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

[Shri]

Root is really ****ing good.

 

[fredfertang]

Kohli isn't going to convince me he's human just by putting down the odd slip catch

 

[Contra]

LOL Root

 

[Jono]

Root has the best fun to actually good ratio in world cricket.

 

[GIMH]

Given it's likely Root will have the captaincy in the next year or two, I can only hope his batting does not suffer

 

[Shri]

Kohli doing well and dropping catches off Ashwin to ensure he gets Man of the Series. Well played Kaptain.

**** Kohli.

 

[vcs]

That missed reverse sweep looked a pretty good LBW shout.

 

[Jono]

Given it's likely Root will have the captaincy in the next year or two, I can only hope his batting does not suffer

it hasn't for Smith and Kohli. Probably won't for Kane. I reckon its an overrated concern for the real greats. Most greats step up with it rather than get worse.

 

[Adders]

This really is as good as it gets. Sensational batting from Root against some ****ing ridiculously good and at times almost unplayable bowling.

And he's cleared out the close in fielders.

 

[Jono]

Still baffles me to see Patel and Gambhir having played this tour.

Who else could they dig up for a come back? Kaif? Wasim Jaffer?

 

[mackembhoy]

One of the most interesting things about batsmanship is when a batsman looks like he's playing on a different pitch to the other batsmen in his team. Tendulkar and Lara used to do it a lot. KP and Ab de Villiers in recent times.

Root doing it here.

He does it plenty I mean his 130 when we bowled the Aussies out for 60 was just pure elegance.

 

[Jono]

This really is as good as it gets. Sensational batting from Root against some ****ing ridiculously good and at times almost unplayable bowling.

And he's cleared out the close in fielders.

yep, best bat in world vs best bowler in world in tough conditions with team in strife. Ultimate test cricket

 

[fredfertang]

Given it's likely Root will have the captaincy in the next year or two, I can only hope his batting does not suffer

If it has the same effect it does on his bowling he'll get better

 

[GIMH]

it hasn't for Smith and Kohli. Probably won't for Kane. I reckon its an overrated concern for the real greats. Most greats step up with it rather than get worse.

Agreed, but with England it seems to take them down a peg or two (Cook's overall record is fine but I don't see his horrorshow run happening if he's not skipper)

 

[Furball]

I love how unique the big 4 are. Root is just gun but his aggression is so easy. The other 3 have a clear gear and you know when they've changed but Root has easy aggression, just eases boundaries.

Root's average would be frightening if he could actually convert.

 

[fredfertang]

I like the way Bairstow has got carried along in Root's slipstream - we can make a game of this yet

 

[Shri]

Still baffles me to see Patel and Gambhir having played this tour.

Who else could they dig up for a come back? Kaif? Wasim Jaffer?

As long as it isn't Pragyan ****ing Ojha or Uncleji Mishra, I don't care.

 

[Adders]

Even though the result is as good as a foregone conclusion this really is compulsive viewing........most riveting passage of play of the series for mine.

 

[indiaholic]

We need to find somebody better at slips.. Kohli is not very good there and he is in fact wasted there.. A+ in ring fielder.

 

[Jono]

Root's average would be frightening if he could actually convert.

Yeah. If he could convert it wouldn't even be a debate, he'd be clear #1, as opposed to an argument between the others.