[Cricket] England v India. Third Test. 18-22 Aug. Trent Bridge. (Curran dropped for Stokes).

[LlcoolJ]

Would love to see an old fashioned, digging in performance. I very much doubt that I will though.

 

[BensGrandad]

Would love to see an old fashioned, digging in performance. I very much doubt that I will though.

I dont think that we have the batsmen to do it they will either go for it and a couple of them get tons or get beat tomorrow. Our best hope for avoiding defeat is 2 days of continuous rain.

 

[Cheshire Cat]

Were definitely loose

 

[dazzer6666]

If, by some colossal freak, we batted out two days, we’d win. 170-180 overs left.........comfortably less than 3 an over. Fact is, we’ll do well to make teatime tomorrow I reckon.

 

[LlcoolJ]

Great start!

 

[Simster]

Keaton Jennings has had enough chances now. He's simply not good enough, time to give somebody else a chance - starting with that Surrey opener who has impressed in the County Championship.

 

[jakarta]

Problems with England batting have started at the Top since Strauss retired and Cook appears to be in terminal decline. Root is brilliant but cannot do it all by himself, especially now he is Captain as well. The dashers in the Middle order are fine if we are 200-2 but hopeless if, as it often is, we are 45-3.

 

[CHAPPERS]

Yeah I'm done with Jennings too, especially as he is another left hander. I really think a left/right combination at the top of the order is important is test cricket.

I still think Hales should be up there.

 

[maltaseagull]

All the oldies on here will remember that some years ago we were in a similar position, I think that it was against Australia but I could be mixed up, and Peter May and Colin Cowdrey scored 480 or so to win us the game. I think May got 285 and Cowdrey about 180 So all is not lost yet.

That was when we had batsmen who knew when to leave a ball and not try to hit everything for 6.

 

[maltaseagull]

If, by some colossal freak, we batted out two days, we’d win. 170-180 overs left.........comfortably less than 3 an over. Fact is, we’ll do well to make teatime today I reckon.

Corrected for you

 

[jakarta]

Root AND Pope gone, wheel loose just after Lunch. As there is no chance of saving this Match I wouldn't risk Bairstow this afternoon.

 

[dazzer6666]

Corrected for you

Yeah but I posted that yesterday

 

[BensGrandad]

There must be a batsmen about who can build an innings not just throw his wicket away chasing runs like it was T20 game. Limited overs the ruination of proper cricket.

 

[Pavilionaire]

Jennings has to be ditched after another failure, he's done worse than others like Hales and Stoneman who were dropped before him - they had higher batting averages.

I really don't like his technique either. Burns is next cab off the rank.

I also think Bayliss manager position and the Thorpe / Ramprakash batting coach positions have to come under the microscope. Notwithstanding the Curran decision, we're routinely getting spanked away from home, the batting collapses are getting worryingly predictable and we're getting through the "cream" of England's batting stock like a fruitless Somme offensive.

 

[crodonilson]

Another absolute shambles from England, I have no idea how we're winning this series. An absolute disgrace, the batsmen particularly should hang their heads in shame, I'd drop all of them for the next match and give the gullable fools who've paid £100+ to go and watch a day their money back.

 

[BensGrandad]

Drop Jennings and try Bairstow as an opener.in test matches like he does in village green cricket. Another answer of course is to ask Trescothick to come out of retirement for 2 tests like they did Brian Close many years ago. We also had an opener crisis so asked Rev David Shepherd, who was not playing cricket, to come out of retirement and open for us which he did successfully but as they say form is temporary class is permanent

 

[Hiney]

Drop Jennings and try Bairstow as an opener.in test matches like he does in village green cricket. Another answer of course is to ask Trescothick to come out of retirement for 2 tests like they did Brian Close many years ago. We also had an opener crisis so asked Rev David Shepherd, who was not playing cricket, to come out of retirement and open for us which he did successfully but as they say form is temporary class is permanent

Three or four posts ago, you said 'limited overs the ruination of proper cricket'. Now you're suggesting we try something that we do in limited overs crickets to try and sort this mess out. Make your mind up.

 

[BensGrandad]

Three or four posts ago, you said 'limited overs the ruination of proper cricket'. Now you're suggesting we try something that we do in limited overs crickets to try and sort this mess out. Make your mind up.

Not quite as I am saying he is capable in village green games and also has done it for Yorkshire I think so it would have been a better option than dropping Curran and even now may be a better option for the next test. I stand by my original suggestion ask Trescothick to come back for the last 2 tests as all of our batsmen seem to be playing as T20 batsman.

 

[CHAPPERS]

Another answer of course is to ask Trescothick to come out of retirement for 2 tests like they did Brian Close many years ago

 

[dazzer6666]

Not quite as I am saying he is capable in village green games and also has done it for Yorkshire I think so it would have been a better option than dropping Curran and even now may be a better option for the next test. I stand by my original suggestion ask Trescothick to come back for the last 2 tests as all of our batsmen seem to be playing as T20 batsman.

One century and 2 50s this season, and he's 42. Wouldn't hold your breath.