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

[Howe_zat]

Erasmus is gun

 

[vcs]

Quality innings this from Buttler. Gone a long way towards proving his Test credentials.

 

[91Jmay]

Right from Ball. Throw your hands at width and get us past 350.

 

[Shri]

Whats the point if you drop catches after surrounding a tailender? Ffs.

 

[Contra]

Whats the point if you drop catches after surrounding a tailender? Ffs.

That's not a drop, that was flashed really hard.

 

[honestbharani]

Bat on ground not considered from 3rd umpire. Not sure about that.

That's ****ing outrageous - cheating ****s

Well that was ****ed.

What are these commentators on about?

in all the years I played the game I was never once in any doubt about whether I'd hit the ball (always walked of course)

sometimes you were wrong

just didn't have the tech to show it

nah - you can feel it - even the faintest feather

So we have the ready made excuse then when we lose this match.

Lol.. there was an obvious deflection. Can understand why Stokes and fred are upset though. Its unfortunate that the bat on the ground and the nick happened at the same time.

This is the kind of cricinfo (and otherwise) commentary which is absolutely rubbish. If England get bowled out for 350 right now, nowhere will it be claimed it is 100 too many for India.

Yeah.. But think Rashid and Moeen will be very tough on this track to handle. Thank God Broad is not playing. This track is readymade for his fast legspinners mixed with genuine seam up stuff.

 

[Shri]

That's not a drop, that was flashed really hard.

Yeah, I know.

 

[Zinzan]

Not sure what the current odds are, but England score 350 and I still probably have it 50/50.

I could see England getting a 50-60 run lead, but I can also see India going north of 400 even with a bit of turn about.

Great prospect.

 

[Contra]

Haha love Ashwin, telling Ball to stay in his crease or imma run you out.

 

[91Jmay]

Would have India ahead unless we get past 375 at least as this pitch will be so hard to score on in our 2nd innings.

 

[Contra]

Ahh.. gotta pitch it up.

 

[Shri]

Buttler has played surprisingly well for someone with one FC game under his belt in a year.

 

[AndyZaltzHair]

Erasmus is gun

Yeah thankfully they got rid of dharmasena

 

[91Jmay]

Really good from Ball. Play some shots and frustrate them.

 

[AndyZaltzHair]

Ball playing good

 

[Zinzan]

What was the incident fellas?

Sounds like some saltiness from the Brit section of the crowd going on.

 

[flibbertyjibber]

Good batting this from Ball. Handy runs.

 

[Contra]

Bhuvi better start practicing his batting in the nets. Gonna need all our 11 bats to step up on this pitch.

 

[OverratedSanity]

Tailend runs are just the worst. Ugh.

 

[flibbertyjibber]

What was the incident fellas?

Seeds like some saltiness from the Brit section of the crowd going on.

Wasn't from me, hadn't seen it at the time. No idea from the replay they showed at drinks, didn't show a close up.