[Cricket] England v India, Fourth Test match, The Oval, 02-06 September

[Titanic]

Lunch, Day 5

England 131-2 (59 overs) Hameed 62* Root 8*

27 overs 54 runs 2 wickets RR2.00 in the session. Slow going all round.

237 runs needed for England, 8 wickets for India, 63 overs remaining.

 

[Papa Lazarou]

Lunch, Day 5

England 131-2 (59 overs) Hameed 62* Root 8*

27 overs 54 runs 2wickets RR2.00 in the session. Slow going all round.

237 runs needed for England, 8 wickets for India, 63 overs remaining.

Yep. The draw is looking the favourite as long as we don't get a collapse.

 

[Gwylan]

My money's still on England - Root won't fail a second time and he scores at a fair lick

 

[thedonkeycentrehalf]

Bet365 currently have England 9/2, India 11/4 and draw 4/7

Shane Warne made an interesting point this morning though. Many people forget that the last session is always long so if you still have wickets in hand going into that and maybe 130 runs required, you have a good chance as bowlers and fielders tire.

 

[Milano]

Oh shit

 

[jakarta]

250 all out I reckon.

EDIT: 200 all out, about time we found a Batting Coach...

 

[Gwylan]

Bollocks

 

[zefarelly]

250 all out I reckon.

That's optimistic.

leaving work at 15:30, dentist then home, reckon it'll be over before then.

 

[Papa Lazarou]

250 all out I reckon.

150?

 

[zefarelly]

WTF do the England team have for lunch ? Fly agaric soup?

 

[Gwylan]

When I said that Root wouldn't fail again, I didn't expect the other batsmen to perform like they'd never held a bat before

 

[PILTDOWN MAN]

Complete lack of foot movement does another England batsman.

 

[jakarta]

No excuses, home advantage, dreadful except for Root, he can't keep holding up the Team.

Given the ECB there will be NO changes...

 

[PILTDOWN MAN]

if the roles were reversed we would have handed the run chase to them by now. Huge difference is India bowl to hit the stumps, we bowl for the slips to drop the ball.

 

[Moshe Gariani]

Meanwhile, at Hove, Sussex are looking set to dominate Middlesex if you ignore one partnership.

 

[Pierre the Painter]

When I said that Root wouldn't fail again, I didn't expect the other batsmen to perform like they'd never held a bat before

You've not seen much of England recently have you?

 

[zefarelly]

if the roles were reversed we would have handed the run chase to them by now. Huge difference is India bowl to hit the stumps, we bowl for the slips to drop the ball.

I've never understood why you wouldn't aim for the sticks every single time . . .

 

[Papa Lazarou]

Game over

 

[PILTDOWN MAN]

We've got no hope now, next test is in Manchester. The place you can't even get through a T20 without it raining let alone a 5 day test.

 

[Nobby Cybergoat]

No excuses, home advantage, dreadful except for Root, he can't keep holding up the Team.

Given the ECB there will be NO changes...

Who you bringing in mate?