*Official* India Tour of England 2018

[harsh.ag]

Haha action replay dismissal is best dismissal

 

[Shri]

ASHWIN!!!z

 

[trundler]

Double ton coming up soon

 

[trundler]

**** this magnificent day of cricket for sucking up my entire day. Did **** all today.

 

[King Pietersen]

Kohli's innings was good and everything but his FCA will have taken an unfortunate hit today.

 

[Shri]

Am I the only one who thinks Bhajji deserves a chance at this job? He sucks atm but if he gets better with time, I'd love to listen to him talk about off spin bowling more.

 

[trundler]

Yeah, I'll pass on having to listen to another halfwit ranting about the glories of finger spin.

 

[Shri]

**** off ****.

 

[weldone]

This is riveting start to the series. This match will have a close finish.

 

[flibbertyjibber]

Seems I missed a great couple of days. Nearly went today but switched shifts last week with someone at work who had a hospital appointment for today so bit gutted having seen the card. Bet a Kohli ton live is something worth seeing. Least I can watch some tomorrow and Saturday anyway. Might look where the other tests are and go to a Thursday (not doing Lord's)

 

[weldone]

Didn't watch the battle today - Monga piece is all I have
Kohli v Anderson: A hot take on a classic tussle - ESPNcricinfo

 

[BSM]

Amazing how much cricket can change. Had Kohli been caught by Malan on 21 then the same questions would have existed about his game. He looked almost permanently vulnerable against Anderson, who was very unfortunate not to take his wicket at any point in the innings. As it is Kohli has scored his century, and I imagine a lot of pressure has been relieved. Disappointed to go in tomorrow one wicket down but to have a lead after scoring 287, I would have taken that at the start of the day.

England should also be encouraged by India's batting display today. Sure Kohli scored runs but had chances been taken then they would have surely got less than 150. And obviously India can't rely on Kohli all the time (Saying that thoug I am slightly concerned that they maybe could). No one was entirely convincing either, not even Kohli despite his 149.

I reckon we need 250-300 to be firmly in the lead going into the 4th innings. I am pleasently suprised by the fact that all of our bowlers, barring Broad, seemed on top of their game and were effective. Thought Curran would be up against it but he really changed the game for us.

 

[Gnske]

Daily reminder that even Ajit Agarkar has done what Kohli just did.

 

[Burgey]

Border-in-the-80s level carrying by Kohli today. Kept India in it. A properly compelling test set up.

 

[Starfighter]

I see England's slip cordon was in peak form last night. Is anyone keeping a tally for both teams? Cook is catastrophically bad there now.

 

[mr_mister]

Cook is so done

Will end up averaging under 40 at this rate

 

[Starfighter]

Cook is so done

Will end up averaging under 40 at this rate

Just wait till he makes a big innings on a very flat perfectly paced pitch after 12 successive failures. 'He's still got it'.

 

[Pratters]

Lucky ton but he’s taken his chance. How the **** is this a masterclass though Ward you pleb.

Yeah, it is mildly annoying when people keep saying this is why Kohli is super great etc. Of course I am extremely happy we are still in the match thanks to Kohli but lets not paint this as one of the best innings ever or any thing.

 

[Pratters]

After Ashwin's wicket, Kohli has allowed the tailenders to face just 26 of the 101 deliveries. Pretty much perfect marshalling of the tail.

And yet, Holding was not satisfied. He is just over critical at times.

 

[Pratters]

Ganguly just scored 5 tons in all those years as captain. Jeez.

Ganguly was never a great batsman and was patchy for many phases. A case could be made that he if he wasn't captain, some one else could have got a run in his place. No one ever did as the other middle order batsmen - Dravid, Tendulkar and Laxman were so good and you couldn't drop Ganguly who was captain.