*Official* India Tour of England 2018

[Burgey]

Kohli gets his first stiff back and quits

Michael Clarke meanwhile plays an entire career with a mangled spine.

Someone post this to Facebook

- Gnske

This would be a good Robelinda YouTube video intro.

 

[Starfighter]

always thought the clarke and his 'bad back' storyline was just fabrication in an attempt to 'get him over' as captain

Huh?

 

[vcs]

These are the same posters who tell us (correctly) that it is dire to wish injury on opposition players.

Burgey trolling as usual.

 

[Gnske]

These are the same posters who tell us (correctly) that it is dire to wish injury on opposition players.

Burgey trolling as usual.

A stiff back is a booboo. I got one and I don't take a sickie when it feels like my spinal column has been compressed into my ***hole.

 

[91Jmay]

Totally wasted time batting this AM that could come back to bite us. Anderson great again though. Dhawan is going to be back in for Vijay isn't he?

 

[Groundking]

This is a different Anderson to the one we've seen in the last 2-3 years. This is not to say he was bad, he was still England's best bowler in Australia and after 100 Test matches, he knows how to bowl well even when not at his best but this Anderson is close to peak 2011-12 Anderson. He is pitching it full and shaping it away late. This is how he toyed with India in 2011 series.

If he keeps this up, Australia will have a torrid time next year

Perhaps this IS peak Anderson

This is his second calender year (so far) where he's averaging sub 20, something he didn't manage to do during his peak.

 

[Groundking]

Totally wasted time batting this AM that could come back to bite us. Anderson great again though. Dhawan is going to be back in for Vijay isn't he?

Nah the forecast for tomorrow is fine, and anyway we're going to hear back on today and finish it today regardless. The declaration was perfect.

Sorry for the double post, can a mod merge them please?

 

[Pratters]

LOL England have only themselves to blame if this match is drawn. Should have declared with a lead of 100.

 

[91Jmay]

If they were going to bat on at least get to 400 as 396 is frustrating.

 

[91Jmay]

LOL England have only themselves to blame if this match is drawn. Should have declared with a lead of 100.

That's a beyond idiotic idea.

 

[Pratters]

That's a beyond idiotic idea.

Why..

 

[Black_Warrior]

Why..

There are times when you make really odd posts out of nowhere. There is not one single team in Test cricket who would settle for a 100 run lead under the similar match situation with the opportunity for a much bigger lead.

Here's how Test cricket works

The higher the lead, the higher the chances you will bowl out the opposition cheaply in the 2nd innings because they would be under so much pressure staring at a massive innings defeat, not to mention the physical aspect of fielding for extended periods

The lower the lead, the more the opposition will fancy saving the match and have more belief that they can save the match.

In Test cricket, in a situation like the one England found themselves in, you want a scenario where India already be mentally defeated before they step out to bat again and the way to do that is to kill them with runs.

 

[cnerd123]

These 5 Tests series need to be given more time to play out - more warmup games, more time between Tests. It's no fun when all the hype ultimately leads to just the first half of the first game being competitive and the rest of it a one sided blow out.

Kohli riding his luck in the first game made the entire first Test competitive, but now the gulf between the sides has been exposed, and the guys just don't have the time to figure out how to adapt and be more competitive. We're in for 3 more one sided smashings (unless conditions drastically change) and a potentially fun and exciting series has been rendered forgettable almost immediately.

 

[Black_Warrior]

Perhaps this IS peak Anderson

This is his second calender year (so far) where he's averaging sub 20, something he didn't manage to do during his peak.

Yeah was talking more about his wicket taking prowess. He hasn't been at his wicket taking the best the last 2 years and you can check this series by series.

Even last summer, England only beat South Africa because of this obscure guy called Toby Roland Jones

He just became a really tight bowler, someone really hard to score runs off, even in Australia when his wicket taking ability went down.

He is swinging it big now and getting that late shape from his best years.

 

[Black_Warrior]

These 5 Tests series need to be given more time to play out - more warmup games, more time between Tests. It's no fun when all the hype ultimately leads to just the first half of the first game being competitive and the rest of it a one sided blow out.

Kohli riding his luck in the first game made the entire first Test competitive, but now the gulf between the sides has been exposed, and the guys just don't have the time to figure out how to adapt and be more competitive. We're in for 3 more one sided smashings (unless conditions drastically change) and a potentially fun and exciting series has been rendered forgettable almost immediately.

Yeah well if there's one cricket board in the world that can dictate away schedules, it is BCCI. After the South Africa series, there was a lot of talk about preparation and having learned from the mistakes in SA.

India did arrive quite early this time but this team management does not really believe in too many warm up games. This is a strategic decision by the team, they opt for more conditioning camps.

This is not a scheduling issue like the SA series, rather a strategic issue.

 

[cnerd123]

It's weird because you'd imagine having a more competitive and exciting series would lead to more money from all those involved, but at the moment it seems the broadcasting/sponsorship/viewership numbers aren't tied into the actual competitiveness of the team's involved, just the reputation.

I'd imagine after a game like this, and a 2-0 scoreline, less people would bother to watch the next 3 tests than they would if it was 1-0 or 1-1.

 

[Groundking]

Yeah was talking more about his wicket taking prowess. He hasn't been at his wicket taking the best the last 2 years and you can check this series by series.

Even last summer, England only beat South Africa because of this obscure guy called Toby Roland Jones

He just became a really tight bowler, someone really hard to score runs off, even in Australia when his wicket taking ability went down.

He is swinging it big now and getting that late shape from his best years.

???

Jimmy took more wickets at a much lower average than TRJ did against SA (20 @ 14.10 vs 10 @22.20). The only lad who took more wickets than Jimmy vs SA was Moeen when he was in god mode.

 

[ImpatientLime]

lol @ the sympathy the indian players are getting for not being used to these conditions in the crapinfo comments

 

[flibbertyjibber]

India will do well in 2nd innings

I guess 17-2 is good by their standards.

 

[Pratters]

Rain predicted on day 4 and 5. Declaring with a lead of 100 made absolute sense. You don't win tests by just making runs, you need wickets.