***Official*** England in India 2016/17

[Adders]

Well deserved Woakes.........these blokes want this. This is going to be a tough passage for the Indians here.

 

[Howe_zat]

See you on your next comeback, Gautam

 

[vcs]

How many times have we seen that exact same dismissal from Gambhir?

 

[Adders]

Good call!

Hahaha.....you wait.

 

[vcs]

Broad used to have blond hair.. does hair pigmentation change with age?

 

[Burner]

A collapse would be fun

 

[Stapel]

I can hardly believe England have a real chance. But the feeling of the situations has changed a bit.

 

[Howe_zat]

Broad used to have blond hair.. does hair pigmentation change with age?

It does actually. Also shorter hair looks darker.

 

[OverratedSanity]

How many times have we seen that exact same dismissal from Gambhir?

It's up there with the Dhoni shovelwhip to second slip and the Watson lbw.

 

[Stapel]

Broad used to have blond hair.. does hair pigmentation change with age?

I'm not sure this is a serious question, but:

Yeah, most blond kids grow brownish hair later on. When I look at pictures of myself at the age of 5, my hair is close to white. No longer the case. Same with my siblings & cousins.

 

[Daemon]

It's up there with the Dhoni shovelwhip to second slip and the Watson lbw.

Gambhir also gets out LBW like he did in the first innings all the time. 2nd highest percentage of dismissals LBW right after Watson iirc.

 

[Shri]

I'm seeing a little something on that snicko

Tumbleweed.

 

[Stapel]

It does actually. Also shorter hair looks darker.

Actually, short hair doesn't look darker, it really is. Longer exposure to light does make dark blond hair shift to light blond a bit.

 

[Shri]

Lol @ all the writing off of Ashwin. ITs just one test and this is the flattest wicket you can get in the country, apart from maybe Nagpur. Its good that England are doing well but everything went well for them here, remember. Won the toss, 5 dropped chances, Stokes had the h4xest of innings there for a 100 (and I am sure he is a much better batsman but that was just an innings written h4x all over it) and they had the better of the bowling conditions and still only managed a 50 run lead. I think their batsmen have good techniques to survive and frustrate the Indian spinners, esp. Ashwin on tracks that are slow, low and flat like this one, but if the ball is turning and at some speed like it did with RSA and NZ (and those were not bad wickets by any standards, except one test against RSA), the very factors that are going for them in handling the spinners will become negatives. THAT will be the real test, just like India had it after the first and second tests on flat tracks in England back in 2014.


ONe thing that has not changed is us gifting Cook a life when he is looking ****ing pathetic and then him reminding himself of how good he actually is and batting like it and making us pay. DAmn I both hate and love that guy's batting.

The pitches against NZ turned at normal pace though. Not as slow as this one but not ones that turned fast and sharp.

 

[Shri]

See you on your next comeback, RIP Gautam

Ok.

 

[harsh.ag]

It does actually. Also shorter hair looks darker.

I'm not sure this is a serious question, but:

Yeah, most blond kids grow brownish hair later on. When I look at pictures of myself at the age of 5, my hair is close to white. No longer the case. Same with my siblings & cousins.

Also happens with blue eyes I think.

 

[weldone]

In these conditions, is Pujara the 2nd best batsman in the world (after Younis Khan)?

 

[Cabinet96]

Actually, short hair doesn't look darker, it really is. Longer exposure to light does make dark blond hair shift to light blond a bit.

Had to explain this when my sister asked me if I'd dyed my hair the other day.

 

[Shri]

Cook wouldn't have declared if an in form Sehwag was in our XI, wag.

 

[fredfertang]

Had to explain this when my sister asked me if I'd dyed my hair the other day.

You discuss hair with your sister?