and John Stephenson.
You're very right with Simon Kerrigan at The Oval v Australia 2013 but another debutant in that match fared better. Mr Chris Woakes.

 

[banjo]

46-1

 

[BensGrandad]

India 161-3 at least Kohli is out but it looks like a bad call by Root after winning the toss.

 

[Marshy]

India 161-3 at least Kohli is out but it looks like a bad call by Root after winning the toss.

Batting first is never a bad shout in my opinion, just do a better job of batting !

 

[Simster]

Traditionally The Oval Test was a bit of a platform for 'one Test wonders'; I think (not checked this) Sussex's own Alan Wells might have fallen foul of this. I suspect this lot of selectors will be typically conservative. I guess we have to factor in that this Indian side are pretty damn good. And Root's won 4 tosses out of 4.

Yep. Joey Benjamin took 4 wickets in the first innings in his single England test match at the Oval. Bowled superbly (although overshadowed by Devon Malcolm's 2nd innings 9-fer).