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***Official*** England in India
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Spikey
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BoyBrumby
Englishman
Well, there's a pretty good case with Bairstow in the squad, burn or not.
Prior's supposed to be the better keeper tho, but never thought Bluey looked too awful on the coupla times I've seen him with the gauntlets.
Trichromatic
School Boy/Girl Cricketer
What did he say? I didn't read the article, but saw the headline mentioning that England look at fragile.
ImpatientLime
International Regular
Steady on. England are 10-5 here. India still heavy favourites to take this. Tomorrow is a new day and the last two recognised English batsmen will have to settle and find their stride once more. One mistake and it's game over.
Ruckus
International Captain
That was pretty much it: "The way they were batting it looked like they were a fragile batting line-up for sure."
And tbh for these kind of conditions he has a point. But nonetheless it's an arrogant thing to say about the opposition in the middle of a match.
flibbertyjibber
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What a fantastic effort by Cook and Prior. Shown we can fight against India in India. Still a long way to go but now we have a slim chance.
indiaholic
International Captain
Just so happy that England are showing such tremendous resilience. This is going to be an awesome series unlike the tedium that was India in England.
I still want the series to be a whitewash, but meek surrenders are just no fun.
I still want the series to be a whitewash, but meek surrenders are just no fun.
indiaholic
International Captain
I think he also said that the match will be over by the end of the fourth day or something to that effect.
ImpatientLime
International Regular
Best English captains knock since Jo'Burg 95?
The only two I think up there with this are Vaughan's match saving 105 v Sri Lanka in 04 (?) and maybe Strauss knock at Lords against the Aussies in 09.
The only two I think up there with this are Vaughan's match saving 105 v Sri Lanka in 04 (?) and maybe Strauss knock at Lords against the Aussies in 09.
Cevno
Hall of Fame Member
The pitch has slowed down, it seems. Not broken down as was expected after the initial days.
wpdavid
Hall of Fame Member
Fabulous work by these two. I don't think it will change the final result, but enormous credit where due.
I still wouldn't bat Prior at 5 though. I don't see how demoting a couple of batsmen one place in the order will help them score any more runs, and I'm generally against asking players to bat out of position. In a sense, moving Prior from 7 is fixing one of the few parts of the side that isn't broken. Plus he's going to need as much rest time as possible after keeping for hours to the spinners in these conditions.
I still wouldn't bat Prior at 5 though. I don't see how demoting a couple of batsmen one place in the order will help them score any more runs, and I'm generally against asking players to bat out of position. In a sense, moving Prior from 7 is fixing one of the few parts of the side that isn't broken. Plus he's going to need as much rest time as possible after keeping for hours to the spinners in these conditions.