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*Official* India Tour of England 2018

wpdavid

Hall of Fame Member
You guys are comfortably ahead. After this round there is only 4 rounds left ? Roy or Jacks probably comes in.

Other teams need to get 2 wins on you guys.
I think we need to beat Lancashire to be comfortable, especially with Somerset well ahead against Essex.


EDIT
In other news, good to see our openers learning from their mistakes against Sharma.
 

wpdavid

Hall of Fame Member
The other, rather uncomfortable question, is why the Indian bowlers have looked so superior to their English counterparts in this match.
 

SeamUp

International Coach
I think we need to beat Lancashire to be comfortable, especially with Somerset well ahead against Essex.


EDIT
In other news, good to see our openers learning from their mistakes against Sharma.
Games nicely in the balance.

Only Somerset & Notts can realistically catch you. You've got Notts up next but even if you lose you probably feel attaining enough points in the other games should be good enough.
 

wpdavid

Hall of Fame Member
Games nicely in the balance.

Only Somerset & Notts can realistically catch you. You've got Notts up next but even if you lose you probably feel attaining enough points in the other games should be good enough.


I hope you're right. But we don't have the strength in depth to fully compensate for losing Burns, Curran and Pope. Maybe England will lend a hand by continuing not to pick Curran.
 

Jack1

International Debutant
Cook is past it at this level and Jennings was never use to it. I personally think a double dropping is in order of the openers.

England with their airy fairy attitude have left themselves in a pickle. Yes man ed smith and James Taylor who wants to be everyone’s mate were always going to be a recipe for disaster tbh. Especially with a muppet like Root with c.

Plenty of other selection debate with a specialist number 7 bat, a thug in the side, a 20 year old batting out of position, Woakes not taking the new cherry, Rashid being mis-captained, bad slip cordon set up and selection and other stuff to debate.

England look dead and buried, especially considering Root has a mental block with getting big scores. It’s compounded when Kohli is on the field as Root is in awe of Kohli and also scared shitless of him
 

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