[Cricket] Test Series- England in India- January & February 2024

[Billy in Bristol]

If you think playing in India is hard, then try taking on the Captain of Sussex CCC in a Cricket Challenge...all donations help give me bonus runs...but more importantly help support good causes in Sussex. Please share and hopefully others will take up the challenge

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[Berty23]

Not losing by an innings feels like a win! Annoying that West Indies have fallen apart but that felt kind of inevitable.

 

[Sid and the Sharknados]

Not losing by an innings feels like a win! Annoying that West Indies have fallen apart but that felt kind of inevitable.

As I recall, during the first ashes match of 2019, one of the Australian bowlers clipped the stumps without dislodging the bails and Geoff Lemon wrote a whole article in the Guardian claiming that the definition of "bowled" needed to be altered because this was so obviously UNFAIR.
I wonder if he's written a similar article anywhere after Australia benefited from that yesterday?

 

[MJsGhost]

Gough is awful, but the rest seems ok

KP runs him close

 

[Steve in Japan]

Been very impressed with Pope today, he's really stuck at it. Not so much some of the other old lags, you know who you are....

 

[Questions]

The Popes in town.

 

[Titanic]

Ollie Pope 100* (154 balls, 10 fours)

 

[LamieRobertson]

Cracking innings by Pope

 

[A1X]

 

[Sheebo]

Making a game of it - need that lead over 200 really but big ask…

 

[Sid and the Sharknados]

By way of comparison, when Australia toured India last year they were bowled out for 177 and 91 and lost by an innings and 132 runs.

 

[Papa Lazarou]

It's the hope that kills you

 

[Titanic]

Pity.... that was a great partnership... 85 lead with 4 wickets in hand... 140-150 would be at least 'interesting'.

 

[Titanic]

It's the hope that kills you

100 lead...

 

[LamieRobertson]

Pope has been sweeping and reverse sweeping well….looking forward to John Norman (I find him a tad irritating) on TS eating a bit of humble pie who was quite adamant this week that it’s a shot we shouldn’t play

 

[Sid and the Sharknados]

I've not seen much of it (caught about an hour before I left to catch the train earlier), but given the deficit and the quality of India's attack, Pope's innings must be up there with some of the greats.
Of course, when the tail gets blown away and India chase their target down in about 15 overs to win by 8 wickets it'll be completely forgotten about.

 

[Berty23]

This pope knock is up there with that ridiculous KP innings in Mumbai in 12/13. Arguably this is better because he has got about half the runs whereas cook also got a ton in that innings.

 

[pasty]

Stumps

Eng 316/6 lead by 126

Top effort that

 

[Papa Lazarou]

England Hope from Ollie Pope.

 

[Hotchilidog]

Well I wasn't expecting that. A highly commendable fightback of sorts. Ollie Pope exceptional.